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Historical Highlights
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 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)
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
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
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
Hiram Spencer Wheeler
Profile| Full Name | Hiram Spencer Wheeler |
| Date of Birth | 26 Oct 1833 |
| Place of Birth | Gallupville, Schoharie, New York, USA |
| Father | Ira Wheeler |
| Mother | Eve Becker |
| Siblings | Orline 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 Marriage | Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA |
| Children | Charles 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 Marriage | Wayne County, Michigan, USA |
| Date of Death | 28 Feb 1904 |
| Place of Death | Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Residence
Date: 1850
Place: Syracuse Ward 1, Onondaga, New York
Age: 17
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.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1860
Place: Chicago Ward 1, Cook, Illinois, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1861
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Mail Agt
Date: 11 Dec 1861
Newspaper Article about Marriage between Hiram S. Wheeler and Emma S. Barclay
Event: Marriage
Date: 11 Dec 1861
Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 11 Dec 1861
Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 11 Dec 1861
Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 11 Dec 1861
Place: Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1862
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Express Messenger
Fact: Residence
Date: 1863
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Messenger
Fact: Residence
Date: 1864
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1869
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Traveler
Fact: Residence
Date: 1870
Place: Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, United States
Age: 34; Census Post Office: Chicago Occupation: Exp Messenger
Fact: Residence
Date: 1880
Place: Clintonia, De Witt, Illinois, United States
Occupation: Express Agt
Fact: Residence
Date: 1889
Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Bookkeeper - American Express
Event: Marriage
Date: 3 May 1893
Place: Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 3 May 1893
Place: Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Armada Village, Macomb, Michigan
Date: 28 Feb 1904
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
Date: 1914
Link to book: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00amer
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