Francois Xavier Goulet was born July 25, 1852, in Canada.
Odilon Duclos (Frank’s brother-in-law) had a brother named Felix Duclos, born in 1851, and a sister by the name of Adelaide Duclos, born about 1845. Adelaide married Frank Xavier Goulet, in Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, on February 17, 1871. The couple had 2 sons, Philip and Leopold Goulet (birth dates unknown).
The 1875 Minnesota census showed Frank X. Goulet (age 30, born in Canada) married to Adelaide (age 20, born in Canada) living in Brainerd, Minnesota. H. E. L. (age 0, born in Minnesota) and Lucy Duclos (age 63, born in Canada) also lived with the couple.
F. X. Goulet served in the Minnesota House during the 18th (1876) legislative session. He was elected on November 2, 1875, in Brainerd, and served from January 4, 1876, to January 1, 1877.
The 1880 United States census showed Frank Goulet (age 35, born in Canada, retail grocer) married to Adelaide (age 26, born in Canada) and living in Belle Prairie, Morrison County, Minnesota. Children Leopold (age 5, born in Minnesota) and Philius (age 4, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
The 1885 Minnesota census showed F. X. Goulet (age 40, born in Canada) married to Adelaid (age 30, born in Canada) and living in Belle Prairie, Morrison County, Minnesota. Leopold (age 10, born in Minnesota), Philias E. (age 8, born in Minnesota), Lucia Duclos (age 76, born in Canada), Geo. O. (age 27, born Canada), and Henry (age 23, born in Canada) also lived with the couple.
The 1895 Minnesota census showed F. H. Goulet (age 50, born in Canada, brick manufacturer) married to Adaline (age 40, born in Canada) and living in Villard, Todd County, Minnesota.
The 1900 United States census showed Frank X. Goulet (age 56, born in November 1844 in Canada, brickyard proprietor) married to Adelaide (age 45, born in July 1854 in Canada) and living in Villard, Todd County, Minnesota.
But we must range beside him, ourself, John George and (Frank X.) Goulet, the beef peddler who weekly came from Little Falls to Crow Wing to dispose to us the rejected portions of meat not up to the standard of his contract with Uncle Sam, represented by his assistant commissary at Ft. Ripley, seven miles from Crow Wing. (The Tomahawk, White Earth, Becker County, Minnesota, Thursday, September 1, 1904, Volume 2, Number 21, Page 4)
The 1905 Minnesota census showed F. X. Goulet (age 60, born in Canada, brick manufacturer) living in Villard Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
The 1910 United States census showed Frank X. Goulet (age 65, born in Canada, laborer) living in Villard Township, Todd County, Minnesota.
The 1920 United States census showed Frank X. Goulet (age 75, born in Canada) married to Elmere (age 68, born in Canada) and living in Little Falls, Minnesota.
F. X. Goulet died October 1, 1926, in Coleraine, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Adelaide Goulet died in Staples, Morrison County, Minnesota, on December 24, 1926, and is buried in Belle Prairie, Morrison County, Minnesota.