Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePaul (Ambrouzios) Petrocochino, 3C2R
Birth24 Feb 1910, Pangbourne, Berks, England
Death13 May 1985, Tirley Garth, England
Burial21 May 1985, Tarporley Parish Church, England
Residence1962, Aston Bury, Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
OccupationWorked at Westminster Theatre, London.
EducationHarrow. Exeter College, Oxford.
Note 1Spelt his name Petrocokino. See New York Times obit 1962. A devotee of Moral Rearmament and the Oxford Group.
Note 2According to Simon Eden-Green a collection of his piano compositions were recorded on an LP record performed by Penelope Thwaites (Westover Records 1976).
Note 3Involved in the Oxford Group. Jess Leon wrote: “When Paul was at Oxford he heard a sermon by an American minister named Frank Buchman and joined his circle. Later, in Seattle, he met my Great Aunt who was also involved in the movement...”
Note 4“They lived in Arizona for their health in the 1970s and in 1984 we visited them near Crewe, UK.”
FlagsArgenti, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Caralli, Coressi, Franghiadi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Vlasto, Vouro
FatherAmbrouzios ‘Ambrose’ (Themistocles) Petrocochino FRGS JP (1865-1926)
MotherViolet Anne May (Frederick) Sykes (1880-1924)
Marriage26 Aug 1947, Mission House, Moral Re-Armament Training Center, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA
Married MemoSee New York Times 27 Aug 1947.
SpouseMadeline Marion ‘Maddy’ (Joseph) Spafford
Birth12 Jun 1911, Michigan, USA
MemoHer great niece says she was born in 1904.
Death21 Jun 1990, New York City, NY, USA
Burial1990, St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
MemoBuried in a plot with her parents and siblings.
Note 1See her mother’s New York Times obit 1962.
Note 2She wrote an article, "Moral Re-Armament in an Office," published in The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 13 April 1940, which was apparently syndicated.
Note 3Her by-line includes 'New York Stenographer' and it describes the MYRA and the religiosity it brought to her life.
Note 4“They were from a comfortable family in New York with long-standing roots in New England from the 1610s.
FatherJoseph H. Spafford (1861-1945)
MotherEmily D. [Spafford] (1866-1962)