John Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi & Nettie Eliza Reide (William) Clough

Family Group Sheet

NameJohn Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi, 2C4R

Birth15 Jan 1854, Liverpool, England

Death14 Apr 1912, Calcutta, India

MemoAccording to death notice (which calls him ‘the eldest son’) that appeared in The Times (London) 17 April 1912. Argenti says 12 Apr 1912.

OccupationRalli Brothers, Calcutta.

EducationWestminster School, London.

Note 1Greek church records show a child Ioannis Matthaios Rodocanachi (2nd child) baptised 7 April 1853 at home in Liverpool - presumably the date is wrong...

Note 2He left Liverpool to live and work for Ralli Brothers in Calcutta.

Note 3He was her second husband (after Mr Falconer).

Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro

FatherPaul Zannis (Zannis) Rodocanachi (1820-1891)

MotherMarigo ‘Mary’ (Ambrouzis) Ralli (1830-1872)

Marriage1894, Calcutta, India

Married MemoOr 1896 according to British Library (India BDM) records.

SpouseNettie Eliza Reide (William) Clough

Birth29 Jan 1871, Calcutta, India

Death22 Apr 1943, Shoreham, Kent

Residence1917, Park Farm, Holbrook, Horsham, Sussex, England

OriginYorkshire, England.

Note 1CWGC records that she married again, becoming Nettie Hulme King of Park Farm, Holbrook, Horsham, Sussex.

Note 2According to British Library (India Births, Deaths, Marriages) she was Nettie Eliza R. Falconer when she married John Matthew Rodocanachi in 1896.

Note 3He had an older daughter Marjorie Trevor Falconer born 28 Nov 1890, baptised 19 Aug 1893 Calcutta who may have been adopted by John Rodocanachi but who did not change her name.

Note 4It seems strange that she had a daughter by her first husband in 1896 but married her second husband in the same year who then ‘adopted’ the child... What happened to Mr Falconer?

FatherWilliam Clough (?-?)

MotherJeanette Wortley (?-?)

Other spousesWilliam Frederick Falconer

Children

1 FNancy Veronica Lemon Mohun (William) Falconer (Adopted)

Birth29 Mar 1896, Calcutta, India

Death15 Jan 1928, London, England

SpouseEmmanuel ‘Manoli’ (Jacobus) Tombazi , 7th Cousin (1891-1962)

Marriage9 Nov 1921, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England

Married MemoSee ‘The Times’.