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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

1649 - Joseph Guyon dit Buisson in Quebec, Canada

1768 - Stephen Knowlton in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

1781 - Anna Landis in Pennsylvania, United States of America

1800 - Cecile Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1810 - Antoine Prieur dit St Leger in Les Cedres, Quebec, Canada

1819 - Marie Alexis Goulet in St Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada

1826 - Adeline Sureau in Ste-Scholastique, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada

1840 - Eliza Jane Mathis in Georgia, USA

1842 - Severe Olivier Goulet in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1842 - Marie Angelique Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1847 - Minter J Bush in Gilmer County, West Virginia

1860 - Adrien Elphege Goulet in St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

1862 - Arthur Leslie Klock in New York

1865 - Edward Joseph Hunter in Ontario, Canada

1865 - Cesarie Goulet in Quebec, Canada

1868 - Frank Westrick in China, St Clair, Michigan, USA

1877 - Edward Odilon Roy in St Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

1883 - Joseph Goulet in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

1884 - Bertram Lawrence Brown in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

1886 - Walter Willis Wilkinson in Michigan

1887 - John Ransom in St Regis Reservation, New York, USA

1889 - Joseph Henry Adolph Fournier in Essex, Ontario, Canada

1889 - Marie Dora Goulet in La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada

1890 - Leon Joseph Robert Goulet in Manitoba, Canada

1892 - Joseph B. Goulet in P Q

1898 - Olivine Justine Pelchat in Quebec, Canada

1910 - Ulysses Grant Shields in Harrison County, West Virginia

1912 - Joseph Goulet in Quebec, Canada

1915 - Evelyn M Louttit in Ontario, Canada

1917 - Marie Claire Yvette Goulet in Maine

1918 - Alice Reno in East Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA

1921 - Gloria Harty in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States

1926 - Rosario Leo Goulet in Maine

1926 - Lionel A Goulet in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

1929 - Darrel Francis Goulet in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

1942 - ~ in New York, USA

1994 - ~ in Ohio, USA

Past Marriages

1658 - Charles LeFrancois and Marie Madeleine Triot in Quebec, Canada

1670 - Jean Dagneau Dit Laprise and Marie Louise Michaud in Quebec, Quebec, Canada

1861 - Francois Xavier Goulet and Philomene Duquet in Lambton, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

1866 - Joseph Vermet and Rebecca Turgeon in Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

1894 - Napoleon Goulet and Marie Poulin in St Honore, Shenley, Quebec, Canada

1924 - Kenneth William Arthur Goulet and Dorothy Anna Hunter in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

1930 - Alfred Beal Ashmore and Madeline Miliken in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, USA

1964 - ~ and ~ in New York, USA

Past Deaths

1687 - Elisabeth Lefebvre in Batiscan, Quebec, Canada

1706 - Abraham Methot in St Nicolas, Quebec, Canada

1709 - Marie Blanquet in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1733 - Marguerite Goulet in L'Assomption, , Quebec, Canada

1736 - Marguerite Bonnet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada

1738 - Helene Hilaire Goulet in Quebec, Canada

1798 - Jean Baptiste Campeau in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

1814 - Judge Jacob George Klock in St Johnsville, New York

1815 - Louis Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

1817 - Leonard Adsit in Sherbourne, Chenango, New York, USA

1824 - Suzanne Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

1841 - Jacob G. Klock in St Johnsville, Montgomery, New York, United States

1841 - Peter G Klock in New York, USA

1844 - Marie Gourdeau in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada

1847 - Marie Elisabeth Fournier in Berthier-sur-Mer, , Quebec, Canada

1884 - Louis Goulet in Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

1898 - Charles L Metzger in Berrien County, Michigan, USA

1934 - Arlene Obelina Bement in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, USA

1952 - Luiselle Rose Reis in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

1970 - Edward Arthur Francis Champagne in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA

1972 - Arthur Joseph Goulet in Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan

2001 - Rose Piper in Fairfield NJ

2008 - Richard C McInerney in Clinton, Macomb, Michigan, USA

2012 - Mary Louise Stuart in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA

Last Names

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Hiram Spencer Wheeler

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Full Name
Date of Birth 26 Oct 1833
Place of BirthGallupville, Schoharie, New York, USA
FatherIra Wheeler
MotherEve Becker
SiblingsOrline Wheeler, Samantha Wheeler, Jerome Wheeler, Ezra I. Wheeler, Emmett Wheeler, Ira Wheeler, Frank Earle Wheeler
Spouse #1 Emily 'Emma' Stativa Barclay
Date of Marriage 11 Dec 1861
Place of MarriageFredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
ChildrenCharles Carlton Wheeler, Edward Leslie Wheeler, Florence Louise Wheeler, Mary Alice Wheeler, Hiram Eugene Wheeler
Spouse #2 Esther E Thompson
Date of Marriage 3 May 1893
Place of MarriageWayne County, Michigan, USA
Date of Death 28 Feb 1904
Place of DeathGrand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
1850 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1850

Place: Syracuse Ward 1, Onondaga, New York

Age: 17

1850 United States Federal Census
Appointed Mail Agent

Date: 29 Dec 1859

Richmond Dispatch - Article About Mail Route Agencies

Article about Hiram S Wheeler being appointed mail route agent from Chicago to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Appointed Mail Agent
1860 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1860

Place: Chicago Ward 1, Cook, Illinois, USA

1860 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1861

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Mail Agt

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

Date: 11 Dec 1861

Newspaper Article about Marriage between Hiram S. Wheeler and Emma S. Barclay

Marriage
Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920

Event: Marriage

Date: 11 Dec 1861

Spouse:

Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889

Event: Marriage

Date: 11 Dec 1861

Spouse:

Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889
Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889

Event: Marriage

Date: 11 Dec 1861

Spouse:

Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Event: Marriage

Date: 11 Dec 1861

Spouse:

Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1862

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Express Messenger

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

Fact: Residence

Date: 1863

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Messenger

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

Fact: Residence

Date: 1864

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Fact: Residence

Date: 1869

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Traveler

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
1870 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1870

Place: Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, United States

Age: 34; Census Post Office: Chicago Occupation: Exp Messenger

1870 United States Federal Census
1880 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1880

Place: Clintonia, De Witt, Illinois, United States

Occupation: Express Agt

1880 United States Federal Census
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

Fact: Residence

Date: 1889

Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Bookkeeper - American Express

U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940

Event: Marriage

Date: 3 May 1893

Spouse:

Place: Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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

Event: Marriage

Date: 3 May 1893

Spouse:

Place: Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952
1900 United States Federal Census

Fact: Residence

Date: 1900

Place: Armada Village, Macomb, Michigan

1900 United States Federal Census
Hiram Wheeler - Death Certificate

Date: 28 Feb 1904

Hiram Wheeler - Death Certificate
Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929

Fact: Death

Date: 28 Feb 1904

Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA

Age: 70 Record indicates Father's Name as Ira Wheeler and Mothers name as Eva Barclay

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

Fact: Death

Date: 28 Feb 1904

Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA

Age: 70 Record indicates Father's Name as Ira Wheeler and Mothers name as Eva Barclay

Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
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)
Marriage Record for Hiram Wheeler and Ester Thompson
Marriage Record for Hiram Wheeler and Ester Thompson

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