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The R. Catholic cemetery of St Vincent de Paul in Salonica bordering the WWI cemetery called Zeitenlik. This was the location for a major military encampment during the war as seen by the following postcard views: This tomb known as the ‘Charnaud tomb’ is one of the largest vaults in the cemetery, however it is in a bad state of disrepair. |
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The masons have written the name in the wrong order! It should be George Stratford Blunt. Son of Charles Blunt, born and died in Salonica (1845-1927), married in that city Caroline Lafont and served in the British Consular Service for about 21 years from 1864. |
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A pair of wall mounted tombs in the Protestant Cemetery of Salonica, with the graves of members of the Charnaud and the von Mayer family. At this stage it is not clear if the de Charnaud family are the same as the long term Turkey based Levantines, the Charnaud family, eventhough register evidence shows this family were active in this city at this time (the ‘de’ addition could be for aristocratic purposes?). These (De) Charnaud graves seem to be the descendants of the British Consul of Salonica during 1791-1832, Francis Charnaud [google book segment], before the period of Charles Blunt from 1835 [google book segment of an academic article]. The top panels transcribed below:
Further information from contributor Nadia Giraud: In fact, Adèle (born Aslan = Armenian name?) was the widow of Pierre Lafont (grandson of Gabriel, the French surgeon who died 1817 and had 5 children, at least 2 of whom were doctors: Jean (? - 1796), François (1792 -1840), Joseph Phocion (1798-1849), Joseph Nestor (1802- 1833), Pierre (1804-1843) - from local parish registers. Adèle later maried Frédéric Charnaud. The couple had a son Edward who maried Olga Mayer, daughter of Joseph Gottlieb MAYER and Antonia Alberti. Further information from contributor Marie Anne Marandet: Olga Mayer had a brother, Rodolphe, who maried in Smyrna the Levantine, Philomena Castelli. Note: From the Charnaud family tree we see that Frederic Charnaud was the son of James, and grandson of Francis Charnaud, the British Consul in Salonica. Francis in turn was the son of Jean, the naturalized British subject, the first Charnaud in the Levant who died in Smyrna 1773. The family tree does not record the descendants of Frederick, so this is a useful find. Lower panel:
Joseph Von Mayer may have been a merchant or a diplomat, of whom at present nothing more is known. |
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Viannello family tomb whose sides are decorated by slabs removed from an earlier (?) Catholic and the former Jewish Kalamaria cemetery that was destroyed during WWII. |
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post restoration. |
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one of the tombs in the process of being dismantled prior to demolishment to make way for new tombs. |
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