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
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
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.