Pandia Alexander (Alexander) Ralli

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: Pandia Alexander Ralli, Turkish Empire, 8 Feb 1867; certificate 5535

Buried:
burial plot no. 1249 initially, then removed to plot 17195.

Died:
His estate of under ￡200,000 was administered by Antonio Alexander Ralli, brother, and Peter Pandia Rodocanachi.

Pandia married Sophia (Pandia) Rodocanachi on 09 Jun 1849 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Sophia was born on 14 Jan 1829 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany; died on 04 Mar 1907 in 8 Keene Terrace, Worthing, Sussex, England UK; was buried on 07 Mar 1907 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1881, 13 Belvedere Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England; also, 96 Melbourne Terrace, London, England.

15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the "City of New York"

1861 census for a dwelling on [53] Edge Lane: Pandia A. Ralli, 46, cotton merchant, b. Turkey; wife Sophia P., 31, b. Italy; son Alexander P., 9; daughter Polymia P., 7, both b. Russia; Mary P, 5, b. Germany; Pandia, 2; Antonio, 1, both born Liverpool; and George A. Ralli, visitor, 20, B.A. London University, b. London; and 7 servants.

The 1881 census shows for 13 Belvedere Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, a household headed by Michael M. Ralli, 36, married, cotton broker, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; Polymnia Ralli, wife, 26, b. Russia; children: Antonio M., 4; Theano M. 1 & 4 servants.

Three portraits of Polymnia Ralli (née Ralli) at the National Portrait Gallery UK.

Died:
Obituaries in the Rhyl Journal, 5 Dec 1896, p. 2; and Rhyl Record and Advertiser, 5 Dec 1896, p. 5.

Polymnia married Michael (Antonio) Ralli on 05 Oct 1875 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Michael (son of Antonio (Michalis) Ralli and Theano (Paul) Mavrogordato) was born on 22 Jun 1845 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 07 Aug 1917 in Morannedd, Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Antonio Pandia Ralli [26 Craven Hill Gardens] appears on 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 UK electoral register, Paddington South parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; Antonio Ralli 1891 Paddington South/Westminster.

Birth:
15 Dec 1858, London, England, according to Richard Anthony Ralli.

Christened:
God-parent: George A. Ralli.

Father Joseph Skevofylakas officiating.

Died:
His death was attested to by his brother-in-law Alexandre Vernudachi, 30, rentier, rue Greuze 12, Paris, and his cousin Nicolas [Alexander] Ralli, 39, rentier, boulevard Malesherbes 177, Paris.

Buried:
register entry A26255

Archimandrite Antonios Poraschis [Paraschis] presiding

burial plot no. 17195, 13 & 40 of Greek plan.

Antonio married Hypatia (Alexandre) Avierino on 01 Mar 1884 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Hypatia (daughter of Alexander (Nicolas) Avierino and Cleopatra (Antonio) Ralli) was born on 29 Dec 1866 in London, England UK; was christened on 19 Jan 1867 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 26 Dec 1956 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Mechanical Engineer's Draughtsman; Mechanical Engineer working on own account; Builder & Haulage Contractor.

The 1881 census shows for 13 Belvedere Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, a household headed by Michael M. Ralli, 36, married, cotton broker, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; Polymnia Ralli, wife, 26, b. Russia; children: Antonio M., 4; Theano M. 1 & 4 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1920: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 30 Knowsley Road, Liscard/Wallasey (abode); 27 Naylor Street, no. 1; 59 Oldhall Street, no. 10, 11; 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode); 46 Limekiln Lane, shared with Michael Henry Ralli, 2 Knowsley Road, Wallasey - abode; 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and Michael Henry Ralli, 16 Loretta Road, Wallasey (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 10, 11; 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and Michael Henry Ralli, Gwaeneysgor, Moreton Road, Upton (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 10, 11; 1929-1930: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and 59 Oldhall Street, no. 2 and Douglas Herbert Ralli, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 3, 4.

Residence, Wales: Henfyn Hall, Newmarket, Flintshire; at DOD, 5 Walton Crescent, Llandudno Junction, Carnarvonshire.

At age 12 he suggested the laying of the memorial stone of a proposed new Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the village of Tremeirchion, Wales. His father was Greek Consul, Brynbella, Wales. 'This memorial stone of the Tremeirchion C.M. Chapel was laid by Master Anthony Michael Ralli, Brynbella, November 26th 1888' reads the inscription. In fact, the young master was not present, however, as "it was most difficult for him to obtain leave of absence in the middle of his term at school" according to his father. His four-year-old sister took mortar and shovel to the task. North Wales Chronicle (Bangor, Wales), 1 Dec 1888.

Employed Catherine Lewis (b.1875 in Dyserth) as a cook (Richard Anthony Ralli).

Education: Rugby College, Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Military: Commission in The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1897: he vanished for a period of time (Richard Anthony Ralli)

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 3 Walton Crescent, Conway, Caernarvonshire, lists Antonio M Ralli, b. 3 Aug 1876, Laundry Worker; wife Mary E Ralli, b 7 Apr 1881, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Sophia P. Ralli, his grandmother

Birth:
The baptism record gives 6 Ullet Road as residence, presumably where he was born.

Anthony married Mary Elizabeth (Thomas) Dutton on 14 Sep 1899 in Crewe, Cheshire, England UK. Mary (daughter of Thomas Dutton) was born on 07 Apr 1881 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England UK; died on 23 Dec 1961 in Kings Heath, Little Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1912 - Attended Panellenios Sylogos Gynaikon in Greece.

26 Nov 1888 - Laid the foundation stone of the Tremeirchion Calvanistic Methodist Chapel in place of her brother whose name appears on the stone.

Theano Ralli administered the estate of Sonia Ralli, her sister.

The 1881 census shows for 13 Belvedere Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, a household headed by Michael M. Ralli, 36, married, cotton broker, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; Polymnia Ralli, wife, 26, b. Russia; children: Antonio M., 4; Theano M. 1 & 4 servants.

1901 Wales census for 'Morannedd', East Parade, Rhyl, Flintshire: Michael A. Ralli, 55, head, widower, naturalized British subject, b. Turkey, living on own means; daughters Theano, 21; Sonia, 16; two visitors, Helen Bourri, 42, widow, b. Greece, and Alexandra Bourri, 11, b. France, and 4 servants.

Birth:
at Charlesville, Belvedere Road. This is presumably number 13, where the family lived in 1881.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Spartalis

Died:
Estate of spinster valued at £49,934 11s 9d, administered at St. Asaph, Wales, 30 Aug 1922 by nephew, Michael Henry Ralli, team owner.

Her estate was still in administration in 1930, as the result of a court case, Grady v. Ralli, 1929, G. No. 3,754 (London Gazette 6 June 1930).

Notes:

1901 Wales census for 'Morannedd', East Parade, Rhyl, Flintshire: Michael A. Ralli, 55, head, widower, naturalized British subject, b. Turkey, living on own means; daughters Theano, 21; Sonia, 16; two visitors, Helen Bourri, 42, widow, b. Greece, and Alexandra Bourri, 11, b. France, and 4 servants.

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating.

God-parent: Sophia P. Ralli [his grandmother]

Birth:
DOB according to Richard Anthony Ralli

Died:
Sonia Ralli, otherwise Sophia, of Mia Hall Dyserth, Flintshire, spinster, died 23 Aug 1910; probate St. Asaph, 7 Nov to Theano Ralli [her sister], spinster; effects £4157 18s. 8d.

Buried:
Funeral 28 Aug 1910 at St. Thomas' Church.

Notes:

1891 England census: 26 Craven Hill Gardens, Paddington, London: Antonio Ralli, 31, head, b. Liverpool, living by his own means; wife Hypatia, 24, b. London; Sonia, 4; Pandia, 2, both b. Liverpool; and 5 servants.

Mrs. Sophie De Magnin, 22, b. Liverpool, French and Master Paul Rene de Magnin, 5 months, both French, last residing Paris, relative Mrs. Ralli, 21 rue La Pérouse, arrived New York, 5 Sep 1908 from Le Havre aboard La Provence with a nurse maid; Sophia Ralli De Magnin, 51, widow, b. Toxteth Park, England, last permanent residence Lausanne, Switzerland, arrived New York 28 Dec 1937 from Cherbourg, France aboard Berengaria; Sophia De Magnin, 63, single, 163 Murray Ave., Larchmont, NY, arrived New York 19 Oct 1949 from Rotterdam, aboard Nieuw Amsterdam.

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Sophia P. Ralli

Sophia married André (Paul) de Magnin on 14 May 1907 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and was divorced before 1940. André (son of Le Rév. Paul Auguste de Magnin and Jeanne Marie Roche) was born on 10 Jun 1869 in Vernoux, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1891 England census: 26 Craven Hill Gardens, Paddington, London: Antonio Ralli, 31, head, b. Liverpool, living by his own means; wife Hypatia, 24, b. London; Sonia, 4; Pandia, 2, both b. Liverpool; and 5 servants.

Birth:
Argenti says 26 Jun 1888. The church baptism register gives both the Gregorian and Julian dates: 14/26 June 1888, respectively. An obituary says 28 Jun 1888 (Christopher Long).

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Cleo A. Avgerino

Died:
Estate valued at £160 10s 6d, administered at London 24 May 1930, went to widow.

Buried:
Register for tomb no 17195 lists Marigo Ralli (1866), Alex Ralli (1869), Olga Ralli (1883), Doris Ralli (1887), Christopher Ralli (1898), Antonio Ralli (1899), Sophia Ralli (1907), Pandia Pandia Ralli (1908), Alexander Pandia Ralli (1927), Pandia Antonio Ralli (1930), Pandia Stephen Ralli (1939).

Notes:

Occupation: Haulage Contractor; Timekeeper for Wallasey Corporation; Administrative Officer (Local Authority);Team Owner.

Addresses: 30 Knowsley Road, St Helens, Lancashire; Gwaen-ysgor, Flintshire, North Wales; Moreton Road, Bootle, Merseyside; 21 Lea Way, Atherton, Manchester, Lancashire.

Military Service: Scots Guards, France, Germany, 1918; service record/medical discharge papers.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode); 46 Limekiln Lane, shared with Michael Henry Ralli, 2 Knowsley Road, Wallasey - abode; 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and Michael Henry Ralli, 16 Loretta Road, Wallasey (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 10, 11; 1925: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and Michael Henry Ralli, Gwaeneysgor, Moreton Road, Upton (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 10, 11.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 30 Kearsley Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire, lists Michael A. Ralli, b. 18 Jul 1900, Corporation Official; wife Iris Ralli, b. 28 Feb 1904, Unpaid Domestic Duties; Peter Ralli Jr., b. 19 Jan 1928, pupil; John B Ralli, b. 1 Apr 1904, Master Hairdresser, both Single.

Died:
DOD according to Richard Anthony Ralli

Michael married Iris (John) Kendrick on 27 Feb 1923 in Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England UK. Iris (daughter of John William (William) Kendrick and Lydia Ann (James) Glover) was born on 28 Feb 1904 in Poulton cum Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, England UK; died on 17 Sep 1988 in 1 Ramsey Ct, York Av, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Castlewood

Thought to have been a governess (Richard Anthony Ralli).

Birth:
11 Dec 1902 according to Sturdza

Died:
DOD 1997, Rhyl, FLN, Wales, according to Richard Anthony Ralli

Buried:
Ashes interred in grave with husband, Noel Victor
Beswick.

Gladys married Noël Victor (David) Beswick on 14 Sep 1922 in Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England UK. Noël (son of Lawrence David (John) Beswick and Ellen (Daniel) Seddon) was born on 15 Oct 1900 in Wigan, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 28 Jun 1906 in Houghton le Spring, Durham, England UK; died on 27 Feb 1927 in St Asaph [Llanelwy], Denbighshire, Wales UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Castle Farm, St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales lists Alexandra Irene Grady [Alexandra Irene Denson], b. 8 Aug 1905, Married, Unpaid Household Duties; Noel A R Grady, b. 26 Apr 1925; Kenneth M Grady, b. 4 Oct 1927, both Single, At School.

Charles Renfrew Grady and Alexandra Irene Grady, abode Woodend, South Drive, Upton are on the 1929-1930 Liverpool Electoral register for 45 Duke Street, Liverpool.

Birth:
Sturdza says 8 Mar 1905

Alexandra married Charles Renfrew (Thomas) Grady on 09 Jul 1924 in Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England UK. Charles (son of Thomas James Grady and Sarah Jane (Samuel) Moore) was born on 8 Jan 1901 in Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England UK; was christened on 19 Jun 1901 in New Brighton, Cheshire, England UK; died on 22 Nov 1953 in Birkdale, Lancashire, England UK; was buried in Liverpool Road Cemetery, Birkdale, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexandra married Alfred Percival (Alfred) Denson in 1953 in St Asaph [Llanelwy], Denbighshire, Wales UK. Alfred was born in aut 1908 in Dyserth, Denbighshire, Wales UK; died on 27 May 1962 in Dyserth, Denbighshire, Wales UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Engineer Officer, Merchant Marine.

Addresses: 89 Silver Street [Liverpool?]; 7 Abbey Road [Liverpool?].

Description: blue eyes, brown hair, pale complexion, 6 ft tall, 30 Apr, Liverpool, LAN, England (Richard Anthony Ralli).

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1929-1930: Antonio Michael Ralli and Mary Elizabeth, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode) and 59 Oldhall Street, no. 2 and Douglas Herbert Ralli, 14 Torrington Road, Wallasey (abode); 59 Oldhall Street, no. 3, 4.

Notes:

Military: Thomas A Ralli, b. 9 Jan 1910, served in World War II and received a medal as a merchant seamen; Discharge Number: R210249

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 30 Vicarage Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, lists Thomas A Ralli, b. 9 Jan 1910, Hairdresser Master; wife Elsie M Ralli, b. 12 Sep 1912, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Buried:
cremated

Thomas married Elsie Mary (Frederick) Archer on 09 Oct 1937 in St Margaret's Church, Hazelwell, Little Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK. Elsie was born on 12 Sep 1912 in Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK; was christened on 9 Oct 1912 in Kings Norton, Church of the Ascension, Worcestershire, England UK; died on 03 May 1955 in Little Bromwich, Birmingham, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Miriam (Walter) Dark on 15 Jul 1973 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK. Miriam (daughter of Walter Thomas Dark and Amy Cordelia George) was born on 10 Jun 1916 in Balsa ll Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK; died on 13 Dec 2002 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul Rene De Magnin, 46, b. 30 Mar 1908, was naturalized US citizen on 7 Jun 1954, Residence: Larchmont, Westchester, by the New York Southern District court

Paul R De Magnin, 27, b. France, and wife Hermione, 24, b. Rome, Italy, both French nationals, with passage paid by employer L'Union Fire & Accident Insurance Co, 9 Place Vendome, Paris arrived Quebec, Canada, 8 Jul 1935 from Le Havre, France, aboard Ausonia; Paul Rene De Magnin, 33, 316 Redentor, Rio, Brazil, married, French nationality, government employee, arrived New York from Buenos Aires, Argentina, 29 Sep 1946 on a Pan American Airways flight; Paul Rene Magnin, 37, arrived Miami FL from Havana, Cuba, 8 Oct 1945 aboard Pan American Airways flight; Paul Rane Magnin, 37, French, 90 John St., NYC, arrived Key West, Florida, USA by steamship, 8 Oct 1945; Paul René de Magnin, 38, 316 Redentor, Rio, Brazil, married, French nationality, arrived New York from Buenos Aires 28 Sep 1946, government work, on a Pan American World Airways flight; Paul Rene De Magnin, 38, married, insurance exec., b. Paris, France, 90 John St., NYC, arrived New York 29 Sep 1946 from Buenos Aires, Argentina on a Pan American Airways flight; Paul Rena De Magnin, 39, b. Paris, France, married, insurance executive, last permanent address Rio Janeiro, Brazil, arrived Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 12 Jan 1948 aboard Mormacsun; Paul De Magnin, 40; Hermine, 37; Marc, 13; Marie H., 11; Michel, 3; all French nationals, 163 Murray Ave, Larchmont, NY, arrived New York, 13 Aug 1948 from Le Havre, France, aboard De Grasse; Paul De Magnin, 43, Hermine, 40; Marc, 16; Michel, 6; all French nationals, 163 Murray Ave, Larchmont, NY,arrived New York, 1 Oct 1951, from Le Havre, France, aboard Ile de France; Paul Rene De Magnin, 44, married, French, 163 Murray Ave, Larchemont, NY, executive, departed Havana, Cuba and arrived Idlewild Airport, New York, 9 Apr 1952 and 5 Nov 1952 aboard Linea Aeropostal Venezolana flights; Paul De Magnin, 50, b. 30 Mar 1908 and Hermine De Magnin, b. 29 Dec 1912, touring & business, USA passports & residence, arrived Southampton, England, 15 Jul 1958, from New York, aboard Liberte for an intended 3 week stay.

Occupation: (1960) President, Unity Fire and General Insurance Company, New York.

Paul R. De Magnin was a regular contributor to the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, 1960s.

Name:
Andre de Magnin referred to himself as the Count de Magnin, as did his son, Paul, whose wife called herself the Countess de Magnin. Such a title apparently did not survive the French Revolution. A search of the French national library newspaper archives finds no such personage, including in obituaries of the de Magnin family in Ardèche.

Died:
US social security death index (no. 094-24-7304) reported his last residence: Nice, France.

Family/Spouse: Hermione Frances (Roger) Curel-Sylvestre. Hermione (daughter of Roger Curel-Sylvestre and Frances Laura (James) Skinner) was born on 29 Dec 1912 in Rome, Italy; died on 16 Jul 1999 in Villeneuve-Loubet, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]