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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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Howard Barlow Wheeler

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Full Name
Date of Birth 21 Dec 1895
Place of BirthCook, Illinois, United States
FatherEdward Leslie Wheeler
MotherLaura Isabell Chabot
SiblingsCharles Edward Wheeler, Mattie Emma Wheeler, Edward H Wheeler
Spouse Leona Viola Murray
Date of Marriage 1 Dec 1926
Place of MarriageLucas, Ohio, USA
ChildrenHoward Robert Wheeler, William Edward Wheeler
Date of Death 11 May 1951
Place of DeathAllen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Birth

Date: 21 Dec 1895

Howard B Wheeler - Birth Certificate

Birth certificate

Birth
Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

Fact: Birth

Date: 21 Dec 1895

Place: Cook, Illinois, United States

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

Fact: Birth

Date: 21 Dec 1895

Place: Cook, Illinois, United States

Howard Barlow Wheeler - 14 Months Old

Date: 1896

Howard Barlow Wheeler at 14 Months Old

Howard Barlow Wheeler - 14 Months Old
1900 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1900

Place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois

1900 United States Federal Census
1910 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1910

Place: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois

1910 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1911

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1912

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
From The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (1914)

Date: 1914

Link to book: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00amer

From The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (1914)
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1914

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1915

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Fact: Residence

Date: 5 Jun 1917

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
MilitaryId

Date: 19 Nov 1917

Howard B Wheeler Enlistment Record

2028419

World War I Enlistment Record

MilitaryId
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

Fact: MilitaryId

Date: 19 Nov 1917

2028419

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

Fact: Military

Date: 19 Nov 1917

330th Field Artillery - 85th Division

Howard B Wheeler - World War I Photo

Date: 1918

Photo taken before leaving for World War I

Howard B Wheeler - World War I Photo
World War I Post Card from Howard B Wheeler to Mattie Orr

Date: 1918

Postcard sent from Howard Barlow Wheeler to his sister Mattie.

World War I Post Card from Howard B Wheeler to Mattie Orr
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1919

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939

Fact: Departure

Date: 31 Mar 1919

Place: Brest, France

U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Honorable Discharge

Date: 26 Apr 1919

Howard B Wheeler Discharge Record

Honorable Discharge
1920 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1920

Place: Detroit Ward 19, Wayne, Michigan

1920 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1920

Place: Detroit Ward 19, Wayne, Michigan

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1921

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1922

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1923

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Fact: Residence

Date: 1925

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Marriage

Date: 1 Dec 1926

Howard B Wheeler and Leona Murray Marriage License

Marriage
Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993

Event: Marriage

Date: 1 Dec 1926

Spouse:

Place: Lucas, Ohio, USA

Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1927

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1928

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
1930 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1930

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

1930 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1930

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1932

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1932

Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Howard B Wheeler with Leona Murray and Children Howard and William Wheeler - 1 Jan 1938

Date: 1 Jan 1938

Howard B Wheeler with Leona Murray and Children Howard and William Wheeler - 1 Jan 1938
Howard B Wheeler Affidavit Proving Birth

Date: 18 Dec 1939

Howard B Wheeler Affidavit Proving Birth
1940 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1 Apr 1940

Place: East Detroit, Macomb, Michigan, United States

1940 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1942

Place: East Detroit; Roseville; Fraser, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Fact: Residence

Date: 1942

Place: East Detroit; Roseville; Fraser, Michigan, USA

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1946

Place: East Detroit; Roseville; Fraser, Michigan, USA

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
1950 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1950

Place: East Detroit, Macomb, Michigan, USA

Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married

1950 United States Federal Census
Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Howard Barlow Wheeler Death Certificate

Death
Burial

Date: 11 May 1951

Howard B Wheeler Headstone

Confirmed: Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Detroit. South Half - Section 18 - Lot 201 - Grave 8

Burial
Burial

Date: 11 May 1951

Howard B Wheeler Burial Card

Confirmed: Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Detroit. South Half - Section 18 - Lot 201 - Grave 8

Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Detroit

Burial
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Fact: Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Place: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Wayne County, Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1934-1953

Fact: Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Place: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952

Fact: Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Place: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985

Fact: Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Place: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

Fact: Death

Date: 11 May 1951

Place: Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Howard B Wheeler and Leona Murray
Howard B Wheeler and Leona Murray
Howard B Wheeler and Leona Murray
Howard B Wheeler and Leona Murray
Howard B Wheeler dressed as Shriner Clown
Howard B Wheeler dressed as Shriner Clown
Howard Barlow Wheeler
Howard Barlow Wheeler
Howard Barlow Wheeler
Howard Barlow Wheeler

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