Welcome to the Bright Branches Family Tree
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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
1673 - Jean Brouillet dit Laviolette in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1673 - Marie Catherine Gauthier in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
1704 - Pierre Robert dit Lafontaine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1707 - Francois Bouteille dit Bonneville in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
1781 - Jean Baptiste Chabot in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1794 - James Taylor in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
1797 - Louis Goulet in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1830 - Ellen Jane Tollett in Arkansas, USA
1852 - Marie Louise Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1852 - Marie Louise Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Catherine Lucinda Dills in North Carolina
1861 - Sarah Graham in Ontario, Canada
1864 - Earl G Norton
1875 - Joseph Goulet in St Josephine, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Henrietta Fawcett in Ontario
1896 - Hobart Mc Kinley Lawson in Tennessee
1898 - Cooper Hay Weihe in Kentucky
1899 - Edna B Driscoll in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1900 - Vivian P Goulet in Connecticut
1904 - James Leo Craig in Carleton, Ontario, Canada
1923 - Pauline Leda Marie Goulet in Brighton, Essex, Vermont, USA
1925 - Patricia J Goulet in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
1925 - Wallace Herbert Goulet in Washington
Past Marriages
1686 - Jacques Jahan dit Laviolette and Anne Trepanier in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
1692 - Philippe Noel and Marie Rondeau in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1703 - Pierre Noel and Marie Louise Gosselin in St Pierre, Ile Dorleans, Quebec, Canada
1714 - Michel Charbonneau and Genevieve Huboult, dit Longchamps dit Tourville in St Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1736 - Jean Baptiste Poulin and Marie Louise Renaud dit Canard in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada
1787 - Francois Joseph Goulet and Josephe Methot in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
1798 - Jean Baptiste Goulet and Marie Anne Robineau in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1798 - Gabriel Goulet and Marie Josephe Grivau in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1833 - Amable Thouin Dit Roch and Marie Marguerite Goulet in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1838 - James Owens and Elizabeth Parker in Haywood, North Carolina
1850 - Antoine Chabot and Magdeleine Goulet in St Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1851 - Francois Xavier Goulet and Sophie Angers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1860 - Francois Jacques and Phebee Terrien in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Louis Alfred Goulet and Eleonard Jodoin in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1867 - Richard Shaw and Scholastique Vitaline Goulet in Amherstburg Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada
1888 - Ferdina Hains and Olympe Goulet in Notre Dame des Bois, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Eugene Goulet and Caroline Smith in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
1905 - Joseph Turgeon and Leocadie Valliere in Biddeford, Maine, USA
1906 - Oliva Goulet and Aurelie Martin in St Michel de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
1909 - William H Flagler and Ruth Lola Robinson in St Louis, Missouri
1912 - Joseph Bisson and Marie Merida Fortier in St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1923 - Alfred Goulet and Yvonne Boucher in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada
1923 - Oliver Chartrant and Matilda Lemieux in Bay City, Michigan
1942 - ~ and ~ in Griswold, Connecticut, USA
Past Deaths
1703 - Marie Gauthier in Champlain, Quebec, Canada
1785 - Joseph Marie Amable Goulet in Verchères, Quebec, Canada
1797 - Louis Goulet in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1824 - Joseph Vidal in Quebec, Canada
1829 - Marie Julie Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1836 - Eleonore Josephine Goulet in Riviere du Loup, Louiseville, Quebec, Canada
1853 - Louis Albert Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Hannah Wiles
1918 - Margaret E James in Alabama
1926 - Sarah Goulet in Tache, Manitoba, Canada
1945 - Albert E. McInerney in Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, USA
1947 - Frances Adele Titus in Johnstown, New York, USA
1951 - Mabel Margaret Dishaw in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA
1969 - James H Gossum in Graves, Kentucky
1971 - Joseph A. Goulet in Biddeford, York, Maine, USA
1981 - Grace Irene Green in East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan, United States of America
1990 - Wilfred Rene Dauplaise in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
2003 - Eva Belle Avery in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of America
2005 - James Frederick Poyerd in New York
Theodore Henry Leopole Rabe
| Full Name | Theodore Henry Leopole Rabe |
| Date of Birth | 20 Dec 1865 |
| Place of Birth | Uchte, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany |
| Father | Heinrich Friedrich August Rabe |
| Mother | Friederike Christiane Buntze |
| Siblings | Helene Rabe, Wilhelm August Rabe |
| Spouse #1 | Anna Elisabethe Weihe |
| Date of Marriage | 27 Jul 1887 |
| Place of Marriage | Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| Children | Helena Frederica Rabe, Ethel Elizabeth Rabe, Henriette Christiane Rabe Carter, Theodore Henry Rabe |
| Spouse #2 | Mattie Love Blan |
| Date of Marriage | 18 Feb 1914 |
| Place of Marriage | Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama |
| Spouse #3 | Nora Nell Yount Addison |
| Date of Marriage | 8 Sep 1919 |
| Place of Marriage | Sumner, Tennessee, USA |
| Date of Death | 30 Jan 1936 |
| Place of Death | Hasbrouch Heights, New Jersey, United States |
Fact: Arrival
Date: 11 Sep 1883
Place: New York, New York, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1885
Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Clerk
Fact: Residence
Date: 1886
Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1887
Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Clerk
Event: Marriage
Date: 27 Jul 1887
Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Event: Marriage
Date: 27 Jul 1887
Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Date: 19 Oct 1887
Theodore Rabe Naturalization Record - 19 Oct 1887
Fact: Residence
Date: 1888
Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Clerk
Fact: Residence
Date: 1889
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Fact: Residence
Date: 1890
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Fact: Residence
Date: 1890
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Fact: Residence
Date: 1891
Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Clerk
Fact: Residence
Date: 1895
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1903
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Date: 1904
Theodore Rabe, Anna Rabe, Helena Fredericka Rabe, Ethel Rabe, Henrietta Rabe, Theodore Rabe Jr.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1904
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Arrival
Date: 27 Apr 1904
Place: New York, New York
Age: 38
Fact: Residence
Date: 1905
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1906
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1907
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1909
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Birmingham Ward 7, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Age in 1910: 44; Age in 1910: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Birmingham Ward 7, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Age in 1910: 44; Age in 1910: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1911
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Date: 19 Jun 1911
North American Saengerfest - Birmingham Herald - 19 Jun 1911
Fact: Residence
Date: 1912
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Date: 16 Feb 1912
Theodore Rabe Visits Brother-in-Law - Ocala Banner - 16 Feb 1912
Fact: Residence
Date: 1913
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1914
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 18 Feb 1914
Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Event: Marriage
Date: 18 Feb 1914
Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Event: Marriage
Date: 18 Feb 1914
Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Fact: Residence
Date: 1915
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Date: 27 Mar 1915
From The Wall Street Journal - March 27, 1915. Found using newspapers.com
Fact: Residence
Date: 1917
Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1918
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1918
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 8 Sep 1919
Place: Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 8 Sep 1919
Place: Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Cincinnati Ward 12, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1922
Place: Norwood, Ohio, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1922
Place: Norwood, Ohio, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1924
Place: Norwood, Ohio, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1926
Place: Norwood, Ohio, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1927
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Fact: Arrival
Date: 15 Jan 1928
Place: New York, New York
Age: 62
Date: 1930
Cupid watercolor by Theo H Rabe. See scan of painting's back with lyrics of "Yes sir, That's My Baby" written in pencil by my Great Grandfather.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Miami, Dade, Florida
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Miami, Dade, Florida
Fact: Residence
Date: 1931
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1932
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Date: 25 May 1935
25 May 1935 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
Divorce between Theodore Rabe and Nora
Date: 30 Jan 1936
Theodore H Rabe Obituary - The Herald News - 31 Jan 1936
Date: 30 Jan 1936
Theodore H Rabe Obituary - The Record - New Jersey - 31 Jan 1936
Theodore H. Rabe Obituary
Date: 30 Jan 1936
Theodore H. Rabe Obituary
This obituary came from the Birmingham News Paper. It was requested by mail from the Birmingham Public Library by myself.
Date: 31 Jan 1936
Obituary for Theodore Henry RABE (Aged 70)
Fact: Obituary for Theodore Henry RABE (Aged 70)
Date: 31 Jan 1936
Place: Hackensack, New Jersey
Date: 12 Nov 1970
Letter from Frederick E Weihe, to cousin Jo Hollye Cochran regarding his research of the Genealogy of Henry Theodore Leopole Rabe.
Date: 12 Nov 1970
Rabe lineage from Frederick E Weihe, to cousin Jo Hollye Cochran regarding his research of the Genealogy of Henry Theodore Leopole Rabe.
Theodore's first Granddaughter.