Ephemera
Death notices
These cards printed in time for the funeral as keep sakes are predominantly a Catholic tradition, though now practiced less frequently and they often include details of family links so are also a genealogical aid in the future as well as often a face photo. At times the wife is referred to as Mrs of the husband so first name is not indicated, reflecting some conservative attitudes of the time. A selection here from Smyrna and Constantinople.
Pauline Vitali, died 1896.
Adelaide van Lennep nee Couturier, died Smyrna 1898.
His full name was Victor Emmanuel Edouard Granier and was dentist. He was born on December 18th 1860 in Izmir of Balthazar Granier & Brigitte nee Balladur. The Granier family came from Marseilles and established themselves in Izmir before 1780. The first to come to Smyrna, also Balthazar Granier, was watch maker in 1780 in Izmir (source: Archives Nationales, Correspondance Consulaire - Etat des Français de Smyrne - information courtesy of Marie Anne Marandet) - view photo on pier:
F. Balladur nee Iva Olivier died 1937.
Death notice of Faustin Glavany (Bey - and honorific title in Turkish), secretary at the French Embassy, Constantinople (1829 Constantinople - 1879, Brussels), son of David Glavany and Anne nee Westerling, married to Mathilde Borremans.
The death notice of Amelia Lochner who married William Wilkinson (1847 Chios - 1896 Smyrna).
Elise Braggiotti nee Routier, died Constantinople 1899.
Marie Torrossi, died Constantinople 1899.
John L. Privilegio and his wife nee Castagne, died 1899 and 1907 respectively.
George Deroo, priest in Smyrna, died 1908.
George Marengo and his wife Lucie died 1913 and 1911 respectively.
Theodore Crespin died Prikipo 1895.
Victoire Francoise Marie Comtesse de Vranas, nee Wouters de Terweerden, died 1868.
Antoine-Henri Helbig, died 1890.
Consul of Belgium, Louis de Vries, died Smyrna 1897.
Etienne Caratheodory, died 1907.
Madame Glavany, nee Catherine-Jeanne-Mathilde Borremans, died 1916.
Maurice Gilet, died 1925.
Françoise Méry (née Tubini), died 1928.
Madame van Willigen (nee Marie-Louise Glavany), died 1942.
Amelie Cingria, nee Helbig, died 1944.
Mevrouw Albert Glavany, nee Crespin Davoud, died 1957.
