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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

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

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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