Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari^[1]

1766 - 1841  (75 years)

• Name	Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari
  	Name on death certificate reads Parascheva Sechiari.
  Birth	1766
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Aug 1841	allées de Meilhan 80, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Signatory witnesses to his death included Etienne Rodocanachi, 44, merchant, allees de Meilhan 63 and Auguste Argenti, 45, merchant, rue Senac 27, Marseille, France.
  Burial	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  Notes	Pierre Schilizzi, 39, merchant, allees de Meilhan 16[?] and Paraskeva Sechiari, 55, merchant, allees de Maylan 49 were signatory witnesses to the 1828 death of Angelique Agelasto. The latter's age differs from that reported by Argenti for Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari by 7 years. Residence: 1841, allees de Meilhan 80, Marseille, France. Occupation: rentier. Paraschewa Sechiari was among the twenty-one founding members of the Greek church, Marseille, in 1836, a group which also included 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, George Petrocochino and George Grimanelli (Echinard). In 1826 Paraskevas Sekiaris was elected a curator of the Greek Orthodox church on the rue de la grande-Armée, Marseille. [2, 3] Paraskevas Sechiari worked to establish orthodox presence in Marseille. Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari directed the Smyrna branch of Sechiari & Argenti, maternal uncle of Pandely [Leonidas] Argenti. Arrived Marseille in 1822 and acted as financier. With his two sons: Thomas Paraskevas Sechiari and George Paraskevas Sechiari, he managed the Galatz branch, at the time named Argenti & Cie. [4]
  Person ID	I207	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2014

  
  

  Family	Arghyro (George) Ralli,   b. 1775, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 23 Sep 1863, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 88 years)
  Notes	Another son may be Georges (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1803-1884).
  Children	+ 1. Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari,   b. 08 Sep 1812, Chios, Greece d. 09 Nov 1876, boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 64 years) + 2. Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari,   b. 1817, Chios, Greece d. 20 Feb 1885, cours Pierre Puget 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 27 Aug 1841 - allées de Meilhan 80, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Burial - - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  allées Léon Gambetta 34-32-30-28, Marseille, France Even numbers on the street stop at 40. At the time of his 1845 marriage Ambrouzis Sechiari lived with his widowed mother, Arghyro, at 'alles de Meihan 80,' where his father, Paraskeva, had died in 1841; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.

  
  

  Documents

  Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari death certificate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Paraskeva Augustus Sechiari, his wife Arghyri Paraskevas Sechiari; Theodore Paraskeva & Maria Sechiari; Maria George Sechiari; cemetery records suggest Ambrose and Penelope Sechiari are also here.
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Paraskeva Augustus Sechiari
  		St Pierre Cemetery, Marseille Sechiari tomb - detail: Here lies PARASKEVAS SECHIARI from Chios. Died 15/27 August 1841 at the age of 70 years; Here lies ARGHYRÌ, WIFE OF PARASKEVAS SECHIARI. Died 16/28 September 1863 at the age of 90 years; Here lies MARIA, WIFE OF GEORGE SECHIARI. Died 8/20 September 1868 at the age of 55 years

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Pierre Echinard, Grecs et Philhellènes à Marseille, (Marseille: l'Institut Historique de Provence, 1973), 284. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 73. [S91] Mathieu Grenet, La Frabrique Communautaire, ([thesis] European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, 2010), 267, footnote 99; 278, also footnote 145. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 225, 224; 73,143.