Emmanuel John (John) Agelasto

Notes:

The Times (London), 18 Nov 1949, notice of his death lists him as "of London and Paris" and his sister is miss-identified as Alice Mary Agelasto of Orchard House, Torquay.

Residence: 1901, Mulgrave House, Osbourne Rd., New Windsor, Berks, listed as boarding student; 1911 & 1914, 252 Stockport Road, Stockport, Cheshire, England; 30 Dec 1915, Welbeck Palace Hotel, Welbeck Street, Westminster, London, England; 17 Aug 1916, 28 Cavendish Square, Westminster, London, England.

Education: 1901, Mulgrave House, Osbourne Rd, New Windsor (Berks), England; 1903, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England.

Occupation: 1911, cotton merchant, Aubonne House, Kersal, Manchester (Chaterhouse alumni listing); Shipper/buyer. It is unclear if he was running his father's firm, A Agelasto and Co., which was still in operation in 1910 and while he was at war [A. Agelasto and Co., 78 George St., donations: £15 to aid families affected by the Bolton coal mine disaster (Manchester Guardian, 31 Dec 1910, p 6); £50 to the war relief fund (Manchester Guardian, 8 Sep 1914, p 7); £10 to the Manchester Armenian Relief Fund (Manchester Guardian, 8 Jan 1916, p 1)].

WWI record: 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Aug 1914, medically discharged after 1 year 10 months service. Joined the 8th (Ardwick) Batt, Manchester Regiment, 42 division, on the outbreak of WWI. He served very briefly in Galipoli, was wounded, and shipped home from Mudros on the Dominion Liner hospital Ship Canada on 24 Aug 1915 having only arrived on 31 Jul 1915. He was vomiting blood. A Military Medical Board at the War Office on 17 Aug 1916 found he was suffering from appendicitis, syphilis and marked flat feet with hammer toes (not examined when he obtained a Commission). His medical discharge noted "trench feet" and that he "still has neurasthealmic symptoms [shell shock];" he was discharged from the Army with wounds in 1916.

Mr. Emmanuel John Agelasto, Incorporate Accountant, of 20-21, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C.2, was appointed liquidator of FEODOR Ltd, 15 Mar 1935.

An Agelasto played football for Kersal A against: Manchester University (Manchester Guardian, 13 Dec 1905, p 11), Heaton Moor A (Manchester Guardian, 5 Jan 1906, p 3), and Bolton 1st (Manchester Guardian, 8 Nov 1905, p 3). The newspaper gives his initial(s) as A.N., A. and J., respectively. All are probably typos, and the athlete is either Emmanuel John Agelasto after he finished Charterhouse or Augustus Stephen after Harrow School.

"A good deal of interest has been taken in the announcement by Messrs A Agelasto and Co., shippers of [Manchester], that their business has been transferred to Messrs. Beith Stevenson and Co., Ltd." in Frederick W. Tattersall, "Lancashire Cotton; Position of the Industry" (The Times of India, 25 Apr 1916).

Emmanuel John Agelasto [92 Mount Street W1] appears on the 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 electoral register City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough electoral lists, Great Britain.

The 1891 England census: 265 New Bury Road, Broughton, Salford household headed by John E Agelasto, 40, East India merchant, b. Constantinople, Greek subject; wife Aspasia, 29, b. Bradford, Yorkshire; son Emmanuel J., 3; daughter Alexandra, 10 mos, both b. Manchester; & 4 servants.

1911 England census for the household at Grant Leigh Victoria Rd, Cleveleys Nr Blackpool, Lancashire, included as boarders Emanuel John Agelasto, 23, b. Gorton, Lancashire; married one year, grey cloth buyer, shipping; wife Clara, 29, b. Gorton, Lancashire.

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Alexander Agelasto, b. 1896, Manchester, Lancashire; Aspasia Agelasto, b. 1863, Bradford, Yorkshire; Emmanuel John Agelasto, b. 1891, Manchester, Lancashire; in a household in Saint George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex.

Birth:
25 Nov 1887 by baptism records.

The 4 Dec date comes from his mother's sworn statement at a hearing on his father's estate, 17 Feb 1916, Palatinate of Lancaster, Court of Chancery, Manchester District Registry. (National Archives)

Christened:
God-parent: Themistocles Pandia Petrocochino; at home; entry: 576/169; Archimandrite: Eustathios Metallinos.

Name:
According to Ian McCulloch, Senior Partner of Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, which handled the estate, he was also known as John Jefferson Ashton.

Some documents list him as Emmanuel Jonathan

Although the WWI medal card lists the name as "Emanuel Jonathan" and Charterhouse as "Emanuel John" his marriage certificate and daughter’s birth certificate double the ‘m’.

Died:
Death announcement in The Times (London) 18 Nov 1949, p 1. Refers to him as John E. Agelasto.

Family/Spouse: Clara (unknown) James. Clara was born on 16 Oct 1880 in Gorton, Lancashire, England UK; died on 12 Oct 1972 in England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aspasia Mary (Emmanuel) Agelasto was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Stockport, Cheshire, England UK; died on 31 Dec 1998 in Torquay, Devon, England UK.

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: John Emmanuel Agelasto, Greece, 20 Jun 1899, residence Manchester; home office paper B29722; certificate A10229.


Christened:
God-parents: Ambrosios Negroponte

Name:
In legal documents, including naturalization submission, name is spelled 'Emanuel' with one 'm'. Death certificate gives two 'm's.

Died:
Estate valued at £890 0s 9d, administered at London 5 June 1905, went to widow.

Buried:
According to parish register: age: 57 years; abode: 491 Bury New Road, Broughton; certified by John Bye; page 42, entry 335 ( Register, Burials 1903-1921, Parish Register, St. Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England.

John married Aspasia (Themistocles) Petrocochino on 04 Oct 1884 in Greek Church of the Annunciation, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK . Aspasia was born on 18 Feb 1861 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England UK; was christened on 24 Apr 1861 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK; died on 10 Nov 1931 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Alexander Agelasto, b. 1896, Manchester, Lancashire; Aspasia Agelasto, b. 1863, Bradford, Yorkshire; Emmanuel John Agelasto, b. 1891, Manchester, Lancashire; in a household in Saint George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex.

Christened:
At the home of John Zygomala; Entry:156(24)/055; Godparent: Franga Petrocochino; priest: Vasilios Moros, Presbyter: M. Oeconomos

Notes:

Married:
Marriage announcement appeared in The Times (London), 8 Oct 1884, p 1 and the The Pall Mall Gazette (London) 8 Oct 1884.

Witnesses: ? Negreponte; The Rev. Archimandrite Ilarion Canakis presided; entry 523/160.

Notes:

16 May 1858: Emmanuel Agelasto, 46, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1831, commercial agent, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Emmanuel John Agelasto sold a dwelling in Chios to Ali Kavasis Hakim (presumably a Turk) 1 Sep 1834, according to Doc #840 held at the Korai Library, Chios.

[Document] No 24: A document issued by the Church Administration of Chios in 1835, related to the ownership of St Tryphon Church, by which Manuel Agelasto is acknowledged as the legal owner. Pages LII and LIII. See description of text by George Agelastos.

Died:
He was dead when his daughter Victoria died in Marseille, Dec 1874.

Emmanuel married Alexandra Gara. Alexandra was born about 1836; died after 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1874-76, Marseille, France. According to the 1876 Marseille census, she was a widow and living with her son, surviving daughter Marie and a domestic servant at rue Thomas 20. The census gives her name as "Alexandrie Dara Angelhasto." She is listed as Alexandre Agelasto in the 1874 Marseille directory without the 'Vve' that indicates widow status. On her daughter Victoria's death certificate, she is Alexandra Gara, widow.

Notes:

Married:
This family is not included in Argenti's Agelasto tree; rather John Emmanuel is on Argenti's Petrocochino tree as a spouse (and thus on our Negroponte-Agelasto tree).

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Birth:
Argenti places him first in birth order, which is incorrect. He was second son.

Estimated birth year based on fact it should be after Tryphon and before any others that are known (ie, Stephanos in 1779).