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Catherine “Kate” Mallett Larkin
20 Oct 1822 – 26 Oct 1914
| Birth | 20 Oct 1822 |
| Death | 26 Oct 1914 |
| Cemetery | Lone Tree Cemetery Hayward , Alameda County , California , USA |
| Added by | Phil S. on 25 Mar 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107289823 |
Bio
"Aunt Kate" was born in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England and was a twin. Her twin brother was named William Mallett. While living on the Isle of Jersey, she and her sister Mary Thorne Mallett joined the Mormon Church. Disowned by their father Henry (a widower), the two ran away from home in the middle of the night and left for Utah, sailing from Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the ship Elvira Owen and then up the Mississippi River to Keokuk, Iowa. From there, they walked all the way to Salt Lake City, arriving on October 6, 1853. Unaware of polygamy before she arrived in Utah, Brigham Young asked Kate to marry him as one of his plural wives. Disapproving of polygamy, she turned him down and told him she would not become a part of his "harem." She renounced the faith and went on to California by covered wagon and landed at Frank Larkin's hotel in Nevada City where they were married around 1854 or 1855. They had six children: Nettie Mary (Harrelson/Cox), Frank Henry, Katherine (Cassity/Heyer), George Fredrick, Phillip Sheridan, and Edward Mallett Larkin. Her grave has no headstone (The cemetery records have her mis-identified as "Katrina"). Her husband, Frank Larkin, died December 25, 1895 in Snelling, Merced County, California. Listed: Native Daughters of the Golden West California Pioneer Project Volume 24 Page 406 Plot: Section 10, Plot 10 Lot 4
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Siblings
- Henry "Harry" Mallett 1819–1912
- Elizabeth Hoskins Mallett Appleton 1820–1898
- Frederick Mallett 1826–1903
- Mary Thorne Mallett Henriod 1828–1911
- Thomas Brimacombe Mallett 1831–1912
- Helen M. Mallett 1834–1922
Children
- Nettie Mary Larkin Cox 1858–1920 FaG
- Frank Henry Larkin 1860–1947 FaG
- Katherine Soffia Larkin Heyer 1862–1936 FaG
- George Fredrick Larkin 1864–1915 FaG
- Phillip Sheridan Larkin 1865–1944 FaG
- Edward Mallett Larkin 1867–1962 FaG
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