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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
George Robert Murray
Profile| Full Name | George Robert Murray |
| Date of Birth | 3 May 1882 |
| Place of Birth | Belfast, Ireland |
| Father | Robert Murray |
| Mother | Margaret Jane Horner |
| Siblings | Mary Murray |
| Spouse | Enie Wilhelmina Fawcett |
| Date of Marriage | 15 Jan 1908 |
| Place of Marriage | Algoma District, Algoma, Ontario, Canada |
| Children | Leona Viola Murray |
| Date of Death | 23 Aug 1910 |
| Place of Death | Algoma, Ontario, Canada |
Records / Facts / PhotosDate: 3 May 1882
George Robert Murray - Birth Return
Fact: Birth
Date: 3 May 1882
Place: Belfast, Ireland
Fact: Departure
Date: 27 May 1892
Place: Northern Ireland
George was an orphan living in Belfast. During this time a program was setup to migrate children to Canada. These children were considered Home Children.
Fact: Arrival
Date: 4 Jun 1892
Place: Quebec, Canada
Upon arrival George was sent to Stratford, Ontario to live in the Annie Macpherson Orphanage.
Date: 1 Jul 1893
Annie MacPherson Orphan Home - Stratford, Ontario
Based on research George was sent to live at the Annie Macpherson orphan house. A picture of it is attached.
Date: 1894
George Murray - Barnardos Adoption Documents
Notes about George's early life as a boy after he was in the Home Children program.
Notes on George Murray's early life as a boy from 1892-1901. These documents were obtained by Grant Goulet via Barnardo's adoption agency that took over the records.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1901
Place: Ontario, Canada
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Domestic Immigration Year: 1892
Event: Marriage
Date: 15 Jan 1908
Place: Algoma District, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
Date: 23 Aug 1910
George R Murray Obituary - Sault Ste Marie Evening News - 24 Aug 1910
Died at the age of 28 from tuberculosis.
Fact: Death
Date: 23 Aug 1910
Place: Algoma, Ontario, Canada
Died at the age of 28 from tuberculosis.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1911
Place: Algoma West, Ontario
He is listed in the census, but his name is crossed out. This is most likely due to him dying around the time the census was taken.
Farewell - Inscription: (rebekah symbol) Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life. Photo Added by S. Sherwood (nee Lewis) on 14 Nov 2016, to FAG No. 170174603
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