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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
1712 - Jean Charles Carrier in Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
1747 - Nicolas Viau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1768 - Augustin Beland in Canada
1777 - Christina Borst
1792 - Simon Borman in Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
1810 - Wentworth Estabrook in Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
1821 - DeWitt Klock in St Johnsville, New York
1825 - Rose Goulet in St Nicolas, Quebec, Canada
1833 - Sophie Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1839 - Louis Francois Xavier Goulet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1850 - Marie Adelaide Emilie Talbot in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1868 - Delima Goulet in Par. of St. Francis Xavier, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
1887 - Elie Goulet in Lambton, Quebec, Canada
1896 - Ovila Duhaime in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
1899 - Martha Wissner in Huron County, Michigan, USA
1903 - Elmer E Goulet in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States of America
1905 - Evelyn Marion Gooley in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
1907 - Leonida Amanda Goulet in Biddeford, Maine
1912 - Alice Goulet in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1917 - Albert Oscar Wilson in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
1927 - Paul Harvey Gardner in Los Angeles, California
1949 - ~ in Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
Past Marriages
1801 - Mathieu Blais and Marie Louise Lorion dit Champagne in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
1852 - Olivier David Samuel Goulet and Marie Adele Dessein Dit St Pierre in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1874 - Jean Labrecque and Marie Anatolie Philomene Forget Dit Despatis in St Joseph, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1875 - Nazaire Lemieux and Josephine Goulet in Notre Dame de la Victoire, Levis, Quebec, Canada
1885 - Israel Goulet and Exilda Lebert in Essex, Ontario, Canada
1885 - Rubin Abias Goulet and Marie Anne Emma Bocquette dit Lamontagne in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1891 - Georges Goulet and Albertine Monast in St Michel, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1896 - Edouard Turgeon and Georgianna Turcotte in Notre Dame des Bois (Frontenac), Quebec, Canada
1908 - Laureat Romulus Turcotte and Marie Adeline Vezina in Quebec, Canada
1914 - Robert Vanderburg and Julia Ann McPherson in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
1940 - Earl C Chapman and Elizabeth Valint in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Past Deaths
1703 - Marie Agnes Catherine Labreque in St Laurent, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1765 - Marie Therese Trudelle in St Pierre, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1807 - Henry Zimmerman
1832 - Marcelline Goulet in Riviere-du-Loup, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
1905 - Adolphe Goulet in Dudley, Massachusetts, USA
1917 - James Patrick Lennon in Colville, Stevens, Washington
1936 - Susan Carrol in Hastings, Ontario, Canada
1943 - Helen Jax in Eloise, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1952 - Robert Smith Gossum in Graves, Kentucky, USA
1989 - Lillian Agnes Christe in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1989 - Burton H Lee in Clayton, Georgia, USA
2001 - William David Goulette in Long Beach, California, USA
2002 - Germaine Louise Mayo in Maple Plain, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
2016 - Michael K Laprease in Bothell, King, Washington, USA
Friedrich Gottlieb Esenwein
Profile| Full Name | Friedrich Gottlieb Esenwein |
| Date of Birth | 21 Sep 1871 |
| Place of Birth | Knittlingen, Germany |
| Father | Wilhelm Friedrich Esenwein |
| Mother | Christiane Katharine Goll |
| Spouse #1 | Anna Behrends |
| Date of Marriage | Unknown |
| Place of Marriage | Unknown |
| Children | Edna Esenwein, Edmund R Esenwein |
| Spouse #2 | Friederike Katharine Bonzheim Adrion |
| Date of Marriage | 29 May 1913 |
| Place of Marriage | Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA |
| Children | Esther Esenwein, Loraine Fredericka Esenwein |
| Date of Death | 15 Feb 1941 |
| Place of Death | Michigan, United States |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Birth
Date: 21 Sep 1871
Place: Knittlingen, Germany
Fact: Birth
Date: 21 Sep 1871
Place: Knittlingen, Germany
Fact: Baptism
Date: 1 Oct 1871
Place: Evangelisch, Knittlingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg
Fact: Arrival
Date: 28 Jun 1881
Place: New York, New York
Date: 14 May 1896
Marriage Record
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Fact: Residence
Date: 1900
Place: Grand Rapids Ward 7, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Event: Marriage
Date: 29 May 1913
Place: Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Date: 29 May 1913
Marriage Record
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Fact: Residence
Date: 1920
Place: Grand Rapids Ward 1, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1927
Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Fact: Residence
Date: 1930
Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Fact: Residence
Date: 1 Apr 1940
Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
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