Hello, Ellen-- Replying to your very interesting request of 17 May-- I'm sorry, but I was unable to help with the MALLET family, but I _may_ be able to offer you a long shot for finding the GARESCHE / MALLET marriage in San Francisco. Back in the mid-1980s, a professional researcher in San Francisco helped me to find the marriage of my mother's uncle Joseph PELTIER in 1884. She indicated that no civil marriage records from that time frame had survived, but since the PELTIER family was of French origin, she contacted the priest at the church that served the French Catholic community, Notre Dame des Victoires, and was able to get a copy of their church marriage record. I checked the Web site of the church at http://www.ndvsf.org/ , and learned that it was founded in 1856--right at the beginning of the period when your couple may have been married in SF. Checking the "contacts" page, I found that the current pastor is Rene Iturbe, S.M. [Marists], e-mail address <rene@ndvsf.org> . Street address of the church is 566 Bush Street, San Francisco 94108; telephone is (415) 397-0113. Hopefully Pastor Iturbe will be able to help you find the marriage, or else give you suggestions for where else to look. (In trying to find info about Clara Teresa MALLET, I checked every database I could think of at Ancestry.com [Library Edition, at the public library], mostly items regarding the GARESCHEs. This seems like a very interesting family--do you mind if I ask how long they've been in the St. Louis area? The census indicates that Frank was from Delaware, but most of the other GARESCHE names I found were in Missouri--or else on the West Coast, including British Columbia. I gather Frank went to San Francisco in connection with the Gold Rush? (Joseph PELTIER, mentioned above, was an accountant and later a banker with the firm of A. BOREL & Co. in San Francisco; later he followed another bank employee to a banking firm on the Peninsula--I can check the name if you're interested. His brother Francis was an accountant and possibly later a banker with various firms in Mexico, including a silver mine and later a bank. Thus I found your Frank's connection with Wells Fargo to be interesting. (I have other connections with San Francisco, including having lived there myself for 8 years, so though I'm currently focusing on Devon and Cornwall, I try to help whenever I can with requests that connect with that area.) Best of luck with your search--and I'd love to hear if you're successful with the church record! Best regards-- Sue Budlong in sunny Falls Church, VA ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4bf6c11bd16fa545be9st03vuc