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	Frederick James Mallett and Mary Ann Lake
Frederick J Mallett	Family

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Frederick James Mallett was the oldest child of James Mallett and Elizabeth Crook, and was born in Bideford, Devonshire, England, in 1826. Frederick came to Canada as a young child with his parents about 1831. He married Mary Ann Lake about 1852, who came from Wilmot Township, Ontario, as did Frederick. In 1851, Frederick purchased land in West Williams Township from the Canada Company. Their farm was just outside of the town known today as Parkhill, then "West Wood" or "Westwood" in Middlesex County, not far from London, Ontario.

The above photo may not actually be of Frederick, but if it is it must have been taken shortly before his death in 1868. He died young, at age 42. The cause of death is not known, but his father, James, in a letter written to Frederick's brother James, says that he "suffered greatly". Frederick is buried in the Sylvan Cemetery, just outside of the present day village of Sylvan, Ontario. No other member of his family is buried there.

Between 1851 and Frederick's death, he and Mary Ann had six children; five daughters and one son. In 1872, because Frederick died intestate, Mary Ann was forced to sell the farm, and the family moved to Brussels, Ontario, where they were living at the time of the 1881 census. Five of the six children are known to have married:

• Elizabeth to Robert Wright, Watchmaker, in Strathroy, Ontario, 1871;
• Mary Jane to James Conboy, Clerk, in Erin, Ontario, 1881;
• Eliza to William McKee, Cordwainer, in Shelburne, Ontario, 1881;
• Annie to John Matthews, Harness Maker, in Acton, Ontario, 1887;
• William to Jennie Mitchell, (probably) in Deloraine, Manitoba, about 1889.

Most of the children migrated westward, beginning with William Henry in 1886, who shows up in Henderson's Manitoba Directory of that year. William lived in or around Brandon from 1886 to 1916. He then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he stayed until 1924 or so. About that time he and Jennie, their daughter Marvel and her husband George T Munn, moved to Los Angeles, California. All four are buried there. William also had a son, Frederick William, who was living in Hamilton, Ontario about 1950. His whereabouts after that date are not known.

Elizabeth and Robert Wright were living in Strathroy in 1872, and may have been in Deloraine Manitoba in 1891, but nothing more is known of them. Robert was from Toronto.

Mary Jane and James Conboy were definitely in Brandon Manitoba in 1891, and were probably there as early as 1887 when their son Leyton Vernon was born. They came back to Ontario though, and were in or near Acton in 1894 when Leyton died. James died in a Toronto hospital in 1916, and is buried with his son and his parents in Erin, Ontario. Mary Jane is likely buried there too but there is no marker.

Eliza Ellen and William Alexander McKee first lived in Shelburne, Ontario, where William's occupation was "Cordwainer", or Shoemaker. Their three children were all born in Shelburne between 1881 and 1891. In 1891 William shows up in the census in Deloraine, Manitoba, occupation Jeweller. He is described as a widower, and was alone there at that time. Eliza Ellen had died, obviously, but where exactly is not known. In 1891 the two oldest children were living with Annie and John Matthews in Acton, Ontario. By 1901 William was still in Deloraine with a new wife May, or Mary (?), and the three children he had with Eliza Ellen. The oldest son Albert William worked for the railway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, served in the army during World War 1, and was living in Winnipeg as late as 1972. He was married and had one son, Walter Albert, who was living in Montreal, Quebec, about 1975. Walter had one son, Gerald, and a daughter Karen. The second son Bert Raymond lived in Winnipeg for a time but is buried in Burnaby, British Columbia. Nothing is known of Bert's family, but the inscriptions on his gravestone indicate that he had children. He died in 1942. Their daughter Rossie may have married an Anderson, and moved to Vancouver.

Annie and John Matthews lived first in Acton, Ontario, where their daughter Hazel was born in 1891. John was a harness maker and worked with his father in that trade. In 1904 they came out to Brandon, Manitoba, and lived with Annie's brother William for a time. John worked at first with William in William's Jewellry business, but eventually he went back to his original trade and became proprietor of the Brandon Harness Company. The Matthews stayed in Brandon and are both buried in the Brandon cemetery. Their daughter Hazel married George Thompson and was living in Minnedosa, Manitoba in 1962 when Annie died. The Thompsons had two children, Marjorie and Barbara. Barbara married WC Sarantakos, had two children, Beth and Craig, and was living in Springfield Illinois about 1975. Marjorie married J Elgin Fasken, had one son, Dr John Fasken, and was living in Toronto at about that same time.