Originally from Switzerland.
Part of the European community in Turkey.
See Historical background.
Edward La Fontaine,
NOT La Frutaine, merchant,
mar Lydia Maltass,
living Constantinople 1844,
had issue:
Sydney James William La Fontaine [poss. Sidney],
born 1846,
mar Edith Amelia Whittall
[born 1860],
the house referred to
in [Kalcas, 1983]
as the Aliberti House, Bornova,
"was known for some time as the Sidney La Fontaine home"
- must be him or his son,
"The house was sacked during the war of 1922.",
had issue:
Audrey La Fontaine, born 1906,
mar 1stly to William Giraud
and had issue,
mar 2ndly to Geoffrey Maltass [unidentified],
she lived in later life in the house referred to
in [Kalcas, 1983]
as the
Jak Topuz House, Bornova,
formerly the Marre House,
in what was once Uzun Sokak.
Richard La Fontaine, born 1883,
mar Daisy Whittall
and had issue.