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Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi[1, 2, 3]

Female 1896 - 1982  (86 years)


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  • Name Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi 
    Nickname Mary 
    Birth 21 Mar 1896  London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 16 May 1896  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • God-parents: Maria Sechiari. [4]
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Oct 1982  Gloucestershire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • The death of Melita Mary Rodocanachi, 86, b. 21 Mar 1896, was registered Dec 1982, Shipston on Stour, Gloucestershire, v. 31, p. 0357.
    Notes 
    • Residence: 1918, 64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
    • Yvonne Sugdury says Melita had a share in a Meissen dinner service which was brought from Chios and that she and her sister Nadine lived in Constantinople as young girls and danced with Albert de Ruelle (of Aix), friends of Arnette and Albane Martin (Christopher Long).
    • "... The Rodocanachi girls' mother [Maria] was a strikingly handsome woman and their grandmother old Mrs Vassiliadi [Fanny]... was always dressed in black as you say they all were and wore a widow's veil and diamonds..."
    • Mary Melita Rodocanachi [11 Westbourne Street] appears on the 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936; [15 Connaught Square] 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] 1945 St Marylebone/Tower Hamlets; 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, [flat 33 Montagu Square 27/29 Montagu Square] 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 St Marylebone/Westminster.
    • Katherine Daphne Waite, 33 Montagu Sq., London W.1., daughter Nicola Windsor Waite, 7, b. 31 Dec 1951 [an error] and Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 21 Mar 1896, same address, arrived Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa, 13 Feb 1959 aboard the Pendennis Castle.
    • 1911 England census for 64 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by Constantine Vassiliadi, 45, married 16 years, 2 children born, both living, b. Turkey, Italian; merchant banker; wife Fannie, 37; daughters Melita, 15; Nadine, 13, all b. Paddington, London; sister Phrollo, 39, single, b. Turkey, Italian; 7 servants
    • 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Paul Harold Rodocanachi, b. 1893, Kensington, London; Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 1896, Paddington; Catherine Daphne Rodocanachi, b. 1920, Paddington; for a household in Paddington, London.
    • The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 103 Portsea Hall, Paddington, London, lists Paul H Rodocanachi, b. 12 Nov 1893, Banker; wife Mary M Rodocanachi [annotated Melita Mary Rodocanachi], b. 21 Mar 1896, Unpaid Domestic Duties; and Jenny H Rodocanachi, b. 15 Dec 1892, single, Private Means.
    Person ID I1339  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2022 

    Father Constantine (Manoli) Vassiliadi,   b. 15 Apr 1865, Mega Revma, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1932, 64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Fanny (Michael) Mavrogordato,   b. 03 Oct 1873, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1957, 'Picket Post,' Bray on Thames, Berkshire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1894  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Witnesses: P. A. Mavrogordato, P. Rodocanachi and E. Vassiliades; Dionysios Plaisas presiding; entry 191. [6]
    • Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) Sep 1894.
    Family ID F568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paul Harold (Pandia) Rodocanachi,   b. 12 Nov 1893, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Feb 1968, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1918  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Witnesses: P. Gylitou and John M. Zarifi. (Catsiyannis says that Virginia Schilizzi, Paul's grandmother, was a witness); Ceremony performed by the Great Archimandrite Dr. Pagonis, assisted by the Rev. Archimandrite Moschovakis; entry 349. [7]
    • Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 13 Apr 1918.
    Children 
    +1. Catherine Daphne (Paul) Rodocanachi,   b. 17 May 1920, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 2011, Kingham, Oxfordshire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +2. Living
    Family ID F569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1896 - London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 16 May 1896 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Apr 1918 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Oct 1982 - Gloucestershire, England UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
    64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
    Constantine and Fanny Vassiliadi lived at 64 Westbourne Terrace, which was next door to her parents, in 1918-31; photo 2009.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
    Mary Melita Rodocanachi 1982 UK probate
    Mary Melita Rodocanachi 1982 UK probate

  • Sources 
    1. [S119] 1911 England Census.

    2. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921.

    3. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register.

    4. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jan 1977, 12.
      Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater

    5. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.

    6. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jul 1983, 12.
      Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]

    7. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Oct 1983, 12.
      Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]



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