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

There are no Clara MALLETTs on the Cornwall OPC site, there is one born in Suffolk 1833 but it looks as though her mother could be a widow, her name is Sarah and there is no father around. Other children in this family appear to be Harriett, Fanny and William. As they are all born before registration began so you are then reliant on the LDS site which shows a possible birth for her on 14 OCT 1832 and baptism 17 DEC 1833 with father George and mother Sarah at St Mary Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk. They seem to have moved around Suffolk as a Fanny was bpt 28 OCT 1830 Halesworth, Suffolk. Clara seems to have disappeared by 1851 and I checked for a marriage although that would be a bit too early! and no death either. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Torno" <btorno@charter.net> To: <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:06 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