Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameErnest Michel (Dimitri) Vlasto, GGG Grandson
Birth1 Jan 1848, Jassy/Iasi, Romania
MemoOr 2 Jan 1848. Kerofilas says 13 Jan 1848.
Death26 Mar 1900, 6 Rue Chateaubriand, Paris 8e, France
MemoProbably a clinic of some sort. His death certificate is signed by his brother Antoine Vlasto and his brother-in-law John Zarifi of London.
Burial29 Mar 1900, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
MemoBoulogne-Billlancourt. Service at the Greek Church, Rue Bizet, Paris
Residence1888, 69 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, France
Residence1900, 7 Rue Lamennais 8e, Paris, France
Residence1884-94, 44 Rue des Ecoles, Paris, France
MemoAddress given to the Société Française de Photographie: perhaps where he was teaching or had an office?
OccupationEngineer. Pioneer of the French telephony and sub-marine telephone cabling systems.
EducationLycée Henri lV, Paris (then the Lycée Napoleon). École Normale, Paris (1868). Qualified 1871. But see Extrait du Bulletin of the École Central 1899-1900 (p. 139).
OriginWallachia/Moldavia.
Note 1Author of ‘Leçons Des Choses’. Became ill in the 1890s and died in a Paris clinic in 1900. Member of the Société Française de Photographie from 1884 to 1894 (the year that his terminal illness started).
Note 2See ‘L'Industrie des Cables Sous-marins’. Extrait des mémoires de la Société des Ingénieurs Civils. Paris, 1891. “A much loved colleague,” according to M. G. Dumont at his funeral.
Note 3His son M.E.T.D. Vlasto said his death was a consequence of Yellow Fever contracted in South America but in 1999 Fanny Charles-Roux said the cause was perhaps a result of a degenerative condition (syphilis?).
Note 4While still a student at he became a Captain of the artillery in the Armée de la Loire in 1870. As a consequence, apparently, he had a French passport issued to him in Smyrna on 19 Nov 1888 on his way to France.
Note 5Industrialist in telephonic cables, mining and chemicals. Greek Commissioner for the 1889 Paris Exhibition. Administrator of the French telephone and telegraph service, managing the Bézons factory producing sub-marine cables at Calais.
Note 5Traité pratique de chimie métallurgique par le Baron Hanns Jüptner de Jonstorff ; traduit de l'allemand par Ernest Vlasto 1891.
Note 5He manufactured sub-marine cables at his Rattier factories in Bézons (on the Seine) and Calais. It is highly likely that a degree of industrial ‘espionage’ was required in order to obtain information on Britain’s world-leading production techniques
Flags***, Argenti, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Dwerniki, Giustiniani Fi, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Vlasto
FatherDimitri (Michael) Vlasto (1820-1863)
MotherNathalia (Antonio) Winkler (1826-1915)
Marriage28 Jan 1882, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Married MemoMarriage notice in the The Pall Mall Gazette, 31 Jan 1882.
SpouseHelen (Michael) Zarifi
Birth27 Jul 1860, London, England
Death24 Oct 1946, 29 Cleveland Gardens, Westminster, London, England
MemoCAL has a copy of her Will.
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Baptism2 Sep 1860, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Residence1888, 69 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, France
Residencebef 1900, 7 Rue Lamennais, Paris, France
Residence48 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
Residence1939, 6 Irvine Court, 37 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
OriginLondon.
Note 1A plaintiff in the 1921 Kessisoglu libel trial. Among her closest friends were Miss Margaret Bisland, Miss Elpiniki Eumorfopoulos and Mrs Penelope Cassavetti (née Constantinidi).
Note 2Ernest Vlasto and Helene Zarifi announced their intent to marry on 18 Dec 1881. Marriage notice in the The Pall Mall Gazette, 31 Jan 1882.
Note 3She hosted large annual family house parties in GB each year from at least ca. 1909 to 1939 a rich source of photographs of members of the Vlasto, Zarifi, Rodocanachi and other families over about 30 years.
Note 4In 1911 she was living at 29 Porchester Terrace, London W1 with her mother, her son and 5 resident servants: Ellen Marian Brinton, Sarah Jane Chapman, Lizzie Hicks, Ethel Emily Powley and Constance Eva Matthews.
Marr. WitnessStephen Zafiropoulos and A. Vlasto (presumably Antoine Vlasto).
God-parentsAriadne Sevastopoulos.
Flags***, Boscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Zarifi
FatherMichael (Ioannis) Zarifi (1818-1891)
MotherFanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu (1837-1911)
Children
Birth28 Nov 1884, 69 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, France
Death13 Apr 1959, St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, England
MemoCancer.
Burial1959, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Marriage22 Jun 1907, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Married MemoChurch records say 9 Jun 1907. Argenti says 22 Jun 1907, London. Paddington Registrar’s office says 20 Jun 1907.
ChildrenConstantine 'Kostia' (Georges) (1908-1981)
Birth29 Sep 1886, Paris, France
Death9 May 1989, Marseille, France
BurialMarseille, France
Marriage8 Feb 1908, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Married MemoSturdza says January.
ChildrenFanny (Théodore) (1909-2003)
 Hélène (Théodore) (1911-1988)
 Georges Michel 'Boysie' (Théodore) (1916-1998)
Birth12 Feb 1888, 69 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, France
Death29 May 1979, Gresham Lodge, Limpsfield, Surrey, England
MemoNatural
BurialJun 1979, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Marriage18 Jun 1919, Aberdeen & London, Scotland & England
Married MemoMarried 18-06-1919 at St James’s Episcopal Church, Aberdeen; solemnised 19-06-1919 at St Sophia, London.
ChildrenHelen Croil (Michel) (1920-2001)
Last Modified 22 Jun 2023Created 7 Dec 2023 Christopher A. Long © 1997-2021
© 2023 Christopher A Long