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

1896 - 1982  (86 years)

• Name	Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi
  Nickname	Mary
  Birth	21 Mar 1896	London, England UK
  Christening	16 May 1896	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	God-parents: Maria Sechiari. [4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Oct 1982	Gloucestershire, England UK   [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 d. 28 Feb 1932, 64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Fanny (Michael) Mavrogordato,   b. 03 Oct 1873, London, England UK d. 13 May 1957, 'Picket Post,' Bray on Thames, Berkshire, England UK (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1894	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	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 d. 01 Feb 1968, England UK (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1918	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	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 d. 31 Jan 2011, Kingham, Oxfordshire, England UK (Age 90 years) + 2. Living
  Family ID	F569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Mar 1896 - London, England UK Christening - 16 May 1896 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Marriage - 11 Apr 1918 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 23 Oct 1982 - Gloucestershire, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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.
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  Documents

  Mary Melita Rodocanachi 1982 UK probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] 1911 England Census. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jan 1977, 12. Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [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] [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]