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Historical Highlights

American Revolution
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 Connection
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)

Mohwak Indians
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
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

1722 - Marie Anne Jouillet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1750 - Charles Jobin dit Boisvert in Grondines, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada

1774 - Jean Baptiste Goulet in Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

1778 - Joseph Goulet in Lanoraie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada

1785 - Charlotte Goulet in Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada

1804 - Samuel Klock

1813 - Felix Goulet in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1816 - Michael Hoffer in Pennsylvania, USA

1833 - Louis Charles Goulet in St Henri de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

1834 - Marie Josephine Goulet in St Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada

1837 - Francois Lantagne in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1839 - Mary Olive Barclay in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA

1840 - Francois Fouquet in Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, Canada

1841 - Hubert Ruel in Saint-Anselme, Quebec, Canada

1845 - Marie Louise Euladie Goulet in St Calixte de Somerset, Plessisville, Quebec, Canada

1878 - Christian Wilhelm Bonzheim in Germany

1878 - Marie Bertha Laurendeau in Quebec, Canada

1889 - Enie Wilhelmina Fawcett in Providence Bay, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada

1895 - Gerald Edward Wheeler in Illinois

1899 - Benjamin Goulet in Quebec, Canada

1903 - Alphonse Goulet in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

1906 - Orari Exelia Goulette in Washington County, Vermont, USA

Past Marriages

1670 - Jean Carrier and Barbe Halle in Quebec, Notre Dame, Canada

1670 - Robert Pepin and Marie Creste in Quebec, Canada

1723 - Jean Guittard and Marie Barbe Durand dit Desmarchais in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1745 - Joseph Prudhomme and Marie Anne Jouillet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1760 - Francois Aubertin and Marie Madeleine Laporte in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

1765 - Louis Goulet and Marie Genevieve Brodeur Lavigne in Saint-Denis, Quebec, Canada

1771 - Pierre Ferland and Josephe Plante in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1776 - Jean Baptiste Provencher and Elisabeth Proulx in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec, Canada

1782 - Pascal Goulet and Marie Josephe Laporte in Berthierville, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada

1786 - Jean Pierre Arseneault and Marie Rose Miot in Notre-Dame de Quebec, Quebec, Canada

1799 - Benjamin Campeau and Marguerite Brebant in Les Cedres, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

1805 - Gabriel Goulet and Marie Agnes Gagnon in Ste Anne, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada

1828 - Patrick Kerwin and Mary Ann McMaster in Quebec, Québec, Canada

1850 - Joseph Goulet and Mary Anne Daly in Buckingham, Labelle, Quebec, Canada

1850 - Joseph Goulet and Mary Anne Daly in Buckingham, Labelle, Quebec, Canada

1851 - Jean Breton and Marie Henriette Goulet in Lambton, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1867 - Mederic Goulet and Azaride Leveille in Chertsey, Quebec, Canada

1868 - Maxime Bonin and Marie Sophie Goulet in Lanoraie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada

1873 - David Goulet and Marie Vitaline Goulet in Buckland, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1878 - Onesime Goulet and Rosalie Coutu in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada

1891 - John B Lucier and Leobi Goulet in Essex, Ontario, Canada

1894 - Amable Goulet and Marie Leveille in Carleton, Ontario, Canada

1901 - Alphonse Genereux and Cordelie Goulet in Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

1901 - Octave Goulet and Alphonsine Cote in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1924 - Wilfred Goulet and Ella Lefrancois in Essex, Ontario, Canada

1928 - Edgar A Talbot and Racheal Elizabeth Hunter in Lucas, Ohio, USA

1944 - ~ and ~ in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA

1950 - ~ and ~ in Derby, Orleans, Vermont, USA

2009 - ~ and ~ in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, USA

Past Deaths

1755 - Lydia Joyce in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

1809 - Marie Monique Goulet in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

1822 - Ursule Goulet in St-Pierre, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1832 - Marie Sophie Goulet in St. Charles de Lachenaie, Quebec

1873 - Heinrich Friedrich Adolph Würst in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

1909 - Marguerite England in St Gabriel de Brandon, Berthier, Quebec, Canada

1911 - Hanah C. Keedy

1913 - Bert E Daube in Cook County, Illinois, USA

1918 - Harold James Blomfield in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

1942 - Joseph Philibert Pelchat in St-Edouard-de-Fabre, Quebec, Canada

1953 - Cyril Angus Talbot in Anoka, Minnesota

1967 - Mary Philomene Marso

1982 - James Robert Banes in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA

Last Names

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Clement Poyer (Poigué)

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Full Name
Date of Birth 29 Oct 1808
Place of BirthMarieville, Rouville, Quebec, Canada
FatherClement Poigué Dit Lapintade
MotherMarie Louise Favreau
SiblingsMarie Esther Poigué Dit Lapintade, Henriette Poigué Dit Lapintade, Anastasie Poigué Dit Lapintade, Marcel Poigué Dit Lapintade, Louis Poigué Dit Lapintade
Spouse #1 Apolline St Michel dit Circe
Date of Marriage 1841
Place of MarriageSt Cesaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada
ChildrenClement Poyer, Edouard Pyard, Pierre Amable Poyer, Jean Baptiste Amable Poyer
Spouse #2 Mathilde Terrien
Date of Marriage 20 Feb 1849
Place of MarriageStukely-Nord, Québec, Canada
ChildrenJoseph Pyard, Solomon Poyerd, Josephine Poyer, Marie Dina Pyard, Marie Virginie Poyer
Date of Death 19 Nov 1872
Place of DeathStukely-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

Fact: Baptism

Date: 31 Oct 1808

Place: Marieville, Québec, Canada

Baptized Clement Poigué. Father listed as Clement Poigué dit Lapintade and mother is Marie Louise Favreau. Also present was Marie Reine Damme (Paternal Grandmother)

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

Fact: Baptism

Date: 31 Oct 1808

Place: Marieville, Québec, Canada

Baptized Clement Poigué. Father listed as Clement Poigué dit Lapintade and mother is Marie Louise Favreau. Also present was Marie Reine Damme (Paternal Grandmother)

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Marriage

Event: Marriage

Date: 1841

Spouse:

Place: St Cesaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

I believe this is the approximate date and location of marriage. Apolline was baptized at St Cesaire and their 2nd son, Edouard, was also baptized there.

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

Event: Marriage

Date: 20 Feb 1849

Spouse:

Place: Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada

Marriage record states Clement is a widow. People present were Joseph St Michel (brother in law of groom), and David Robert (uncle of bride), among others.

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Fact: Residence

Date: 1852

Place: Orford, Sherbrooke County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada

2 records attached, one being the census, the other being the agriculture schedule.

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Fact: Residence

Date: 1852

Place: Orford, Sherbrooke County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada

2 records attached, one being the census, the other being the agriculture schedule.

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

Fact: Sherbrooke Census Missing

Date: 1861

Place: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

The 1861 census for Sherbrooke did not survive per my research. So the family can't be located in that census.

1871 Census of Canada

Fact: Residence

Date: 1871

Place: Orford, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Listed as being unable to read or write. I suspect that is how the name changed to Poyer.

1871 Census of Canada
Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968

Fact: Death

Date: 19 Nov 1872

Place: Stukely-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Never remarried. Record states he is the widow of Mathilde Terrien.

Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Research done on Poyard / Pyard line. Related to Mary Pyard and Charles Chabot by Grant Goulet (3rd great grandson) in 2019/2020
Research done on Poyard / Pyard line. Related to Mary Pyard and Charles Chabot by Grant Goulet (3rd great grandson) in 2019/2020

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