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
1712 - Johan Jost Bellinger
1729 - Michel Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1747 - Marie Dorothee Francoise Bouchard in L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Charlevoix West, Quebec, Canada
1784 - Charles Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Joseph Henry (Diomede) Goulait in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Mary Margaret Klock in Ellery, Chautauqua, New York, USA
1834 - Calixte Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1836 - Dolphice Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Marie Leocadie Pouliot in St Isidore de Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1843 - Charles Yauney
1848 - Marie Melanie Goulet in St Isidore, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1850 - Marie Louise Goulet in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
1853 - Martha Chrisman
1860 - Marie Louise Goulet in St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1872 - Catherine Scheid in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
1874 - Earl Herbert Klock in Illinois
1880 - Joseph Philip Goulet in Wisconsin
1882 - Theodore J Weihe in Kentucky
1886 - Alexander Peter Goulette in St Martin, Quebec, Canada
1888 - Lea Laura Goulet in St Denis, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1898 - Hobert Odell Garner in Missouri
1899 - Louis J Bouchard in Rhode Island
1899 - Mary A Goulet in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1916 - Albert Goulet in Bay City, Michigan
1918 - Eston Siscoe in Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA
1918 - Joseph Adelard Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba
1919 - Francis Joseph Lacasse in Hanover, New hampshire
1921 - Colette Fortier in Quebec Canada
1944 - ~ in Notre Dame
Past Marriages
1765 - Jacques Goulet and Angelique Avice in Beauport, Quebec, Canada
1781 - Francois Antoine Goulet and Marie Thérèse Lemay
1788 - Francois Pose and Marie Madeleine Goulet in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1788 - Prisque Leclerc and Marie Radegonde Guibord in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1793 - Joseph Robert Dit Lafontaine and Amable Benoit dit Livernois in Beloeil, Québec
1821 - Jacob Larue and Anasthasie Goulet in Neuville, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Joseph Gariepy and Scholastique Charbonneau in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Frederic Roussel and Therese Cote in Trois-Pistoles, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada
1840 - Pierre Goulet and Appoline Nolin in St-Pierre, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1856 - Louis Goulet and Helen Champaign in St Clair, Michigan, USA
1858 - Patrick McNabb and Mariann Harden in Pike, Indiana
1862 - David Labrie and Marie Virginie Celine Goulet in St Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1868 - Alexis Asselin and Marie Julie Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1879 - Narcisse Goulet and Margaret Bourget in Cap D'Espoir, Quebec, Canada
1884 - Onesime Nadeau and Marie Rose Delima Goulet in St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1902 - Joseph Ernest Asselin and Elisabeth Alice Goulet in St Charles Borromee, Quebec, Canada
1929 - Joseph Georges Andre Goulet and Jeannette Gauthier in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Past Deaths
1647 - Marie Anne Cloutier in Quebec, Canada
1754 - William Lawson in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
1767 - Pierre Morin in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1796 - Francois Goulet in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada
1872 - Maria Klock in Orleans, Jefferson, New York, United States
1885 - Charlotte Eliza Barclay in New York
1916 - Marian C Praught in Minnesota, USA
1918 - Joseph Adelard Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba
1920 - Horatio London in Bloomfield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1940 - Martha Ann Green in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois
1943 - Alphonse Bolduc in Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire
1948 - Serephie Goulet in Yakima, Yakima, Washington
1975 - Emery Marcel Rancour in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
1979 - James Albert Curran in Inpatient, St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, USA
1989 - Helen Howard in Benton, Polk, Tennessee, USA
1993 - Margie Ann Meng in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1998 - Therese Bisson in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Monique
Sequin dit Laderoute (1831 - 1905)- Marie Adele
Christe(1854 - 1858) - Agnes
Christe(1856 - 1940)- Jean Baptiste
Dugal (1845 - 1921)- Marie Alexine Cleophes
Dugal(1872 - 1919) - Patrice
Dugal(1875 - ?) - Emma Scelestine Almanda
Dugal(1876 - ?) - Leondie
Dugal(1877 - ?) - Emma Josephine
Dugal(1879 - ?) - Joseph
Dugal(1882 - 1896) - Agnes
Dugal(1883 - ?) - Alphonsine
Dugal(1885 - ?) - Emile Ed John the Baptiste
Dugal(1886 - 1886) - Edmond Adolphe
Dugal(1887 - 1888) - Marie Claire Omeline
Dugal(1889 - 1959) - Leonie
Dugal(1891 - ?) - Joseph Ernest Ulric
Dugal(1893 - 1956) - Joseph Leonard Aristide
Dugal(1896 - 1955) - Marie Ann Emma
Dugal(1898 - ?) - Zenophile
Dugal(1900 - 1968)
- Maria Philomene
Christe(1858 - 1891) - Joseph Alexandre
Christe(1860 - ?) - Aimee Christine
Christe(1862 - 1865) - Seraphine
Christe(1864 - 1929) - Julie Catherine
Christe(1866 - 1961)- Placide
Dugal (1861 - 1926)- Catherine Clair Olympe
Dugal(1887 - 1972) - Agnes Alexine Langlois nee
Dugal(1889 - 1985) - Marie Elizabeth Beatrice Marentette Nee
Dugal(1891 - 1951) - Edward Piene
Dugal(1892 - 1974) - Eva {Shorty}
Dugal(1894 - 1966) - Raymond Joseph
Dugal(1896 - 1943) - Elizabeth {Libby]
Dugal(1898 - 1978) - Joseph Alexander Earl
Dugal(1900 - 1966) - Earl
Dugal(1901 - ?) - Joseph Albert Antoine
Dugal(1901 - 1958) - Joseph Christopher
Dugal(1903 - 1986) - Evelyn Marie
Dugal(1907 - 2001) - Marie Norma Berna Dette
Dugal(1910 - 1993) - Flounce Elinore
Dugal(1913 - 1914)
- Pierre Antoine
Christe(1869 - 1949) - Louise Alexandria
Christe(1871 - 1948)- Joseph Eudore
Fournier (1866 - 1946)- Hermine Marie
Fournier(1894 - 1985) - Joseph Leon Edmond 'Leo'
Fournier(1895 - 1953) - Joseph Henry John Baptist
Fournier(1897 - 1897) - Josephine M
Fournier(1898 - 1985) - Louise Marie Marguerite
Fournier(1900 - 1937) - Patrick Joseph
Fournier(1902 - 1994) - Mary Ann Seraphine 'Sallie'
Fournier(1904 - 2000) - Marie Katherine Viola
Fournier(1905 - 1997) - Mary Henrietta Olympe
Fournier(1908 - 1994) - Miriam Cleophe
Fournier(1909 - 1997) - Joseph L Alexander
Fournier(1911 - 1979) - Mary Victoria Monique
Fournier(1912 - 2006) - Albert Wilford
Fournier(1917 - 1944) - Genevieve Agnes
Fournier(1918 - 2006)
- Anne Elizabeth
Christe(1876 - 1963)
Joseph Christe
| Full Name | Joseph Christe |
| Date of Birth | 26 Sep 1823 |
| Place of Birth | Vendlincourt, Bern, Switzerland |
| Father | Jacques Christe |
| Mother | Catherine Mamie |
| Siblings | Antoine Severin Christe |
| Spouse | Monique Sequin dit Laderoute |
| Date of Marriage | 10 Feb 1852 |
| Place of Marriage | Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada |
| Children | Marie Adele Christe, Agnes Christe, Maria Philomene Christe, Joseph Alexandre Christe, Aimee Christine Christe, Seraphine Christe, Julie Catherine Christe, Pierre Antoine Christe, Louise Alexandria Christe, Anne Elizabeth Christe |
| Date of Death | 20 Feb 1914 |
| Place of Death | Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada |
Fact: Arrival
Date: 6 Oct 1846
Place: New York, New York
Age: 23
Fact: Residence
Date: 1852
Place: Sandwich, Essex County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
Age: 27
Event: Marriage
Date: 10 Feb 1852
Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 10 Feb 1852
Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 10 Feb 1852
Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1861
Place: Sandwich East, Essex, Canada West, Canada
Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1871
Place: East Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Age: 47; Marital Status: Married
Date: 1872
Fact: Residence
Date: 1881
Place: Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Age: 57; Marital Status: Married
Fact: Residence
Date: 1886
Place: Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1891
Place: Essex North, Ontario, Canada
Date: 1900
This is a charcoal or pencil sketch of Joseph Christe. It came from the historical museum in Tecumseh, Ontario, where it is hanging on the wall.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1901
Place: Sandwich (East/est), Essex (North/Nord), Ontario, Canada
Age: 77; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Chef
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Detroit Ward 9, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Age: 86; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father
Date: 1914
Date: 19 Feb 1914
Fact: Death
Date: 20 Feb 1914
Place: Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Age: 90
Fact: Death
Date: 20 Feb 1914
Place: Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Age: 90
Death February 19, 1914
This information was passed down from Louise Alexandria Christe (One of Joseph's daughters). She passed the information down to her daughter Miriam Fournier, whom passed it down to her daughter, Darlene Rabe. My grandmother, Darlene Rabe, passed the information down to me. Joseph and Monique Christe are my 3x great grandparents