Obituary Charles Gandon (1837-1902)
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History ^[13]
Charles Gandon, born on the 13th June, 1837, began his engineering career as a pupil of Mr. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, under whom he was subsequently engaged on railway works and on the construction of gasworks in Germany.
From 1861 to 1863 he was an Assistant Engineer on the Great Northern Railway, and in the latter year he was appointed Engineer and Manager at Smyrna to the Ottoman Gas Company, There he not only superintended the erection of the gasworks, but conferred lasting benefit on the town by tapping an excellent supply of water.
His good work in Smyrna, earned for him the confidence of the Company, and when he finally settled in England he was elected a member of the Board of Directors.
In 1869, Mr. Gandon left Smyrna to take up the post of Engineer and Manager of the Bombay Gasworks, where he remained until 1872, when he was appointed to the charge of the Para Gasworks, Brazil.
In 1876 Mr. Gandon returned to England as Engineer to the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, which post he held for twenty-one years, and during that period the works of the Company increased greatly in importance.
After his retirement in 1897 he undertook no professional work, although he remained on the Boards of the Ottoman and the Bombay Gas Companies and the Woking Water and Gas Company.
He died at his residence, The Woodlands, Tressillian Crescent, Brockley, on the 8th October, 1902.
Mr. Gandon was a Member of the Society of Engineers and of the Gas Institute, on which bodies he served the office of President in 1885 and 1888 respectively.
He was elected an Associate of the Institution on the 3rd December, 1867, was subsequently placed among the Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 31st May, 1881.

Charles Gandon (1837-1902). Datering en locatie: onbekend Bron: Ref. [14] klik op plaatje(s) om te vergroten

Uit dit huwelijk:^[15]
In het Volkstelling register van 1881 wonen zij allen behalve zoons Charles en Herbert met hun ouders in Aberdalgie Lodge Bell Green, Lewisham, Kent.^{[16] [17]}

In 1915/16, tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, keerden John Gandon en zijn gezin uit Smyrna terug naar Engeland, uitgezonderd zoon Cecil Gandon die in Smyrna de leiding kreeg van de Ottoman Gas Company aldaar. John Gandon overleed spoedig in Engeland, zijn vrouw, dochter Phoebe en zoon Kenneth worden geregeld vermeld als badgasten in Bath (Somerset).
Bath Visitors List (Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Somerset): Mrs. John Gandon (1917), Mr. Kenneth Gandon and Mrs. Gandon (Smyrna), Miss Poebe Gandon (Smyrna) (1916, 1917, 1918).

Obituary John Gandon (1862-1916)
The Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply. Vol. CXXXIII. 15 February 1916 ^[27]
The death took place, somewhat suddenly, after a short illness last Sunday week, of Mr. John Gandon, the Engineer and Manager of the Ottoman Gas Company's works at Smyrna, to which position he was appointed in 1890 - succeeding Mr. H. W. Andrews, who then became Consulting Engineer in London to the Company. Mr. Gandon, whose death at a comparatively early age - he was in his 54th year - will be widely regretted, was on a visit to England, and died at Sydenham , the burial taking place on Thursday, in Nunhead Cemetery. After being educated at the Surrey County School, Cranleigh, he became pupil to his father, the late Mr. Charles Gandon, at the works of the then Crystal Palace District Gas Company, and was for some time at the Saltley works of the Birmingham Corporation Gas Department, subsequently becoming Manager to the Ascot District Gas Company, with whom he remained some three years. Mr. Gandon left Smyrna last March for Athens, in order to transact business from there for his Company, and to communicate with his London office , but he was unable to return to Smyrna, on account of the blockade. He therefore came to England in August, leaving the elder of his two sons, Cecil, in charge of the works at Smyrna. His younger son, Kenneth, is engaged under Mr. S. Y. Shoubridge, at the South Suburban Gas Company's works. Mr. Gandon was an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Besides the two sons, there is one daughter , and he also leaves a widow. With all of them sincere sympathy will be felt.

Vermelding van de Ottoman Gaz Company Ltd met o.a. directeur J. Gandon in de Indicateur Commercial 1898-1899 uitgegeven te Smyrna. Bron: ⇒ Levantine Heritage Foundation

Walker familie op de veranda van hun huis. Achter v.l.n.r. John Gandon (Gas Works Manager), Hetty (Hedwig) Steingel en haar echtgenoot Charles Walker (employee van de Ottoman Railway Company). Vooraan: de kinderen Walker: Alec Issigonis, May, Gerry. Locatie en Datering: Aziziye (thans Camlik, Turkije), 1910 Bron: ⇒ Levantine Heritage Foundation klik op plaatje(s) om te vergroten

Uit dit huwelijk:
"Birth 4-8-1890 at Smyrna, Asia Minor, the wife of John Gandon, a son."^[28] Dit moet dus Cecil of Kenneth zijn.

• 1. Cecil Gandon, ingenieur en directeur bij de Ottoman Gas Company in Smyrna (Turkije) (1917), lid van de Raad van Toezicht van The American Board in Izmir and Izmir International College (1931),^[29] tr. 1917^[30] Paule Louise "Mireille" Cousinery, geb. Smyrna 29-7-1894, ovl. Kent 1982, dr. van Louis Edouard Antoine Cousinery, wolspinner en zeepfabrikant, en van "Marie" Alice Henriette van der Zee (huw. 1893 te Smyrna). Hieruit verder nageslacht bekend (1 zoon). ^[31]

Izmir International College in 1933. Cecil Gandon was hier lid van de Raad van Toezicht. Bron: Ref. [32] klik op plaatje(s) om te vergroten

• 2. Kenneth (Charles Roland) Gandon, geb. Smyrna, werkt bij de South Suburban Gas Company in London (1916), werkt verder aan het door zijn vader ontwikkelde gasvoorzieningensysteem te Smyrna (1920),^[33] later te Athene, tr. Athene 1930^[34] Mary Eveline ("Molly") de Jongh, geb. 1899, ovl. 1986, dr. van Henry Richard de Jongh, scheepsmakelaar en reder, directeur van Thomas Bowen Rees Company Ltd te Smyrna, medeoprichter en directeur van de Egypt & Levant Steamship Company Ltd en stichter van een breiwerk fabriek te Athene,^[35] en van Sophia Dorothea "Dora" Purser. Hieruit verder nageslacht bekend (1 zoon John Gandon woont in Kent).^[36]

• 3. Phoebe Joan Katherine Gandon, geb. Smyrna 19-4-1901, ovl. 6-12-1991, badgast te Bath (1916..1918), tr. St Andrew's Church Bath (Somerset) 9-8-1921^[37] Noel Wright, geb. Whitby, Yorkshire 24-12-1890, ovl. Alverstoke, Hampshire 18-4-1975, klerk (1909), betaalmeester (1915), luitenant betaalmeester (1918), kapitein betaalmeester (1939), gepensioneerd (1945) bij de Royal Navy,^[38] zn. van William Wright en Kate Colenutt. Hieruit verder nageslacht bekend (1 zoon, 1 dochter).

  Advertentie in The Times Newspaper:^[39]
  9-8-1921 At St Andrew's, Bath, by the Rev C Graham Swann M.C. Cousin of the bride, Paymaster-Lieut Noel Wright O.B.E., R.N. Fourth son of the late William Wright, Esq. J.P. And Mrs Wright, of Flowergate Cross, Whitby, to Phoebe Joan Katherine, only daughter of the late John Gandon Esq. M.I.C.E. and Mrs Gandon of Smyrna.

Obituary Herbert Gandon (1867-1910)
The Journal Of Gas Lighting And Water Supply. VOL. CXI. 27 September 1910 ^[48]
We regret to learn of the death, on the 5th inst., at sea, on his way home from South America, of Mr. Herbert Gandon, third son of the late Mr. Charles Gandon, for some years Engineer of the Crystal Palace District (now South Suburban) Gas Company. Deceased was originally with his father at Lower Sydenham , but early in 1900 he obtained the appointment of Superintendent of the Neepsend works of the Sheffield United Gas Company, in succession to Mr. Alexander Allan, who had gone to Nelson. Five years later, Mr. George Martin, the Manager of the Ceara Gas-Works, had to relinquish his position and return to England , and Mr. Gandon was selected to discharge the duties. His engagement was for three years, and in 1908 he came to England on a visit. He, however, renewed the contract for a similar term, and returned to Ceara. At the annual meeting of the Company last October, the Chairman (Mr. F. A. Wallroth) referred in very appreciative terms to the work that Mr. Gandon and the staff had done. Deceased was in his 43rd year, and the cause of death was heart failure.