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
1641 - Maurice Paquet in Chavy, Indre, Centre, France
1668 - Louise Gauthier in Ste Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1714 - Marie Hubou in Quebec
1715 - Michel Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1775 - Marie Catherine Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1794 - Louis Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1806 - Joseph Lamouche in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1807 - Marie Scholastique Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1815 - Francois Forget Dit Despatis in Quebec, Canada
1818 - Joseph Narcisse Dupuit in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
1831 - Eulalie Benoit in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1833 - Adeline Vallieres in Quebec, Canada
1843 - Cyrille Roy in Saint-Gervais, Quebec, Canada
1864 - Aaron F. Kilmer in Missouri
1865 - Theodore Henry Leopole Rabe in Uchte, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
1869 - Melville Goulet in St Stanislas, Champlain, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Jessie Goulet in Blacktail, South Dakota
1894 - Russell Morrison in Ontario, Canada
1900 - Alvin Chester Goins in Tennessee
1902 - Oscar Lowande in Massachusetts, USA
1908 - Alma Goulet in Massachusetts
1910 - Malinda Buescher in Todd, Minnesota, USA
1916 - Omer Pelletier in Massachusetts
1920 - Harry (Hrynko) Slobodian in Tolstoi, Manitoba,Canada
1924 - Kathleen Goulet in McLeod, Minnesota, USA
Past Marriages
1822 - Andrew Dumphy and Ruth Burden in New Brunswick, Canada
1897 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Lea Scholastique Remillard in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1908 - Collin Holland and Lucy Jane Clark in Obion, Tennessee, USA
1909 - Wilbur Gorman Craig and Psyche E Torrey in Coos, Oregon, USA
Past Deaths
1708 - Jean Barette in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Marie Balard dit Latour in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1765 - Marie Marguerite Kemmener Quemeneur dit Laflamme in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1773 - Maria
1832 - Charles Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1856 - Joseph Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Agnes St. Amant in St-Eugène, Ontario, Canada
1893 - Marie Madeleine Lalonde in Ste Madeleine, Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
1926 - William Thomas Shirk in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
1946 - Emery Fontaine in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1995 - Joseph Antonio Romeo Taillefer in Montréal, QC, Canada
August Benjamin Thiede
| Full Name | August Benjamin Thiede |
| Date of Birth | 17 Feb 1882 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Father | Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Thiede |
| Mother | Charlotte Caroline Bertha Mielitz |
| Siblings | Johanna Wilhelmine Marie Thiede, Dorothee Friederike Martha Leonie Thiede, Frederick Thiede, Bertha Thiede |
| Spouse | Hannah Duffin |
| Date of Marriage | 9 May 1911 |
| Place of Marriage | Salt Lake, UT, USA |
| Children | Robert Duffin Thiede, Warren Benjamin Thiede, Douglas Frederick Thiede, David William Thiede, Mary Margaret Thiede |
| Date of Death | 16 Aug 1965 |
| Place of Death | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Fact: Birth
Date: 17 Feb 1882
Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Fact: Birth
Date: 17 Feb 1882
Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Fact: Birth
Date: 17 Feb 1882
Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Eureka, Juab, Utah, USA
Relation to Head: Brother-in-law - Occupation: Mine laborer
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Occupation: Candy Factory
Event: Marriage
Date: 9 May 1911
Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 9 May 1911
Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 9 May 1911
Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 9 May 1911
Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 9 May 1911
Place: Salt Lake, UT, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - Occupation: Candy Factory
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married - Occupation: Candy Factory
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - Occupation: Dairyman
Fact: Residence
Date: 1940
Place: Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - Occupation: Night Watchman
Fact: Residence
Date: 1942
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Occupation: Christensen Machine Co (Same place his son Douglas works)
Date: 3 May 1961
Ben Thiede and Hannah Duffin Celebrate 50 Years - The Salt Lake Tribune 30 Apr 1961
Fact: Death
Date: 16 Aug 1965
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Fact: Death
Date: 16 Aug 1965
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Fact: Death
Date: 16 Aug 1965
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Fact: Death
Date: 16 Aug 1965
Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Fact: Draft 1
Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany