Maria Angelina de Candia, born in Chelsea, London, UK, December 1850, died 24 December 1853, Paris, France. Cecilia Maria de Candia, born December 24, 1853, Brighton, UK, died May 26, 1926, Bordighera, Italy; she married Godfrey Pearse, on 29 February 1872 at St.Pauls, Wilton Grove, London. Clelia de Candia, born in 1855, Fulham, London, UK, death date unknown; she was married to Arthur Powys-Vaughan, in May 1875 at St. George's Hanover Square, London. They issued daughter Ivy Clelia G de Candia Powys-Vaughan (1876-1951), and son "Gwyn" Sir Gwynneth de Candia Powys-Vaughan (ca. 1879 - ) Bella Maria de Candia, born 25 December 1857, Fulham, London, UK, died in December 1861 in Brighton. They frequently returned to Italy, living seasonally at the Villa Salviati in Florence, a property Mario had purchased in 1849. Grisi wrote in her diary of the exciting times spent there with distinguished guests drawn from the world of opera and the aristocracy. But she rather preferred their private family vacations at their cottage in Bordighera the place where she felt at home. Death During a trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia, while traveling by train with her family, Grisi was involved in an accident after having crossed the border into Germany. She was taken to a hotel in Berlin, where she spent her last days under the care of a Dr. Isabell. She died there on 29 November 1869, aged 58. Her husband took her body to Paris, where she was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Her tomb is marked with a plain white stone with the inscription "Juliette de Candia". Legacy Her incredibly rich operatic career was compiled in musical records, pictures, and, paintings. Upon her death, her husband donated a large amount for the creation of Sopranos' scholarships at the Paris Opera, the theater that first gave fame to Guiglia's voice. One of her daughters with Mario, Cecilia Maria de Candia, became a recognized writer and married an English gentleman, Godfrey Pearse, and in 1910 published the book The Romance of a Great Singer – A Memoir of Mario. References Notes Sources Beale, Thomas Willert (1890), The Light of Other Days, London: Richard Bentley and Son De Candia, Cecilia Pearse; Frank Hird (1910), The Romance of a Great Singer. A Memoir of Mario, London: Smith and Elder & Co. Engel, Louis (1886), From Mozart to Mario, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1886, pp. 332 and 336–337;