Brief Life History of Emilie Anne
When Emilie Anne Maillet was born on 20 January 1872, in Salmon River, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Pierre Louis Maillet, was 33 and her mother, Marie Marguerite Frontain, was 32. She married Benjamin Simon Deveau on 14 January 1890, in Salmon River, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1872 and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 18 December 1962, in Somalia, at the age of 90.
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- Amele Ann Mallette in household of Peter Mallette, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Milla Ann Malett, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
- Emilie Mallet Mavelet in entry for Annie Margerite Deveau, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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World Events (4)
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Yvon, Emile, Ulysse, Alphee, Andre, Jean-Paul, Laurent, Normand, Alban, Alcide, Allain, Antoine.
French:
from Old French maillet ‘mallet’, used as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with such an implement, e.g. a smith, or as a nickname for a fearsome warrior (see English Mallett 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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