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Richard MALLETT

Richard MALLETT

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  • Name Richard MALLETT  [1, 2] 
    Birth 19 Sep 1813  Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening 17 Oct 1813  St Mary, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Bef 8 Mar 1835  [3] 
    Tin Plate Worker. 
    Residence Bef 8 Mar 1835  Glebe Terrace, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  North Place Royal William, St Mary Islington, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    EA Group E 
    Note
    • Richard we think came to New Zealand having enlisted in the Australian army to take part in the Aikato/ Maori wars in 1864. We have no record of the whereabouts of Richard or Martha after Melbourne nor where they are buried despite much research.

      Grey River mouth on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was very prominent during the gold rush years about the time Richard and Samuel with families settled there. All the family records I have except Richard and wife Martha Katherine Freeman as to where they were and later buried. Richard enlisted in the Australian armed forces that came over to New Zealand during the Waikato Maori wars 1864, he was honourably discharged after the conflict with grants of farm land and a block of residential land at Cambridge near the city of Hamilton in the center of the North Island. What happened to this is still a mystery to this day.

      Possible daughter:
      My Great Grandmother Emma O'Donovan-Iland was married 2nd Jun 1868 in Whitechapel, London.
      Her maiden name was shown on her Marriage Certificate as Emma Simmons.
      Her fathers name was shown on the same Certificate as Richard Mallett.
      The Residence at the time of the marriage for Emma was 17 Leopold Street, Vauxhall, London.
      Richard's occupation was entered as Seedsman and Florist.

      Another interesting link is the fact that we have passed down from several generations back (probably Emma Simmons) an old Maori walking stick, to which no one has any idea why or how it came to be in the family. The comment on the Maori Wars seemed to provide perhaps another link.

      Information from Peter O'Donovan-Iland (piland@@piland.plus.com)

      Possible Additional Child - Daughter Susan Davies born 15/9/1842
      Records indicate marriage at Blofield 1870 Vol.4b page 357. Sept Quarter
      Husband Mr Thomas Davies b.(?) Died 13/6/1904
      (they moved from Norfolk because of a scandal? to Wales and ended up at 4
      Noel Street, Soho, London.)

      Children anywhere between 13 - 17 allegedly to include or start with;
      Ivor Joseph Davies born 25/9/1870
      married 5/8/1906 at St Marylebone
      Wife Helen Peal born 1872

      Children were
      Ivor Thomas Davies & Ivy Helen Davies
      Married Alice Louise Jeffreys Was my grandmother.
      Adopted a child.

      Birth certificates, marriage certficates and death certificates are held by my father but because of a fire at the parish church prior records may have been destroyed, although there is a copy of the birth of Richard Malett from William born 1774 and Ann.
    UKC 1881 N 
    Occupation 6 Jun 1841  [4] 
    Tin Man. 
    Person ID I8169  East Anglia
    Last Modified 14 May 2023 

    Father William MALLETT,   c. 7 Sep 1772, Blofield, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 22 Dec 1857, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BARNARD,   b. Est 1772   d. Bef 12 Oct 1824 (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1792  Great Melton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Catherine FREEMAN,   b. Abt 1817 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1834  St Pancras, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Richard William MALLETT,   c. 8 Mar 1835, St Paul, Canonbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Samuel William MALLETT,   b. 27 Sep 1839, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Greymouth, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Martha Mary MALLETT,   b. Abt Jun 1842, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John MALLETT,   b. Abt Jun 1845, Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Sep 1834 - St Pancras, London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2748] Baptism (Ca) Mallett, Richard 1813, (London Metropolitan Archives), 2748.

    2. [S2773] David Cairns, e-mail Cairns, David 230504, 2773.

    3. [S2767] Baptism (Ca) Mallett, Richard William 1835, (London Metropolitan Archives), 2767.

    4. [S2760] UKC 1841 Mallett, William 1776, 2760.

    5. [S2774] Marriage (Ca) Mallett, Richard 1834, (London Metropolitan Archives), 2774.