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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
1641 - Maurice Paquet in Chavy, Indre, Centre, France
1668 - Louise Gauthier in Ste Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1714 - Marie Hubou in Quebec
1715 - Michel Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1775 - Marie Catherine Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1794 - Louis Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1806 - Joseph Lamouche in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1807 - Marie Scholastique Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1815 - Francois Forget Dit Despatis in Quebec, Canada
1818 - Joseph Narcisse Dupuit in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
1831 - Eulalie Benoit in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1833 - Adeline Vallieres in Quebec, Canada
1843 - Cyrille Roy in Saint-Gervais, Quebec, Canada
1864 - Aaron F. Kilmer in Missouri
1865 - Theodore Henry Leopole Rabe in Uchte, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
1869 - Melville Goulet in St Stanislas, Champlain, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Jessie Goulet in Blacktail, South Dakota
1894 - Russell Morrison in Ontario, Canada
1900 - Alvin Chester Goins in Tennessee
1902 - Oscar Lowande in Massachusetts, USA
1908 - Alma Goulet in Massachusetts
1910 - Malinda Buescher in Todd, Minnesota, USA
1916 - Omer Pelletier in Massachusetts
1920 - Harry (Hrynko) Slobodian in Tolstoi, Manitoba,Canada
1924 - Kathleen Goulet in McLeod, Minnesota, USA
Past Marriages
1822 - Andrew Dumphy and Ruth Burden in New Brunswick, Canada
1897 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Lea Scholastique Remillard in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1908 - Collin Holland and Lucy Jane Clark in Obion, Tennessee, USA
1909 - Wilbur Gorman Craig and Psyche E Torrey in Coos, Oregon, USA
Past Deaths
1708 - Jean Barette in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Marie Balard dit Latour in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1765 - Marie Marguerite Kemmener Quemeneur dit Laflamme in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1773 - Maria
1832 - Charles Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1856 - Joseph Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Agnes St. Amant in St-Eugène, Ontario, Canada
1893 - Marie Madeleine Lalonde in Ste Madeleine, Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
1926 - William Thomas Shirk in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
1946 - Emery Fontaine in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1995 - Joseph Antonio Romeo Taillefer in Montréal, QC, Canada
Leota Lena Ritter
Profile| Full Name | Leota Lena Ritter |
| Date of Birth | 5 Sep 1876 |
| Place of Birth | Tennessee |
| Father | Henry Ritter |
| Mother | Louisa Catherine Bradford |
| Siblings | Isaac Jasper Ritter |
| Spouse #1 | John Billingsley |
| Date of Marriage | 1 Dec 1895 |
| Place of Marriage | Carroll, Tennessee |
| Children | Henry Clyde Billingsley |
| Spouse #2 | Nathan Emery Jackson |
| Date of Marriage | 3 Dec 1901 |
| Place of Marriage | Lake, Tennessee |
| Children | Utley Jack Jackson |
| Spouse #3 | Robert Lee Potter |
| Date of Marriage | 27 Feb 1918 |
| Place of Marriage | Clay County, Arkansas, USA |
| Children | Rachel Lee Potter |
| Date of Divorce | 15 Nov 1937 |
| Date of Death | 11 Feb 1965 |
| Place of Death | Piggott, Clay, Arkansas, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Residence
Date: 1880
Place: District 2, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Age: 3; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Event: Marriage
Date: 1 Dec 1895
Place: Carroll, Tennessee
Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Civil District 14, Carroll, Tennessee, USA
Age: 25; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Event: Marriage
Date: 3 Dec 1901
Place: Lake, Tennessee
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Haywood, Clay, Arkansas
Age in 1910: 33; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Head
Event: Marriage
Date: 27 Feb 1918
Place: Clay County, Arkansas, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 27 Feb 1918
Place: Clay County, Arkansas, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 27 Feb 1918
Place: Clay County, Arkansas, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Pollard, Clay, Arkansas, USA
Age: 43; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Pollard, Clay, Arkansas, USA
Age: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Event: Divorce
Date: 15 Nov 1937
Place: Clay, Arkansas, USA
Event: Divorce
Date: 15 Nov 1937
Place: Clay, Arkansas, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1940
Place: Piggott, Clay, Arkansas, USA
Marital Status: Married; Marital Status: Divorced (D); Relation to Head: Roomer
Fact: Death
Date: 11 Feb 1965
Place: Piggott, Clay, Arkansas, USA
Not sure of date or location; taken from family album
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