John Edward La Fontaine Hubert Victor Whittall Edward Leonard (Eddie) La Fontaine Joan Denise Binns (nee La Fontaine) Peter Morrier La Fontaine Grace Edith La Fontaine James Frederick La Fontaine Whittall Kenneth Edwin La Fontaine Whittall Lily Whittall (nee Williams) Roland James La Fontaine Whittall Phyllis Audrey Landale (nee Gardner) Eilleen Helen La Fontaine (nee Whittall) Percy Kenneth Whittall Lydia Mary Whittall (nee La Fontaine) Adelaide Helen Whittall (nee La Fontaine) Frederick Edwin Whittall Audrey Grace Gardner (nee Whittall) Mary Whittall (nee Malins) Patricia Mildred Eileen Binns (now Lorcin) Betty Ann Whittall (now McKernan)
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The extended La Fontaine and Whittall family group shot.
The little girl on the front on the right is Betty Whittall, later McKernan. The photo was the 60th wedding anniversary (married 1887, photo is from 28 April 1947, Istanbul) of her great-grandparents, Frederick Edwin and Adelaide (known in the family as Lily, nee La Fontaine) Whittall and it shows a number of their children, their wives, their children’s children and wives, and Pat Binns and Betty Whittall, who were the great-grand-daughters.
Information courtesy of Betty McKernan 2007 - hover here for Mrs McKernan’s personal recollections of those times - click here for more photos of the Whittall branch of the family.
Left to right standing: John Edward La Fontaine, Edward Leonard (Eddie) La Fontaine, Joan Denise Binns (nee La Fontaine), Peter Morrier La Fontaine, Grace Edith La Fontaine, Hubert Victor Whittall, James Frederick La Fontaine Whittall, Kenneth Edwin La Fontaine Whittall, Lily Whittall (nee Williams), Roland James La Fontaine Whittall, Phyllis Audrey Landale (nee Gardner), Percy Kenneth Whittall
Left to right sitting: Eilleen Helen La Fontaine (nee Whittall), Lydia Mary Whittall (nee La Fontaine), Adelaide Helen Whittall (nee La Fontaine), Frederick Edwin Whittall, Audrey Grace Gardner (nee Whittall), Mary Whittall (nee Malins)
On the floor, left to right: Patricia Mildred Eileen Binns (now Lorcin), Betty Ann Whittall (now McKernan).
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Frederick Edwin Whittall (1864-1953).
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Frederick Edwin Whittall.
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wife of Frederick Edwin, Adelaide ‘Lily’ Helen Whittall, nee La Fontaine (1867-1948).
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Parents of Adelaide ‘Lily’ Helen Whittall, nee La Fontaine: James Stephen La Fontaine & Helen Barker.
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Grandpa, Edward Leonard La Fontaine (person in the middle, lined behind the suitcase) at work in his office in the J.W. Whittalls office in Istanbul han, near Sirkeci in Istanbul. The tall man immediately to the left of Eddy La Fontaine is Richard La Fontaine and to the left of him the shortish man is Mr. Pavlantos, Chief Accountant. The rest of the crowd are mostly the Import Department staff of J.W. Whittall, taken around 1940s.
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Grandfather Edward Leonard La Fontaine and his kids, Peter La Fontaine on his shoulders, the others being Patricia La Fontaine and John La Fontaine, taken in 1927.
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A view of not of Çeşme as stated but the nearby resort of Ilica, where the La Fontaine family, as with many Izmir Levantines owned a summer house, where many happy summers were spent. The house on the left, nearest was the Verbeke house, neighbouring one the Whitall houses, the prominent house in the middle was owned by the La Fontaine family and later by the third president of Turkey (1950s), Celal Bayar. The nearby pier was called Aunt Ruth (Giraud) Scala [pier] - information courtesy of Harry Charnaud, 2009.
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Family picnic around 1930, from left: Patricia La Fontaine, John La Fontaine, Peter La Fontaine, Edward Leonard La Fontaine (behind his wife: Eileen La Fontaine, nee Whittall), Joan La Fontaine and Grace La Fontaine - all children siblings.
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The family Church of All Saints, Moda, Istanbul.
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The Peter La Fontaine carpet shop in Durban, photographed in the 1973. Below group photos taken in 1998 of me, my father and brother Christian before my father Peter retired and family moved to Britain.
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family tree
Simplified family tree to show the ancestry of contributor Edwin La Fontaine.
La Fontaine boot advert
Advert for imported boots from America from the Edward La Fontaine firm, probably Edward La Fontaine (first name was used regularly by the family over the generations) - 1806-1886.
Gallery from the Yolande Whittall archive