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Mallet History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

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Early Origins of the Mallet family

The surname Mallet was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Mallet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mallet research. Another 232 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1415, 1511, 1630, 1706, 1740, 1749, 1768, 1773, 1776, 1778, 1800, 1809, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1830, 1841, 1878, 1893 and 1907 are included under the topic Early Mallet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mallet Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Mallet some of which are Malo, Mallo, Malod, Mallod, Malot, Mallot, Malou, Mallou, Maloux, Malloux, Malon, Mallon, Malonne, Mallonne, Malée, Mallée, Mallee, Malet, Mallet, Malette, Mallette, Malouet and many more.

Early Notables of the Mallet family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), French cartographer and engineer
Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749-1800), a Swiss publicist of French expression

Mallet Ranking

In the United States, the name Mallet is the 14,841^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Mallet is ranked the 180^th most popular surname with an estimated 18,610 people with that name. 2

Mallet migration to the United States +

Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Mallet has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Mallet were

Mallet Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Marie and Pierre Mallet, who settled in Virginia in 1700
Marie Mallet, who landed in Virginia in 1700 3
Suzane Mallet, who landed in Virginia in 1714 3
Widow Mallet, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 3
Estienne Mallet, who landed in Virginia in 1714 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Mallet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joseph Mallet, who arrived in America in 1804 3
Janin Mallet, who arrived in New York, NY in 1833 3
Irunto Mallet, aged 18, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 3
Mr. James Mallet, (b. 1826), aged 22, Cornish settler departing from Liverpool aboard the ship "Queen of the West" arriving in the United States on 22nd August 1848 4
George Mallet, aged 33, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1849 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Mallet migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mallet Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Francois Mallet, who arrived in Canada in 1632-1760
Pierre Mallet, who landed in Acadia in 1686

Mallet migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Mallet Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Elizabeth Mallet, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Bolton" in 1848 5
Mr. David Mallet, (b. 1822), aged 27, Cornish labourer travelling aboard the ship "Elizabeth" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 23rd July 1849 6
Mr. David Mallet, (b. 1822), aged 27, Cornish labourer departing from London on 17th March 1849 aboard the ship "Elizabeth" arriving in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 23rd July 1849 7
Miss Susan Mallet, (b. 1837), aged 18, Cornish domestic servant departing from Plymouth on 31st January 1855 aboard the ship "Epaminondas" arriving in Geelong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 1st June 1855 8

Mallet migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Mallet Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Francis Mallet, (b. 1856), aged 19, Cornish farm labourer departing on 31st October 1875 aboard the ship "Otaki" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 8th February 1876 9

Mallet migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 10

Mallet Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

John Mallet who settled in Barbados in 1670

Contemporary Notables of the name Mallet (post 1700) +

Dayon Demond Mallet (b. 1978), American basketball player who won multiple championships and was named the Most Valuable Player of several competitions.
Peter Mallet, American politician, Member of North Carolina House of Commons from Cumberland County, 1778 11
Francis J. Mallet, American politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah, 1916 11
Brigadier-General Albert-Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1885-1945), French Commanding Officer during World War II 12
Anatole Mallet (1837-1919), Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor of the first successful compound system for a railway steam locomotive, patented in 1874
David Mallet (1705-1765), (or Malloch), Scottish dramatist and poet, best known for his William and Margaret, adapted from a traditional ballad in 1723.
James Mallet (b. 1955), British evolutionary zoologist specialising in entomology, awarded the Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London in 2008
Tania Mallet (b. 1941), English model and actress, best known for her appearance as Tilly Masterson in the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964)
Paul Henri Mallet (1730-1807), Swiss historian
Jules T. Anatole Mallet (1837-1919), Swiss mechanical engineer and the inventor of the first successful compound system for a railway steam locomotive
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Mallet family +

RMS Titanic

Mrs. Antoinette Marie Mallet, (née Magnin), aged 24, Canadian Second Class passenger from Montreal, Quebec who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping on life boat 10 13
Master André Clément Mallet, aged 1.5, Canadian Second Class passenger from Montreal, Quebec who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping on life boat 10 13
Mr. Albert Mallet (d. 1912), aged 31, Canadian Second Class passenger from Montreal, Quebec who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 13

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BOLTON 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848Bolton.htm
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, May 30). Ships' Passenger Lists of Arrivals in New South Wales on (1828 - 1842, 1848 - 1849) [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_nsw_1838_on.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retreived 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to Lyttelton 1858-84 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/new_zealand_assisted.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 11) Albert-Jean-Baptiste Mallet. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Mallet/Albert-Jean-Baptiste/France.html
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html