Stephen (Augustus) Agelasto

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Residence: Jan 1883-May 1885, 9 Chapel Place, W., London; May 1885-Nov 1886, 96 Gloucester Terrace, W., London; Nov 1886-1891, 71 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London, England; 1901-1949, 185 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, England, with phone; at DOD, 90 Gloucester Terrace.

Occupation: 1881, cotton broker; 1886-1895, manager of London Branch of the Bank of Constantinople, 19 Great Winchester St.; 1900-1905, stockbroker with Greatorex & Co., 10 Throgmorton Ave., London [same business address as 5th cousin/stockbroker John Michael Agelasto]; (1900 city directory address: 7 Drapers' Gardens, London); stockbroker; 1909-1949, 20 Gt Winchester St., London. The 1914, 1915 city directories say "member of the stock exchange, trades directory, stock and shares broker."

British Naturalization: Stephen Augustus Agelasto, Greece, 26 Mar 1889, residence London; home office paper B5730; certificate A6076. "...subject of Greece, having been born at Syra, and is the son of Augustus Stephen Agelasto, a native of Chios, Turkey, and Lucie Agelasto, a native of Syra, Greece, of the age of thirty five years, manager of the London branch of the Bank of Constantinople, is married, and has two children, under age, residing with him, viz: Lucy Agelasto, aged 3 years, Augustus Agelasto, aged 9 months."

Naturalization: Listed as 'of Greece' living in London, he became a British citizen only after a flurry of correspondence between parties in his attempt to meet statutory requirements in establishing his parentage. He stated that his father, Augustus Stephen, "was born on the Isle of Chios in the Kingdom of Turkey [Greece is marked through]."

Carolyn Agelasto Hughes has identified the photo in the family album of a man, in hat with cigarette, know affectionately as 'uncle Stef,' believed to be Stephen Augustus.

Member of the Baltic Exchange 1886. Georgiadis records him as of the 'Saint Tryphon' branch of his family.

"John Agelasto and Stephen Agelasto, church wardens," were with the Greek Minister at Buckingham Palace to give their congratualations on the latter's marriage (The Times [London], 10 Dec 1888). S.A.Agelasto is listed as a churchwarden for Aghia Sophia, 1887 and 1888.

In 1895 SA Agelasto served on a committee concerning the Alcoy & Gandia Railway (The Times [London], 8 Jan 1895].

SA Agelasto contributed £5 several years to the Chios Earthquake Relief fund (The Times [London], 8 Feb 1893, 10 May 1894];£10 to the Duke of Gloucesters Red Cross and St. John Fund (The Times [London], 18 Jul 1940), and £20 to the Lord Mayor's Greek Relief Fund (The Times [London], 5 Dec 1940).

Mr. S Agelasto attended a memorial after the assassination of Greek King George I (The Times [London], 19 Mar 1914]. He was among members of London's Greek community who had met with the King on his visit to London (The Times [London], 16 Nov 1905].

He and his wife attended the funeral of Pandia Calvocoressi (The Times [London], 5 Apr 1937).

He and his wife attended the funeral of Eustratius 'Strati' (Pandia) Ralli, according to The Times (London), 10 Mar 1932.

S.A. Agelasto held debenture bonds, Lake Copais company, Ltd., The Times (London), 19 Jan 1894, p 12.

The 1861 England census: 175 Grove Street, Liverpool, household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 45, cotton broker, b. Chios; wife Lucy Coronio, 30, b. Constantinople; sons Stephen, 8, b. Syros; John, 6; George, 4; daughters Despina, 5; Henrietta, 7; Hellen, 2 Mo, all b. Liverpool; & 3 servants.

1871 England census [West Derby]: 15 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed A. S. Agelasto, 55, cotton broker; wife Lucy, 40, both b. Chios; son Stephen, 18, b. Syros; Harriet, 17, b. Manchester; John, 15; Delphina, 14; Helen, 10, Triphon, 9; Aspasia, 7; Lucy, 5, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants. Lived adjacent to the C. T. Rodocanachi family and two doors down from the Constantine M. Ralli family.

1881 England census [West Derby rural]: Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Augustus S. Agelasto, 66, married; unmarried sons Stephen, 28, both , cotton brokesr, b. Greece; John, 26, cotton salesman, b. Liverpool; Tryphon, 17; daughters Aspasia, 16; Lucie, 14, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 2 servants.

1891 England Census: 71 Gloucester Terrace, London, household headed by Stephen A. Agelasto, 39, bank manager, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 31; son Augustus, 3; daughter Lucia, 5; Juliet, 8 mo.; all b. London; brother John, 37, unmarried, civil engineer, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants.

The 1901 England Census shows for the household living at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London: Stephen A Agelasto, 46, head, stock & share broker, born Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 39; children Lucie, 15; Augustus, 13; Juliet, 10, all born London; his mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 73, widow, born Marseille, France; and a nephew, Constantine Scarafoglu, 18, commercial clerk, born Constantinople; and seven domestic servants.

1911 England census for the household at 185 Gloucester Terrace (19 rooms), Bayswater, Hyde Park, London W, headed by Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 57, b. Syra, naturalized Brit, married 26 years, 3 children born alive, 3 still living; stock broker; wife Caterina, 49; son August S, 23, bank clerk; daughter Juliet, 20, all b. London; mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 83, widow, b. Marseille; 7 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 90 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London, lists Stephen A Agelasto, b. 3 Sep. 1852, Stockbroker and wife Caterina Agelasto, b. 3 Mar 1861.

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Stephen Augustus Agelasto, b. 1852, Greece; Caterina Agelasto, b. 1861, London; Juliet Agelasto, b. 1890, London; in a household in Paddington, London.

Stephen Augustus Agelasto [71 Gloucester Terrace] appears on the 1890, 1891, 1892 1895, 1896 electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough electoral lists, Great Britain; [26 Austin Friars; abode 185 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park] 1899, 1900; [9 Throgmorton avenue] 1904; [10 Throgmorton avenue] 1905, 1907; [20 Great Winchester Street] 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1906, 1908, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 Paddington South/Westminster; 1918, 1919 Paddington and St Marylebone/Westminster; 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 Paddington/Westminster; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 Paddington/Westminster; [90 Gloucester Terrace] 1939 Paddington South/Westminster; 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 Paddington/Westminster.


They attended the funeral of Emmanuel M Rodocanachi, according to The Times (London), 18 Feb 1932.

He was an executor of the estate of Alexander Alexander Ionides.

At age 14 he was selected to be the God-father of his youngest sibling, Lucia.

Agelasto (either he or his younger brother John) was awarded the Upper School Class Prize, for Class 5, in the Christmas prize distribution at Liverpool College, Shaw Street (Liverpool Mercury 23 Dec 1871).

Agelasto, Stephen A., 185 Gloucester terrace, Hyde Park W, appears in Royal Blue Book (London, May 1911).

In his memoir Emmanuel Theodore Casdagli refers to Stephen Agelasto as "a wealthy stockbroker who, with his wife, made a delightful pair." (Daphne Casdagli).

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given)

Died:
The estate of Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 90 Gloucester Terrace, London W2, stockbroker (retired), d 22 Sep 1948, was administered by Mrs. Lucy Casdagli (Broad & Son, 1 Great Winchester St, EC2, solicitors) (London Gazette, 3 Dec 1948).

Buried:
burial plot no. 34942, sq. 42, reg. pg. 18810, no. 79644

Stephen married Aikaterini (Ambrosios) Ralli on 12 Jan 1885 in Greek Church, rue Maurice Korsec 13, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Aikaterini (daughter of Ambrosios (Theodoris) Ralli and Julia (Petros) Schilizzi) was born on 03 Mar 1861 in London, England UK; was christened on 12 Apr 1861 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 26 May 1948 in London, England UK; was buried on 29 May 1948 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1916, Springfield, Kersal, Manchester; 1932, 27 Westbourne Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancs; at DOD, 14 Granville Rd., Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire.

Mrs. Lucy Casdagli administered her father's estate (London Gazette, 3 Dec 1948).

Mr. X. Casdagli, 52, merchant; wife Mrs. L, 47; and daughter Miss O, 20, living at 27 Westbourne Road, Birkdale, Lancashire, arrived Southampton, [from Port Said], 26 May 1932, aboard the Orama.

Mr. X. Casdagli, 54, merchant; wife Mrs. L, 49, both 27 Westbourne Road, Birkdale, Lancs; and Mrs. E.P. Casdagli, 20, home duties, residence Egypt, bound for High Dyke Farm, Wellingere, Lincoln, arrived Southampton, from Port Said, 6 Jun 1934, aboard the Orama.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 27 Westbourne Rd., Southport, Lancashire, lists Xenophon Casdagli, b. 27 Feb 1880, Shipping Merchant; Emmanuel X Casdagli, b. 20 Feb 1910, single, Market Gardener; Olga Casdagli, b. 26 Jun 1911, single, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Xenophon Casdagli, b. 1880, Egypt; Lucy Casdagli, b. 1885, Paddington, London; in a household in Paddington, London.

1911 England census for Springfield (14 rooms), Bury New Road, Kersal, Manchester, household headed by Lucy Casdagli, 25, b. Paddington, London, married 2 years; one child, living; son Emmanual Xenophon, 1, b. Salford, Manchester; 5 servants.

The 1901 England Census shows for the household living at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London: Stephen A Agelasto, 46, head, stock & share broker, born Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 39; children Lucie, 15; Augustus, 13; Juliet, 10, all born London; his mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 73, widow, born Marseille, France; and a nephew, Constantine Scarafoglu, 18, commercial clerk, born Constantinople; and seven domestic servants.

1891 England Census: 71 Gloucester Terrace, London, household headed by Stephen A. Agelasto, 39, bank manager, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 31; son Augustus, 3; daughter Lucia, 5; Juliet, 8 mo.; all b. London; brother John, 37, unmarried, civil engineer, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: Stephen Schilizzi (represented by Henrietta Al. Ralli).

Birth:
Her birth announcement appeared in The Times (London), 13 Oct 1885, p 1, and Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 18 Oct 1885.

Died:
The estate of Lucy Casdagli, 14 Granville Rd., Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire, widow, d. 22 Jun 1957, was administered by Brownsword & Co., 70, Spring Gardens, Manchester 2, Solicitors (Emmanuel Xenophon Casdagli and Olga Xenophon Casdagli) (London Gazette, 25 Oct 1957). Will proved 27 Sep 1957 by son Emmanuel Xenophon Casdagli, shipping merchant, and Olga Xenophon Casdagli, spinster. Effects were £64,703 7s 10d (Daphne Casdagli).

Buried:
burial plot no. 34942, sq. 42, reg. pg. 19293, no. 83505

Loukia married Xenophon (Emmanuel) Casdagli on 03 Oct 1908 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Xenophon (son of Emmanuel (Dimitri) Casdagli and Maria Apostolos) was born on 27 Feb 1880 in Alexandria, Egypt ; died on 02 May 1943 in Breeze House Nursing Home, Kersal, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK; was buried on 06 May 1943 in St Mary's Church, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A plague inside St. Sophia Church, Bayswater, London, on the right side acknowledges his death in combat.

Residence: 1916, 185 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, England.

Education: 1901-, Harrow School, England.

Lieutenant in the lst and 6th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regt. (Mentioned in Dispatches). He had previously been a distinguished soldier in the Greek forces in the Balkan wars in 1912.

He was wounded in 1915 (The Times 4 Jun 1915) and consequently was awarded MC (Military Cross), in King’s Honours List, 1 Jan 1916, reported in London Gazette #29438, 14 Jan 1916 and in The Times on the same date. Promoted from 2nd Lt. to Lt., 20 Oct 1916, less than three weeks before he died.

Mentioned in the diaries of Ernest Howard Shepherd, B Coy 1st Bn Dorset Regt (Winnie the Pooh illustrator):

29 May 1915 - "One funny thing have just remembered. One of our officers, Lt Agelasto, was stripped in his dug-out when the Huns gassed. He had been out all night and fell in a Johnson hole, getting wet thro'. When we ran up he just put his gun, boots, coat and waterproof coat on, and he looked a real sketch, we had to laugh even at that critical time and later we fixed him up with a pair of trousers."

16 January 1916 - "Also to my great delight my Company Commander Captain Algeo has been awarded the Military Cross, also Lt Agelasto who used to command the Company back in May 1915. He is now gone to Serbia. Lt Agelasto I have mentioned before. He rushed up towards Hill naked on May 5th except for waterproof coat and gumboots."

Ordered bankrupt 21 Oct 1914, brought about by an "unjustifiable extravagence in living." London Gazette #28977, 17 Nov 1914. The order was to be discharged 21 Oct 1916, about a month before his death. His bankruptcy petition (copy that allows zoom).

An Agelasto played football for Kersal A against: Manchester University (Manchester Guardian, 13 Dec 1905, p 11), Heaton Moor A (Manchester Guardian, 5 Jan 1906, p 3), and Bolton 1st (Manchester Guardian, 8 Nov 1905, p 3). The newspaper gives his initial(s) as A.N., A. and J., respectively. All are probably typos, and the athlete is either Emmanuel John Agelasto after he finished Charterhouse or Augustus Stephen after Harrow School.

1891 England Census: 71 Gloucester Terrace, London, household headed by Stephen A. Agelasto, 39, bank manager, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 31; son Augustus, 3; daughter Lucia, 5; Juliet, 8 mo.; all b. London; brother John, 37, unmarried, civil engineer, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants.

The 1901 England Census shows for the household living at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London: Stephen A Agelasto, 46, head, stock & share broker, born Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 39; children Lucie, 15; Augustus, 13; Juliet, 10, all born London; his mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 73, widow, born Marseille, France; and a nephew, Constantine Scarafoglu, 18, commercial clerk, born Constantinople; and seven domestic servants.

The 1901 England census counts him twice. Augustus S. Agelasto, 13, b. London, is a boarder at the Hazelwood School, [Oxted] Surrey.

1911 England census for the household at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater, Hyde Park, London W, headed by Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 57, b. Syra, naturalized Brit, married 26 years, 3 children born alive, 3 still living; stock broker; wife Caterina, 49; son August S, 23, bank clerk; daughter Juliet, 20, all b. London; mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 83, widow, b. Marseille; 7 servants.

"The Roll of Honour" A. Agelasto, Dorsetshire Regiment, listed as wounded (The Times of India, 8 Jun 1915).

Harrow School: S.A. [likely a typo, should be A.S.] Agelasto sang choral (Mendelssohn's 'Hearts feel that love Thee,') The Harrovian 5 Apr 1903. A. Agelasto played for Mr. Owen's against Mr. Howson's [11-man squads], and scored the sole point for his side against Mr. Graham's, The Harrovian 5 Apr 1903. A.S. Agelasto ran the half-mile for Mr. Owen's The Harrovian 7 June 1902.

AS Agelasto is mentioned in Dale Vargas, The Timeline History of Harrow School: 1572 to the Present [Supplement: Index], UK: 2010, Worth Press, p. 78.

Christened:
God-parents: Mrs. Dimitris Ralli.

Birth:
His birth announcement appeared in The Times (London), 31 Jan 1888, p 1.

Died:
Until their own deaths, his parents placed a personal notice of memorium in The Times (London) on the anniversary of August's death: "In dear and ever-loving memory of Lieut. August Agelasto, MC, Dorsetshire Regiment, killed in action on the Somme 8th Nov., 1916."

His death was reported on page one of The Times (London) on 16 Nov 1916. A 1300-word obituary appeared on page 13 of the same issue. Death notice included under 'Killed in Action' (Manchester Guardian, 17 Nov 1916, p 10).

Buried:
United Kingdom Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment08/11/1916 Age: 28 X. X. 9, Guards' Cemetery (Lesboeufs) (Somme France).

His 3d cousin Richard (Plato) Dilberoglu is in the same cemetery.

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1911 England census for the household at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater, Hyde Park, London W, headed by Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 57, b. Syra, naturalized Brit, married 26 years, 3 children born alive, 3 still living; stock broker; wife Caterina, 49; son August S, 23, bank clerk; daughter Juliet, 20, all b. London; mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 83, widow, b. Marseille; 7 servants.

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Stephen Augustus Agelasto, b. 1852, Greece; Caterina Agelasto, b. 1861, London; Juliet Agelasto, b. 1890, London; in a household in Paddington, London.

Christened:
God-parents: John A. Agelasto.

Birth:
Her birth announcement appeared in The Times (London), 10 Jul 1890, p 1.

Died:
Estate valued at £7296 9s 9d, administered at London 22 Oct 1926, went to her father.

Buried:
burial plot no. 34942, sq. 42, reg. pg. 16684, no. 62633

Notes:

Emanuel X Casdagli and Miquette Casdagli [De Vere Hotel, De Vere Gardens W8] appear on the 1957 UK electoral register, Kensington South parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough.

1911 England census for Springfield Higher Road, Kersal, Manchester household headed by Lucy Casdagli, 25, b. Paddington, London, married 2 years; one child, living; son Emmanual Xenophon, 1, b. Salford, Manchester; 5 servants.

His childhood asthma necessitated the family's move to Southport, close to Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 27 Westbourne Rd., Southport, Lancashire, lists Xenophon Casdagli, b. 27 Feb 1880, Shipping Merchant; Emmanuel X Casdagli, b. 20 Feb 1910, single, Market Gardener; Olga Casdagli, b. 26 Jun 1911, single, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Birth:
Birth announcement appeared in The Times [London], 22 Feb 1910, p. 1.

Died:
The death of Emmanuel Xenophon Casdagli, b. 20 Feb 1910, was registered in 1969 at Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, 5g, p 248.

Emmanuel married Miquetta Angelique (D) Papageorge in 1946 in Cairo, Egypt. Miquetta (daughter of D. Papageorge and Angelina (A) Anastasiadi) was born on 21 Nov 1910; died about Apr 1997 in Surrey, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 27 Westbourne Rd., Southport, Lancashire, lists Xenophon Casdagli, b. 27 Feb 1880, Shipping Merchant; Emmanuel X Casdagli, b. 20 Feb 1910, single, Market Gardener; Olga Casdagli, b. 26 Jun 1911, single, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Birth:
Birth announcement appeared in The Times [London], 28 Jun 1911, p. 1. Birth place is listed as Springfield, Kersal, Manchester.

Died:
The estate of Olga Xenophon Casdagli, 16 Sherringham Rd., Birkdale, Southport, spinster, d. 30 Sep 1988, administered by National Westminster Bank, Liverpool (Mrs. M.A. Casdagli & J.E.D.P.A. Loy) (London Gazette, 28 Oct 1988).

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]