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Rena Marvel MALLETT

Rena Marvel MALLETT

Female 1891 - 1944  (52 years)


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  • Name Rena Marvel MALLETT  [1] 
    Census 6 Apr 1891  Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Birth 25 Sep 1891  Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1901  Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    SW Group 1 
    UKC 1881 N 
    Alternate Name Rena Marvel Munn 
    Occupation Aft 1923  4140 Creed Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Housewife. 
    Reference Number M1WH446 
    Death 9 Aug 1944  4140 Creed Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Cause of death: cardiac failure, cirrhosis of the liver, the result of alcoholism.
    Person ID I1112  Southwest
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2012 

    Father William Henry MALLETT,   b. 14 Jul 1854, West Williams Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1935, 6133 Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Jennie Elizabeth MITCHELL,   b. 18 Oct 1871, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1949, 4203 - 10th Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1889  [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • It is not known precisely where or when William met Jennie, but it is likely that it was in Deloraine, Manitoba, about 1889. Both William and Jennie were born in Ontario, but their marriage is not registered there. In 1878 William was apparently living in Plattsville, Ontario, Canada (1878 letter to Myrtie Mallett from Henrietta A. Smith in New Hamburg), but in 1881 he was with his mother and sisters in Brussels, Ontario, Canada, and is described as single. In 1886/7 he is listed in the City directory for Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. His occupation is given as watchmaker, and he was a border at "Pacific Ave, bet 9th and 10th". In 1888 he is listed in the directory for Lennox, then 1889 in Deloraine, then back to Brandon in 1890. William's and Jennie's first child, Frederick William, was born in April of 1890, in Manitoba, and they were living in Brandon in 1891.

      There were several Mitchell families who settled south of Brandon, in the area where William was in 1888/9. In Jennie's will she mentions the names of several nieces whom she wished to receive part of her estate should her son not be found. Five of the names mentioned (all the girls in the household, in fact) can be found in the household of John and Elizabeth Mitchell, in Deloraine in 1901. It is reasonable to assume that John is Jennie's brother, and to assume that Jennie may have come west with John's family and lived with them for a time. According to the birth dates and places of John's children, he and his family must have come to Manitoba about 1887/88. He and his wife and their first three children were born in Ontario, the last birth there took place in September 1886. The first child born in Manitoba had a birthdate of Jan 1889. Two of the other nieces mentioned can be linked to William Wesley Mitchell, who "came from the east" and settled in Naramata (near Penticton), British Columbia, Canada, in 1907. These two nieces (Freda Nuttall and Violet Noyes) are proven to be daughters of William Wesley through their marriage certificates. William Wesley's parents names are given in his death certificate, and his place of birth (Northumberland County, Ontario) is given in his obituary. This establishes that Jennie was probably born in Northumberland County too, to the same parents as William.

      Another person mentioned in Jennie's will as a "friend", was Rossie Anderson, living in Vancouver, British Coumbia, at the time of Jennie's death. The death certificate of Rossie Mary Anderson, proves that she was Rossie Mary McKee, William Henry's niece, also known to be living, with her father, (step?) mother and brothers in Deloraine in 1901. Perhaps it was through this mutual acquaintance that William and Jennie met.
    Family ID F177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Thomas MUNN,   b. 22 Sep 1891, North Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1941, 4140 Creed Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1921  [10, 11] 
    • It is not known where or precisely when they married. William Henry shows up in Vancouver as a jeweller and watchmaker in 1917, and is listed under his own name as a Watchmaker and Jeweller until 1921, at which point he was in partnership in the same trade with George T Munn. It is likely around this time that they married, yet they do not show up in the British Columbia Marriage indexes, which, at the time of writing in 2001, go up to 1925, and they left Vancouver for Los Angeles around 1923. Perhaps they married back in Manitoba.
    Family ID F561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Apr 1891 - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1891 - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Housewife. - Aft 1923 - 4140 Creed Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Aug 1944 - 4140 Creed Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S47] Munn, Rena Marvel, Death Certificate 19-785724 (August 11, 1944), Los Angeles, California Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, PO Box 53120, Los Angeles, California, USA, 90053-0120. Hereinafter cited as Munn, Rena Marvel, Death Certificate., As reported by her mother.

    2. [S54] WH Mallett household, 1891 Census, Manitoba, Canada: District (), Brandon City (), p. 21, line 8, Library and Archives Canada, RG31, Microfilm Reel T-.

    3. [S53] William H Mallett household, 1901 Census, Manitoba, Canada: Brandon (6), Brandon City (), p. 6, line, Library and Archives Canada, RG31, Microfilm Reel T-6431.

    4. [S47] Munn, Rena Marvel, Death Certificate 19-785724 (August 11, 1944), Los Angeles, California Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, PO Box 53120, Los Angeles, California, USA, 90053-0120. Hereinafter cited as Munn, Rena Marvel, Death Certificate.

    5. [S51] Henderson's North West Territories Directory for 1888 (unknown publisher address: Henderson's, 1888). Hereinafter cited as Manitoba and North West Territories Directory.

    6. [S63] John Mitchell household, 1901 Census, Manitoba, Canada: Brandon (6), Winchester (p-3), p. 4, line 24, Family 40, Library and Archives Canada, RG31, Microfilm Reel T-6432.

    7. [S64] William McKee household, 1901 Census, Manitoba, Canada: Brandon (6), Winchester (p-3), p. 8, line 39, Family 80, Library and Archives Canada, RG31, Microfilm Reel T-6432.

    8. [S65] Sovereign Historical Group, compiler, Mileposts to Memories - Sovereign Saskatchewan (Altona, Manitoba, R0G0B0 Canada: Friesen Printers, 1981). National Library of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0N3, (613) 995 9481. Hereinafter cited as History, Sovereign, Saskatchewan., Jack Albert Lyons and Family, by Jennie Johnson, p. 167 - 170, FC 3549 S69 M5 fo. C. 4.

    9. [S66] Author unknown, Naramata in Retrospect (Naramata, British Columbia, Canada: The Bugle Press, (circa 1958). National Library of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0N3, (613) 995 9481. Hereinafter cited as History, Naramata BC., FC3849 N37 1950z fol. C.3.

    10. [S48] Munn, George T, Death Certificate 19-782802 (July 11, 1941), Los Angeles, California Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, PO Box 53120, Los Angeles, California, USA, 90053-0120. Hereinafter cited as Munn, George T, Death Certificate.

    11. [S50] Henderson's Vancouver City Directory for 1921 (unknown publisher address: Henderson's, 1921). Hereinafter cited as Vancouver, BC City Directory.