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I have finished my family history.  Every research has a mystery.  Otto Hugo Diacono, my Grandmother's first cousin (one of many).  He was born in Ceylon (as was then known), on 29th January 1899.
His parents were William and Mary Diacono who, at the time, owned and operated the "Mary Hill Hotel" in Nuwara Eliya. 
William was a Tea Planter,he was also into coffee and coal. He died ca 1920. His wife died in 1932 - in Ceylon.  They had 9 children, Aldo, Aida, Hugo, Nora, Irima, Arno, Otto, Ezio and Remo.
All have been traced:  Exception. Otto.
Otto was born in Ceylon in 1899. He and his brothers were schooled at St. Joseph's, Dumfries, Scotland. Their Home base was 1 Montpellier Gardens, Harrogate.
Otto joined up for WWI. I found his partially burned War Records.
He was demobbed in 1919 and returned to Ceylon. Service No. 59168 West Yorkshire Regiment.  WO372/6
 Otto was in an article from the "Antonian" Magazine, written by Charles Duft, Tytler.  regarding St Anthony's college, Kandy ca 1923.

In 1928, I found him entering Australia to join two brothers already here. With an almost immediate return to Ceylon via England.

The following cannot be substantiated:  I believe that...
1. ...his hands were badly injured during the War. I cannot find a Pension.
2. ... the War damaged him Mentally
3. ...His mother was a strong Matriarch and possibly farmed him out into the care of some Ceylonese women (photo with two women, one of which is pregnant, date unknown)
4. ... there was a girl and boy in a Diacono Photo album, showing them both dressed in religious regalia (Girl, First communion. Boy in sailor suit).  No dates.
5. ...Aida, the eldest sister took the photographs of her brother and the two women, and of the two children for family reasons.

Question.  Can someone tell me when Otto Diacono died and where he might be buried?
Would one ever have a chance to find out if he fathered these two children.

Long story, but I've cut it to the bone for this purpose.
Thank you
Lucygrasshopper 

Hello to all of you - Oh - My - what a wonderful lot of responses:

I can only see one reply button - so here goes.

Every reply has been duly noted:

A few comments:  Yes - I got it wrong, obviously about Marianne's death 1906 - So...that answered that.

Thank you for the Details of William Robert Charles Wiss' Birth details in German - that is wonderful.

Thank you for the University information -

Alfred? Family insists there was an Alfred -but no mention from them of a Mabel as a sister - so that will be interesting.

So.... Mabel was married - good detail.

About the WWI  report on Campbell Wiss.  Indeed I found yet another for WW II when he was 77 years old - He was reared in Germany and indeed, had a German accent. He was subjected to harassment via reports from "observant" people.
I found a document whereby he came down heavily on the people who censored his mail etc.,  He indeed was a British subject.
  After that, they left him alone.

Will follow up on possible marriage of Grandparents.

I trust my one coverage of all your replies is OK - all of you - Thank you so much.  You have added a wealth of information.

Lucygrasshopper

Hello,
I am looking for Information gleaned from two headstones at Wansford, Peterborough.

Can you help with  any entries anywhere (Birth/Marriage).

Robert Warren died 18th (?) May 1892 aged 75

his wife
Jane Warren, Died July 12 1879. Aged 62

Thank you
Lucy

Joanna Diacono was born in Alexandria Egypt on 21 Jan 1836.  Her sister, Ernesta Diacono was b. 16 August 1827 Alexandria.  Other siblings were: Caterina, b. 1828, never married, Guiseppe Lorenzo, b. 1830 Teresa b. 28 Jan 1832, Hannibal b. 1842 (aka Annibal) and John Baptise b. 1847

I have traced all of the siblings.  On a death notice for the brother, Guiseppe Lorenzo, the sisters were listed a V (widow) Bauerhorst and  V (widow) Blache.   There is no indication as to which sister married which of these men.   They were widows before 1900 when Guiseppe died.  Then, nothing more is heard of them. Has anyone any clues to these two surnames either before or after 1900 in Alexandria Egypt, or elsewhere,

Thanks for any help
Lucy

Hello Valda,  Lucygrasshopper here.  It's been a long time since I asked questions - got answers and in general, got my Family Tree up and running.  It will never finish, even if it goes dormant for a few months, then out of the blue I am asked to look for things.

I have a notation which I didn't follow up, dating back to 2006. 

GRO Overseas Deaths, Alexandria Egypt. 

I had a list.  What I am looking for is a date and age.

The GRO document of Consular Death Reports shows - during the period 1860-1865, Alexandria Egypt.  The death of three Diacono names.   I thought they were children, and didn't follow through.

Caterina Diacono  page 443 and Teresa Diacono  page 449. (Clotilde turned up elsewhere)

Is there some way I can find out the age of these two entries at the time of death, especially
Caterina.

Hope you can help... If I get this right, there would be cause to order the certificates, but my information is handwritten notes from long ago.  I don't think I have the Volume No. either.

Can you help?

Thanks
Lucy