Constantine (Paul) Negroponte^{[1, 2]}

1831 - 1904  (73 years)

• Name	Constantine (Paul) Negroponte
  Birth	1831	Athens, Attica, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	1904	Piraeus, Attica, Greece
  Notes	Constantine P. Negroponte became a naturalized US citizen on 6 June 1859, according to his passport application. travel: C. P. Negroponte arrived New York from Liverpool on the Scythia (New York Times, 3 Jan 1880); C. P. Negroponte, 52, merchant, Greek, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Bothnia 8 Sep 1880; C. P. Negroponte sailed on the Umbria (New York Tribune, 9 Sep 1888); Constantine P Negroponte, 62, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Servia 1 Sep 1890. Residence, Norfolk, Va.:1885-1892) bds Atlantic Hotel. [3] His namesake lived in Liverpool. The 1894 Liverpool directory lists C.P. Negroponte, cotton merchant, at 43 Exchange Chambers, Bixteth St. One box of merchandise arrived New York on the Baltic for Conas Negroponte (New York Daily Tribune, 27 Oct 1857, p 8). On the day of the 1861 British census, there were two unmarried men named Constantine Negroponte in Liverpool: (1) aged 27, cotton merchant, born in Syros, Greece, lived at 150 Crown Street with Mary Anne Smith, a visitor, and a servant. (2) aged 32, merchant, lodged at 163 Upper Parliament Street [digital record difficult to decipher; scanner says middle initial 'P' and born USA]. Most probably, this man is the latter or neither. Constant P. Negroponte, Greek merchant, residing at Beech House, Fairfield [Greenbank Dr, Sefton Park] was involved in a paternity suit with Sarah Parry, a waitress, 31 Montague Street concerning her child, born 27 Jan 1862. Occupation: Negroponte & Co, cotton buyers 11 Cotton Exchange (1882-1884); cotton exporters 51 Main, Norfolk, Va. (1885-1892). E. Fachiri worked out of the same address. [3] 1893 Galveston, TX directory lists C.P. Negroponte, cotton buyer; office, 2023 Strand, Galveston, TX; rms D. Paterachi [Demosthenes Paterachi, cotton buyer, office 2022 Strand, r. 2024 25th, cor Ave Q.] Perhaps he had a son, Michael, a physician.
  Person ID	I1443	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Aga Paul (Ioannis) Negroponte,   b. 1800, Chios, Greece d. Apr 1862, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Princess Eleni (Constantine) Handjery   d. 14 Jan 1883, Piraeus, Attica, Greece
  Family ID	F610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1831 - Athens, Attica, Greece Death - 1904 - Piraeus, Attica, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		CP Negroponte passport 1859 application
  		C.P. Negroponte passport application page 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 171. [S128] 1861 England Census. [S60] Norfolk City Directories 1880-1931.