Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThomas Foulkes (Thomas) Davies
Birth?
Death13 Dec 1899, Alexandria, Egypt
OccupationCotton merchant with Choremi-Benachi & Co.
Note 1Or Foulques? Lived in Alexandria, Egypt, from 1886. An English protestant, his marriage to Alexandra was facilitated by her father’s atheism.
OriginLiverpool.
FlagsAlexandria
FatherThomas Davies (?-?)
Marriage1889, Alexandria, Egypt
SpouseAlexandra (Emmanuel) Benachi, GG Granddaughter
Birth1871
Death10 Jan 1941
Note 1Her first husband Thomas Davies took to drink and died as a consequence, according to Penelope Delta (née Benachi). She then married a cousin.
Note 2Spoke Greek at home and learnt English from nurses and French from governess, Victorine Dfuay. Spoke no Arabic despite living in Alexandria.
FlagsAlexandria, Benachi, Choremi
FatherEmmanuel (Antonios) Benachi (1843-1929)
MotherVirginia (Constantine) Choremi (1848-1928)
Other spousesConstantine (Ioannes) Choremi
Children
1 FDorothea ‘Dolly’ (Thomas) Davies, GGG Granddaughter
Birth5 Nov 1891
Death5 Jan 1958, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseLéon (Victor) Melas (1885-1966)
Marriage1912, Alexandria, Egypt
ChildrenAlexandra (Léon) (?-?)
Nadia (Léon) (?-)
2 MThomas ‘Tommy’ (Thomas) Davies, GGG Grandson
Birth1894
MemoOr 1895?
Death5 May 1952
SpouseBeatrice ‘Bee’ Bucheton (?-?)
Marriage?
ChildrenPeter (Thomas) (?-)