Welcome to the Bright Branches Family Tree
31,843 people found
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
1705 - Jacques Vaudry Beaudry in Montréal, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada
1725 - Angelique Charbonneau in Terrebonne, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
1730 - Pierre Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1769 - Joseph Goulet in St Augustin, Quebec, Canada
1801 - Joseph Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1813 - Marie Magdeleine Chabot in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1818 - Pierre Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Henryette Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Sara Goulet in Carleton, Avignon, Quebec, Canada
1833 - Gervais Chabot in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Samuel Cote in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1838 - Damase Goulet in Ste Marie de Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1838 - Adelaide Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1841 - Edouard Gratton in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1844 - Agnes Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1844 - Marie Veronique Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1844 - Margaret Sheehan in Ontario, Canada
1847 - Joseph Simeon Goulet in Neuville, Quebec, Canada
1848 - Evariste Goulet in St Denis sur Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1851 - Raymond Adolphe Goulet in Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
1857 - Pierre Achille Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1858 - Francois Arcade Goulet in St Liguori, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Jean Baptiste John Goulet in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada
1863 - Augustine Marion in Quebec, Canada
1878 - Alexandre Benoit in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1894 - Louis A Goulet in Michigan
1896 - Eber Henry Goulait in Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
1899 - Dortha Jobe in Graves, Kentucky
1900 - Joseph Edmond Alexande Prince in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1904 - Lillie Thomas in Brantford, Ontario, Canada
1915 - Marie Bella Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba
1920 - Marie Van Hooser in Taylorville, Illinois
1924 - Gordon Joseph Berthiaume in Minnesota
1927 - Lucille Marguerite Lemay in Somersworth, New Hampshire
1928 - Malcolm Harry Gelo in Vermont
1932 - Pauline D Thibault
Past Marriages
1907 - James Oscar Gaines and Zelma Gillis in Stoddard, Missouri
1935 - Eugene Palin and Phyla Barber in Newport, Orleans, Vermont, USA
Past Deaths
1727 - Louise Therese Marie Lebreuil in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1776 - Marie Madeleine Gagne in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
1781 - Marie Louise Genevieve Laurendeau in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1828 - Gabriel St. Denis in Ste Madeleine, Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
1837 - Marcelline Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1843 - Marie Radegonde Guibord in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1844 - Sophie Elisabeth Allaire in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada
1880 - Elizabeth Long in Graves County, Kentucky, USA
1885 - Ephraim Hidden Brown in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1903 - Anastase Goulet in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
1906 - Mary Jennie Poyer in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1915 - Decatur Cutler in Iowa, USA
1915 - Marie Bella Tanguay in St Boniface, Manitoba
1915 - Scholastique Lauzon in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1940 - Peter George Klock in La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA
1947 - Blanche Berger in Gladstone Route I, Delta, Michigan, USA
1962 - Dixie in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA
1963 - David William Ferris in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1963 - Levi Francis Goulet
1967 - Milton Ambrose Goulet in Swift, Minnesota
1970 - Julienne Levasseur in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1980 - Frank T Jax in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
1987 - Yvette Y Poisson
1988 - Blanche Marie Boutillier in East Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1997 - Alice L Goulet in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, USA
2008 - Merilda J Bisson
2015 - Robert John Berry in Portage, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Prudence M Varnell
| Full Name | Prudence M Varnell |
| Date of Birth | 30 Nov 1848 |
| Place of Birth | Tennessee |
| Father | Unknown Unknown |
| Mother | Unknown Unknown |
| Spouse | Marshall Lawson |
| Date of Marriage | 30 Jun 1866 |
| Place of Marriage | Bradley, Tennessee, USA |
| Children | Hugh Lawson, Dennis Lawson, Martha Lawson, Mary Lawson, Lashea Lawson, Samuel Lawson |
| Date of Death | 27 Feb 1887 |
| Place of Death | Charleston, Bradley County, Tennessee, United States of America |
Fact: Residence
Date: 1850
Place: Subdivision 26, Bradley, Tennessee
Fact: Residence
Date: 1860
Place: District 1, Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Event: Marriage
Date: 30 Jun 1866
Place: Bradley, Tennessee, USA
Event: Marriage
Date: 30 Jun 1866
Place: Bradley, Tennessee, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1880
Place: District 1, Bradley, Tennessee, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife