Welcome to the Bright Branches Family Tree
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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
1683 - Nathaniel Knowlton in Ipswich, Massachusetts
1694 - Marie Huboult Longchamp Tourville in Lachenaie, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1721 - Dorothy Sanborn in Kingston, New Hampshire, USA
1727 - Marie Anne Goulet in Neuville, Quebec, Canada
1775 - Jacques Goulet in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1796 - Louis Florentin Goulet in Canada
1802 - Louis Goulet in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada
1803 - Marie Louise Dagneau Dit Laprise in St Jean Baptiste, Rouville, Quebec, Canada
1809 - Alexis Lamouche in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1817 - Francois Xavier Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1819 - Maxime Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1826 - Edmund Johnson in Nova Scotia, Canada
1833 - Edwidge Caroline Goulet in St Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada
1844 - Anne Goulet in St Ignace de Coteau du Lac, Quebec, Canada
1858 - Pierre Lavallee in St Robert, Quebec, Canada
1870 - Joseph Nazaire Phileas 'Philip' Labonte in Quebec, Canada
1881 - George Goulet in La Broquerie, Manitoba, Canada
1882 - George Robert Murray in Belfast, Ireland
1885 - Arthur J Goulet in St Denis, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Louise Cora Blais in Crookston, Minnesota, USA
1896 - Charles James Harty in New York
1900 - Raymond Joseph Labonte in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA
1905 - Wilfrid E. Goulet in Biddeford, Maine, USA
1906 - Vert Goulet in Minnesota
1911 - Rachel L Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1923 - Yvonne Audet in Béarn, Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
1929 - Harold Lee Smith in Michigan
1930 - Dorothy Irean Kohl in Anoka, Minnesota
1930 - Lamont Clay Goulet in Bay City, Michigan
Past Marriages
1596 - Richard Jackson and Ursula Hildyard in Wiberton, Lancashire, England
1682 - Nathaniel Knowlton and in Ipswich, Esx, MA
1862 - Charles Labonte and Marie Hermine Goulet in Notre Dame de la Victoire, Levis, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Achille Rheaume and Marie Eleonore Goulet in St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1893 - Hiram Spencer Wheeler and Esther E Thompson in Wayne County, Michigan, USA
1897 - Louis Philippe Boissoneault and Clara E Campeau in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
1902 - Albert Lewis Goulette and Mary Emma Lavigne Ross in Rutland, Vermont, USA
1910 - Nelson Joseph Marengo and Mary Albina Marengo Gonyea in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1916 - James William Mahar and Ethel M Barker in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1930 - Victor Albert Fournier and Joyce K Buerkle in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Past Deaths
1694 - Ignace Hubou in Québec, Quebec, Canada
1728 - Catherine Marie Leroux in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1735 - Jacques Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1799 - Josephe Plante in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1813 - Joseph Chevrier dit Lajeunesse in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada
1829 - Lucie Goulet in Quebec, Canada
1835 - Pierre Denis in St Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
1836 - Maritje Beekman in Newville, New York
1836 - Maritje Beekman
1853 - Daniel Carpenter in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, USA
1885 - Amable Goulet in Carleton, Ontario, Canada
1912 - Joseph C Howard in Aquone, Macon, North Carolina, US
1912 - Patrick McNabb in Pike County, Indiana, USA
1939 - Arsene Hains in Wentworth, Coos, New Hampshire
1953 - Frank Warren Mayo in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
1959 - Adel Margaret Barnickel in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
1986 - Bennie Bowyer
1987 - Arthur Philip Lacasse in Lowell, Massachusetts
1989 - Warren Louis Berthiaume in Hennepin, Minnesota
1999 - Edward Alexander Prince in Tecumseh, Essex, Ontario, Canada
2004 - Florence Genevieve Baytus in Chiefland, Levy, Florida, USA
2007 - Esther M Goulet
2017 - Jules H Goulet
Michael James Hunter
Full Name | Michael James Hunter |
Date of Birth | 1 Dec 1858 |
Place of Birth | Brockville, Ontario, Canada |
Father | Michael Hunter |
Mother | Mary Tonner |
Siblings | John Hunter, Rose Ann Hunter, Patrick Hunter, Mary Jane Hunter, William Hunter, Edward Joseph Hunter, Andrew Hunter |
Spouse | Mary Louisa Craig |
Date of Marriage | 22 Nov 1897 |
Place of Marriage | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Children | Irene Rose Hunter, Leonard James Hunter, Ida Mae Hunter, Dorothy Anna Hunter, Racheal Elizabeth Hunter, Michael Craig Hunter, Frank Alexander Hunter |
Date of Death | 23 Apr 1940 |
Place of Death | Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Fact: Baptism
Date: 8 Dec 1858
Place: Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1871
Place: Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1881
Place: East Ward, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1891
Place: Barrie, Simcoe North, Ontario, Canada
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Event: Marriage
Date: 22 Nov 1897
Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 22 Nov 1897
Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 22 Nov 1897
Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Event: Marriage
Date: 22 Nov 1897
Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1901
Place: Ottawa (City/Cité) Dalhousie (Ward/Quartier), Ottawa (city/cité), Ontario, Canada
Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Jun 1921
Place: Ottawa Capital Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Arrival
Date: 9 Jul 1926
Place: Detroit, Michigan
Age: 68 Years 7 Months
Date: 23 Apr 1940
Obituary from The Ottawa Journal - Apr, 23, 1940
Fact: Death
Date: 23 Apr 1940
Place: Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Death
Date: 23 Apr 1940
Place: Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Fact: Death
Date: 23 Apr 1940
Place: Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada