Valerie Anne Doreen (Jack) Vlasto

Notes:

Died:
Her death notice appeared in The Independent, 16 Jun 1988, p. 13.

Valerie married Donald John (Andrew) Ross on 02 Feb 1946 in St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, England UK. Donald (son of Andrew Ross and Marie [Ross]) was born on 28 Feb 1923; died in 1967 in Taunton, Somerset, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donald J. Ross had a subsequent marriage to Margaret Hanning-Lee (1953) and a daughter b. Woking Maternity Home, 21 Jun 1956.

Married:
The marriage of Donald J Ross and Valerie A D Vlasto was registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1945, Wokingham, Berkshire, v. 2c, p. 1308

Engagement announcement in The Times [London], 5 Jan 1946, p. 6.

Marriage announcement in The Times [London], 6 Feb 1946, p. 6.

1. Andrew John (Donald) Ross was born on 2 Sep 1946 in Woking Maternity Home, Surrey, England UK; died about Sep 2000 in Sussex, England UK.

Valerie married Michael James George (Jacques) de Pret-Roose in spr 1949 in London, England UK. Michael (son of Count Jacques (Anatole) de Pret-Roose and Countess Elizabeth (Charles) Garland) was born on 15 May 1925 in London, England UK; died on 1 Jan 1979 in Pazzalastock, Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He had a 1967 marriage to Karin Lowein, Westminster, London.

Married:
The marriage of Michael J G De P Roose and Valerie A D Ross was registered Apr-May-Jun 1949, Westminster, London, v. 5c, p. 914.

Engagement announced in The Times [London], 7 Dec 1948, p. 7.

Valerie married Anthony Hendrie Oakshott on 06 Aug 1965 in London, England UK, and was divorced after 1965. Anthony was born on 10 Oct 1929 in Cheshire, England UK; died on 11 Dec 2002 in North Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He had a prior marriage to Ann S Pillidge (1956)

He had a subsequent marriage to Gwyneth A Loveluck (1972)

Married:
The marriage of Anthony H Oakshott and Valerie A D De P Roose was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1965, Westminster, London, v. 5e, p. 2008.

Notes:

Education: Charterhouse.

Occupation: Ralli Brothers from 1922, director in 1931. Succeeded his father as vice-chairman (later chairman) 1951-61.

Residence, England: 1939, 37 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London; 1948, The Cottage, Hurst, Berkshire; 1966, Hans Place, Knightsbridge, London.

Last chairman of Ralli Brothers. Deputy Joint Controller of the Ministry of Supply 1939-45. Left £1,093,715 in his will. One of two people who inspired Christopher Long to further and widen the genealogical researches of Philip Argenti.

Probate, estate co-administrator: Stephen Alexander Vlasto; George Eumorfopoulos.

He was a partner in Ralli Brothers (until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1962) with Godfrey Victor Ralli, Lucas John Ralli, Andrew Kenneth, John McBride and Brian Stuar, Theobald Somerset, and Caher Butler, carrying on business as Brokers, Dealers and Agents in Cotton Futures at Orleans House, Edmund Street, Liverpool, England (London Gazette 22 Jan 1963).

J.A. Vlasto, Baredown Hotel, near Hook, Hants. registered Nately Lodge, Ntely Scures, near Hook, Hants (London Gazette 8 Jan 1954)

Jack Anthony Vlasto [37 Ormonde Gate] appears on the 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939 UK electoral register, Chelsea parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough; [26 Ascot Court, Grove End Road] 1949, 1950, [11 Ascot Court, Grove End Road] 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

1911 England census: household at 6 Grosvenor Gardens S W, London, headed by Anthony Vlasto, 48, b. Liverpool, married 14 years, 4 children, all living, East India merchant; wife Erato, 37, b. Crawley Down, Sussex; son Jack, 7; daughters Eliza, 4; Viola, 2, all b. London; 12 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 7 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London, lists Jack A Vlasto, b. 12 Aug 1903, Vice President of Company; wife Christian Vlasto, b. 29 Jan 1903, Nurse of B.R.C.; and Stephen John Vlasto, b. 1 Jan 1895, single, Mercantile Assistant.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Jack Antony Vlasto, b. 1903, London; James Edward Fitzgerald Vlasto, b. 1907, Surrey; Alexander George Vlasto, b. 1904, India; in a household in Guildford, Surrey.

Christened:
God-parents: Eliza Scaramanga.

Jack married Doreen Monteith (James) Seaton Reid on 12 Nov 1924 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India . Doreen (daughter of James Seaton (Edward) Reid and Muriel Dora Scott Stewart (Matthew) Murray) was born on 01 Dec 1901 in Upper Norwood, London, England UK; was christened on 8 Jan 1902 in Surrey, England UK; died on 21 Oct 1925 in London, England UK; was buried on 24 Oct 1925 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Travel: Mrs. M. Seaton Reid, 47, Miss D Seaton Reid, 22, Ross Road South, Norwood Hill, S.E. 25, London, intended future residence India & England, respectively, departed Liverpool, 2 Oct 1924, for Calcutta, India, aboard City of Simla.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Doreen Monteith Seaton Reid, b. 1901, Upper Norwood, Surrey; James Seaton Reid, b. 1878, Londonderry (Derry), Ireland; Muriel Dora Scott Reid, b. 1877, Redcar, Yorkshire; in a household in Croydon, Surrey.

Name:
She was born a Reid. The first instance of her surname as Seaton-Reid, which is how she was married, is found on a ship manifest, from Liverpool to Calcutta, a year before her marriage.

Buried:
plot 33175, reg. pg. 16570, no. 61747, sq 27, no. 39a on Greek plan, reg. pg. 16300, no. 59567; removed to grave 36665, 23 Nov 1925

Notes:

He co-administered his mother's estate.

He administered the estate of Pantaleon Anthony Vlasto.

He co-administered the estate of Ambrose Rodocanachi.

Anthony Alexander Vlasto [6 Grosvenor Gardens] appears on the 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 UK electoral register, St George, Hanover Square parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; [25 Finsbury Circus, abode Binfield Park, Bracknell] 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1930 City of London/City of London; [237 Knightsbridge SW1] 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 City of Westminster/Westminster.

1911 England census: household at 6 Grosvenor Gardens S W, London, headed by Anthony Vlasto, 48, b. Liverpool, married 14 years, 4 children, all living, East India merchant; wife Erato, 37, b. Crawley Down, Sussex; son Jack, 7; daughters Eliza, 4; Viola, 2, all b. London; 12 servants.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Stephen Vlasto

Buried:
burial plot 33175, sq 27, no. 39a on Greek plan, reg. pg. 17525, no. 69365

Died:
His will was proved by Augustus Alexander Vlasto and Jack Anthony Vlasto, both of 25 Finsubry Circus, London, executors 10 Oct 1933 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1933).

Anthony married Erato (George) Scaramanga on 17 Dec 1896 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Erato (daughter of George (Emmanuel) Scaramanga and Elizabeth (Emmanuel) Franghiadi) was born on 02 Mar 1873 in Tiltwood, Crawley Down, Sussex, England UK; was christened on 18 Jul 1873 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 09 Jun 1966 in London, England UK; was buried on 16 Jun 1966 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Erato Vlasto [25 Finsbury Circus, abode Binfield Park, Bracknell] appears on the 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930 UK electoral register, London parliamentary division, City of London county/borough; 1930 City of London/City of London; [237 Knightsbridge SW1] 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939 City of Westminster/Westminster; [20 Albion Gate, Albion Street] 1937, 1938 Paddington/Westminster; 1939 Paddington South/Westminster.

1911 England census: household at 6 Grosvenor Gardens S W, London, headed by Anthony Vlasto, 48, b. Liverpool, married 14 years, 4 children, all living, East India merchant; wife Erato, 37, b. Crawley Down, Sussex; son Jack, 7; daughters Eliza, 4; Viola, 2, all b. London; 12 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Lavendar Farm, Ascot, East Hampstead, Berkshire, lists Erato J Vlasto, b. 2 Mar 1877, Widowed, Householder Independent.

Christened:
God-parents: Emmanuel Scaramanga.

Birth:
The 1939 England Register says 1877, in error.

Buried:
burial plot 33175, sq 27, no. 39a on Greek plan, reg. pg. 19660, no. 86445

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witnesses: E. L Ralli and Augustus Vlasto; A. Paraschis presiding; entry 204.

Notes:

The 1901 England census for the household at 44 Auckland Rd., Upper Norwood, headed by James S Reid, 23, b. Co Derry, Ireland, shipowner's clerk; wife Muriel D S S Reid, 24, b. Redcar, Yorkshire; 1 domestic servant.

The 1911 England census for the household at 44 Auckland Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey, headed by James Seaton Reid, 32, b. Londonberry, Manager Steamship Owners and Coal Exporters; wife Muriel Dora Scott Stewart, 33, b. Redcar, Yorkshire; daughter Dorren Monteith Seaton, 9; sons Deamond Stewart Murray Seaton, 6; Alaster Edward Seaton, 4, all b. Croydon, Surrey; 1 domestic servants and nurse.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Doreen Monteith Seaton Reid, b. 1901, Upper Norwood, Surrey; James Seaton Reid, b. 1878, Londonderry (Derry), Ireland; Muriel Dora Scott Reid, b. 1877, Redcar, Yorkshire; in a household in Croydon, Surrey.

Name:
or Seaton-Reid

Birth:
Records from Ireland: James Seaton Reid, b. 6 Feb 1878, County Derry, Londonderry, Ireland; Father: Edward Reid; Mother: Agnes Isabella Monteith Reid.

James married Muriel Dora Scott Stewart (Matthew) Murray in 1899 in St Stephen, South Dulwich, Southwark, England UK. Muriel was born on 7 Aug 1876 in Redcar, Yorkshire, England UK; died on 25 Oct 1963 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1881 England census for the household at Park Road South (Holmhurst), Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, headed by Matthew Murray, 36, b. Yorkshire, Shipowner Nav Serv On Shore; wife Florence Murray, 33, Mitcham, Surrey; daughter Muriel D.S. Murray, 5, b. Redcar, Yorkshire; 2 domestic servants.

The 1891 England census for the household at Alexandra Rd., Norwood, London, headed by Mathew Murray, 45, b. York, Yorkshire, merchant; wife wife Florence Murray, 43, b. Mitcham, Surrey; daughters Muriel D S Murray, 15 b. Redcon, Yorkshire; Verda S Murray, 5, b. Norwood; 1 domestic servant.

The 1901 England census for the household at 44 Auckland Rd., Upper Norwood, headed by James S Reid, 23, b. Co Derry, Ireland, shipowner's clerk; wife Muriel D S S Reid, 24, b. Redcar, Yorkshire; 1 domestic servant.

The 1911 England census for the household at 44 Auckland Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey, headed by James Seaton Reid, 32, b. Londonberry, Manager Steamship Owners and Coal Exporters; wife Muriel Dora Scott Stewart, 33, b. Redcar, Yorkshire; daughter Dorren Monteith Seaton, 9; sons Deamond Stewart Murray Seaton, 6; Alaster Edward Seaton, 4, all b. Croydon, Surrey; 1 domestic servants and nurse.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Doreen Monteith Seaton Reid, b. 1901, Upper Norwood, Surrey; James Seaton Reid, b. 1878, Londonderry (Derry), Ireland; Muriel Dora Scott Reid, b. 1877, Redcar, Yorkshire; in a household in Croydon, Surrey.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Vectis Cott, 6 Circular Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, lists Muriel D Seaton Reid, b. 7 Aug 1876 and Margaret V Seaton Reid, b. 21 Jun 1909, both married, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Travel: Mrs. M. Seaton Reid, 47, Miss D Seaton Reid, 22, Ross Road South, Norwood Hill, S.E. 25, London, intended future residence India & England, respectively, departed Liverpool, 2 Oct 1924, for Calcutta, India, aboard City of Simla.

Died:
The death of Muriel D S Seaton-Reid, 87, was registered Dec 1963, Isle of Wight, v. 6b, p. 836.

Notes:

He was asked to administer the estate of Ambrose M. Ziffo by the deceased's father.

He co-administered the estate of Mary Eustratio Ralli.

Alexander Vlasto [Poynders Road, Chios House] appears on the 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899 UK electoral register, Clapham parliamentary division, Wandsworth county/borough.

Buried:
Archimandrite A. Paraschis officiating

Tomb 12751, sq 28; sq 28, no. 44-45 on Greek plan; register pg. 12016, no. 25291.

Alexander married Calliope (Eustratios) Ralli on 07 Mar 1861 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Calliope was born on 16 Oct 1836 in [London, England UK]; was christened on 03 May 1837 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 18 Sep 1907 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England UK; was buried on 18 Sep 1907 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Calliope Vlasto [Poynder's Road, Chios House] appears on the 1900, 1901 UK electoral register, Clapham parliamentary division, Wandsworth county/borough; [48 Westbourne Terrace] 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908 Paddington South/Westminster.

Christened:
Godparent: Pandia S Ralli

Died:
Her estate of £82515 0s. 7d. administered by Anthony Alexander Vlasto, Eustace Alexander Vlasto and Pandely Leonidas Argenti.

Buried:
Tomb 12751, sq 28; no. 44-45 on Greek plan; register pg. 13839, no. 39793.

Notes:

Married:
This union is cited in a list of 13 marriage alliances that connected the Rallis with the founders of other Chiot firms in Calcutta.

Witnesses/Sponsors: S.A. Ralli, Marietta Ralli, Luke Mavrogordato; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 47

Notes:

London Law case, 1864: Lane v London Bank of Scotland; plaintiffs: Richard Stuart Lane, Horace Edward Chapman and Frederick John Helbert; Defendants: The London Bank of Scotland Ltd, William Walter Cargill, Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay bart, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, George Emanuel Scaramanga, Emanuel George Franghiadi, Eugene Collins, Henry Spicer, William Julius Marshall, John Elin, Hon William Napier liquidator of the said Bank, Nathaniel Hitchin Palmer and Richard Baker.

Naturalisation Papers: Scaramanga, George Emanuel, from Greece. Certificate 3920 issued 24 September 1862,

Buried:
burial plot Sq 28, no. 27738, no. 56 on Greek plan, register pg. 11609, no. 22039.

Archimandrite A. Paraschis officiating

Died:
Estate valued at £8738 4s 6d, administered at London 17 Jan 1897, went to widow.

George married Elizabeth (Emmanuel) Franghiadi on 23 Feb 1860 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Elizabeth (daughter of Emmanuel George (Zorzis) Franghiadi and Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi) was born on 22 Mar 1843 in London, England UK; was christened on 15 May 1843 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 09 May 1933 in Crawley Down, Sussex, England UK; was buried on 12 May 1933 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1901 England Census reports the Scaramanga household at Tiltwood House, Crawley Down, Sussex included: Elisa Scaramanga, head, 58, widow; children Marigo, 38, both born London; Ambrose, 31, shipowner; Calliope, 29; John, 32, shipowner, his wife Louise (born Russia, British subject), 26, their sons George, 3, and James, 2, both born Sussex; 5 domestic servants.

The 1881 England Census reports the George G. Scaramanga household at Tiltwood House, Crawley Down, Sussex included: George G., head, 55, general merchant, born Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Elisa G., 38; children Despina G, 20; Marigo, 18; Julia, 16, all born London; Calliope, 9; Erato 8; both born Sussex; 3 domestic servants.

1891 England census: 84 Lansdown Road, Hove, Sussex, household headed by George E Scaramarga, 65, retired merchant, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Elise, 48; daughters Marrigo, 28, both born London; Calliope, 19; Erato, 18, both b. Worth, Sussex; & 5 servants.

1861 England census: 123 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by George E. Scaramanga, 34, general merchant, b. Greece; wife Elise G.E., 18; daughter, Despina, 21 months, both b. London; brother Emanuel E., unmarried, 22, general merchant, b. Greece; & 5 servants [next to the Peter Rodocanachi family at number 125].

Christened:
God-parents: Hypatios Michael Rodocanachi.

Name:
Husband's probate lists her name as Elise.

Buried:
burial plot 27738, reg. pg. 17516, 69290.

Died:
Her estate of £14431 16s. 4d. was administered by her sons John and Ambrose.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Emmanuel Scaramanga and Julia Franghiadi; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 43

Marriage announcement in the Observer [London], 26 Feb 1860, p. 9.