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Yes, I was just looking at the census. There's another family living in Surrey which may be connected, all with the names very badly transcribed:

1901 England Census
about Antonie Towesso

Name: Antonie Towesso
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rose
Gender: Male
Where born: Cousin, Italy

Civil Parish: Richmond
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary and St Matthias
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Richmond
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 143

Household Members:
Name Age
Carman Tomasso 7
Louisa Tomasso 2
Somdean Tomasso 4
Tresa Tomasso 10 months
Alexander Towesso 11
Annie Towesso 14
Antonie Towesso 34
Francis Towesso 12
John Towesso 8
Rose Towesso 34

The Antonia Diplacido marriage that Alexandra found looks very promising. I wonder where Antonia was in 1901? She's not with her husband, and he's shown as married, not widowed.

There's a Vincent Tomasso in Clerkenwell in 1901, shown as married, but no wife with him, only two sons.

Christiana is actually:

Births Mar 1896
TOMASSO Crescenza Kingston 2a 343

Meltos is

Births Mar 1898
Tomasso Emilio Kingston 2a 374

and Steffanos is

Births Sep 1900
Tomassi Stefana Kingston 2a 365

Then the post 1911 ones are:

Births Dec 1912
TOMASSI Francisco De Placito Kingston 2a 837

Births Sep 1920
Tomassi Rosa C Di Placito Kingston 2a 897

Vincenzo Tomassi married Dominica Capaldi first of all in 1885 before he married Anna Rosa Saviano.

I noticed that in 1891 Antonia Di Placido was boarding with a Capaldi family.

Pauline it might be worth your while to join this society -

http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk/default.htm

If you look at Members Interests there is a member number 281 interested in Tomassi's and Di Placito's. So you might be able to get in touch with them.

Also further to your details of Dorothy's marriages - I have found her first marriage and it confirms her name as Andonia....

Andonia Tomasso m Robert E Johnson Jul Q 1931 Kingston 2a 1707.

(Notice not Richard as you mentioned but if it was a first marriage the family may have faded memories of his name!)

Good work Alexandra in finding the 1931 marriage. I think that my theory that Dorothy was registered as Andonia has proved to be correct.
Maureen