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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
1671 - Thomas Chapin in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1675 - Pierre Lussier in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1747 - Joachim Buercklin in Weil Im Schoenbach, Neckar Valley, Wuerttemburg, Germany
1749 - Joachim Morin in Sud, Haiti
1760 - Louis Goulet in Neuville, Quebec, Canada
1810 - Lucinda Klock in Chautauqua County, New York, USA
1810 - David Klock in St Johnsville, Montgomery, New York, USA
1825 - Marcelle Goulet in Les Cedres, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
1839 - Sohie Goulet in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1848 - John Hunter in Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
1848 - Francois Octave Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1854 - Kelsey Gearhart in Beavercreek, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
1858 - Delvina Lavallee in Maple Grove, Hennepin, Minnesota
1891 - Mary Anna Cecelia Goulet in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
1896 - Joseph Denis Urbain 'Herbert' Reaume in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1907 - Cecelia M. Damboise in Ashland, Maine
1912 - Alphonsine Morin in Canada
1918 - Thomas Freeman Reeves in Detroit, Michigan
1922 - Dorthy May Stangle in Mahnomen, Minnesota, USA
1924 - Alfred Goulet in Fabre, Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
1925 - Renald Y Goulet in Maine
1930 - Pauline A Lemay in Somersworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
1938 - Muriel F Harrington in Cortland, New York, USA
Past Marriages
1682 - Louis Roy and Marie Ledran in Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
1833 - Felise Felix Goulet and Angele Gosselin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1873 - Michael Collins and Rose Ann Hunter in Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
1882 - Louis Goulet and Marie Louise Aubuchon in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
1889 - Etienne Gilbert Dupuis Dit Jilbert and Emelie Cote in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1912 - Jacob Henry Gerhard and Mary Philomene Marso in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA
Past Deaths
1719 - Mary Southworth in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1733 - Jacques Vaudry Beaudry in Lachenaie, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada
1746 - Jean Baptiste Aubertin in Chambly, Quebec, Canada
1756 - Marie Gezeron in Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1772 - Agathe Huboult dit Longchamp in Lachenaie, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada
1799 - Simeon Chapin in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1890 - Mary Ann McMaster in Quebec, Canada
1926 - Sophie Sequin in Montebello, 1654530, Quebec, Canada
1946 - Capp W Hyde
1960 - Florence Sophianie Fournier
1989 - Adrienne St Hilaire in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1999 - Frank Frederick Goulette in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA
2003 - Ernest Louis Goulette in Hemet, California, USA
- Mathilde
Terrien (1827 - 1859)- Joseph
Pyard(1850 - 1919)- Emilie
Bouthillette (1855 - 1915)- Marie Emélie Exilda
Pyard(1872 - 1945) - Marie Louise
Pyard(1874 - 1951) - Octave 'Peter'
Pyard(1875 - 1949) - Joseph Moïse Godefroi
Pyard(1878 - 1931) - Hortense Agnes
Pyard(1880 - 1939) - Albia 'Abbie' Exilia
Pyard(1882 - 1955) - Rose Ann Josephine
Pyard(1884 - 1940) - George J
Pyard(1888 - 1930) - Edward Sylvester
Pyard(1889 - 1968) - Fred
Pyard(1892 - ?) - Frank Clarence
Pyard(1894 - 1945) - Julius Richard
Pyard(1896 - 1980) - Jennie E
Pyard(1898 - 1957)
- Solomon
Poyerd(1852 - 1908)- Adele
Pellerin (1854 - 1913)- Frederick
Poyerd(1874 - 1942) - Josephine Catherine
Poyerd(1876 - 1949) - William Joseph
Poyerd(1877 - 1963) - Elizabeth Marie
Poyerd(1880 - 1961) - Albert
Poyerd(1882 - 1965) - Emma
Poyerd(1884 - 1948) - Mary Rose
Poyerd(1885 - 1938) - Jennie Pearl
Poyerd(1887 - 1978) - Edward
Poyerd(1889 - ?) - James Thomas
Poyerd(1893 - 1983) - Annie H
Poyerd(1897 - 1962)
- Josephine
Poyer(1853 - ?) - Marie Dina
Pyard(1855 - 1913) - Marie Virginie
Poyer(1857 - 1858)
Clement Poyer (Poigué)
Full Name | Clement Poyer (Poigué) |
Date of Birth | 29 Oct 1808 |
Place of Birth | Marieville, Rouville, Quebec, Canada |
Father | Clement Poigué Dit Lapintade |
Mother | Marie Louise Favreau |
Siblings | Marie Esther Poigué Dit Lapintade, Henriette Poigué Dit Lapintade, Anastasie Poigué Dit Lapintade, Marcel Poigué Dit Lapintade, Louis Poigué Dit Lapintade |
Spouse #1 | Apolline St Michel dit Circe |
Date of Marriage | 1841 |
Place of Marriage | St Cesaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada |
Children | Clement Poyer, Edouard Pyard, Pierre Amable Poyer, Jean Baptiste Amable Poyer |
Spouse #2 | Mathilde Terrien |
Date of Marriage | 20 Feb 1849 |
Place of Marriage | Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada |
Children | Joseph Pyard, Solomon Poyerd, Josephine Poyer, Marie Dina Pyard, Marie Virginie Poyer |
Date of Death | 19 Nov 1872 |
Place of Death | Stukely-Nord, Quebec, Canada |
Fact: Baptism
Date: 31 Oct 1808
Place: Marieville, Québec, Canada
Baptized Clement Poigué. Father listed as Clement Poigué dit Lapintade and mother is Marie Louise Favreau. Also present was Marie Reine Damme (Paternal Grandmother)
Fact: Baptism
Date: 31 Oct 1808
Place: Marieville, Québec, Canada
Baptized Clement Poigué. Father listed as Clement Poigué dit Lapintade and mother is Marie Louise Favreau. Also present was Marie Reine Damme (Paternal Grandmother)
Event: Marriage
Date: 1841
Place: St Cesaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada
I believe this is the approximate date and location of marriage. Apolline was baptized at St Cesaire and their 2nd son, Edouard, was also baptized there.
Event: Marriage
Date: 20 Feb 1849
Place: Stukely-Nord, Québec, Canada
Marriage record states Clement is a widow. People present were Joseph St Michel (brother in law of groom), and David Robert (uncle of bride), among others.
Fact: Sherbrooke Census Missing
Date: 1861
Place: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
The 1861 census for Sherbrooke did not survive per my research. So the family can't be located in that census.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1871
Place: Orford, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Listed as being unable to read or write. I suspect that is how the name changed to Poyer.
Fact: Death
Date: 19 Nov 1872
Place: Stukely-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Never remarried. Record states he is the widow of Mathilde Terrien.