Elizabeth Ann MALLETT

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Name Elizabeth Ann MALLETT Birth 1853 West Williams Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Gender Female Census 4 Apr 1881 Erin, Wellington, Ontario, Canada [1]
Census 6 Apr 1891 Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada [2]
Census 31 Mar 1901 Assiniboia, The Territories, Canada [3]
- The census return is badly faded and it is impossible to make out Robert's first name. It has been transcribed as Albert A, but everything else in the record fits.
Only one of their sons was with them.
Census 1 Jun 1911 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [4]
Census 1 Jun 1916 1st, Street, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [5]
- Mary J Conboy, age 58, Sister-in-law, lived with them.
Census 1 Jun 1921 16 First Street SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [6]
Note - I found a Robert and Elizabeth Wright in Deloraine, Manitoba, in the 1891 census P70, L15. They are listed as lodgers in a hotel owned by Richard Oke. No occupation is listed for Robert. There are a couple of inconsistencies in the record, but for now I'm going with it, because I've never found them anywhere else, and it makes sense for them to be in Manitoba at this time. William Henry and Mary Jane were in Brandon in 1891, and William McKee was in Deloraine. Annie Matthews came out a little later, I don't know what became of the younger sister. The inconsistencies are:
1. The ages of Robert and Elizabeth are given as 30, Elizabeth should be 38 according to the age I have for her which is taken from the 1861 census.
2. The two children listed are rather young for a woman of 38, but not inconceivable (Ruby is 2)
3. Elizabeth's parents are said to be born in Ireland which is not correct.
Another clue in favour of this being the right Wrights is the name of the son, Frederick. It's possible too that they left some older children behind until they got settled, as William McKee did. Ruby is said to be born in Ontario, so I'll look for her in the birth indexes, and confirm yea or nay if this is the correct family.
There are several Wright families in Deloraine in this census, they may be related.
I found the marriage registration in the Ontario Archives. He is described as a bachelor, Watchmaker. Witnesses were Eli Randall and Jane Thompson of West Williams.
SW Group 1 UKC 1881 N Alternate Name Elizabeth Ann Wright Death 2 Jun 1942 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [7]
Burial Aft 2 Jun 1942 Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [7]
Person ID I445 Southwest Last Modified 12 Apr 2023
Father Frederick James MALLETT, b. 9 Mar 1826, Bideford, Devon, England d. 21 Aug 1868, Sylvan, West Williams Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
(Age 42 years)
Mother Mary Ann LAKE, b. 25 Jan 1834, England d. 26 Jul 1920, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Age 86 years)
Marriage Est 1852 Family ID F20 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert WRIGHT, b. Abt 1849, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Dec 1935, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
(Age ~ 86 years)
Marriage 24 May 1871 Parkhill, Ontario, Canada [8]
Children 1. Frederick William WRIGHT, b. Abt 1872, Ontario, Canada 2. Albert R WRIGHT, b. Abt 1875, Ontario, Canada 3. William Berti WRIGHT, b. Abt 1877, Ontario, Canada 4. Milton WRIGHT, b. Abt 1879, Ontario, Canada 5. Elmer Weston WRIGHT, b. 29 Dec 1881, Erin, Wellington, Ontario, Canada 6. Clayton C WRIGHT, b. Abt 1886, Ontario, Canada Family ID F176 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The census return is badly faded and it is impossible to make out Robert's first name. It has been transcribed as Albert A, but everything else in the record fits.
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S3767] "1881 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Robert Wright, Erin, Wellington South, Ontario, District 151, Sub-District E, Page 53, Family/Line 235, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada, Roll C_13258.
- [S3768] "1891 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Robert Wright, Chesley, Bruce North, Ontario, Canada, District 52, Page 6, Family/Line 28, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada, Roll T-6328.
- [S3769] "1901 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Albert A. Wright, Assiniboia (West/Ouest), The Territories, District 204, Sub-District 1, Page 10, Family/Line 93, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada.
- [S3770] "1911 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Albert M Wright, Medicine Hat, Alberta, District 4, Sub-District 68, Page 2, Family/Line 14, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada.
- [S3774] "1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Robert A Wright, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, District 16, Page 2, Family/Line 23, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada, Roll T-21953.
- [S3771] "1921 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of A M Wright, City of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, District 9, Sub-District 54, Page 11, Family/Line 125, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada, Reference RG 31, Folder 9.
- [S3773] "Find a Grave", database with images, Find a Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com, accessed 10 Apr 2023), "Tombstone", entry for Elizabeth Ann Wright, Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada, date of death 2 Jun 1942.
- [S3766] "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), "Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928", entry for Robert Wright & Elizabeth Ann Mallett, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, 24 May 1871, original record held by Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, File Reference Reel 5.
- [S3767] "1881 Census of Canada", database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com accessed 10 Apr 2023), household of Robert Wright, Erin, Wellington South, Ontario, District 151, Sub-District E, Page 53, Family/Line 235, original record held by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa, Canada, Roll C_13258.