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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
1685 - Louis Goulet in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada
1752 - Marie Marguerite Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1758 - Anna Knowlton in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA
1783 - Marie Angelique Goulet in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1795 - Nicolas Pouliot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1815 - Julie Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1818 - Thomas Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Amable Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1842 - Julien Goulet in St Timothée, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
1849 - Helen Catherine Barclay in New York
1850 - Arthemise Roy in Saint Vallier, Quebec
1850 - Joseph Samuel Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Charles Carlton Hinman in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA
1860 - Jeanie M. Adsit in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1864 - Charles Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1870 - Mary Tulloch in North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland
1879 - Albert E. McInerney in Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, USA
1893 - Floyd Basil Goulait in Saint Clair, Saint Clair, Michigan
1896 - Mary Clare Marceline Beausoleil in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1900 - Harry Franklin Nichols
1904 - Leona G Ascheman in Minnesota, USA
1906 - Mae Boucher in Connecticut
1917 - Simone Yvette Goulet in Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1919 - Mary Lou Shultis in Hennepin Co, Minnesota
1920 - Annie Taioratie Oakes in St-Régis, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
1921 - Robert Paul Torango in Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
1925 - Marilyn L Berthiaume
1933 - Arthur Joseph Poyerd in Connecticut
Past Marriages
1832 - Stephen Chappell and Hannah Miller in Pike
1858 - Thomas Neal and Mary Ann Stafford in Blount, Tennessee, USA
1914 - Ervin Ernest Travis and Faith Hope Ward in Winnebago, Illinois, USA
Past Deaths
1729 - Marie Huboult Longchamp Tourville in Lachenaie, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1753 - Marie Celeste Proulx in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Michel Goulet in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1829 - Laurent Goulet in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Marie Julie Goulet in Ste Anne, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1860 - John Karian Rooney in St-Eugène, Ontario, Canada
1912 - Amable Goulet in Carleton, Ontario, Canada
1914 - Clarinda Vachon in Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
1932 - Raymond Lee Goulette in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, USA
1973 - Nelson or Wilson Goulet in Los Angeles
1985 - Omer W Lacasse in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
2000 - Fay Z Pettipiece in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
2002 - Denis L'heureux
Ella Margaret Gillis
Profile| Full Name | Ella Margaret Gillis |
| Date of Birth | 8 Jan 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, USA |
| Father | George W Gillis |
| Mother | Zelma Garner |
| Siblings | Belvie Gillis, Opal Gillis |
| Spouse #1 | Utley Jack Jackson |
| Date of Marriage | 16 May 1924 |
| Place of Marriage | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Children | Billie Mae Jackson |
| Date of Divorce | 25 Jun 1936 |
| Spouse #2 | George Kenneth Shirk |
| Date of Marriage | 11 Jul 1936 |
| Place of Marriage | Steuben County, Indiana, USA |
| Date of Death | 9 Jun 1985 |
| Place of Death | Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Liberty, Stoddard, Missouri, USA
Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter
Date: 16 May 1924
Found using FamilySearch.org - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQQT-L5W
Date: 16 May 1924
Gillis - Jackson Marriage - The Dexter Statesmen - 06 Jun 1924
Event: Marriage
Date: 16 May 1924
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1925
Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA
Residence as listed on Daughters Birth Certificate
Event: Divorce
Date: 25 Jun 1936
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Date: 25 Jun 1936
Divorce List - Detroit Times Extra - 25 Jun 1936
Date: 11 Jul 1936
George Shirk and Ella Gillis Marriage Record
Event: Marriage
Date: 11 Jul 1936
Place: Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Apr 1940
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Fact: Residence
Date: 1950
Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married
Fact: Arrival
Date: 21 Feb 1959
Place: Miami, Florida, USA
Date: 9 Jun 1985
Ella Shirk Obituary
Age: 83
Obituary for Ella Shirk (Gillis)
Fact: Death
Date: 9 Jun 1985
Place: Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Age: 83
Fact: Death
Date: 9 Jun 1985
Place: Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Age: 83
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