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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
- Emilie
Bouthillette (1855 - 1915)- Marie Emélie Exilda
Pyard(1872 - 1945) - Marie Louise
Pyard(1874 - 1952) - Octave 'Peter'
Pyard(1875 - 1949) - Joseph Moïse Godefroi
Pyard(1878 - 1931) - Hortense Agnes
Pyard(1880 - 1939) - Albia 'Abbie' Exilia
Pyard(1882 - 1955) - Rose Ann Josephine
Pyard(1884 - 1940) - George J
Pyard(1888 - 1930) - Edward Sylvester
Pyard(1889 - 1968) - Fred
Pyard(1892 - ?) - Frank Clarence
Pyard(1894 - 1945) - Julius Richard
Pyard(1896 - 1980) - Jennie E
Pyard(1898 - 1957)
Joseph Pyard
Profile| Full Name | Joseph Pyard |
| Date of Birth | 4 Jan 1850 |
| Place of Birth | Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada |
| Father | Clement Poyer (Poigué) |
| Mother | Mathilde Terrien |
| Siblings | Solomon Poyerd, Josephine Poyer, Marie Dina Pyard, Marie Virginie Poyer |
| Spouse | Emilie Bouthillette |
| Date of Marriage | 30 Jan 1871 |
| Place of Marriage | Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada |
| Children | Marie Emélie Exilda Pyard, Marie Louise Pyard, Octave 'Peter' Pyard, Joseph Moïse Godefroi Pyard, Hortense Agnes Pyard, Albia 'Abbie' Exilia Pyard, Rose Ann Josephine Pyard, George J Pyard, Edward Sylvester Pyard, Fred Pyard, Frank Clarence Pyard, Julius Richard Pyard, Jennie E Pyard |
| Date of Death | 4 Aug 1919 |
| Place of Death | Alpena, Kent, Michigan, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Baptism
Date: 6 Jan 1850
Place: Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1852
Place: Orford, Sherbrooke County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada
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.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1871
Place: Orford, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Marital Status: Married
Event: Marriage
Date: 30 Jan 1871
Place: Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1881
Place: Oxford, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Marital Status: Married
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Alpine, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
Date: 1904
The Joseph Pyard Family
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Alpine, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Date: 1919
Fact: Death
Date: 4 Aug 1919
Place: Alpena, Kent, Michigan, USA
Back row left to right: Jule, George, Ed, Frank Front Row: Peter, Grandpa Joseph Pyard & Moses
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