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
1654 - Anne Marie Amiot dit Villeneuve in Quebec, Canada
1664 - Louis Lemelin in Quebec, Canada
1713 - Clement Urbain Bisson in Ste Foy, Quebec, Canada
1726 - Ignace Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1742 - Marie Louise Huret dit Rochefort in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1744 - Marie Louise Goulet in Québec, Quebec, Canada
1775 - Marie Madeleine Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1781 - Marie Euphrosine Gariepy in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1789 - Josephe Goulet in Neuville, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
1817 - Mary Lottridge in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
1819 - Jean Baptiste Girouard in St-Philippe, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Oliver Benoit in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1826 - Victoire Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1829 - Isidore Goulet in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1835 - Edouard Pouliot in St Isidore de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1838 - Marie Cecile Eloise Dessein Decin in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1839 - Augustin Leonore Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1848 - Francois Xavier Goulet in Carleton, Avignon, Quebec, Canada
1850 - Marie Emilie Delphine Goulet in St Augustin, Quebec, Canada
1853 - Marie Elizabeth Eugenie Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1858 - Albert Johnathon Simons in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, USA
1880 - Amanda Bolduc in Minnesota
1901 - Benoit J Goulet in New Hampshire
1903 - Fredrick Joseph Goulet in Stevens, Minnesota, USA
1903 - Raymond Joseph Goulet in Minnesota
1914 - Grace Exelia Goulette in Washington County, Vermont, USA
1921 - Alex Campeau in Ontario
1921 - Florence Alice Ball in Ohio
1921 - Alice Rose Goulet in Toledo Lucas, Ohio
1926 - Therse Landry
1931 - Florence Mary Goulet in Colchester, Vermont
Past Marriages
1751 - Aaron Cole and Huldah Butterworth in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
1880 - Samuel Lane Neal and Catherine Lucinda Dills in Macon, North Carolina, USA
1899 - Onesime Jolicoeur and Leda Goulet in St Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1900 - John Billingsley and Anna Rhode in Henry, Illinois, USA
1907 - Albert Otto Rieger and Pauline Wirth in Windsor, Ontario
1918 - Erwin Ruemmele and Rosina Dorothea Sophia Sebald in Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Past Deaths
1689 - Urbain Tessier dit Lavigne in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1730 - Francoise Rondeau in Saint Vallier, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1756 - Jean Baptiste Goulet in St-Charles-de-Beaumont, Bellechasse, Montmorency, L'Île-d'Orléans, Capitale-Nationale, Québec Province, Canada
1792 - Pierre Boisme in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1810 - Charles Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1813 - Marie Reine Morin in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
1832 - Marie Genevieve Brodeur Lavigne in Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1837 - Emilie Brouillet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1847 - David Lantagne in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Marie Agnes Lantagne in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1848 - Felicity Seguin dit Laderoute in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1848 - Monica Seguin dit Laderoute in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1852 - Etienne Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1863 - Lucinda Timmons in Polk, Tennessee, USA
1883 - Elijah Monroe Garner
1886 - Lydia Todd Chapin
1905 - Felicite Sequin in Essex, 1654297, Ontario, Canada
1905 - Christena Hartman in Au Sable, Iosco, Michigan
1931 - Marceline Cusson in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1936 - Arthur Leslie Klock in Los Angeles County, California, USA
1991 - Ruth Hermanson in Albuquerque,NM,USA
1991 - Elizabeth Weiss in Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA
2000 - Frank Miceli
2005 - Marian Lillian Gerhard
2007 - Mary A McKenna
2010 - Louis A. Goulet in Ville-Marie, Quebec
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.