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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
1647 - Charles Couillard dit De Beaumont in Quebec, Canada
1670 - Marie Anne Rancin in Caxton, Quebec, Canada
1671 - Marie Elisabeth Paquet dit Lavallee in Ste Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1772 - Elisabeth Eulalie Goulet in St Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1788 - Ambroise Goulet in Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
1812 - Mary Polly Jackson in Christian County, Kentucky, United States of America
1819 - Francois Xavier Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1835 - Louise Blais in Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada
1842 - Laurent Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1845 - Elzear Procule Goulet in St Pierre, Ile d Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1845 - Pierre Goulet in Carleton, Avignon, Quebec, Canada
1847 - Francois Xavier Goulet in St Roch de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1876 - Louise LaFrance in Canada
1881 - Walter Joseph Foley in San Francisco, California
1883 - Flavie Lorrain in Quebec
1887 - Stella Pierce in Moose River, Maine
1894 - Donat Edouard Goulet in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States of America
1896 - Marie Anne Hamel in Quebec, Canada
1898 - Jennie E Pyard in Alpine, Kent County, Michigan, USA
1902 - Adolphe J. Roy in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1906 - Henry Benjamin Gooley in Massachusetts
1918 - Virginia Elizabeth Rabe in Michigan
1918 - Thomas Lane Stevison in Tennessee
1938 - Constance M Goulet in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Past Marriages
1689 - Nicolas Laliberte dit Sene and Marie Gertrude Dunais in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1717 - Guillaume Terrien and Marie Anne Jahan in St Jean, Ile dOrleans, Quebec, Canada
1734 - Joseph Favreau and Marie Charlotte Richard in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
1842 - Joseph Augustin Maringo and Emilie Boutillier in St Athanase, Bleury, Quebec, Canada
1852 - Amable Goulet and Celina Allard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1881 - Jules Marcellin Heppell and Sophie Goulet in Ste Luce, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Ferdinand Goulet and Olive Landreville in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1898 - Andre Lachance and Marie Goulet in Lac Megantic, Compton, Quebec, Canada
1917 - George James Russell and Viola Laura Goulet in Detroit, Michigan, USA
1927 - Loyd Goulet and Catherine Bacon in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1941 - ~ and ~ in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Past Deaths
1711 - Marie Genevieve Leroux dit Cardinal in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
1812 - Angelique Leroux in St Henri, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1828 - Pierre Jacques Bilodeau in Quebec, Canada
1831 - Marie Delima Goulet in St Pierre, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1836 - Mary E. Chapin
1858 - Marie Zoe Amanda Goulet in St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1861 - Catherine Mamie in Vendlincourt, Bern, Switzerland
1861 - Isaac M Boyce in Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York, United States of America
1879 - Moise Goulet in St Norbert, Manitoba, Canada
1911 - Zelia Goulet in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1929 - John Thomas Coyne in Albany, New York, USA
1930 - Charlotte Elisabetha Weihe in Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
1940 - Charles Goulette in Allouez, Keweenaw, Michigan
1941 - Peter H Anteloppe in Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
1956 - Arline Cecelia Goulet in Los Angeles
1970 - Edgar Emilie Goulet in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
1989 - Ethel Mae Jackman in Albertville, Wright, Minnesota, USA
1996 - Alice Blaignier in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
2008 - Marie Diane Denise Yolande Sevigny in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
2008 - Clinton Goulet in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, United States of America
2014 - Beverly Ann Goulet in Michigan
Joseph Hudson Shirk
Profile| Full Name | Joseph Hudson Shirk |
| Date of Birth | 13 Feb 1888 |
| Place of Birth | Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania |
| Father | George Miles Shirk |
| Mother | Alice M Adams |
| Siblings | Frederick Ramey Shirk, Frank Hoffman Shirk, George Williams Shirk, Samuel Shirk, Harry E Shirk, Margaret V Shirk, Edythe Shirk, Carry Shirk |
| Spouse #1 | Matilda Lantz |
| Date of Marriage | Unknown |
| Place of Marriage | Unknown |
| Children | Evelyn Shirk |
| Spouse #2 | Inez Orca Himes Heim |
| Date of Marriage | 20 Aug 1906 |
| Place of Marriage | , Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Children | Infant Shirk, Joseph Maxwell Shirk, George Kenneth Shirk, Fred Shirk, Frank Hopewell Shirk |
| Date of Death | 5 Apr 1962 |
| Place of Death | Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Philipsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
Relation to Head of House: Son
Event: Marriage
Date: 20 Aug 1906
Place: , Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1910
Place: Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Punxsutawney Ward 4, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Apr 1940
Place: Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1942
Place: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1942
Place: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1947
Place: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
Fact: Death
Date: 5 Apr 1962
Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Fact: Death
Date: 5 Apr 1962
Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA
On Find a Grave, taken by Barbara Masteller, posted 8/19/2010
Fact: Draft 1
Place: Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania
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