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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
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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