Emmanuel John (John) Agelasto

Notes:

The Times (London), 18 Nov 1949, notice of his death lists him as "of London and Paris" and his sister is miss-identified as Alice Mary Agelasto of Orchard House, Torquay.

Residence: 1901, Mulgrave House, Osbourne Rd., New Windsor, Berks, listed as boarding student; 1911 & 1914, 252 Stockport Road, Stockport, Cheshire, England; 30 Dec 1915, Welbeck Palace Hotel, Welbeck Street, Westminster, London, England; 17 Aug 1916, 28 Cavendish Square, Westminster, London, England.

Education: 1901, Mulgrave House, Osbourne Rd, New Windsor (Berks), England; 1903, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England.

Occupation: 1911, cotton merchant, Aubonne House, Kersal, Manchester (Chaterhouse alumni listing); Shipper/buyer. It is unclear if he was running his father's firm, A Agelasto and Co., which was still in operation in 1910 and while he was at war [A. Agelasto and Co., 78 George St., donations: £15 to aid families affected by the Bolton coal mine disaster (Manchester Guardian, 31 Dec 1910, p 6); £50 to the war relief fund (Manchester Guardian, 8 Sep 1914, p 7); £10 to the Manchester Armenian Relief Fund (Manchester Guardian, 8 Jan 1916, p 1)].

WWI record: 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Aug 1914, medically discharged after 1 year 10 months service. Joined the 8th (Ardwick) Batt, Manchester Regiment, 42 division, on the outbreak of WWI. He served very briefly in Galipoli, was wounded, and shipped home from Mudros on the Dominion Liner hospital Ship Canada on 24 Aug 1915 having only arrived on 31 Jul 1915. He was vomiting blood. A Military Medical Board at the War Office on 17 Aug 1916 found he was suffering from appendicitis, syphilis and marked flat feet with hammer toes (not examined when he obtained a Commission). His medical discharge noted "trench feet" and that he "still has neurasthealmic symptoms [shell shock];" he was discharged from the Army with wounds in 1916.

Mr. Emmanuel John Agelasto, Incorporate Accountant, of 20-21, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C.2, was appointed liquidator of FEODOR Ltd, 15 Mar 1935.

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.

"A good deal of interest has been taken in the announcement by Messrs A Agelasto and Co., shippers of [Manchester], that their business has been transferred to Messrs. Beith Stevenson and Co., Ltd." in Frederick W. Tattersall, "Lancashire Cotton; Position of the Industry" (The Times of India, 25 Apr 1916).

Emmanuel John Agelasto [92 Mount Street W1] appears on the 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 electoral register City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough electoral lists, Great Britain.

The 1891 England census: 265 New Bury Road, Broughton, Salford household headed by John E Agelasto, 40, East India merchant, b. Constantinople, Greek subject; wife Aspasia, 29, b. Bradford, Yorkshire; son Emmanuel J., 3; daughter Alexandra, 10 mos, both b. Manchester; & 4 servants.

1911 England census for the household at Grant Leigh Victoria Rd, Cleveleys Nr Blackpool, Lancashire, included as boarders Emanuel John Agelasto, 23, b. Gorton, Lancashire; married one year, grey cloth buyer, shipping; wife Clara, 29, b. Gorton, Lancashire.

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Alexander Agelasto, b. 1896, Manchester, Lancashire; Aspasia Agelasto, b. 1863, Bradford, Yorkshire; Emmanuel John Agelasto, b. 1891, Manchester, Lancashire; in a household in Saint George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex.

Birth:
25 Nov 1887 by baptism records.

The 4 Dec date comes from his mother's sworn statement at a hearing on his father's estate, 17 Feb 1916, Palatinate of Lancaster, Court of Chancery, Manchester District Registry. (National Archives)

Christened:
God-parent: Themistocles Pandia Petrocochino; at home; entry: 576/169; Archimandrite: Eustathios Metallinos.

Name:
According to Ian McCulloch, Senior Partner of Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, which handled the estate, he was also known as John Jefferson Ashton.

Some documents list him as Emmanuel Jonathan

Although the WWI medal card lists the name as "Emanuel Jonathan" and Charterhouse as "Emanuel John" his marriage certificate and daughter’s birth certificate double the ‘m’.

Died:
Death announcement in The Times (London) 18 Nov 1949, p 1. Refers to him as John E. Agelasto.

Family/Spouse: Clara (unknown) James. Clara was born on 16 Oct 1880 in Gorton, Lancashire, England UK; died on 12 Oct 1972 in England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1998, 252 Stockport Road, Torquay, Devon, England; Carisbrooke Nursing Home, 50 Teignmouth Road, Torquay, Devon.

Probate handled by Hutchings & Plum, Hagley House, 38-40 The Terrace, Torquay, Devon TQ1 1BN. Solicitors. (John Frank Hiles and Richard John Hutchings.)

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 25 Endsleigh Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, lists Clara Agelasto, b. 16 Oct 1880, married, housewife and Aspasia M Agelasto, single, b. 8 Oct 1911, drug store shop assistant.