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Historical Highlights

The American Revolution
Our patriot ancestors include:
George Klock (1714-1790)
Judge Jacob G Klock (1738-1814
William Knowlton (1738-1784)
Cornelius Beekman (1733-1790)
Joseph Hall Jr (1757-1831)
Thomas Fournier (1732-1808)

Mayflower Connections
We descend from families that came over on the Mayflower:
John Alden (1599-1687) and his wife Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
John Howland (1593-1672) and his wife Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
and
William Brewster (1567-1644)

Mohawk Indian Heritage
My wife's family comes from Brantford, Ontario. She is able to trace her Mohawk lineage back to Joseph Brant (1743-1807). He was a famous Mohawk Indian chief that sided with the British during the American Revolution.

New France Pioneer
Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) is our French pioneer that was one of the first settlers of Quebec. Him and his wife arrived in New France in 1646. Most people with the Surname Goulet descend from this man.
Past Births
1638 - Francoise Hebert in Québec, Quebec, Canada
1743 - Ambroise Roberge in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
1760 - Jean Louis Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1792 - Marie Emerentienne Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1811 - Victoire Voyer in Quebec, Canada
1825 - Marceline Goulet in St Roch de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Etienne Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1831 - Arsene Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1840 - Louis Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Friedrich Leonhard Daniel Roll in Germany
1841 - Louis Remi Goulet in St Stanislas, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1878 - Alice Olimpe Goulet in Massachusetts
1884 - John Green Dowsbrofiscki in Macosta, Michigan
1885 - Albert Goulet in Quebec
1888 - Arthur Joseph Goulet in Kawkawlin, Bay, Michigan, USA
1893 - Harvey W Leonard in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1897 - Louise Marie Rose Auger in Suncook, New Hampshire
1904 - Priscilla Wilson in Massachusetts
1905 - Cecelia Mary Morin in Minnesota
1908 - Emery Wilbur Stuart in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
1913 - Joseph Edgar Romeo Valliere in Biddeford, Maine, USA
1924 - Paul Emile Palin in Newport, Orleans, Vermont, USA
1926 - Albert Lafontaine in Maine
1932 - Roland Charles Goulet in Biddeford Yo, Maine
1935 - Garnet Gearheart in Floyd, Kentucky, USA
Past Marriages
1690 - Michel Chabot and Angelique Plante in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1702 - Jean Baptiste Favreau and Jeanne Anne Meunier in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1769 - Jean Gabriel St. Denis and Marie Elisabeth Leduc in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
1792 - Ambroise Durand and Genevieve Levesque in Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
1809 - Louis Senecal Laframboise and Marie Elisabeth Benoit in St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
1809 - Louis Goulet and Catherine Martin St Jean in Les Cedres, Quebec, Canada
1829 - James Swick and Temperance Shackleford in Harrison, West Virginia
1844 - Francois Roy and Sophonie Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1845 - Thomas Carver and Eliza Hatcher in Calhoun, Alabama, USA
1854 - Peter Wojkiewicz and Victoria Bekas in Bnin, Srem, Poznan, Poland
1855 - Hiram Klock and Almira Fox in St Johnsville, Montgomery, New York, USA
1866 - Andre Goulet and Marie Dion in Buckland, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1872 - Israel Goulet and Delia Lafond in St Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
1875 - Francois Goulet and Elmina Brassard in St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
1901 - Ovila Goulet and Ernestine Desrosiers in Lanoraie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada
1939 - John Carl Wollwage and Jeanette Louise Chabot in Cook, Illinois, United States
Past Deaths
1723 - Marie Cunegonde Masta in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1777 - Louis Goyette in St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1830 - Elisabeth Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1865 - Charles Messier in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1866 - Johann Carl Friedrich Christian Wollwage in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
1903 - Joseph Goulet in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
1903 - Joseph Goulet in Lawrence, Massachusetts
1904 - Catherine C McInerney in Mt Clemens, Michigan, United States
1911 - Fredric Keedy
1935 - Hattie S. Yount
1963 - Anne Elizabeth Christe in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
1976 - Margaret Phyles LaBonte in Alpena, Alpena Co., Michigan
1981 - Dolphis Edgar Goulet in Seattle, King, Washington, USA
1985 - Marjorie Eli Gratton in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
1993 - Adelard Faucher in Fremont, Steuben, Indiana, USA
2015 - Rachel F Nadeau
Vincent Kenneth 'Buddy' Goulet
Full Name | Vincent Kenneth 'Buddy' Goulet |
Date of Birth | 28 Dec 1926 |
Place of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
Father | Kenneth William Goulet |
Mother | Dorothy Anna Hunter |
Siblings | Beverly Ann Goulet, Phyllis Marie Goulet |
Spouse #1 | Virginia Bernadette Abraam |
Date of Marriage | 26 Sep 1944 |
Place of Marriage | Clark County, Indiana, USA |
Children | Vincent Kenneth Goulet |
Date of Divorce | 27 Oct 1947 |
Spouse #2 | Billie Mae Jackson |
Date of Marriage | 1 May 1948 |
Place of Marriage | Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
Children | ~~ ~~, ~~ ~~, ~~ ~~, ~~ ~~ |
Date of Death | 22 Dec 1971 |
Place of Death | Avon, Oakland, Michigan |
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Apr 1940
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Date: 26 Sep 1944
Marriage License
Marriage License
Marriage license
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Event: Marriage
Date: 26 Sep 1944
Place: Clark County, Indiana, USA
Marriage License
Event: Marriage
Date: 26 Sep 1944
Place: Clark County, Indiana, USA
Marriage License
Fact: Residence
Date: 29 Dec 1944
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Relation to Head: Self
Event: Divorce
Date: 27 Oct 1947
Place: Wayne, Michigan, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 1 May 1948
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1956
Place: Lincoln Park; Allen Park; Melvindal, Michigan, USA

Fact: Residence
Date: 1957
Place: Lincoln Park; Allen Park; Melvindal, Michigan, USA

Fact: Residence
Date: 1958
Place: Lincoln Park; Allen Park; Melvindale, Michigan, USA

Fact: Residence
Date: 1960
Place: Lincoln Park; Allen Park; Melvindale, Michigan, USA

Date: 22 Dec 1971
Headstone
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Date: 22 Dec 1971
Vincent Kenneth Goulet - Death Certificate
Vincent Kenneth Goulet - Death Certificate

Fact: Death
Date: 22 Dec 1971
Place: Avon, Oakland, Michigan
Fact: Death
Date: 22 Dec 1971
Place: Avon, Oakland, Michigan
Fact: Death
Date: 22 Dec 1971
Place: Avon, Oakland, Michigan
