Theodore Theodore (Theodore) Casdagli

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Residence: Cairo; (1972): Pine Court, Weybridge, Surrey, England.

Education: Harrow School (1927-29).

Occupation: founder & owner, Williaam [sic] J. Cox, plastics manufacturer, Tring, Hertfordshire (with brother Alexis).

Theodore T Casdagli & Co. Limited was a registered company in Yorkshire until it was struck off the Companies Register (London Gazette, 10 Oct 1968).

Theodore Casdagli, 23, engineer; wife Alice, 26; Theodore, 3 months, permanently residing Egypt, destination Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey, arrived London, 9 Jul 1937, aboard the Mooltan from Port Said, Egypt.

Theodore Casdagli, 48, company director; wife Alice, 48; destination 12A Keats Grove, London, arrived Plymouth aboard the Antilles, 30 Mar 1959, on a cruise.

Theodore Theodore Casdagli (Cobbett, Wheeler & Cobbett, 49 Spring Gardens, Manchester, Solicitors) administered the estate of Chariclea Constantinidi, 59 Duchy Road, Harrogate, York, widow, d. 31 Jan 1948 (London Gazette, 17 Aug 1948).

Theodore Casdagli & Alice O. Casdagli [12a Keats Grove NW3] appear on the 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 [with Valissa T. Casdagli], 1960 UK electoral register, Hampstead parliamentary division, Camden county/borough.

T.T. Casdagli (1928) is among four boys surnamed Casdagli who attended the Harrow School, for whom photos are available.

Birth:
The birth of Theodore T. Casdagli, mother's maiden name Ralli, was registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1913, Salford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, v 8d, p 84.

DOB from death register

Died:
The death of Theodore Theodore Casdagli, b. 7 Sep 1913, was registered May 1984 at Surrey North-Western, Surrey, v 17, p 821.

Theodore married Alice Olivia Jean (Stanley) Gordon in 1935. Alice (daughter of Stanley Innes (Stephen) Gordon and Gertrude Mary Barker) was born on 05 Aug 1910 in [Alexandria, Egypt]; died on 22 Jul 1983 in Surrey, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence, Higher Broughton, Manchester, England: 1904-1911, Kersal Hill, Singleton Rd.

Education: Leathley School; Stanmore Park prep school, North London; Harrow, 1918-.

He and his brother Xenophon continued their father's business as Emmanuel Casdagli & Sons, 'Egypt and Mediterranean Ports and Morocco, all classes of goods'. A scholar, his family had dissuaded him from going to Cambridge, in favor of joining the family business.

His brother Xenophon is a spouse on the main Agelasto bloodline. Their parents are listed there.

He is the likely Casdagli who was a member of the Manchester Cretan Committee ("The Cretan Question," Manchester Guardian, 15 Mar 1897, p 7).

Business, Manchester, England: 1903, 6 Oxford St; 1909-1911, 4 Chepstow St.

Theodore Casdagli was consul of Greece, Manchester, from 20 May 1915 (London Gazette, 4 Jun 1915).

Th. E. Casdagli, chairman of Middleton Road Dyeing Company Limited, Manchester, announced its liquidation (London Gazette, 30 Oct 1908).

1901 England census: household in Kersal Hill, singleton Road, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford (nr Manchester) headed by Theodore Casdagli, 29, shipping merchant, employer, b. Manchester; wife Catina, 29, b. Marseille; unmarried brothers Emmanuel E, 26, shipping merchant, employer, b. Manchester; and Xenophon, 21, clerk in shipping office, worker, b. Alexandria; & 4 domestic servants.


1911 England census for Kersal Hill, Kersal, Manchester, headed by Theodore Emmanuel Casdagli, 39, b. Salford, Lancashire, married 13 years, 3 children, all living; shipping merchant, cotton goods; wife Catherine, 39, b. Marseille, French national; sons Emmanuel Theodore, 7; Alexis Theodore, 5; daughter Maria Theodore, 1, all b. Salford, Lancashire; 7 servants.

Th. Kasdaglis is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1910-1912, 1914-1915 & 1921-1922 and as a trustee, 1914-1930.

Xenophon Casdagli & Theodore E. Casdagli appear in the 1910 Manchester area phone directory: 'Springfield', Kersal Hill, Higher Broughton. Also listed: Emmanuel Casdagli & Sons, Shipping Merchants, 4 Chepstow St. Firm's address, 1921, 1922 directory: 32 Oxford St.

She apparently had a twin who died as an infant and is not listed in the 1911 census.

Christened:
At home; entry: 341(163)/110; Godparent Otho Stamatio Constantino; priest: Vasilios Moros, Presbyter: M. Oeconomos

Died:
Obituary, Manchester Guardian concludes: "Perhaps our greatest appreciation would be for us to take an example from his life, moulding ourselves to go through life with that same determination for honest and straightforward dealing, unhesitating frankness for all that is just and right, at the same time maintaining the desire not to associate with unpleasantness."

Theodore married Caterina (Alexander) Ralli on 22 Jan 1898 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Caterina (daughter of Alexander (Michalis) Ralli and Cleopatra (Nicholas) Spartali) was born on 26 Mar 1872 in boulevard Longchamp 103, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 10 Apr 1958 in Kent, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She attended a ball given in the Manchester Assembly Rooms by Mrs. and Mrs. John Ambrose Negroponte to honor the coming out of their daughter Maria in 1900. She was "strikingly gowned in black, her dress being a mass of sequins over a petticoat of chiffon and relieved with red roses." ("Mrs. Negroponte's Ball," Manchester Times, 12 Jan 1900).

Catherine Casdagli [2 Devonshire Street] appears on the 1947, 1948, [70 North Gate, Prince Albert Road NW8] 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough. She appears with Maria T. Lykiardopoulo, 70 North Gate (Prince Albert Road), London, 1949-1952. Anthony Lykiard, Maria T. Lykiard, and Catherine Casdagli, 70 North Gate, Prince Albert Road, Westminster, appear on the electoral rolls: 1953 (sans Anthony); 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1960 (sans Catherine).

1911 England census for Kersal Hill, Kersal, Manchester, headed by Theodore Emmanuel Casdagli, 39, b. Salford, Lancashire, married 13 years, 3 children, all living; shipping merchant, cotton goods; wife Catherine, 39, b. Marseille, French national; sons Emmanuel Theodore, 7; Alexis Theodore, 5; daughter Maria Theodore, 1, all b. Salford, Lancashire; 7 servants.

Residence, England: 1911, Kersal Hill, Kersal, Manchester; 1947, 2 Devonshire Street, London; 1948, 70 North Gate, Prince Albert Road NW8, London; at DOD Redleaf Nursing Home, Penshurst, Kent, England.

Mme. Catherine Casdagli was awarded on 10 Jan 1917 a ministerial issued silver medal for her service during an epidemic at the Hospital of the Greek colony in Paris (Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, 14 May 1917, p 3871.

Died:
The death of Catherine Casdagli, aged 86, was registered in 1958 at Tonbridge, Kent, v 5b, p 846.

Death announcement appeared in The Times [London], 11 Apr 1958, p. 1.

Buried:
Funeral 14 Apr 1958, Dunton Green Parish Church (nr Sevenoaks).

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Married:
Their marriage banns were published 2 Jan 1898 (Paris Publications des bans de mariage de Paris et Ancienne Seine, 1860 à 1902).

They may have had another child: Dorothea Casdagli, who died 1997, Sussex, England; age 23, single, British, b. Cairo, residing Cairo, arrived New York from Alexandria, Egypt, 29 Jul 1935 aboard the President Monroe. Dorothea Casdagli is on the UK electoral registers for Paddington (1937, 1938), Paddington South (1939) and Kensington (1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).

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Alexander Ralli was partners in the firm of Ralli and Mavrojani, in London, Manchester, Calcutta, Corfu, and Constantinople, and under the firm of Ralli, Vlasto, and Co., in Marseilles, until it expired 31 Dec 1855. Other partners included: Constantine Theodore Ralli, Theodore Ralli [possibly Theodore (Michalis) Ralli], Spiridion Mavrojani, Peter I. Vlasto [possibly Petros (Zannis) Vlasto], Ambrose Theodore Ralli, Pandia Theodore Ralli, Demetrio The. Ralli, and James The. Ralli.

Residence: 1870-DOD Boulevard Longchamp 103, Marseille, France.

Alexandre Ralli, 44, merchant, Boulevard Longchamp 103, witnessed his niece's 21 Jun 1870 Marseille marriage to Sophocles Spartali.

Ralli Mavrojani was the oldest Greek house in India, established in 1852.

Alexander married Cleopatra (Nicholas) Spartali in 1858 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Cleopatra was born in 1835 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 29 Dec 1907 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Is Cleopatra the daughter of Michael & Euphrosyne Spartali and sister of Marie (b. 1844), Christina (b. 1846), Dimitrius (b. 1851) and Eustratius Hercules (b. 1854)? (Christopher Long)

As a widow she lived in Boulevard Longchamp, Marseille, with her four children.

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Michael A. Ralli, 58, b. Chios, married, having arrived Syros 1826, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 26 May 1847 at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

1815 Vienna city directory lists Negroponte Angerinos and Comp., including Mich. Ralli.

Name:
Michel, on his son Constantine's death certificate.

Michalis married Argentina (Constantine) Negroponte in 1811. Argentina (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) was born in 1794 in Chios, Greece; died on 01 Apr 1863 in Chios, Greece; was buried in Church of St George, Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Argentine on his son Constantine's death certificate.