Living

Notes:

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Albion Hotel, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire lists Alexis G Vlasto, b. 27 Nov 1915, single, Civil Servant.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Alexis Peter Vlasto, b. 1916; Dominic Vlasto, b. 1912, both b. Liverpool; in a household in Conway, Caernarvonshire.

Birth:
He always celebrated his birthday on 27 November (Caroline Shelton)

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Giannoulis officiating.

God-parent: Alexander Pallis

Died:
Alexis Peter Vlasto, of Cambridge, left estate valued at Pounds 1,051,301 net (The Times [London], 17 Jul 2001).

Obituary, The Independent [London], 22 Aug 2000.

Alexis married Hilda Joan (Ernest) Medway on 19 Mar 1945 in London, England UK. Hilda (daughter of Ernest Matthew (Matthew) Medway and Emily Kate (George) Court) was born on 30 Mar 1916 in Brockley, London, England UK; died on 15 Sep 1968 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Musicologist, music scholar and teacher at Girton College, Cambridge, 1935-38 and 1946-68.

Worked at the Bletchley Park code-breaking centre in England 1940-45. Director of Studies in Music for Girton and Newnham Colleges.Pioneered revivals of 'early music' performances in the 1940s and 1950s. Powe Music Librarian, King's College 1962-68.

Editor of 'An Elizabethan Anthology of Rounds', Musical Quarterly XL (1954) 222-234, and 'Fifteen Anonymous Elizabethan Rounds (1580)'.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Sandbank Cottage, West Ashford, Kent, lists Hilda J Medway [Hilda J Vlasto], b. 30 Mar 1916, Student.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Ernest M Medway, b. 1875, Deptford, London; Emily K Medway, b. 1878, Rochester, Kent; Winifred K Medway, b. 1903, Catford, London; Eleanor M Medway, b. 1905, Catford, London; Hilda J Medway, b. 1916, Brockley, London; Violet E Medway, b. 1909, Catford, London; for a household in London, Kent.

Notes:

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1925: Peter Vlasto and Aziza Vlasto, 13 Fulwood Park (abode); 30 Exchange Street East, no. 1-1a-15-17-30; 1929-1930: 13 Fulwood Park (abode); 30 Exchange Street East, no. 1-1a-15-17-30, shared with Pandin John Calvocoressi and Irene Calvocoressi; 1934-1935 (with Dominic [sic] Vlasto, 1939-1940: 13 Fulwood Park (abode).

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Woodlands, 13 Fullwood Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, lists Peter Vlasto, 3 Sep 1879, Post India Merchant; wife Aziza Vlasto, b. 5 Oct 1884, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Birth:
Birth notice in The Times of India, 9 Sep 1879 & Allens Indian Mail, 2 Oct 1879.

Died:
Lloyds Bank Limited served as his estate's executor (London Gazette 18 Apr 1941). Probate Liverpool, 12 Aug 1941; Effects £114,548 10s. 11d., resworn £114,601 7s. 6d.

Peter married Aziza Katherine (Alexander) Pallis on 23 Oct 1909 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Aziza (daughter of Alexander (Alexander) Pallis and Loulia (Pandia) Ralli) was born on 05 Oct 1884 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 25 Jan 1986 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: merchant.

1891 census: 15 Brompton Avenue, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Catherine Eaudi Pallis, widow, 53, living on own means, b. Greece, Greek subject; Marietta Pallis, granddaughter, 8, scholar; Alexander, grandson, 7, both b. Bombay, Greek subjects; Aziza Pallis, 6, b. Liverpool & 5 servants.

1901 census: 'Tatio,' Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Alexander Pallis, 50, cotton importer, Greece naturalized British subject; wife Julia, 43, b. London; daughters Marietta, 18, b. India; Aziza, 16, b. Liverpool; sons Andreas, 12, b. India & Marcos, 5, b. Liverpool & 5 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1925: Peter Vlasto and Aziza Vlasto, 13 Fulwood Park (abode); 30 Exchange Street East, no. 1-1a-15-17-30; 1929-1930: 13 Fulwood Park (abode); 30 Exchange Street East, no. 1-1a-15-17-30, shared with Pandin John Calvocoressi and Irene Calvocoressi; 1934-1935 (with Dominic [sic] Vlasto, 1939-1940: 13 Fulwood Park (abode).

Residence, England: Osbourne House, Fulwood Park, Liverpool; 1881, Linden House, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1909, 'Tatoi,' Aigburth Drive, Liverpool; 1961, 20 Alexander Place, Kensington, London.

Patron of the musical arts in Liverpool and hostess to musicians such as Louis Kentner. Elisabeth Coumbias (née Sinadino) remembers visiting 'Aunt Aziza Vlasto' at her home 'near Sloane Square' in 1961.

Aziza Vlasto [50 Melton Court] appears on the 1945, 1946 UK electoral register, Kensington parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough; 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 [20 Alexander Place SW7] 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 Chelsea/Kensington and Chelsea.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Woodlands, 13 Fullwood Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, lists Peter Vlasto, 3 Sep 1879, Post India Merchant; wife Aziza Vlasto, b. 5 Oct 1884, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Notes:

Married:
Service performed by Archimandrite Nikephoros Giannoulis.

Marriage witness: Eustr. P. Rallis and Emm. E. Petrocochino.

Notes:

Occupation: engineer

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 7 Chalsey Road, Lewisham, London, lists Ernest M Medway, b. 14 Oct 1875, Technical Lift Engine; wife Emily K Medway, b. 13 Nov 1878, House Duties (Unpaid); Lilian E. Court, b. 2 Apr 1883, Single, Sup. of Typists Foreign Office.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Ernest M Medway, b. 1875, Deptford, London; Emily K Medway, b. 1878, Rochester, Kent; Winifred K Medway, b. 1903, Catford, London; Eleanor M Medway, b. 1905, Catford, London; Hilda J Medway, b. 1916, Brockley, London; Violet E Medway, b. 1909, Catford, London; for a household in London, Kent.

Ernest married Emily Kate (George) Court on 5 Jul 1902 in St James Church, Hatcham, Lewisham, London, England UK. Emily was born on 13 Nov 1878 in Rochester, Kent, England UK; died about 1942 in Greenwich, Kent, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 7 Chalsey Road, Lewisham, London, lists Ernest M Medway, b. 14 Oct 1875, Technical Lift Engine; wife Emily K Medway, b. 13 Nov 1878, House Duties (Unpaid); Lilian E. Court, b. 2 Apr 1883, Single, Sup. of Typists Foreign Office.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Ernest M Medway, b. 1875, Deptford, London; Emily K Medway, b. 1878, Rochester, Kent; Winifred K Medway, b. 1903, Catford, London; Eleanor M Medway, b. 1905, Catford, London; Hilda J Medway, b. 1916, Brockley, London; Violet E Medway, b. 1909, Catford, London; for a household in London, Kent.

Notes:

He was a witness to the wedding of Eustratios Ralli and Marigo Vlasto.

1869: T.P. Vlasto worked for Petrocochino Bros. according to the Thacker's Directories, Calcutta.

Theodore P. Vlasto, 21, b. Chios, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 23 Oct 1861 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Birth:
His birth certificate is signed by Jean Mavrogordato, 24, Commis, iles Allees 3, Marseille, France, likely Argenti's Ioannis (Ioannis) Mavrogordato (1816, Chios - 1840, Marseille) whose mother was Theodora (Zannis) Vlasto (1795-1825).

Theodore married Despina (Ambrouzis) Ralli on 28 Sep 1878 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Despina (daughter of Ambrouzis (Theodore) Ralli and Franga (Zorzis) Franghiadi) was born on 30 Jul 1857 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died in 1938 in Athens, Attica, Greece; was buried on 03 Feb 1938 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 90 Boulevard Kiphissia, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

(Pitsis) Grew up in Alexandria, Egypt. Known to her family as Nona. (Christopher Long)

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given)

Buried:
Burial plot section 42 #31408.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage witnesses included Ambroise Theodore Ralli, 55, merchant, boulevard Longchamp 54; Panteli Antoine Vlasto, 40, merchant, boulevard Longchamp 110; Themistocle Auguste Sinadino, 35, merchant, cours du Chapitre 15; and Etienne Antoine Vlasto, 47, merchant, cours du Chapitre 15.

Notes:

Occupation: merchant

Residence: 1888, Bombay, India; 1889, 18 Brompton Avenue, Liverpool, England; 1899-1935, Tatoi, 20 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, England.

UK Naturalisation: Alexander Pallis, Greece, 4 Sep 1897, residence Liverpool; home office paper B24855; certificate A9338

1871 census: Alexander Pallis, unmarried, 20, agent, b. Athens, Greece, was a boarder at 2 Belgrave Terrace, Bury New Road, Manchester.

1901 census: 'Tatio,' Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Alexander Pallis, 50, cotton importer, Greece naturalized British subject; wife Julia, 43, b. London; daughters Marietta, 18, b. India; Aziza, 16, b. Liverpool; sons Andreas, 12, b. India & Marcos, 5, b. Liverpool & 5 servants.

1911 England census for "Totoi," Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, household headed by Alexander Pallis, 60, b. Greece, married 29 years, 5 children, 5 living; cotton merchant; naturalized British subject; wife Julia, 63, b. London Finsbury; daughter Marietta, 28, botanist; sons Andréas, 22, art student, both b. Bombay, India; Marcos, 15, b. Liverpool, all single; 6 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1899-1900, 1900 exchange: Alexander Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive (house); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house; shares space with Eustace V. Ralli); 3b & 5 Back Rathbone Street (sheds); 33 & 35 Argyle Street (warehouse); 1904-1905: Alexander Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive (house); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house; shares space with Matthew P. Rodocanachi and Eustace V. Ralli; 1909-1910: Alexander Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive (house); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house; shares space with Matthew P. Rodocanachi and Eustace V. Ralli; 1914-1915: Alexander Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive (house); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house); 1920: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Andrea Pallis, Marcus Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive; 1925: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Marcus Pallis, Andrea Pallis, 20 Aigburth Drive; 1929-1930, 1934-1935: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Marcus Pallis, 20 Aigburth Drive.

Alexander Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive, is on the 1899 Electoral List for Liverpool, England.

Director of Rallis Bros, Bombay and Liverpool, 'homme de lettres' (Sturdza)

A. Pallis was a mourner at the Jan 1904 funeral of Stamati Galatti.

A. Pallis attended the Feb 1917 Liverpool funeral of Mrs. Constantine M. Ralli.

Antonis (Fotis) Fotiades, physician in Constantinople, wrote to Alexander Pallis, manager of Liverpool, Ralli Bros, 18 Sep 1906.

Origin: Ioannina, according to burial register

Died:
At the funeral Archimandrite Constantine Callinicos.

DOD 18 Mar 1935 according to probate

Estate valued at £223,303 3s. 1d. administered by William Edward Mounsey, Andrea Pandia Pallis and Marco Pallis.

Alexander married Loulia (Pandia) Ralli on 31 Dec 1881 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Loulia was born on 06 Aug 1857 in London, England UK; died on 03 Mar 1940 in 'Tatio,' Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 06 Mar 1940 in The Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence, Lancashire, England: 1861, Laural Road, West Derby; 1901, Tatio, 20 Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

1861 England census: Laural Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Aristides Cornelios, head 26, cotton merchant, b. Greece; Catina P. Ralli, sister, widow, 23, b. Greece; Julia Ralli, niece, 3; Eustratio Ralli, nephew, 2, both born London; & 4 servants.

1901 census: 'Tatio,' Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Alexander Pallis, 50, cotton importer, Greece naturalized British subject; wife Julia, 43, b. London; daughters Marietta, 18, b. India; Aziza, 16, b. Liverpool; sons Andreas, 12, b. India & Marcos, 5, b. Liverpool & 5 servants.

1911 England census for "Totoi," Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, household headed by Alexander Pallis, 60, b. Greece, married 29 years, 5 children, 5 living; cotton merchant; naturalized British subject; wife Julia, 63, b. London Finsbury; daughter Marietta, 28, botanist; sons Andréas, 22, art student, both b. Bombay, India; Marcos, 15, b. Liverpool, all single; 6 servants.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Julia Pallis, b. 1857, Bayswater, London; Andreas Pallis, b. 1888, India; Alexander Pallis, b. 1883, India; Marco Pallis, b. 1895, Liverpool, Lancashire; for a household in Toxteth Park, Lancashire.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1920: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Andrea Pallis, Marcus Pallis, Tatoi, Aigburth Drive; 1925: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Marcus Pallis, Andrea Pallis, 20 Aigburth Drive; 1929-1930, 1934-1935: Alexander Pallis, Julia Pallis, Marcus Pallis, 20 Aigburth Drive.

Three sons of Pandia Theodore Ralli & Despina Ambrouzis Ralli -- Theodore, Ambrose and Antonio -- as well as daughter Julia are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Her brother Theodore Pandi Ralli left an estate of the gross value of £120,918 8s. 6d., including personalty of the net value of £119,883 1s. 9d. As reported the will said: "In the event of the failure of [trusts set up for his widow and his children, he] left the ultimte residue of his estate as to two-fifths to his brother Anthony Pandia Ralli, as to one-fifth to his sister Julia Alexander Pallis..." (Evening Express [Liverpool], 13 Feb 1906).

Buried:
At the funeral Archimandrite Constantine Callinicos

Died:
Her estate valued at £13228 16s. 6d. was administered by Andrea Pandia Pallis and Marco Pallis.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage witnesses included Marigo Corneliou & Georgios Paspatis. Ceremony performed by Archimandrite Const. Stratoulis.

Ralli family tree says 1881; Sturdza says 1880.