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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

1712 - Johan Jost Bellinger

1729 - Michel Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada

1747 - Marie Dorothee Francoise Bouchard in L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Charlevoix West, Quebec, Canada

1784 - Charles Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1826 - Joseph Henry (Diomede) Goulait in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada

1826 - Mary Margaret Klock in Ellery, Chautauqua, New York, USA

1834 - Calixte Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada

1836 - Dolphice Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

1841 - Marie Leocadie Pouliot in St Isidore de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

1843 - Charles Yauney

1848 - Marie Melanie Goulet in St Isidore, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

1850 - Marie Louise Goulet in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada

1853 - Martha Chrisman

1860 - Marie Louise Goulet in St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

1872 - Catherine Scheid in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

1874 - Earl Herbert Klock in Illinois

1880 - Joseph Philip Goulet in Wisconsin

1882 - Theodore J Weihe in Kentucky

1886 - Alexander Peter Goulette in St Martin, Quebec, Canada

1888 - Lea Laura Goulet in St Denis, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

1898 - Hobert Odell Garner in Missouri

1899 - Louis J Bouchard in Rhode Island

1899 - Mary A Goulet in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

1916 - Albert Goulet in Bay City, Michigan

1918 - Eston Siscoe in Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA

1918 - Joseph Adelard Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba

1919 - Francis Joseph Lacasse in Hanover, New hampshire

1921 - Colette Fortier in Quebec Canada

1944 - ~ in Notre Dame

Past Marriages

1765 - Jacques Goulet and Angelique Avice in Beauport, Quebec, Canada

1781 - Francois Antoine Goulet and Marie Thérèse Lemay

1788 - Francois Pose and Marie Madeleine Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1788 - Prisque Leclerc and Marie Radegonde Guibord in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada

1793 - Joseph Robert Dit Lafontaine and Amable Benoit dit Livernois in Beloeil, Québec

1821 - Jacob Larue and Anasthasie Goulet in Neuville, Quebec, Canada

1834 - Joseph Gariepy and Scholastique Charbonneau in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1834 - Frederic Roussel and Therese Cote in Trois-Pistoles, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada

1840 - Pierre Goulet and Appoline Nolin in St-Pierre, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1856 - Louis Goulet and Helen Champaign in St Clair, Michigan, USA

1858 - Patrick McNabb and Mariann Harden in Pike, Indiana

1862 - David Labrie and Marie Virginie Celine Goulet in St Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1868 - Alexis Asselin and Marie Julie Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada

1879 - Narcisse Goulet and Margaret Bourget in Cap D'Espoir, Quebec, Canada

1884 - Onesime Nadeau and Marie Rose Delima Goulet in St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1902 - Joseph Ernest Asselin and Elisabeth Alice Goulet in St Charles Borromee, Quebec, Canada

1929 - Joseph Georges Andre Goulet and Jeannette Gauthier in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Past Deaths

1647 - Marie Anne Cloutier in Quebec, Canada

1754 - William Lawson in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

1767 - Pierre Morin in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada

1796 - Francois Goulet in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada

1872 - Maria Klock in Orleans, Jefferson, New York, United States

1885 - Charlotte Eliza Barclay in New York

1916 - Marian C Praught in Minnesota, USA

1918 - Joseph Adelard Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba

1920 - Horatio London in Bloomfield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

1940 - Martha Ann Green in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois

1943 - Alphonse Bolduc in Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire

1948 - Serephie Goulet in Yakima, Yakima, Washington

1975 - Emery Marcel Rancour in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

1979 - James Albert Curran in Inpatient, St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, USA

1989 - Helen Howard in Benton, Polk, Tennessee, USA

1993 - Margie Ann Meng in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA

1998 - Therese Bisson in Montreal, Quebec, 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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