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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
1627 - Marguerite Gaulin in Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Belleme, Departement de l'Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
1675 - Marguerite Destroismaisons dit Picard in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1699 - Adrien Leclerc in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1708 - Joseph Goulet in Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1720 - Michel Duprat in Stfrançois, Île Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1725 - Jean Francois Gariepy in Québec, Quebec, Canada
1751 - Xavier Guilbault
1812 - Alexandre Goulet in Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada
1831 - Phebee Terrien in St Athanase, Bleury, Quebec, Canada
1834 - Mary Nelligan in Ireland
1835 - Marie Caroline Goulet in St Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada
1835 - Pierre Goulet in St Paul, Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada
1838 - Philomene Goulet in St Isidore, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1860 - Charles Vermet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1863 - Etienne Gilbert Dupuis Dit Jilbert in Quebec, Canada
1864 - Israel Goulet in Ontario, Canada
1866 - Napoleon Taillefer in Quebec, Canada
1867 - Gedeon Alfred Goulet in Purth, Canada
1894 - Frances Shaddock in Port Austin, Huron, Michigan, USA
1901 - Maria Claudia Goulet in Biddeford, Maine, United States
1903 - Theodore Oscar Goulet in Maine
1904 - Clarence Burling Holbert in Ashley, Doddridge, West Virginia
1905 - Joseph Alexander Aime Chevrier in Moose Creek, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
1908 - Wilfred H. Goulet in Biddeford, Maine, USA
1911 - Melvin Francis Goulet in Detroit, Michigan, USA
1912 - Maurice Goulet in Massachusetts
1914 - Buford Thurman Tucker
1917 - Roy William Barthauer in Michigan
1923 - Dorothy Lawson in Tennessee
1926 - Bethany Carol Goulet in Michigan
1939 - Carl R Maron in Michigan
Past Marriages
1781 - Charles Albert Pinsonnault dit Lafleur and Marie Annee Hebert in St Jean Francois Regis, Quebec, Canada
1818 - Joseph G Klock and Elizabeth Devendorf Fox
1839 - Michel Racine and Marie Archange Goulet in Ste Anne, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1849 - Joseph Goulet and Henriette Boisverd in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1860 - Theodore Tremblay and Delphine Goulet in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1867 - Gabriel Goulet and Marie Nathalie Perrault in St Jean Baptiste, Quebec, Canada
1879 - Franklin Benjamin Klock and Charlotte Lizzie Crouse
1884 - Alfred Goulet and Marie Anna Josephine Lemieux in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1895 - Josephat Goulet and Olivine Boyer in Embrun, Ontario, Canada
1896 - Friedrich Gottlieb Esenwein and Anna Behrends in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
1907 - Adelard Patenaude and Marie Louise Goulet in Ste Brigide, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1912 - Leopold Joseph Talbot and Delvina DeMars in Wright, Minnesota
1913 - Frank A. Temske and Alvina Traxl in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
1928 - Jean Aurele Prince and Marie A Mayhew in Essex, Ontario, Canada
Past Deaths
1733 - Genevieve Huboult, dit Longchamps dit Tourville in St Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1772 - Joseph Amable Goulet in Verchères, Quebec, Canada
1798 - Marie Goulet in L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1817 - Christina Borst
1849 - Victoire Voyer in Quebec, Canada
1908 - Elizabeth Hoffman in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, USA
1911 - Marie Mathilde Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1947 - Clovis Alphonse Grenier in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire
1954 - Donald Wayne Wissner in Merced, Merced, California, USA
1954 - 'Dell' Delor Edward Laprease in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
1977 - Rafaele 'Ralph' Guzzo in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan
1984 - Benoit J Goulet in Cambridge, Massachusetts
2003 - Gloria Harty in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA
2003 - Barbara Jane Ashley
2009 - Leopold Goulet in Sanford, York County, Maine, USA
2010 - Patricia Bockey
- Marguerite
Mulier (1631 - 1692)- Genevieve
Goulet(1646 - 1646) - Nicolas
Goulet(1647 - 1721) - Jacques
Goulet(1649 - 1659) - Rene
Goulet(1650 - 1717)- Catherine Marie
Leroux (1653 - 1728)- Marie Marguerite
Goulet(1672 - 1748) - Catherine
Goulet(1677 - 1707) - Pierre
Goulet(1685 - 1687) - Madeleine Ursule
Goulet(1688 - 1753) - Marie Therese
Goulet(1691 - 1772)- Charles Ignace
Bonhomme (1682 - 1755)- Ignace
Bonhomme(1706 - ?) - Therese
Bonhomme(1708 - 1786) - Joseph
Bonhomme(1711 - 1718) - Genevieve
Bonhomme(1713 - ?) - Catherine
Bonhomme(1716 - 1796) - Marie Josephe
Bonhomme(1718 - 1806) - Marguerite
Bonhomme(1720 - ?) - Veronique
Bonhomme(1722 - 1792) - Angelique Marie
Beaupre(1723 - ?) - Pierre Noel
Bonhomme(1726 - ?) - Ignace
Bonhomme(1728 - 1832) - Monique
Bonhomme(1733 - 1734)
- Louis
Goulet(1653 - 1683) - Charles
Goulet(1656 - 1717)- Marie Anne
Rancin (1670 - 1717)- Jacques
Goulet(1688 - 1689) - Joseph Theodor
Goulet(1692 - 1694) - Charles
Goulet(1694 - 1750) - Marguerite
Goulet(1697 - 1762) - Jean
Goulet(1699 - 1700) - Agathe
Goulet(1701 - 1766) - Louis
Goulet(1703 - 1792) - Thomas Rene
Goulet(1705 - 1770) - Joseph
Goulet(1708 - 1772) - Augustin
Goulet(1709 - ?) - Pierre
Goulet(1711 - 1731) - Francois
Goulet(1715 - 1780)
- Thomas
Goulet(1661 - 1729)- Marie Marguerite Louise
Pancatelin (1663 - 1740)- Genevieve
Goulet(1685 - 1685) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1686 - 1686) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1687 - 1753) - Rene
Goulet(1690 - ?) - Marie Joseph
Goulet(1693 - ?) - Ignace
Goulet(1696 - ?) - Charles
Goulet(1698 - 1748) - Marie Anne
Goulet(1701 - 1768) - Marie Elisabeth
Goulet(1704 - ?) - Marie Angelique
Goulet(1706 - 1764) - Thomas
Goulet(1707 - ?)
- Francois
Goulet(1664 - 1719) - Antoine
Goulet(1666 - 1712)- Madeleine
Guyon Roussin (1674 - 1758)- Marie Magdeleine
Goulet(1693 - 1730) - Marguerite
Goulet(1695 - 1733) - Anne
Goulet(1696 - 1715) - Joseph
Goulet(1698 - 1754) - Joseph
Goulet(1698 - ?) - Helene
Goulet(1700 - ?) - Genevieve
Goulet(1701 - 1766) - Madeleine
Goulet(1702 - ?) - Alexandre
Goulet(1704 - ?) - Jacques
Goulet(1706 - 1776)- Marie Joseph
LeNormand (1715 - 1785)- Marie Josephe
Goulet(1736 - 1785) - Pierre Augustin
Goulet(1738 - ?) - Marie Monique
Goulet(1739 - 1809) - Louis
Goulet(1741 - 1809) - Marie Therese Hyacinthe
Goulet(1742 - ?) - Jean Baptiste
Goulet(1744 - 1831) - Marie Anne
Goulet(1745 - ?) - Claude
Goulet(1747 - 1749) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1748 - 1749) - Marie Veronique
Goulet(1749 - ?) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1751 - 1813) - Marie Angelique
Goulet(1753 - ?) - Marie Agathe
Goulet(1754 - ?) - Jacques Apollinaire
Goulet(1757 - 1830) - Michel
Goulet(1759 - 1759)
- Catherine
Goulet(1707 - ?) - Therese
Goulet(1708 - 1714)
- Joseph
Goulet(1669 - 1741)- Anne
Julien (1672 - 1720)- Francois
Goulet(1693 - ?)- Marie Madeleine
Bedard (1697 - 1755)- Marguerite
Goulet(1721 - 1721) - Marie Angelique
Goulet(1721 - 1757) - Louise
Goulet(1722 - 1733) - Francois
Goulet(1723 - 1784) - Ignace
Goulet(1724 - 1724) - Prisque
Goulet(1726 - 1791) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1727 - 1728) - Pierre
Goulet(1729 - 1794) - Marie Madeleine
Goulet(1731 - ?) - Joseph Marie
Goulet(1731 - 1755) - Josephe
Goulet(1732 - ?) - Marie Therese
Goulet(1736 - 1738) - Louis
Goulet(1738 - 1803) - Michel
Goulet(1740 - 1805)
- Bonaventure
Goulet(1700 - 1749) - Angelique
Goulet(1702 - ?) - Felicite
Goulet(1705 - ?) - Agnes
Goulet(1707 - ?) - Louis
Goulet(1709 - ?) - Antoine
Goulet(1711 - ?) - Jean Baptiste
Goulet(1715 - ?)
- Marguerite
Goulet(1675 - 1681)
Jacques Goulet
Full Name | Jacques Goulet |
Date of Birth | 17 Apr 1615 |
Place of Birth | Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France |
Father | Thomas Goulet |
Mother | Antoinette Feillard |
Siblings | Louise Goulet, Yvonne Goulet |
Spouse | Marguerite Mulier |
Date of Marriage | 21 Nov 1645 |
Place of Marriage | Poterie, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France |
Children | Genevieve Goulet, Nicolas Goulet, Jacques Goulet, Rene Goulet, Louis Goulet, Charles Goulet, Thomas Goulet, Francois Goulet, Antoine Goulet, Joseph Goulet, Marguerite Goulet |
Date of Death | 26 Nov 1688 |
Place of Death | Montmorency, Quebec, Canada |
Fact: Baptism
Date: 1615
Fact: Baptism
Date: 1615
Fact: Birth
Date: 17 Apr 1615
Place: Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Date: 1645
Jacques Goulet's Flute - The Winnipeg Tribune - June 7, 1934
A flute that once belonged to Jacques Goulet has been passed down many generations. A newspaper article was found that verified this story. The location of the flute is unknown. www.findtheflute.com was created in an attempt to locate it.
This article is about a flute that Jacque's Goulet (my 9th great grandfather) owned. It has been passed down many generations. Robert Leon Joseph Goulet was the last one to own it according to records.
Date: 21 Nov 1645
1645 Jacques Goulet & Marguerite Mulier Wed
Event: Marriage
Date: 21 Nov 1645
Place: Poterie, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Fact: Arrival
Date: 1646
Place: Quebec, Canada
Age: 31
Fact: Arrival
Date: 1646
Place: Quebec, Canada
Age: 31
Date: 1666
1666 Census of New France
Census of New France, Quebec
Date: 1667
1667 Census of New France
Census of New France, Quebec
Date: 1681
1681 Census of New France
Census of New France, Quebec
Date: 26 Nov 1688
Jacques Goulet Burial Record 26 Nov 1688
Source: Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. L'Ange-Gardien > 1687-1691. Page 10. Left page, 2nd entry.
Fact: Death
Date: 26 Nov 1688
Place: Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
Fact: Death
Date: 26 Nov 1688
Place: Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
Fact: Death
Date: 26 Nov 1688
Place: Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
Fact: Death
Date: 26 Nov 1688
Place: Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
Sur cette plaque est inscrit Jacques Goulet
Mill in which Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) worked.
PRDH Family # 481
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 92-93
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