Welcome to the Bright Branches Family Tree
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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
1628 - Andre Demers dit Dumais in St Jacques, Dieppe, France
1699 - Pierre Daudelin in Ste Anne de la Perade, Quebec, Canada
1718 - Genevieve Huard in Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1750 - Timothy Cole in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1778 - Marie Madeleine Goulet in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
1791 - Marie Anne Quenette in St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
1818 - George Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1824 - Louise Goulet in St-Jude, Quebec, Canada
1824 - Moyse Dupuis in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
1829 - Marguerite Goulet in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Marguerite Elisabeth Goulet in St Isidore, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Marie Josephte St. Denis in Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
1851 - Louis Auguste Alphonse Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1855 - Louis Didier Benoni Goulet in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1877 - Emma Goulet in Faribault, Rice, Minnesota
1904 - Jos Louis Antoine Beausoleil in Ontario
1908 - Joseph Maxwell Shirk in Pennsylvania
1909 - Winifred E Pyard in Michigan
1914 - Wilfrid J. Faucher in Disraeli, Quebec, Canada
1916 - Charles Goulette in Washington, Orange County, Vermont, USA
1917 - Rita Elizabeth Elie in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA
1920 - Florian 'Floyd' Poulin in Quebec, Canada
Past Marriages
1654 - Jean Gervais and Anne Archambault in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1688 - Guillaume Rouleau and Catherine Dufresne in St Laurent, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1688 - Pierre Gibouleau dit Lafleur and Marie Anne Antrade in Batiscan, Quebec, Canada
1699 - Etienne Benoit dit Livernois and Marie Jeanne Marguerite Campeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1723 - Guillaume Dagneau dit Laprise and Marie Genevieve Lamy in Berthier, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1744 - Jean Benard dit Beausoleil and Genevieve Barbeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1755 - Jean Baptiste Goulet and Marie-Anne Verger in Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1772 - Francois Goulet and Therese Roger Dit Latouche in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
1777 - Ambroise Roberge and Madeleine Leclerc in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1778 - Jacques Boutin and Marie Theotiste Chabot in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1778 - Pierre Dalaire and Nathalie Chabot in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1794 - Toussaint Bisson and Marie Gabat in Laval, Quebec, Canada
1809 - John Beekman Klock and Margaret Klock in Montgomery
1823 - Louis Jerome Goulet and Josephe Wathier dit Lanoix in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada
1846 - Pierre Roy and Emilie Goulet in St Calixte de Somerset, Plessisville, Quebec, Canada
1846 - Joseph Goulet and Suzanne Morin in St Isidore, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1846 - Joseph Leduc and Francoise Chevalier in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1863 - Francois Bilodeau and Marie Adelina Goulet in St Norbert, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
1863 - Francois Marette Dit Lepine and Julie Vitaline Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1874 - Gilbert Villiard and Marie Couturier dit Labonte in Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
1891 - Walston Walestan Wulstan Goulet and Eugenie Poirier in Ste Luce, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
1891 - Alphonse Doyon and Marie Claira Anne Goulet in St Frederic, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1891 - Joseph Thibodeau and Marie Goulet in Maria, Avignon, Quebec, Canada
1901 - Magloire Gagnon and Valeda Langlois in Lewiston, Maine, USA
1903 - Pierre Desrosiers and Exerile Pouliot in St Robert, Quebec, Canada
1906 - Octave Telesphore Goulet and Eva Bellefeuille in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1913 - Edouard Belanger and Virginie Stebenne in Magog, Quebec, Canada
1913 - Wilfrid Pratte and Emma Raymond in Lac Megantic, Compton, Quebec, Canada
1927 - Norman Foster Clause and Susan Florence Hill in Brant, Ontario, Canada
1940 - Felix Israel Beausoleil and in Tecumseh, Ontario
1940 - and Lorraine Souilliere in Tecumseh, Ontario
1945 - ~ and ~ in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire
Past Deaths
1708 - Zacharie Cloutier in Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada
1708 - Zacharie Cloutier in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
1761 - Guillaume Dagneau dit Laprise in Quebec, Canada
1781 - David Howes in Massachusetts, United States
1784 - Charles Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1798 - Toussaint Goulet in St Roch de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1851 - Josephe Thessier Lavigne in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1852 - Joseph Isaie Goulet in Ste Anne, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1908 - Leonard S Hoxsie in Acme, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA
1932 - Eleanor Amelia Stone in Maine, USA
1933 - Theodore John Weihe in Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
1935 - Janet Mather in Perth, Ontario, Canada
1937 - Thomas J Craig in Garden Valley, Boise, Idaho, USA
1951 - Delphene Duquette in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
1954 - Louise Henriette Saucier in Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
1970 - Firmin Goulet in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1973 - Theodore J. Goulet in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
1993 - Joseph Wilberth Goulette in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, USA
1996 - Joseph Paul Marcel Vermette in Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
1997 - Marie Katherine Viola Fournier in Fraser, Macomb, Michigan, USA
2004 - Mary Eleanor Howard in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA
2005 - Francis G Cushing
2014 - Bernard Fortunat Mayer in Leominster, MA
- Evelyn Louise
Klock (1879 - 1949)
Arthur Roderick Goulet
| Full Name | Arthur Roderick Goulet |
| Date of Birth | 10 Aug 1877 |
| Place of Birth | Gananoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada |
| Father | Alfred Joseph Goulet |
| Mother | Marie Julie Philomene Lamouche |
| Siblings | Marie Julie Philomene Goulet, Aurilla Goulet, Alfred Joseph Goulet, Marie Eugenie Eudore Goulet, Joseph Edward Bercious Goulet, Marie Louise Eugenie Goulet, Mary Sopha Emma Goulet, Mary Armenie Goulet, Mary Melina Goulet, Alexander Vincent Goulet, Marie Louise Goulet |
| Spouse | Evelyn Louise Klock |
| Date of Marriage | 22 Oct 1896 |
| Place of Marriage | Syracuse, New York |
| Children | Viola Laura Goulet, Constance Cecelia Goulet, Kenneth William Arthur Goulet, Alfred Edward Goulet, Melvin Francis Goulet, Thelma Jeleen Goulet, Lawrence George Goulet, Evelyn Louise Goulet |
| Date of Divorce | 28 Jan 1929 |
| Date of Death | 24 May 1944 |
| Place of Death | River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
Fact: Birth
Date: 10 Aug 1877
Place: Gananoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Birth
Date: 10 Aug 1877
Place: Gananoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Birth
Date: 10 Aug 1877
Place: Gananoque, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1881
Place: Gananoque, Leeds South, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1891
Place: Gananoque, Leeds South, Ontario, Canada
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Date: 1 Oct 1892
Petition for Naturalization
Fact: Residence
Date: 1894
Place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1895
Place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 22 Oct 1896
Place: Syracuse, New York
Fact: Residence
Date: 1897
Place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Date: 11 Dec 1898
The Sunday Herald Syracuse NY - 11 Dec 1898
He Fears Wife
Date: 28 Jan 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY January 28 1899
Says He Was Cruel
Date: 4 Feb 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 4 Feb 1899
She Is Under Age
Date: 18 Feb 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 18 Feb 1899
Many Tales of how The Goulets Quarrelled
Date: 20 Feb 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 20 Feb 1899
The Goulets had Troubles Too Numerous to Mention
Date: 21 Feb 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY February 21 189
More Interesting Testimony in the Goulet Case
Date: 28 Feb 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY February 28 189
Young Wife Granted Separation From Arthur Goulet
Date: 24 Mar 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 24 Mar 1899
Mrs. Goulet Fainted
Date: 1 Jun 1899
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 1 Jun 1899
Still After Him
Date: 9 Apr 1901
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 9 Apr 1901
Arthur Goulet Appears, Then Disappears
Date: 19 Jun 1901
Syracuse New York Evening Herald - 19 Jun 1901
Arrested While Trying to Settle With Father-in-law
Date: 20 Jun 1901
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 20 Jun 1901
Arthur Goulet Released
Date: 6 Jul 1901
The Syracuse Journal - 6 Jul 1901
Have Kissed and Made It Up
Date: 10 Jul 1901
The Evening Telegram Syracuse NY - 10 Jul 1901
Goulets Reunited
Fact: Residence
Date: 1902
Place: Troy, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1902
Place: Troy, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1905
Place: Troy, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1906
Place: Troy, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1906
Place: Troy, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1907
Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1908
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1909
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1911
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1912
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1913
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1915
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1916
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1917
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Fact: Residence
Date: 1917
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Detroit Ward 12, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1923
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1925
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
First mention of him being a fumigator / exterminator. His daughter Viola and her husband George Russell are the reason he got into the business.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1927
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1928
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Event: Divorce
Date: 28 Jan 1929
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Arrival
Date: 31 Jan 1930
Place: Key West, Florida, USA
Fact: Arrival
Date: 1 Jul 1930
Place: Buffalo, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1932
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Arrival
Date: 27 Oct 1938
Place: Southampton, England
Fact: Arrival
Date: 16 Jan 1939
Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 1940
Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Apr 1940
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Head
Date: 16 Nov 1943
Reliable Fumigating Article - Detroit Evening Times - 16 Nov 1943
Date: 24 May 1944
Obituary for Arthur Goulet - Detroit News
Date: 24 May 1944
Arthur Goulet Obituary - Detroit Free Press
Fact: Death
Date: 24 May 1944
Place: River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Fact: Death
Date: 24 May 1944
Place: River Rouge, Wayne, Michigan, USA