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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
1649 - Joseph Guyon dit Buisson in Quebec, Canada
1768 - Stephen Knowlton in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1781 - Anna Landis in Pennsylvania, United States of America
1800 - Cecile Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1810 - Antoine Prieur dit St Leger in Les Cedres, Quebec, Canada
1819 - Marie Alexis Goulet in St Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Adeline Sureau in Ste-Scholastique, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
1840 - Eliza Jane Mathis in Georgia, USA
1842 - Severe Olivier Goulet in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1842 - Marie Angelique Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Minter J Bush in Gilmer County, West Virginia
1860 - Adrien Elphege Goulet in St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1862 - Arthur Leslie Klock in New York
1865 - Edward Joseph Hunter in Ontario, Canada
1865 - Cesarie Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1868 - Frank Westrick in China, St Clair, Michigan, USA
1877 - Edward Odilon Roy in St Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
1883 - Joseph Goulet in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1884 - Bertram Lawrence Brown in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
1886 - Walter Willis Wilkinson in Michigan
1887 - John Ransom in St Regis Reservation, New York, USA
1889 - Joseph Henry Adolph Fournier in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1889 - Marie Dora Goulet in La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada
1890 - Leon Joseph Robert Goulet in Manitoba, Canada
1892 - Joseph B. Goulet in P Q
1898 - Olivine Justine Pelchat in Quebec, Canada
1910 - Ulysses Grant Shields in Harrison County, West Virginia
1912 - Joseph Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1915 - Evelyn M Louttit in Ontario, Canada
1917 - Marie Claire Yvette Goulet in Maine
1918 - Alice Reno in East Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
1921 - Gloria Harty in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
1926 - Rosario Leo Goulet in Maine
1926 - Lionel A Goulet in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1929 - Darrel Francis Goulet in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
1942 - ~ in New York, USA
1994 - ~ in Ohio, USA
Past Marriages
1658 - Charles LeFrancois and Marie Madeleine Triot in Quebec, Canada
1670 - Jean Dagneau Dit Laprise and Marie Louise Michaud in Quebec, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Francois Xavier Goulet and Philomene Duquet in Lambton, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1866 - Joseph Vermet and Rebecca Turgeon in Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
1894 - Napoleon Goulet and Marie Poulin in St Honore, Shenley, Quebec, Canada
1924 - Kenneth William Arthur Goulet and Dorothy Anna Hunter in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1930 - Alfred Beal Ashmore and Madeline Miliken in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Past Deaths
1687 - Elisabeth Lefebvre in Batiscan, Quebec, Canada
1706 - Abraham Methot in St Nicolas, Quebec, Canada
1709 - Marie Blanquet in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1733 - Marguerite Goulet in L'Assomption, , Quebec, Canada
1736 - Marguerite Bonnet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1738 - Helene Hilaire Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1798 - Jean Baptiste Campeau in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1814 - Judge Jacob George Klock in St Johnsville, New York
1815 - Louis Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1817 - Leonard Adsit in Sherbourne, Chenango, New York, USA
1824 - Suzanne Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Jacob G. Klock in St Johnsville, Montgomery, New York, United States
1841 - Peter G Klock in New York, USA
1844 - Marie Gourdeau in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Marie Elisabeth Fournier in Berthier-sur-Mer, , Quebec, Canada
1884 - Louis Goulet in Sutton, Massachusetts, USA
1898 - Charles L Metzger in Berrien County, Michigan, USA
1934 - Arlene Obelina Bement in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, USA
1952 - Luiselle Rose Reis in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
1970 - Edward Arthur Francis Champagne in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA
1972 - Arthur Joseph Goulet in Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan
2001 - Rose Piper in Fairfield NJ
2008 - Richard C McInerney in Clinton, Macomb, Michigan, USA
2012 - Mary Louise Stuart in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
- Jean Baptiste
Goulet (1741 - 1816)- Jean Baptiste
Goulet(1774 - 1843)- Marguerite
Richard (? - ?)- Louis
Goulet(1801 - 1859)- Marie
Robichaud (1801 - ?)- Maltilde
Goulet(1824 - 1895) - Marie Odile
Goulet(1826 - ?) - Marie Louise
Goulet(1827 - ?) - Louis
Goulet(1829 - 1898) - Eloise
Goulet(1831 - ?) - Jules
Goulet(1833 - 1834) - Marie Tarcille
Goulet(1835 - ?) - Celestian
Goulet(1840 - 1917) - Marcel
Goulet(1842 - 1842) - Joseph
Goulet(1843 - 1925) - Marie Delina
Goulet(1846 - ?) - Hermeline
Goulet(1848 - 1939)
- Marie Marguerite
Goulet(1802 - ?) - Jean Baptiste
Goulet(1804 - ?) - Gedeon
Goulet(1806 - ?) - Marie Anne
Goulet(1808 - ?) - Olivier
Goulet(1809 - ?) - Narcisse
Goulet(1811 - 1901) - Marie Tharsille
Goulet(1812 - 1828) - David
Goulet(1814 - ?)- Louise
St Cerny (1824 - ?)- Marcelline
Goulet(1842 - ?) - Celina
Goulet(1844 - ?) - Armeline
Goulet(1846 - 1857) - Eugene
Goulet(1848 - ?) - Marie
Goulet(1850 - ?) - Joseph Eugene
Goulet(1852 - 1852) - Marie Julie Ernestine
Goulet(1853 - 1857) - Marie Azarine
Goulet(1855 - ?) - Marie Elodie
Goulet(1858 - ?) - Elodie
Goulet(1859 - ?) - Marie Hermeline
Goulet(1860 - ?)
- Joseph
Goulet(1815 - ?) - Francois
Goulet(1817 - 1817) - Jean Salomon
Goulet(1818 - 1819) - Heleine
Goulet(1819 - ?) - Constance
Goulet(1821 - ?) - Marie Louise
Goulet(1823 - ?)
- Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1775 - 1775) - Charles
Goulet(1776 - 1784) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1777 - ?) - Joseph
Goulet(1778 - 1778) - Marie Cecile
Goulet(1779 - ?) - Marie Angelique
Goulet(1782 - ?) - Marie Angelique
Goulet(1783 - ?) - Joseph
Goulet(1786 - 1856)- Veronique
Beaule dit Bausejour (? - ?)- Elise
Goulet(1811 - ?) - Marie Domitille
Goulet(1812 - ?) - Aime
Goulet(1814 - 1871)- Julie
Marion (1819 - ?)- Joseph Mathias
Goulet(1839 - ?) - Napoleon
Goulet(1840 - ?) - Sara Odile
Goulet(1842 - ?) - Appollinaire
Goulet(1844 - 1902) - Joseph Hormidas
Goulet(1846 - 1846) - Marie Parmenie
Goulet(1847 - ?) - Marie Aglae
Goulet(1849 - ?) - Leontie
Goulet(1851 - ?) - Cornelie
Goulet(1854 - ?) - Hormisdas
Goulet(1854 - 1854) - Francois Arcade
Goulet(1858 - ?) - Rubin Abias
Goulet(1861 - ?)
- Joseph
Goulet(1816 - 1894)- Sophie
Roy (1819 - ?)- Marie Melina
Goulet(1844 - 1844) - Joseph
Goulet(1845 - ?) - Marie Edithe
Goulet(1846 - 1847) - Marie
Goulet(1848 - ?) - Hormisdas Henry
Goulet(1849 - 1910) - Joseph Samuel
Goulet(1850 - 1930) - Louis Henri
Goulet(1852 - ?) - Aquiline
Goulet(1854 - ?) - Marie Louise
Goulet(1855 - ?) - Eugene
Goulet(1857 - 1923) - Marie Rose Delima
Goulet(1858 - ?) - Marie Paul
Goulet(1859 - ?) - Marie Elida
Goulet(1861 - ?) - Romeo
Goulet(1888 - ?)
- Theotiste
Goulet(1817 - ?) - Emilie
Goulet(1819 - ?) - Sophonie
Goulet(1824 - ?) - Jules
Goulet(1828 - ?)
- Louis
Goulet(1787 - ?)- Marguerite
Leblanc (1794 - 1863)- Marie Marguerite
Goulet(1814 - ?) - Adeline
Goulet(1816 - ?) - Jean Louis
Goulet(1821 - 1898)- Eulalie
Foret (1828 - ?)- Marie Lisa
Goulet(1846 - ?) - Julienne
Goulet(1848 - ?) - Odilon
Goulet(1849 - 1851) - Marie Exerine
Goulet(1850 - ?) - Mederic
Goulet(1852 - 1861) - Odilon
Goulet(1853 - 1940) - Marie Celigne
Goulet(1855 - ?) - Eugene
Goulet(1856 - 1912) - Seraphin
Goulet(1858 - 1859) - Marie Elisabeth
Goulet(1860 - ?) - Jules
Goulet(1863 - ?) - Joseph
Goulet(1866 - ?)
- Marie Anne
Goulet(1789 - ?) - Francois Xavier
Goulet(1791 - 1876) - Pierre
Goulet(1793 - ?)
Marie Madeleine Ratelle
Full Name | Marie Madeleine Ratelle |
Date of Birth | 6 Sep 1757 |
Place of Birth | Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada |
Father | Jean Baptiste Ratelle |
Mother | Marie Madeleine Gautier |
Spouse | Jean Baptiste Goulet |
Date of Marriage | 31 Jan 1774 |
Place of Marriage | Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada |
Children | Jean Baptiste Goulet, Marie Madeleine Goulet, Charles Goulet, Marie Madeleine Goulet, Joseph Goulet, Marie Cecile Goulet, Marie Angelique Goulet, Marie Angelique Goulet, Joseph Goulet, Louis Goulet, Marie Anne Goulet, Francois Xavier Goulet, Pierre Goulet |
Date of Death | 24 Mar 1803 |
Place of Death | St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada |
Fact: Birth
Date: 6 Sep 1757
Place: Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 31 Jan 1774
Place: Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 31 Jan 1774
Place: Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

Fact: Death
Date: 24 Mar 1803
Place: St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada