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
1704 - Francois Fournier in Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
1773 - Jacob G. Klock in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States
1778 - Marie Louise Plouf dit Laurent in Laval, Quebec, Canada
1778 - Michel Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1815 - Marie Josete Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1839 - Nicolas Martin Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1840 - Marie Odile Goulet in Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Philomene Goulet in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1850 - Ferdinand Xavier Goulet in La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
1860 - Altha Ford in Ontario, Canada
1880 - Eugene Goulet in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada
1881 - Julia May McInerny in Michigan, USA
1891 - Nettie May Dewar in Ontario, Canada
1904 - Valeria Goulet in Iron Mountain, Michigan
1917 - Marie (Sister Joseph Celine) Poulin in Quebec, Canada
1927 - Mary Jean Marker in Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa, United States of America
1929 - Alexander Charles Chevrier in Detroit, Michigan
1931 - Elizabeth Louise Stangle in Mahnomen, Minnesota, USA
Past Marriages
1678 - Guillaume Jourdain and Jeanne Constantin dit Vallee in Quebec, Canada
1678 - Joseph Vandandaigue dit Gadbois and Marie Louise Chalifoux in Quebec, Canada
1730 - Philippe Charles Rolland and Genevieve Barbeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1872 - William J Edwards and Martha Ann Green in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA
1887 - Joseph Goulet and Pauline Freibe in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
1887 - Anslem 'Sam' Goulet and Virginia Lanbees Sovey Lovey in West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
1887 - Odias Goulet and Valerie Lachance in St Samuel, Lac Drolet, Quebec, Canada
1897 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Louise Gauthier in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
1898 - Zephirin Langlois and Marie Julie Leontine Dugal in St Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada
1898 - Laurent Goulet and Celina Gobeil in St Honoré de Shenley, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1909 - Minter J Bush and Nancy A Skidmore in Gilmer, West Virginia
Past Deaths
1745 - Marie Barbe Hebert dit Larose in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1751 - Etienne Girard in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada
1754 - Andre Bombardier dit Labombarde in Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada
1805 - Marie Gagne in St Joseph, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
1885 - Mary Walsh in Albany, Albany County, New York, United States of America
1887 - Anna Elizabeth Klock in Sheffield, Bureau, Illinois, United States
1900 - Frederick Thiede in Missoula, Missoula, Montana, USA
1986 - Priscilla Wilson in Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
1995 - Edmund Henry Bernard
1996 - Edice Jane Fisher in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA
1997 - Bessie Gerhard in Hamilton, Butler, USA
2001 - Chester Gearheart
- 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
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 94-95
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 88-89
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 90-91
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 82-83
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 86-87
Our French-Canadian Ancestors Vol. XI, Chapter 9 PP 84-85