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Paul Harold (Pandia) Rodocanachi[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1893 - 1968  (74 years)


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  • Name Paul Harold (Pandia) Rodocanachi 
    Nickname Harold 
    Birth 12 Nov 1893  London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 23 Dec 1893  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • God-parents: Alexandra Schilizzi. [5]
    Gender Male 
    Death 01 Feb 1968  England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • His estate was handled by Guy Williams & Co., 31 North John Street, Liverpool 2, Solicitors; and Michael Heald and his nephew Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi (London Gazette 12 March 1968).
    • Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 3 Feb 1968. "He died peacefully, in hospital, after a short illness."
    • His estate was valued at £69,777 (duty paid £69,175) (The Times [London] 30 Apr 1968).
    Burial 07 Feb 1968  Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • plot 29183, sq. 28, Greek plan 49-50, reg. pg. 19704, no. 86798 [6]
    Notes 
    • Occupation: Clerk in trade
    • Education: Eton. Exeter College, Oxford.
    • Known as Harold Paul [or maybe Paul Harold] Rodocanachi. In WWI served as Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in France and the Balkans. Temp. Lt. P. H. Rodocanachi relinquishes his commn. on account of ill-health, 19 Jan 1919, and retains the rank of Lt.(London Gazette 17 Jan 1919).
    • Residence, England: 8 Orme Square, Bayswater, London; 1918, 3 Prince's Gate, Kensington, London; 1939, 15 Connaught Square, Westminster, London; 1948, 18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London; at DOD "Wincote," 8 Briarfield Road, Heswall, Cheshire.
    • Lt. Paul Harold Rodocanachi (147781) was in the Royal Army Pay Corps (London Gazette 1 Oct 1940). General List Infantry: Lt. & Paymr. P. H. Rodocanachi (147781), from R.A.P.C., to be Lt. i5th Aug. 1942, retaining his present seniority, and relinquishing the appt. of Paymr. (London Gazette 8 Dec 1942). Movement Control Section: Lt. P.H. Rodocanachi (147781) from Gen. List (Inf.) to be Lt. 24 May 1943 retaining his present seniority. (London Gazette 22 Jun 1943).
    • He co-administered his father's estate.
    • He co-administered the estate of Virginia Schilizzi
    • Harold Rodocanachi [11 Westbourne Street] appears on the 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; thereafter as Paul Harold Rodocanachi [15 Connaught Square] 1938, 1945, 1946 Paddington/Westminster; 1939 Paddington South/Westminster; as Paul H Rodocanachi [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 St Marylebone/Westminster.
    • 1901 England census: 34 Pont Street, Chelsea, London household headed by Pandia Rodocanacki, 35, living on own means; wife Alexandra, 31; sons Peter, 10; Harold, 7; Theodore, 3; daughter Jenny, 8; & 9 servants.
    • 1911 England census for St Mary House, Bradford Abbas, Sherborne, Dorset includes as border with the family headed by Rev. Gordon Bolles Wickham, Paul Harold Rodocanachi, 17, b. London.
    • 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 I1343  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2022 

    Father Pandia Peter (Peter) Rodocanachi,   b. 03 May 1865, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1936, Toft House, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Alexandra (Paul) Schilizzi,   b. 03 Feb 1870, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Dec 1957, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 12 Oct 1889  St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 14 Oct 1889.
    • Witnesses/Sponsors: P. Argenti & Marigo Zarifi; Ceremony performed by the Archimandrite Dr. Dionysius Plaisas, assisted by the Rev. Agathangelos Moschovakis; entry 168. [7]
    Family ID F193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi,   b. 21 Mar 1896, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1982, Gloucestershire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 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. [8]
    • 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 - 12 Nov 1893 - London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 23 Dec 1893 - 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 - 01 Feb 1968 - England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 07 Feb 1968 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos 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.
    8 Orme Square, London, England
    8 Orme Square, London, England
    photo 2009; Paul P. Rodocanachi lived at this Bayswater address.
    8 Orme Square, London, England
    8 Orme Square, London, England
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    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.
    1-5 Prince's Gate, London, England
    1-5 Prince's Gate, London, England
    photo 2009; the buildings on the frontage road parallel to Kensington Rd, Knightsbridge, have been rebuilt. As a widow in 1881 Virginia Schilizzi lived at 3 Princes Gate with her daughters Alexandra and Hypatia; Paul J. Schilizzi resided here at his 1879 death; Paul P Rodocanachi used the address in 1918.
    34 Pont Street, Belgrave Square, London, England
    34 Pont Street, Belgrave Square, London, England
    photo 2009; Pandia P and Alexandra Rodocanachi lived at this Belgravia address with their children in 1901.
    Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London, England
    Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London, England
    photo 2009;In 1948 Harold Rodocanachi used the address 18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place.
    Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London, England
    Princess Court, Bryanston Place, London, England
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    Documents
    Paul Harold Rodocanachi WWI medal card
    Paul Harold Rodocanachi WWI medal card
    West Norwood Cemetery
    West Norwood Cemetery
    Register for plot 6415
    West Norwood Cemetery
    West Norwood Cemetery
    Register for plot 29183, sq. 28, Greek plan 49-50

    Headstones
    West Norwood Cemetery
    West Norwood Cemetery
    Peter Pandia and Jenny Rodocanachi and their son Pandia Peter were buried in the double Argenti-Schilizzi plot, according to cemtery records. Their names are not among those inscribed on the tomb, nor those of their grandsons Peter Pandia Rodocanachi and Paul Harold Rodocanachi.

  • Sources 
    1. [S125] 1901 England Census.

    2. [S119] 1911 England Census.

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

    4. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register.

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

    6. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England.

    7. [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]

    8. [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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