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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address The Rails, Cookham, Berkshire, lists George B Girardet, b. 23 Nov 1914, Ex Advertising Agent; Willian Girardet, b. 21 Dec 1912, Bdr 281 Bty 88 Rgt, both Single; and Marigold Girardet, b. 19 Jun 1890, Widowed, Unpaid Domestic.

Birth:
21 Dec 1912 according to the 1939 England Register.

Died:
Mr William John Breary Girardet of London, SW3, left estate valued at Pounds 1,618,142 net (The Times [London], 24 Aug 1990.

William married Victoria Mildred (Victor) Montgomerie-Charrington in win 1956 in London, England UK. Victoria (daughter of Major Victor Robert (Archibald) Montgomerie-Charrington, O.B.E. and Mildred Mary (William) Bellasis) was born in sum 1919 in London, England UK; died on 22 Jan 2009 in [London, England UK]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: London; 1943, Grey Court, King's Sutton, Northamptonshire (with mother).

Victoria Mildred Leatham, 35, 43 Flood St., Chelsea, London, housewife, departed Southampton, England, 30 Nov 1954 for New Orleans, USA, aboard Stella Polaris.

Charles A. Leatham and Victoria M. Leatham, 14 Eccleston Mews, S.W.1, are on the London Electoral register, 1950; 43 Flood St., S.W.3, 1951, 1952; Charles A. Leatham (solo), 1954.

Birth:
The birth of Victoria M Montgomerie, mother's miden surname: Bellasis, was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1919, St George Hanover Square, London, v. 1a, p. 557.

Buried:
Private funeral. Thanksgiving service at 3 p.m. 30 Jan 2009, at Simon Zelotes, Milner Street, Chelsea SW3, London.

Notes:

She had a prior marriage to Capt. Charles Anthony La Trobe (Ralph) Leatham; marriage registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1943, Westminster, London, v. 1a, p. 697. Engagement / marriage reported in The Times [London], 13 Jan / 19 Jan / 25 Jan 1943, p. 7/6/6.

Married:
The marriage of William J B Girardet and Victoria M Leatham was registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1956, London City, v. 5d, p. 339.

Notes:

Occupation: cotton merchant.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1925: Herbert Henry Girardet and Marigo Girardet, Hill Grove, Eleanor Road, Bidston (abode); 16 Oldhall Street (39/47); Baycliffe, Woolton Park (abode); 1929-1930: Herbert Henry Girardet and Marigold Girardet, Hill Grove, Eleanor Road, Bidston (abode).

Residence: bef 1911, Shanghai, China; 1911, 83 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England; 1925-27 Hillgrove, Eleanor Road, Bidston, Liverpool; 1926-1927, Baycliffe, Woolton park, Liverpool; at DOD Stanley House, Stanley Road, Hoylake, Cheshire.

Travel: The Girardet family--Herbert, 35, merchant, 6 foot, 250 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes; Marigo, 31, of Greek race; William J.B., 6; George, 4, all British nationals--arrived Victoria, British Columbia from Yokohama, Japan on the Empress of Asia 20 Oct 1919, final destination Liverpool. The family is marked "did not appear" on one copy of the manifest; Herbert H Girardet, 38, arrived Seattle on the Empress of Canada Apr 1923; Herbert Henry Girardet, 38, merchant, born Southampton, England, last permanent residence China, proposed UK address 74 Cadogan Pl, London SW, arrived Southampton on the Aquitania 7 May 1923 from New York, intending to reside abroad; Herbert Henry Girardet, 39, cotton merchant, wife listed as Marigo Girardet, Baycliff, Woolton, Liverpool, arrived New York on the Aquitania 11 Mar 1924 from Southampton; Herbert Girardet, 39, merchant, 39 Cotton Exchange Bldgs., Liverpool, arrived Southampton from New York on the Olympic 19 Apr 1924; Herbert Henry Girardet, 43, cotton broker, born Southampton, England, last permanent residence Bidston, England, arrived New York on the Aquitania 30 Sep 1927 from Southampton; Herbert Girardet, 43, merchant, arrived Southampton from New York on the Mauretania 15 Nov 1927, proposed address Hillgrove, Bidston; Herbert Henry Girardet, 44, cotton broker, born Southampton, England, last permanent residence Liverpool, England arrived Boston on the Celtic 5 Aug 1928 from Liverpool; Herbert Girardet, 44, broker, 39 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Liverpool, arrived Southampton from New York on the Majestic 21 Sep 1928, intended future permanent residence England.

He was in partnership with Friedrich Reiss, Henry Jacques Reiss, Alexander Emil Jacques Reiss, James Arthur Reiss, Charles Julius Reiss, and Gustav Eckhard, in the firm of Reiss Brothers Cotton Merchants and Cotton Brokers, at Cotton Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, until dissolved 10 Aug 1923 (London Gazette 21 Aug 1923). He continued the business--same name, same address--with Percy Bradley and and Norman Godfrey.

He was an executor of the estate of Lucy Agelasto Frangopulo

Herbert Henry Girardet and Marigo Girardet are on the 1926, 1927 London electoral register, for 21 Mincing Lane (abode-Baycliffe, Woolton park, Liverpool).

Died:
The death of Herbert H. Garardet, 45, was registered Apr-May-Jun, 1929, Wirral, Cheshire, volume 8a, page 522.

DOD from probate.

Estate of £27411 0s. 6d. went to his widow.

Herbert married Marigo Lucia (John) Maximo on 28 Dec 1911 in 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Marigo (daughter of John Constantine (Constantine) Maximo and Maria (Stamatios) Frangopulo) was born on 19 Jun 1889 in Norfolk, Virginia USA; died about Jun 1970 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address The Rails, Cookham, Berkshire, lists George B Girardet, b. 23 Nov 1914, Ex Advertising Agent; Willian Girardet, b. 21 Dec 1912, Bdr 281 Bty 88 Rgt, both Single; and Marigold Girardet, b. 19 Jun 1890, Widowed, Unpaid Domestic.

Birth:
19 Jun 1990 according to the 1939 England Register

Died:
The death of Marigold Girardet, 80, was registered Jun 1970, Kensington, London, v. 5c, p. 1712.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Lill.? Calvocoressi and George Frangopoulos [possibly her uncle].

Date is given in The Times (London) 29 Dec 1911.

The Rev. Archimandrite N. Yannoulis officiated.

Herbert H. Garardet and Marigo Maximos registered their marriage Oct-Nov-Dec, 1911, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, Volume 8b, page 354.

Notes:

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Victor Robert Montgomerie, b. 1887, London; Aletha Marian Montgomerie, b. 1859, Barkingside, Essex; Maud Alice Palmer, b. 1874, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; for a household in Ware, Hertfordshire.

Died:
Obituary, The Times [London], 26 Sep 1939, p. 10.

died of wounds from shooting accident

Buried:
Vault beneath South Chapel

Victor married Mildred Mary (William) Bellasis in sum 1910 in London, England UK. Mildred was born on 12 Oct 1884 in [England UK]; died on 14 Oct 1953 in Frankfurt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address The Willows, Frinton and Walton, Essex, lists Mildred Montgomerie-Charrington, b. 12 Oct 1884, Widow; and Susan M Montgomerie-Charrington, b. 15 Feb 1917, Single, both Private Means.

The birth of Mildred Mary Bellasis was registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1883, Kensington, London, v. 1a, p. 115.

Birth:
1895 is suggested from ship manifest. No record in UK birth index or The Times birth announcements (a brother was born 19 Apr 1893, 4 Cromwell Place, London).

Died:
Mildred Charrington died in an air crash on take-off from Frankfurt. A Sabena Convair CV-240 lost engine power due to fouled spark plugs. It was the third accident of this aircraft in less than a year. She had been on holiday with her sister in Bavaria and they died along with 38 other passengers and four crew. (Find A Grave)

Death notice, The Times [London], 16 Oct 1953, p. 1.

Notes:

1860 Syros census: household headed by Constantine Maximos, 65, widower, no profession; sons John, 17, pupil; Nicholas, 26, merchant; George, 22, merchant.

1900 US Federal Census: John C Maximos, 54, resided in New York, New York.

1911 England census for 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, 77, b. Turkey, naturalized Brit, widow, 6 children still living; John C Maximos, 65, b. Greece, son-in-law, widower, married 3 years, two children, one still living, retired cotton broker, USA citizen; Marigo Maximos, 24, b. Virginia, USA, grandaughter, single; 5 servants.

Occupation: 1880-1881, cotton broker, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, Santos whf, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, cotton merchant, 87 Pearl, New York City; 1885, cotton exporter 51 Main, Norfolk, Va.; mer bds Atlantic Hotel.

Residence: 1860, Syros, Greece; 1877-1879, 5 W. 14th St., Everett House, [Union Square], New York, New York; 1880-1881, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va; 1883-1884, New York; 1884-1885, London, England; 1884, Croxteth Grove-Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1884, 172 Fifth Ave., NYC; Norfolk, Virginia [The Standard (London, England), 19 Jun 1884]; 1893, NYC; 1911, Liverpool, England; at DOD, 45 Ullet Road Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England.

He was naturalized USA 24 Apr 1879.

He is included in Christopher Long's Maximo tree as the father of Marigo (John) Maximo but unlinked to others.

He might be the younger brother of Nicholas Constantine Maximos, born in Greece abt 1836, who lived in the UK, first as a lodger in 1861, then with his elderly father Constantine, born 1795 Greece, in 1871, and later with his wife, Henrietta in 1881. Nicholas, a merchant, 7 Croxteth Grove, Toxteth Park, Lancs & 21 Alexandra Building, Ormond St., Liverpool, received a US patent for a grain drying invention; he was declared bankrupt in 1883 and 1887.

Argenti says Maximo but he himself used Maximos.

Ship manifests indicate: Jno Maximos, 12 Sep 1978, Liverpool to New York on Baltic; J Maximos, 27 Jul 1892, Liverpool to New York on City of Paris; 7 Jul 1893, J.C. Maximos, New York to Liverpool on Campania, 'married'; John C Maximos, 30 Apr 1901, New York to London on Minneapolis.

He attended the 5 Feb 1893 wedding of E. Pilalas and Catherine Elesteropoulo at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, W 53d St., New York City, along with Michel Agelasto, Theodore P. and Mrs. Ralli, and P.P. Negreponte.

J. Maximos attended the Jun 1911 funeral of George Ralli.

Maximos Brothers and Maximo & Damiano were among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2).

Either employee of or friends with Constantine Gunari, 235 E. 57 St., New York, New York.

1873: John C. Maximos was among the 12 Greek merchants maintaining membership in the New York Produce Exchange.

He worked with D. G. Maximos, a clerk, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1886) and with George Maximos, Mngr, 51 Main, res. Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1884-1885).

Birth:
DOB according to his US Passport Application.

Name:
or Maximos

Died:
DOD from gravestone

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1972 39409 N O 51 352 CEM 9/2/7

John married Maria (Stamatios) Frangopulo on 14 Jun 1884 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Maria (daughter of Stamatios Nicolas (Nicolas) Frangopulo and Loukia (Michael) Agelasto) was born on 11 Oct 1862 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK; was christened on 15 Nov 1862 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK; died on 27 Sep 1886 in Mountain Top Hotel, Nelson County, Virginia USA; was buried on 25 Apr 1887 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1871 England census for 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool: Lucy S. Frangopulo, 37, head, widow, b. Berout, Turkey; sons Nicolas S., 18; James S., 14; George S., 13; John, 10; daughters Maria S., 8; Argyri S., 6; all scholars born Manchester; 8 servants; Demetrios Galatti, 28, head, general merchant, b. Smyrna, Turkey; wife Angelica, 20, b. Manchester; sons Augustus, 2, and Stamati, 8 months; both b. Liverpool, and 4 servants.

The 1881 census: "Stoneleigh," Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, widow, 48, b. Beyrout, Syria; unmarried sons, Nicholas, 27, merchant - Gen. Broker; George, 22, merchant - Gen. Broker; Johnny, 20, apprentice merchant; daughters Marigo, 18; Argyri, 16; Angelica Galatti, married, 30; all born Manchester; son-in-law L [D] A. Galatti, 39, b. Asia Minor Sanyrini; grandsons Augustus Galatti, 11; Stamati Galatti, 10; granddaughters Lucy, 8; and Zenobia, 5, all scholars b. Liverpool & 7 servants.

Residence: 1885, 25 Bentley Street Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England [presumably, where her infant daughter died]

Birth:
The UK birth registry reports Maria Frangopulo, born Oct-Nov-Dec 1862, Salford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, v 8d, p 28. Certificate not examined.

Christened:
At home; entry:175(37)/061; Godparent: Maria M. Agelasto; priest: Vasilios Moros, Presbyter: M. Oeconomos

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1062 21215 N O 50/51 Order Book 352 Cem 9/4/42

Died:
Obituary pubished 28 Sep 1886 in two newspapers, The Norfolk Virginian and The Norfolk Landmark: "Maximos - At Mountain Top Hotel, VA September 27, Marigo, wife of John C. Maximos." The Mountain Top Hotel was a famous luxury resort in the 19th century and was built at the earlier site of an inn where Thomas Jefferson and others met to establish Charlottesville as the location for the Univeristy of Virginia. It is in Nelson County only a few miles from where two Peter Agelastos have homes (Parker Agelasto).

Notes:

Married:
UK marriage registry reports: Marigo Frangopulo marriage Apr-May-Jun 1884, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, v 8b, p 529. Certificate not examined.

Reported in The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 19 Jun 1884.

Witnesses: H.C. Maximos, John S. Frangopulo; Archimandrite N. Zerros presiding.