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Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi

Female 1896 - 1982  (86 years)


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  1. 1.  Maria Melita (Constantine) Vassiliadi was born on 21 Mar 1896 in London, England UK; was christened on 16 May 1896 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 23 Oct 1982 in Gloucestershire, England UK.

    Notes:

    Residence: 1918, 64 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England

    Yvonne Sugdury says Melita had a share in a Meissen dinner service which was brought from Chios and that she and her sister Nadine lived in Constantinople as young girls and danced with Albert de Ruelle (of Aix), friends of Arnette and Albane Martin (Christopher Long).

    "... The Rodocanachi girls' mother [Maria] was a strikingly handsome woman and their grandmother old Mrs Vassiliadi [Fanny]... was always dressed in black as you say they all were and wore a widow's veil and diamonds..."

    Mary Melita Rodocanachi [11 Westbourne Street] appears on the 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936; [15 Connaught Square] 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] 1945 St Marylebone/Tower Hamlets; 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, [flat 33 Montagu Square 27/29 Montagu Square] 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 St Marylebone/Westminster.

    Katherine Daphne Waite, 33 Montagu Sq., London W.1., daughter Nicola Windsor Waite, 7, b. 31 Dec 1951 [an error] and Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 21 Mar 1896, same address, arrived Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa, 13 Feb 1959 aboard the Pendennis Castle.

    1911 England census for 64 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by Constantine Vassiliadi, 45, married 16 years, 2 children born, both living, b. Turkey, Italian; merchant banker; wife Fannie, 37; daughters Melita, 15; Nadine, 13, all b. Paddington, London; sister Phrollo, 39, single, b. Turkey, Italian; 7 servants

    1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Paul Harold Rodocanachi, b. 1893, Kensington, London; Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 1896, Paddington; Catherine Daphne Rodocanachi, b. 1920, Paddington; for a household in Paddington, London.

    The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 103 Portsea Hall, Paddington, London, lists Paul H Rodocanachi, b. 12 Nov 1893, Banker; wife Mary M Rodocanachi [annotated Melita Mary Rodocanachi], b. 21 Mar 1896, Unpaid Domestic Duties; and Jenny H Rodocanachi, b. 15 Dec 1892, single, Private Means.

    Christened:
    God-parents: Maria Sechiari.

    Died:
    The death of Melita Mary Rodocanachi, 86, b. 21 Mar 1896, was registered Dec 1982, Shipston on Stour, Gloucestershire, v. 31, p. 0357.

    Maria married Paul Harold (Pandia) Rodocanachi on 11 Apr 1918 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Paul (son of Pandia Peter (Peter) Rodocanachi and Alexandra (Paul) Schilizzi) was born on 12 Nov 1893 in London, England UK; was christened on 23 Dec 1893 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 01 Feb 1968 in England UK; was buried on 07 Feb 1968 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Catherine Daphne (Paul) Rodocanachi  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1920 in London, England UK; was christened on 04 Jul 1920 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 31 Jan 2011 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England UK; was buried on 11 Feb 2011 in Cherington, Warwickshire, England UK.
    2. 3. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Catherine Daphne (Paul) Rodocanachi Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born on 17 May 1920 in London, England UK; was christened on 04 Jul 1920 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 31 Jan 2011 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England UK; was buried on 11 Feb 2011 in Cherington, Warwickshire, England UK.

    Notes:

    A 1948 press report of her marriage describes her wearing a £3,000 necklace given to her by her 80 year-old 'aunt' [sic], Mrs Pantia Ralli. This was her cousin Arghyro Ralli (née Sechiari) born Sep 1868.

    Helen Vlasto (1920-2001) refers to Daphne: they appear to have been presented at court as debutantes in the same year, 1939. Winner of Country Life horse trophy at Burley (sic).

    Katherine D Rodocanachi [18 Princess Court, Bryanston Place] appears on the 1945 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Tower Hamlets county/borough; 1946, 1947, 1948 St Marylebone/Westminster.

    Katherine Daphne Waite, 33 Montagu Sq., London W.1., daughter Nicola Windsor Waite, 7, b. 31 Dec 1951 [an error] and Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 21 Mar 1896, same address, arrived Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa, 13 Feb 1959 aboard the Pendennis Castle.

    Residence, England: 1975, 11 Gloucester Place Mews, W1, London; 1985, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

    1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Paul Harold Rodocanachi, b. 1893, Kensington, London; Mary Melita Rodocanachi, b. 1896, Paddington; Catherine Daphne Rodocanachi, b. 1920, Paddington; for a household in Paddington, London.

    The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Chyngton House, Seaford, Sussex, lists Katherine Rodocanachi, b. 17 May 1920, Single, Spinster.

    Christened:
    God-parents: Theodore and Aikaterini Sechiari.

    Died:
    Death of Katherine Daphne Waite reported in The Times [London], Feb. 10, 2011 and The Telegraph on-line.

    Buried:
    Funeral at the Church of St John the Baptist, Cherington on 11 Feb., 2.30 p.m.

    Catherine married Capt. Nigel Windsor (Percival) Waite on 27 Nov 1948 in Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, England UK. Capt. (son of Percival Clarence Windsor (Nuthaniel) Waite and Katherine Taylor Tait) was born on 25 Aug 1924 in Galashiels, Selkirk, Scotland UK; died on 17 Feb 1994 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Catherine2, 1.Maria1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Catherine2, 1.Maria1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Living2, 1.Maria1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 10. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 11. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 7.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Living2, 1.Maria1)


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Living3, 2.Catherine2, 1.Maria1)

  2. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Living3, 3.Living2, 1.Maria1)

  3. 10.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Living3, 3.Living2, 1.Maria1)

  4. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Living3, 3.Living2, 1.Maria1)


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