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
- 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