Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi^{[1, 2]}

1815 - 1891  (76 years)

• Name	Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi
  Birth	1815	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 May 1891	allées des Capucines 53, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	His Will proved in London by Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, 1 cours Pierre Puget, Marseille, merchant, son and one of executors. [3, 4]
  Burial	18 May 1891	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  	grec no. 10
  Notes	He was a signatory witness to the birth of his niece Fanny (Theodore) Rodocanachi and (as Paul Rodocanachi) to the birth of Emmanuel (Georges) Zizinia. Residence, Marseille, France: 1842, 1856 allees des Capucines 12; 1849, boulevard Dugommier 5; 1869-1876, allees des Capucines 53. [5] Occupation: merchant. P. E. Rodocanachi was a partner in various companies -- Rodocanachi, Sons and Co., at London, Marseilles, Leghorn, Odessa, St. Petersburg, and Taganrog; and P. Rodocanachi and Co., at Constantinople, when Emmanuel Paul Rodocanachi and Emmanuel Pandeli Rodocanachi retired from the partnership, 19 Jun 1853. The other partners included: Theodore (Pandely) Petrocochino, Danl. N. Petrocochino of St. Petersburg; Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Odessa, Russia; Matteo Mavrogordato [possibly Matteo (Pandely) Mavrogordato or Matthew (Nicolas) Mavrogordato], Michele Petrocochino [possibly Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochinoor Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino; Ambroise P. Mavrogordato [probably Ambrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato]; M. E. Rodocanachi [probably Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi]; G. M. Mavrogordato, Pandely Rodocanachi [likely Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi] (London Gazette 23 Dec 1853). Effective 31 Mar 1860 Stephen Paul Rodocanachi, Theodore Pandia Rodocanachi, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, Theodore Matteo Mavrogordato, Ambrosio Mavrogordato, and Constantine N. Mavrogordato quit the several partnerships as Merchants, operating at St. Petersburgh, under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at Liverpool and New York, under the firm of Peter Pandia Rodocanachi; and at Constantinople, under presumably his firm of Saul E [Emmanuel] Rodocanachi and Co; at Paris, under the firm of Peter [Emmanuel] Rodocanachi; at Odessa and Taganrog, under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at London and Leghorn, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co.; and at Marseilles, under the firm of presumably he and his brother Theodore. Partners who signed the legal statement in addition to those mentioned above included M. E. Rodocanachi, D. N. Petrocochino, Th. Rodocanachi, Georges M. Mavrogordato and Pandely Rodocanachi. (London Gazette 3 July 1860). Paul E. Rodocanachi was in partnership with M. E. Rodocanachi, A.P. Petrocochino, Theodore Em. Rodocanachi, Georges M. Mavrogordato [possibly Zorzis (Matheios) Mavrogordato], Pandely Rodocanachi, Pericles Th. Rodocanachi, Nicholas M. Mavrogordato, N.A. Scanavi and P. Rodocanachi, as Merchants, at Odessa under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, at Rostoff under the firm of Nicholas A. Scanavi, at Marseilles under the firm of Paul and Theodore Rodocanachi, at Leghorn under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co., at Paris under the firm of P. Rodocanachi, and at London under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co., until it was dissolved 12 May 1880 (London Gazette 14 May 1880). Paul Rodocanachi served as the General Consul of Tuscany in Marseille, 1830s-1860s (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 56). According to the 1856 Marseille census, the Rodocanachi household at allees des Capucines 12 consisted of: Paul, merchant, 40; wife Jenny, 30; Emmanuel, 13; Theodore, 12; Henrietta, 10; Pandelli, 7; a governess and four domestic servants; they lived next to Augustus Stephanos & Sozonga Stephanos Ralli, allees des Capucines 14. Signatory marriage witness: Demetrius Petrocochino & Cleopatra Penelope Galatti; Marseille 1865 marriage of Pandia A Ralli & Jenni Rodocanachi; 1876 Marseille marriage of Emmanuel Rodocanachi & Esmeralda Ralli; and the 1874 Marseille marriage of Alexander Skouzes & Zambelou Rodocanachi. Paul Rodocanachi, 32, merchant, allees de Meilhan 19, was a signatory witness at the 5 Sep 1846 Marseille marriage of Jean Demetrius Apalyra & Despinou Scaramanga, along with Michel Agelasto, Michel Petrocochino and George Sechiari. Including Paul four children of Emmanual Paul Rodocanachi & Franga Mavrogordato are on the Agelasto or Negroponte-Agelasto tree: Paul, Theodore, Michel and Marie. P. Rodocanaki is listed as one of the founding members for Greek monuments (1875-1890), Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France. [6] Paul Rodocanachi served in the Marseille Chamber of Commerce (1852-1872); also director of a local bank; industrial merchant. [7] The Brothers Rodocanachi participated in 1822 discussions on establishing an orthodox church in Marseille. [8] He was a witness at the 1853 Marseille wedding of his brother Michel. He was a witness at the 1859 Agelasto-Sechiari marriage in Marseille. He was a signatory witness at the 1872 Marseille wedding of Michael Mavrogordato and Fanny Sechiari. Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi participated in Marseille's Greek church deliberations in 1876 & 1877 (Calapodis). [9]
  Person ID	I236	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Ioanna (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi,   b. 1822   d. 05 Jul 1891, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1841	Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany
  Children	+ 1. Emmanuel (Paul) Rodocanachi,   b. 27 Sep 1842, allées des Capucines 12, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 13 Nov 1900, rue de Longchamp 1, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2010

  
  

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  Birth - 1815 - Chios, Greece Marriage - 25 Nov 1841 - Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany Death - 16 May 1891 - allées des Capucines 53, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Burial - 18 May 1891 - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The street known today as Boulevard d’Athènes has had previous names including Boulevard Dugommier. The extended George Menander Zizinia family lived at boulevard Dugommier 5, 1841-1868, including his wife Zambelou and four children Penelope (her husband Ambrose P. Sechiari, and children Arghyro, Paraskeva, Zambelou & Virginie), Cleopatra (her husband, Theodore E. Rodocanachi and their children, Fanny and Zambelou, and his brother Paul E.), Aglaia (her husband Nicolas M. Dromocaitis and daughter Angelique) and Meandre, who died there in 1852.
  		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The building that most likely replaces Boulevard Dugommier 5; photos 2009
  		allées Léon Gambetta 12, Marseille, France Paul E. and Jenny Rodocanachi lived at 'allees des Capucines 12,' 1842-1856 with their family, including her father Emmanuel Rodocanachi (in 1845) and son Emmanuel who was born there; photo 2009; see note on street numbering. The shield above the door resembles that in the Rodocanachi family coat of arms.

  
  

  Documents		Paul Emmanuel Rododanachi death certificate 16 May 1891, Marseille, France
  		Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi 1891 Probate

  
  

  Headstones		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi family memorial
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi - detail

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] Erato Paris, Les Grecs de Marseille, (Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). [S138] 1856 Marseille Census. [S40] Liverpool Probate Registers, 1891. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S91] Mathieu Grenet, La Frabrique Communautaire, ([thesis] European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, 2010), 171. [S62] Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Revue des études grecques Vol 7 (1892), (Paris), LVIII. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 281,142-143. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 143, note 401. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 177, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5.