Alexander (Stephen) Petrocochino^{[1, 2]}

1874 - 1942  (68 years)

• Name	Alexander (Stephen) Petrocochino
  Birth	11 Aug 1874	Calcutta, Bengal, British India
  	Birth announcement in Times of India, 20 Jul 1929. Argenti says 14 Aug 1874.
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Nov 1942	The Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  	DOD established by UK probate. Argenti lists no other Alexander Stephen Petrocochino.
  Notes	He was a partner in Petrocochino Brothers, until dissolved 31 Dec 1924, with George Marchetti, Stephen Petrocochino and John Matthew Ziffo, 57 Palmerston House, Old Broad St., London and 4 Clive St., Calcutta (The London Gazette, 2 Jan 1925). He was in partnership, until dissolved 31 Dec 1924 with John Matthew Ziffo, George Marchetti, Stephen Demetrius Petrocochino and Emmanuel Stephen Petrocochino carrying on business as Merchants, at 57 Palmerston House, Old Broad Street, London, and at Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester, and at No. 4, Clive Street, Calcutta, as Petrocochino Brothers (London Gazette 2 Jan 1925). The 1881 British Census reports that the family living at Claremont Villas, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford, Lancs. included: Stephen E. Petrocochino, head, 41, East Indian merchant, born Smyrna; his wife Semira S., 31, born London; children Manoli S., 7; Alexander S., 6, Marigo S., 5, all born Calcutta; Demetrius S., 2, born Ilford, England; Matthew D., nephew, 18, born Liverpool; and 4 servants. A.S. Petrocochino is included in the list: Greek presence in India between 1900-1950 from Thacker's Directory and Greek Church archives. [3] PETROCOCHINO A served in WWI [4] Alexander Petrocochino [57 Palmerston House; abode: Clive Ghant St., Calcutta] appears on the 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 electoral register, London parliamentary division, City of London county/borough. Residence: at DOD Athens, Greece.
  Person ID	I1633	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Stephen (Emmanuel) Petrocochino,   b. 28 Dec 1840, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey d. 14 Jun 1912, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 29 May 1849, London, England UK d. 13 Jun 1927, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1871	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: E. Em. Petrocochino and Despina D. Petrocochino; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 84. [5] Marriage notice appeared in The Pall Mall Gazette (London) 14 Aug 1871.
  Family ID	F683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Aug 1874 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Death - 09 Nov 1942 - The Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London, England photo on its wiki website, which says that Palmerston House, 51-55 Broad Street, was one of the buildings that used to occupy this plot..."a building that survived from the 19th century, through both world wars. It was named after the Third Viscount Palmerston."
  		WWII bomb damaged to Old Broad Street, London, England "A bomb fell on the vacant site between Palmerston House (no.34) and the Bank of Taiwan (nos.40-41) 3.44pm 15th July 1944," according to the City of London website. Earlier Petrocochino Brothers had had its offices in Suite 57 (1889-1924).
  		WWII bomb damage to Old Broad Street, London, England Palmerston House is on the right.
  		The Stephen Petrokokkinos Family including his wife Semira Frangiadi and their children Dimitrios, Manolis, Alexander and Maria; photo courtesy Greek and Linked European Families website.
  		Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester, England The offices of Petrocochino Bros. (until 1925).
  		Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester, England detail; a restoration of the structure retained the original facade.
  		Orient House, Granby Row, Manchester, England detail

  
  

  Documents

  Alexander Stephen Petrocochino 1943 probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S57] Dione Marcos-Dodis, A Chronicle of the Greeks in India: 1750-1950, (Dodoni Publications, Athens, 2002; ISBN 960-385-160-4). [S73] UK National Archives. WO 339/112398 [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Mar 1977, 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]