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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
Joseph Thayendanegea Brant
Profile| Full Name | Joseph Thayendanegea Brant |
| Date of Birth | 24 Nov 1742 |
| Place of Birth | Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA |
| Father | Nickus Brant |
| Mother | Margaret Sahetagearat Onagsakearat |
| Spouse | Neggen Margaret Peggy Christine Aoghyatonghsera |
| Date of Marriage | Unknown |
| Place of Marriage | Unknown |
| Children | Isaac Karaguantier Brant |
| Date of Death | 24 Nov 1807 |
| Place of Death | Ontario, Canada |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Birth
Date: 24 Nov 1742
Place: Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
Fact: Birth
Date: 24 Nov 1742
Place: Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
Date: 6 Nov 1763
Letter from Duncan to Johnson Concerning George Klock - 6 Nov 1763
Talks about Joseph Brant as well.
From the publication: Papers of Sir William Johnson
Event: Marriage
Date: 1765
Date: 1776
Portrait of Joseph Brant (1734–1802). Brant was visiting England with Guy Johnson at age 33 or 34 when Romney painted him in his London studio. Brant is shown wearing a white ruffled shirt, an Indian blanket, a silver gorget, a plumed headdress and carrying a tomahawk. The painting is today in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. In the public domain because its copyright has expired. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Brant_painting_by_George_Romney_1776.jpg
Event: Marriage
Date: 1784
Place: Canajoharie
Date: 1806
1830s lithograph based on the last portrait of Brant, an 1806 oil on canvas painting by Ezra Ames.
Fact: Death
Date: 24 Nov 1807
Place: Ontario, Canada
Age: 65
Fact: Death
Date: 24 Nov 1807
Place: Ontario, Canada
Age: 65
Fact: Death
Date: 24 Nov 1807
Place: Ontario, Canada
Age: 65
Date: 13 Mar 2011
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