Alexander (Georges) Grimanelli

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Naturalization, 27 Dec. 1923

Residence, Marseille, France: 1856 & 1885, Ave. Samère; 1892, cours du Chapitre 9.

The 1905 Marseille city directory lists A. Grimanelli, broker, rue de l'Etrieu 33; residence: rue Falque 8.

Godfather to Eve Skyrianos

Alexander married Marie (Demosthenes) Agelasto on 12 Oct 1885 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Marie (daughter of Demosthenes (Michael) Agelasto and Arghyro (Georges) Sechiari) was born on 30 May 1862 in allées des Capucines 45, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 04 Apr 1919 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Etienne Schilizzi, 45, uncle, Manchester businessman; Etienne Ralli, 38; Etienne Frangopulo, 68, Marseille banker, cousin.

Marriage announcement appeared in The Times (London), 26 Oct 1885, p 1.

1. Alexandra (Alexander) Grimanelli was born on 11 Mar 1892 in cours du Chapitre 9, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died in 1949.

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The 1856 Marseille census places a Georges Grimanelli and family at 9 allees de Meilhan. Besides Georges, 49, are his wife Carieles Fanerli, 23, and their sons Pericles, 10, and Jean, 1.

George Grimanelli was among the twenty-one founding members of the Greek church, Marseille, in 1836, a group which also included Paraschewa Sechiari, Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Andre Argenti, George D. Zizinia, Michel Dromocaiti, Michel Petrocochino [probably Michel Dimitrios Petrocochino, rather than Michel Andre Petrocochino], George M. Zizinia, Michel Agelasto, Jean Baltazzi and George Petrocochino (Echinard).

Name:
Father noted as 'Jn' on George's marriage banns: Jean, John, Yannis, Ioannis, etc.

Georges married Hariklea (Alexander) Fenerlis on 22 Jul 1854 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Hariklea was born on 31 Oct 1831 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may be the widow Grimanelli, Boulevard Longchamp 69, Marseille, listed as a principal member of the city's Greek colony, January 1870.

Name:
Clariclée Fenerly according to her marriage banns.

Marie Fanerly according to her daughter's marriage banns.

Notes:

He was widowed - a prior marriage to Helene Lascarachi, according to his marriage banns.