Ancestors of Charles Anthony Wratislaw Generation No. 1 1. Charles Anthony Wratislaw1,2, born 1925 in Aleppo, Syria3,4,5; died 1987 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex6. He was the son of 2. Harry John Wratislaw and 3. Victoria Claire Prince. He married (1) Noreen Margaret Watt6,7 1950 in Barnes, Middx.8,9,9,10. She was born 1929 in Griffithstown, Mons.11,12, and died 1984 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex13. She was the daughter of Llewellyn James Watt and Ethel Morris. Notes for Charles Anthony Wratislaw: [william_watt_dec_with_dougsstuff.FTW] Company Director Royal Army Service Corps Engineer, Service Manager & Plant Manager Franciscan School & Marist College, Aleppo; St Joseph’s Jesuit Uni., Beirut College of Automobile &Aeronautic Engineering, Chelsea Leopoldville, Belgian Congo Harrogate, Yorks. Barnes, Middx. Aleppo, Syria Rua general Joao de Almeida, 138 Luanda, Angola Oak Hall Drive and 14 Cliff Road, Leigh-on-Sea Telal Street, Aleppo, Syria Died Rochford Hospital, Essex More about Charles Anthony Wratislaw: Address 1: Bet. 1925 - 1935, Aleppo, Syria Address 2: Bet. 1951 - 1952, Barnes, Middx.14 Address 3: Bet. 1952 - 1956, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo14 Address 4: Bet. 1957 - 1971, Rua general Joao de Almeida, 138 Luanda, Angola14 Address 5: Bet. 1972 - 1974, Harrogate, Yorks.14 Address 6: Bet. 1974 - 1987, Oak Hall Drive and 14 Cliff Road, Leigh-on-Sea14 Baptism: 11 July 1925, Telal Street, Aleppo, Syria14 Death or fact: 15 February 1987, Died Rochford Hospital, Essex15 Education: Bet. 1930 - 1943, Franciscan School & Marist College, Aleppo; St Joseph’s Jesuit Uni., Beirut16 Ist occupation: Bet. 1943 - 1947, Royal Army Service Corps16 Main occupation: Bet. 1975 - 1987, Company Director16 More Education: Bet. 1947 - 1950, College of Automobile &Aeronautic Engineering, Chelsea17 Other occupation: Bet. 1947 - 1975, Engineer, Service Manager & Plant Manager18 Record Change: 11 October 200419 Notes for Noreen Margaret Watt: [william_watt_dec_with_dougsstuff.FTW] Speech Therapist More about Noreen Margaret Watt: Burial: December 1984, Died 14 Cliff Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex20 Main occupation: Speech Therapist20 Record Change: 11 October 200421 Marriage Notes for Charles Wratislaw and Noreen Watt: [william_watt_dec_with_dougsstuff.FTW] Kensington Registration District Generation No. 2 2. Harry John Wratislaw22,23, born 1890 in Smyrna, Turkey24,25; died 1959 in Broumnana, Lebanon26,27. He was the son of 4. Albert Charles Wratislaw and 5. Gertrude Evelyn Cumberbatch. He married 3. Victoria Claire Prince 1915 in Aleppo, Syria28. 3. Victoria Claire Prince29, born 1892 in Larnaca or Nicosia, Cyprus29; died 1971 in St. Alban’s, Herts.30,31. She was the daughter of 6. Ernest Prince and 7. Emma Cosma. Notes for Harry John Wratislaw: Harry’s birth is not to be found in the index of births registered in Consulates 1886-1900. Harry had a good job with the government as Inspector of the Public Dette. Lily has no idea what that meant, but it was certainly a good job and for a while they had a house on the Bosphorus in Istanbul. More about Harry John Wratislaw: Address 1: 1 April 1901, Lydgate House, Cliff Road, New Hunstanton, Norfolk (aged 10)32 Address 2: 1915, Aleppo, Syria (free prisoner in Aleppo)33 Address 3: 1916, Istanbul, Turkey (free prisoner?)33 Address 4: c. 1921, Aleppo, Syria33 Baptism: 23 June 1890, Christened at Bournabat, Turkey34 Death or fact: 18 January 1959, Died at Broumnana, Lebanon aged 6935 Education: Rossall School36 First occupation: 1901, Scholar37 Main occupation: 1925, Inspector of Ottoman Public Dette38 More birth details: 5 May 1890, Smyrna, Turkey39 Notes for Victoria Claire Prince: No birth registered in British Consulate registrations 1886-1900 according to the index at FHS More about Victoria Claire Prince: Address 1: 1915, Aleppo, Syria40 Address 2: 1916, Istanbul, Turkey40 Address 3: c. 1922, Aleppo, Syria40 Baptism: 30 August 1892, Nicosia, Cyprus41 Burial: 1971, St. Albans, Herts. (born about 1896)42 More birth details: 3 January 1893, Baptised Santa Crucis Church (RC), Nicosia, Cyprus as "Victoria Clara"43 More Education: Lily was sure that her mother was born at Larnaca44 Children of Harry Wratislaw and Victoria Prince are: i. Sonia Wratislaw45, born 1916 in Constantinople, Turkey45,46; married Jean Baptiste Journes 1933 in Aleppo, Syria47; born c. 1908 in Puechabon, France47. More about Sonia Wratislaw: Baptism: c. 1916, Baptised at San Sophia Church, Istanbul48 ii. Heliane Gertrude Wratislaw48, born 1917 in Constantinople, Turkey49; married Gwynn Evans; died 1980. Notes for Heliane Gertrude Wratislaw: They lived in Aleppo as children in the "old fashioned way" - 15 in one house. With Ernest & Emma, 4 servants, the Harry & Victoria and their 4 children and Aunt Irma and her two sons. (Lily) More about Heliane Gertrude Wratislaw: Baptism: 1917, Baptised at San Sophia Church, Istanbul iii. Mary Wratislaw50, born c. 1923 in Aleppo, Syria50,51; married Denis Hessling 1943 in Aleppo, Syria52; born in England52. 1 iv. Charles Anthony Wratislaw, born 1925 in Aleppo, Syria; died 1987 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex; married Noreen Margaret Watt 1950 in Barnes, Middx.. Generation No. 3 4. Albert Charles Wratislaw53,54, born 1862 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk55; died 1938 in Felixstowe, Suffolk56,57. He was the son of 8. Rev. Albert Henry Wratislaw and 9. Frances Gertrude Helm. He married 5. Gertrude Evelyn Cumberbatch 1889 in Therapia, Turkey58. 5. Gertrude Evelyn Cumberbatch59,60,61, born 1866 in Smyrna, Turkey62,63,64; died 1924 in Christchurch, Dorset65,66. She was the daughter of 10. Robert William Cumberbatch and 11. Louisa Grace Hanson. Notes for Albert Charles Wratislaw: Lily Evans says that AC retired to Church Road, Kensington. More about Albert Charles Wratislaw: Address 1: 1871, Grammar School, 18 Northgate St., Bury St. Edmunds (aged 8) Address 2: 1881, Rossall School, Thornton in Fylde, Lancs. (aged 18)67 Address 3: 1888, Vice-Consul at Smyrna (witnessed marriage of Cumberbatch & Rees there 1891)68,69,70 Address 4: 1892, V-C in Philippopolis 1892; Consul at Basrah (Bussorah in Who’s Who) 189871,72 Address 5: Bet. 1903 - 1914, C-General in Tabriz 1903-09; Crete 1909-13; Turko-Persian Bdry. Comsn. 1913-1473,74 Address 6: Bet. 1914 - 1920, Consul-General in Salonika 1914-19; Beirut 1919-2075,76 Address 7: 1920, Retired to The Thatch, Felixstowe, Suffolk; (13 York House, Kensington in 1932)77 Address or Fact: 2 May 1938, Funeral at St John’s Church, Ipswich (died 28 April aged 75)78,79 Baptism: 17 October 1862, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk80,81 Burial: 28 April 1938, Felixstowe, aged 7582 Education: 1881, Rossall School83 Main occupation: Bet. 1883 - 1920, Consul-General84 Medical Information: More Education: 1883, Entered Levant Consular Service85 More about Gertrude Evelyn Cumberbatch: Address 1: 7 May 1866, Smyrna, Turkey (at the time of her christening) Address 2: 25 June 1889, Constantinople, Turkey (at the time of her marriage)86 Address 3: Bet. 1889 - 1926, Presumably as AC Wratislaw87 Baptism: 7 May 1866, Christened at Anglican Church, Smyrna, Turkey88 Burial: December 1924, Christchurch, Dorset (aged 58)89 Children of Albert Wratislaw and Gertrude Cumberbatch are: 2 i. Harry John Wratislaw, born 1890 in Smyrna, Turkey; died 1959 in Broumnana, Lebanon; married Victoria Claire Prince 1915 in Aleppo, Syria. ii. John Cyril Wratislaw90, born 1894 in Philippopolis, Bulgaria91; died c. 1915 in possibly France92 More about John Cyril Wratislaw: Address or Fact: described as "ospm" in his chart93 iii. Edith Contance Louisa Wratislaw94, born 1898 in Philippopolis, Bulgaria95; married Noel Agabeg. iv. Evelyn Maud Wratislaw96, born 190296; died 1977 in Kensington, London96,97; married Alexander Fowler 194698; died 1993 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex99. 6. Ernest Prince100,101,102, born in Cyprus103; died c. 1925 in Aleppo, Syria104,105. He was the son of 12. Hanna Prince and 13. Chaoul Zirigoirich. He married 7. Emma Cosma in Cyprus106. 7. Emma Cosma107,108,109, born 1873 in Famagusta or Nicosia, Cyprus110,111; died c. 1957 in Aleppo, Syria112,113. She was the daughter of 14. Lorenzo M. Cosma and 15. Marianna Bosgiovich. More about Ernest Prince: Note: The family was descended from crusaders114 More about Emma Cosma: Baptism: 21 January 1874, Church of Sta. Maria Gratinum, Larnaca, Cyprus115 Note: Austrian-Serb by background116 Children of Ernest Prince and Emma Cosma are: 3 i. Victoria Claire Prince, born 1892 in Larnaca or Nicosia, Cyprus; died 1971 in St. Alban’s, Herts; married Harry John Wratislaw 1915 in Aleppo, Syria. ii. Irma Prince117, born 1894 in Nicosia, Cyprus118; died c. 1985 in Beirut, Lebanon119,120 More about Irma Prince: Address 1: 1973, Beyrouth, Lebanon121 Baptism: 14 May 1894, Church of Sta. Crucis, Nicosia, Cyprus Note: Never married122 iii. Edgar Prince123, born c. 1896124; died in France125; married Marie Gastebois. More about Edgar Prince: Address 1: Lived in Aleppo, then Spain126 Main occupation: None126 Note: Died without issue126 More about Marie Gastebois: Note: Died without issue126 iv. Henri Prince127, born 1910 in Aleppo, Syria128; died 1989 in Beirut, Lebanon128; married Marie Condegnica 1965128; born in Armenia128. More about Henri Prince: Address 2: 1973, Beyrouth, Lebanon129 Main occupation: Insurance130 Note: Lived all his life in Aleppo, then Beirut130 More about Marie Condegnica: Note: Died without issue130 Generation No. 4 8. Rev. Albert Henry Wratislaw131,132,133, born 1821 in Rugby, Warks.134,135,136; died 1892 in Southsea, Hants.137,138. He was the son of 16. Count William Ferdinand