Betty, There was a MALLETT (or MALLET) family at Penryn (Falmouth) that might be worth investigating. I know very little about them, mainly information shared with me a long time ago. Here's a summary of my understanding: John MALLETT (b.1796 Penryn) m. Harriet COLLINGS (b.ca.1799 Penryn) Henry Collings MALLETT (b.1818 Penryn) m.1837 St. Gluvias, Sarah Plomer NICHOLAS (b.ca.1815) John William MALLETT (b.1823 Penryn) George MALLETT (b.1826 Penryn) Harriet MALLETT (b.1826 Penryn) Lavinia MALLETT (b.1830 Penryn) George MALLETT (b.ca.1835 Penryn) Mary Ann MALLETT (b.1832) Henrietta Holland Pellew MALLETT (b.ca.1838) Clara Holland MALLETT (birth year unknown) John MALLETT was a butcher living with his family at Lower Street, Penryn at the 1841 Census. The household consisted of John (45), Harriett (45), Harriett (15), Mary (7), and Henrietta (4). Also present was Rebecca Rickard (25). All were born "in county." Harriett MALLETT (52, born Penryn, butcher) and family remained at Lower Street, Penryn at the 1851 Census. John was absent, but Harriett's status was shown as married (not widowed). With her were daughters Harriett (27), Mary Ann (16), and Henrietta (13), all born at Penryn and all described as butcher's assistants. The eldest son Henry and wife applied for free passage to South Australia and emigrated by the vessel "Trusty" in 1837. Henry's brother John, aged 15½, accompanied the couple. Ironically, the child about whom I know the least is daughter Clara. She doesn't have Teresa as a middle name, but she may well have been born during the 1830s. I was told that she was baptized at Penzance in 1852, but I don't know specifically when and where. You'll note that the roster of children includes two sons named George, the second probably a "replacement" for the first. Given the fact that the name Clara MALLET(T) is not at all common, you may want to do some further checking. If this Clara is not the right woman, she may well be from somewhere nearby on the MALLET(T) family tree. Good luck with your search! Bill Curnow Port Charlotte, FL, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Torno" <btorno@charter.net> To: <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] MALLET family > Dear List, > > I am new to this list, so please bear with me. > > I am searching for members of the MALLET family, particularly Clara Teresa > MALLET who went to California at some point before she married my cousin, > Francis John (Frank) GARESCHE in the mid 1850s. She was probably born in > the 1830s in Cornwall. > > She may have had a father or brother named George because one of their > sons was George Henry and those names had not been used in the GARESCHE > family before that. I did find a Geo MALLET, age 46 (wife, Mary) in > Penryn, Cornwall, ENGLAND in the 1851 England Census. There is also a son > in that household named Alfred and Clara and Frank also had a son named > Alfred. > > In 1875 the GARESCHE family lived in Victoria, BC, CANADA - Frank was a > Wells Fargo agent and he was taking money to San Francisco. The ship he > was on, "The Pacific," was lost at sea and he did not survive the > accident. The newspaper said that at that time Clara was visiting family > in England with her baby, Florence, the last of their 12 children, if this > information helps. > > Does anyone know any MALLETS or is anyone researching that family? Or can > you suggest any way for me to find out about them? What I really need is > Clara's full date and place of birth as well as the full date and place of > their marriage in CA (I think San Francisco c 1855, but most of the > records seem to have been lost in the earthquake). > > Thank you in advance, > > Betty Garesché Torno > St. Louis, MO > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message