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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

1654 - Anne Marie Amiot dit Villeneuve in Quebec, Canada

1664 - Louis Lemelin in Quebec, Canada

1713 - Clement Urbain Bisson in Ste Foy, Quebec, Canada

1726 - Ignace Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

1742 - Marie Louise Huret dit Rochefort in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada

1744 - Marie Louise Goulet in Québec, Quebec, Canada

1775 - Marie Madeleine Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada

1781 - Marie Euphrosine Gariepy in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1789 - Josephe Goulet in Neuville, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada

1817 - Mary Lottridge in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

1819 - Jean Baptiste Girouard in St-Philippe, Quebec, Canada

1826 - Oliver Benoit in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1826 - Victoire Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1829 - Isidore Goulet in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada

1835 - Edouard Pouliot in St Isidore de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

1838 - Marie Cecile Eloise Dessein Decin in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1839 - Augustin Leonore Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1848 - Francois Xavier Goulet in Carleton, Avignon, Quebec, Canada

1850 - Marie Emilie Delphine Goulet in St Augustin, Quebec, Canada

1853 - Marie Elizabeth Eugenie Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada

1858 - Albert Johnathon Simons in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, USA

1880 - Amanda Bolduc in Minnesota

1901 - Benoit J Goulet in New Hampshire

1903 - Fredrick Joseph Goulet in Stevens, Minnesota, USA

1903 - Raymond Joseph Goulet in Minnesota

1914 - Grace Exelia Goulette in Washington County, Vermont, USA

1921 - Alex Campeau in Ontario

1921 - Florence Alice Ball in Ohio

1921 - Alice Rose Goulet in Toledo Lucas, Ohio

1926 - Therse Landry

1931 - Florence Mary Goulet in Colchester, Vermont

Past Marriages

1751 - Aaron Cole and Huldah Butterworth in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

1880 - Samuel Lane Neal and Catherine Lucinda Dills in Macon, North Carolina, USA

1899 - Onesime Jolicoeur and Leda Goulet in St Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1900 - John Billingsley and Anna Rhode in Henry, Illinois, USA

1907 - Albert Otto Rieger and Pauline Wirth in Windsor, Ontario

1918 - Erwin Ruemmele and Rosina Dorothea Sophia Sebald in Hamilton, Ohio, USA

1942 - ~ and ~ in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Past Deaths

1689 - Urbain Tessier dit Lavigne in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1730 - Francoise Rondeau in Saint Vallier, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1756 - Jean Baptiste Goulet in St-Charles-de-Beaumont, Bellechasse, Montmorency, L'Île-d'Orléans, Capitale-Nationale, Québec Province, Canada

1792 - Pierre Boisme in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada

1810 - Charles Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1813 - Marie Reine Morin in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

1832 - Marie Genevieve Brodeur Lavigne in Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

1837 - Emilie Brouillet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada

1847 - David Lantagne in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1847 - Marie Agnes Lantagne in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1848 - Felicity Seguin dit Laderoute in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

1848 - Monica Seguin dit Laderoute in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

1852 - Etienne Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1863 - Lucinda Timmons in Polk, Tennessee, USA

1883 - Elijah Monroe Garner

1886 - Lydia Todd Chapin

1905 - Felicite Sequin in Essex, 1654297, Ontario, Canada

1905 - Christena Hartman in Au Sable, Iosco, Michigan

1931 - Marceline Cusson in Essex, Ontario, Canada

1936 - Arthur Leslie Klock in Los Angeles County, California, USA

1991 - Ruth Hermanson in Albuquerque,NM,USA

1991 - Elizabeth Weiss in Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA

2000 - Frank Miceli

2005 - Marian Lillian Gerhard

2007 - Mary A McKenna

2010 - Louis A. Goulet in Ville-Marie, Quebec

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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