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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
1697 - Jean Baptiste Bouchard dit Lavallee in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1713 - Therese Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1714 - Marie-Anne Gariepy in Laval, Quebec, Canada
1733 - Cornelius W Beekman in Kingston, Ulster, NY
1762 - Charlotte Beland in Canada
1774 - Jean Francois Kemmener Quemeneur dit Laflamme in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1796 - Marie Louise Morin in Quebec, Canada
1800 - Guillaume Benjamin Borman in Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
1808 - Marie Tercile Tharsile Dupuit Dupuis in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
1819 - Ludwig Friederich Bonzheim in Germany
1836 - Marguerite Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1837 - Henri Goulet in Lanoraie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Joseph Lecours in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1845 - Joseph Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Lavinia Davis in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States of America
1855 - Marie Agnes Goulet in Ste Anne, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Joseph Elzear Lemieux in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1880 - Thompson Burton Klock in Fonda, Montgomery, New York, USA
1884 - Emma Marian Urbach in Chicago, Illinois
1887 - Norman Sherwood in Port Arthur, Ontario
1896 - Fred Jay Klock in Illinois
1900 - Russell Levi Klock in Fultonville, New York, USA
1906 - Walter Charles Goulet in Pope, Minnesota, USA
1911 - Lillian Marie Pepin in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
1923 - Gerard Fortier in Plessisville, Quebec, Canada
1930 - Donna J. Goulet
1939 - George Lewis Goulet in Irons, Lake, Michigan, USA
Past Marriages
1822 - Alexander Goulet and Rose Tremblay in Détroit, Ste-Anne, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Moise Trudelle and Elizabeth Walsh in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
1895 - George Goulet and Lumina Carrier in St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1901 - Louis Leon Goulet and Odile Adele Blais in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
1907 - Louis Bernard and Georginna Valliere in Biddeford, Maine, USA
1912 - Adjutor Gendreau and Eva Goulet in St Laurent, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1913 - Honorius Roy and Melani Goulet in St Julien de Wolfestown, Richmond and Wolfe, Quebec, Canada
1914 - Adjutor Goulet and Yvonne Parent in Beauport, Quebec, Canada
1915 - Fred T Wissner and Myrtle R Strauch in Kilmanagh, Huron, Michigan, USA
1918 - Leon Rene Marc Fournier and in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1918 - and Mary Blanche Aurora Odette in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1937 - Edgar F Williams and Lynora Mae Taylor in Steuben, Indiana, United States
1939 - Albert Wilford Fournier and Irene Rita Kraft in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Past Deaths
1590 - John Chapin in Paignton, Devon, England
1590 - Roger Chapin in Falmouth, Cornwall, England
1590 - Margery Urdde in Totnes, Devon, England
1703 - Robert Gaumon in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1705 - Sarah Gorham in North Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1708 - Jeremiah Howes in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1739 - Charles Fournier in Montmagny, , Quebec, Canada
1746 - Marie Louise Madeleine Marleau in Ste Genevieve, Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
1808 - Francois Goulet in St Augustin, Quebec, Canada
1813 - Silas Briggs in Barre, Washington, Vermont, USA
1832 - Ignace Bonhomme in Lile, , Quebec, Canada
1900 - May Klock in Fonda, Montgomery, New York, USA
1916 - James Gillis
1924 - Grace McMillan in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
1946 - Alexander Joseph Christe in Fort Custer, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
1964 - Minnie Jones in Fayette County, Georgia, United States of America
1969 - Ernest W Ubert in Garden Grove, Orange, California, USA
- Madeleine
Morel Dit De Ladurantaye (1730 - 1777)- Thomas
Fournier(1754 - 1838) - Marie Madeleine
Fournier(1755 - 1832) - Guillaume
Fournier(1757 - ?) - Charles
Fournier(1758 - 1838) - Marie Genevieve
Fournier(1760 - ?) - Marie Elisabeth
Fournier(1762 - 1847) - Isabelle
Fournier(1762 - 1847) - Alexis
Fournier(1765 - 1838) - Marie Agathe
Fournier(1765 - ?) - Marie Josephe
Fournier(1766 - ?) - Marie Roger
Fournier(1768 - 1826) - Francoise Theotime
Fournier(1769 - ?) - Pierre
Fournier(1772 - 1835)- Marie Madeleine Boulanger
Lefebvre (1774 - 1811)- Angelique
Fournier(1703 - 1703) - Marie Madeleine
Fournier(1792 - ?) - Alexis
Fournier(1795 - ?) - Pierre
Fournier(1796 - ?) - Guillaume
Fournier(1797 - 1878) - Jean Baptiste
Fournier(1800 - 1867) - Marie Henriette
Fournier(1801 - ?) - Etienne
Fournier(1803 - 1847) - Marie Angela
Fournier(1807 - ?) - Charles Francois
Fournier(1809 - ?)
- Marie Therese
Fournier(1776 - 1776)
Thomas Fournier
Full Name | Thomas Fournier |
Date of Birth | 20 Feb 1732 |
Place of Birth | Montmagny, Quebec, Canada |
Father | Francois Fournier |
Mother | Elisabeth Belanger dit Bonsecours |
Siblings | Marie Barbe Fournier, Genevieve Regine Fournier, Francoise Fournier, Veronique Fournier |
Spouse #1 | Madeleine Morel Dit De Ladurantaye |
Date of Marriage | 29 May 1752 |
Place of Marriage | Montmagny, Quebec, Canada |
Children | Thomas Fournier, Marie Madeleine Fournier, Guillaume Fournier, Charles Fournier, Marie Genevieve Fournier, Marie Elisabeth Fournier, Isabelle Fournier, Alexis Fournier, Marie Agathe Fournier, Marie Josephe Fournier, Marie Roger Fournier, Francoise Theotime Fournier, Pierre Fournier, Marie Therese Fournier |
Spouse #2 | Marie Ane Pouliot |
Date of Marriage | 15 Nov 1779 |
Place of Marriage | St Vallier, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada |
Spouse #3 | Veronique Cote |
Date of Marriage | 1 Feb 1785 |
Place of Marriage | St Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada |
Date of Death | 14 Mar 1808 |
Place of Death | Montmagny, Quebec, Canada |
Fact: Birth
Date: 20 Feb 1732
Place: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Fact: Baptism
Date: 24 Feb 1732
Place: Saint Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Fact: Baptism
Date: 24 Feb 1732
Place: Saint Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Fact: Baptism
Date: 24 Feb 1732
Place: Saint Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 29 May 1752
Place: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 29 May 1752
Place: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 29 May 1752
Place: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Date: 1775
Thomas Fournier - Canadian Participants in the American Revolution
Lists Thomas Fournier's involvement in the American Revolution. A full digital version of this manuscript can be found on the FamilySearch.org website.

Event: Marriage
Date: 15 Nov 1779
Place: St Vallier, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 15 Nov 1779
Place: St Vallier, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 1 Feb 1785
Place: St Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Event: Marriage
Date: 1 Feb 1785
Place: St Thomas, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Fact: Death
Date: 14 Mar 1808
Place: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

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