I wasn't sure whether to post this here, or in the London Board, or somewhere else, so if a moderator thinks it would be better in another forum, please move it.
I'm trying to find out about my great grandmother's family. I have quite a lot, but I'd like even more, and it is quite a saga, so here goes...
... Rose Tatiana de Bartholomey (my great grandmother, we always knew her as Tatiana) was born on the 7th december 1877 (info from death index). I don't know where, but in census returns, passenger lists etc she gives London as her place of birth. I can't find any matching entry in the births index though, and obviously I'd like to find out so I can get the birth certificate...
...her father was Count Michail Fedorovich de Bartholomey, who was Councillor to the Russian Embassy in London between 1870 and 1880 (this ties in with London being place of birth). He then went on to become Russian Ambassador in Washington, and a list of staff at the Russian legation there in 1880 lists his wife as Frances Mary Bartholomey. It has always been assumed in the family that she was Scottish, and was a daughter of the Duke of Hamilton...
...Tatiana had an elder sister, Hélène Marguerite De Bartholemey, also apparently born in London, c.1875. In Hélène's marriage banns (in Paris!), her mother's name is given as Marie Broadwood Tormaly Hamilton...
...The Count's marriage failed and Tatiana & Hélène were packed off to a convent, first in Paris & then on the Isle of Wight - Tatiana & Hélène can be found there in the 1891 census, though the transcription on Ancestry leaves a lot to be desired - my great grandmother is listed as "Rola Bartholoma", which highlights one of the problems I've had - how the name is spelt. I have seen it variously with or without the "de", and spelt Bartholomey, Batholomei or Bartholoma...
...The same arises with Tatiana's father - I've seen both Michel and Michail. He remarried & died in Surrey on 31st July 1895, aged 58. (Info from death indexes and Probate register). Tatiana married my great grandfather, Redmond Barton Cafferata, in London in Oct/Nov/Dec 1901 in Kensington...
What I'd really like to know is:
1. Where was Tatiana born? Is it in the BMD indexes? Is there a birth certificate?
2. Were Michel de Bartholomey and Frances Mary married in London? If so, Is it in the BMD indexes? Is there a marriage certificate?
3. Any further light you can shed, including Hélène's exact place of birth.
Many thanks in advance, and Merry Christmas to you all.
