Andrew John (Donald) Ross

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Residence: 2003-2010, 1 Brookhill Close, Copthorne, Crawley, West Sussex, England

May not be him: Andrew J Ross and Maureen A Watson registered their marriage Jul-Aug-Sep 1968, Horsham, Sussex, v. 5h, p. 1549.

Birth:
Birth noted in The Times [London], 5 Sep 1946, p. 1

Died:
The death of Andrew John Ross, 54, b. 2 Sep 1946, was registered Sep 2000, Eastbourne, Sussex, register A79E, district 4541A, entry 200.

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Travel: Andrew Ross, 51, banker; Marie Ross, 40; Donald, 2, arrive Liverpool from Capetown, 6 Oct 1925, aboard Ulysses, residing Straits Settlement; Andrew Ross, 51, banker, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, residing 'other parts of British Empire,' future permanent residence Iloilo, Philippines; Mrs. Marie Ross, 40; Donald John Ross, 2, departed Liverpool 27 Feb 1926 for Hong Kong aboard Patroclus; Andrew Ross, 55, banker; Marie Ross, 45; Donald J. Ross, 6, residing Manila-Java; c/o Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, 9 Gracechurch St., London, arrived Southampton, England 11 May 1930 from Quebec, Canada, aboard Empress of Scotland; Marie Ross, 66, and Donald J. Ross, 26, c/- Standard Bank of S.A., London, residing South Africa, future residence England, arrived Southampton, England, 27 Dec 1950 from Wellington, New Zealand, aboard Dominion Monarch.


Occupation: at marriage, Lt, Scots Guards

Donald John Ross, receiving order under bankruptcy Donald John Ross, 'Winkleigh' Stawley, nr. Wellington, Somerset, of no occupation London Gazette, 19 Oct 1965.

Birth:
DOB from ancestry.com website.

Donald married Valerie Anne Doreen (Jack) Vlasto on 02 Feb 1946 in St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, England UK. Valerie (daughter of Jack Anthony (Anthony) Vlasto and Doreen Monteith (James) Seaton Reid) was born on 20 Oct 1925 in London, England UK; died on 06 Jun 1988 in Berkshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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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.

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Travel: Andrew Ross, 51, banker; Marie Ross, 40; Donald, 2, arrive Liverpool from Capetown, 6 Oct 1925, aboard Ulysses, residing Straits Settlement; Andrew Ross, 51, banker, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, residing 'other parts of British Empire,' future permanent residence Iloilo, Philippines; Mrs. Marie Ross, 40; Donald John Ross, 2, departed Liverpool 27 Feb 1926 for Hong Kong aboard Patroclus; Andrew Ross, 55, banker; Marie Ross, 45; Donald J. Ross, 6, residing Manila-Java; c/o Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, 9 Gracechurch St., London, arrived Southampton, England 11 May 1930 from Quebec, Canada, aboard Empress of Scotland; Marie Ross, 66, and Donald J. Ross, 26, c/- Standard Bank of S.A., London, residing South Africa, future residence England, arrived Southampton, England, 27 Dec 1950 from Wellington, New Zealand, aboard Dominion Monarch.

Andrew married Marie [Ross]. Marie was born about 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1946, Woking, Surrey

Travel: Andrew Ross, 51, banker; Marie Ross, 40; Donald, 2, arrive Liverpool from Capetown, 6 Oct 1925, aboard Ulysses, residing Straits Settlement; Andrew Ross, 51, banker, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong, residing 'other parts of British Empire,' future permanent residence Iloilo, Philippines; Mrs. Marie Ross, 40; Donald John Ross, 2, departed Liverpool 27 Feb 1926 for Hong Kong aboard Patroclus; Andrew Ross, 55, banker; Marie Ross, 45; Donald J. Ross, 6, residing Manila-Java; c/o Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, 9 Gracechurch St., London, arrived Southampton, England 11 May 1930 from Quebec, Canada, aboard Empress of Scotland; Marie Ross, 66, and Donald J. Ross, 26, c/- Standard Bank of S.A., London, residing South Africa, future residence England, arrived Southampton, England, 27 Dec 1950 from Wellington, New Zealand, aboard Dominion Monarch.

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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]

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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]

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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

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

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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]

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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.