John Constantine (Constantine) Maximo^{[1, 2]}

1845 - 1918  (72 years)

• Name	John Constantine (Constantine) Maximo
  	or Maximos
  Birth	25 Nov 1845	[Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece]
  	DOB according to his US Passport Application.
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 May 1918	Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England UK
  	DOD from gravestone
  Burial	8 May 1918	Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
  	Frangopulo monument, Sec O, plot 50. Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class 1972 39409 N O 51 352 CEM 9/2/7 [3]
  Notes	1860 Syros census: household headed by Constantine Maximos, 65, widower, no profession; sons John, 17, pupil; Nicholas, 26, merchant; George, 22, merchant. [4] 1900 US Federal Census: John C Maximos, 54, resided in New York, New York. [2] 1911 England census for 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, 77, b. Turkey, naturalized Brit, widow, 6 children still living; John C Maximos, 65, b. Greece, son-in-law, widower, married 3 years, two children, one still living, retired cotton broker, USA citizen; Marigo Maximos, 24, b. Virginia, USA, grandaughter, single; 5 servants. [1] Occupation: 1880-1881, cotton broker, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, Santos whf, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, cotton merchant, 87 Pearl, New York City; 1885, cotton exporter 51 Main, Norfolk, Va.; mer bds Atlantic Hotel. [5] Residence: 1860, Syros, Greece; 1877-1879, 5 W. 14th St., Everett House, [Union Square], New York, New York; 1880-1881, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va; 1883-1884, New York; 1884-1885, London, England; 1884, Croxteth Grove-Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1884, 172 Fifth Ave., NYC; Norfolk, Virginia [The Standard (London, England), 19 Jun 1884]; 1893, NYC; 1911, Liverpool, England; at DOD, 45 Ullet Road Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England. [6] He was naturalized USA 24 Apr 1879. He is included in Christopher Long's Maximo tree as the father of Marigo (John) Maximo but unlinked to others. He might be the younger brother of Nicholas Constantine Maximos, born in Greece abt 1836, who lived in the UK, first as a lodger in 1861, then with his elderly father Constantine, born 1795 Greece, in 1871, and later with his wife, Henrietta in 1881. Nicholas, a merchant, 7 Croxteth Grove, Toxteth Park, Lancs & 21 Alexandra Building, Ormond St., Liverpool, received a US patent for a grain drying invention; he was declared bankrupt in 1883 and 1887. Argenti says Maximo but he himself used Maximos. Ship manifests indicate: Jno Maximos, 12 Sep 1978, Liverpool to New York on Baltic; J Maximos, 27 Jul 1892, Liverpool to New York on City of Paris; 7 Jul 1893, J.C. Maximos, New York to Liverpool on Campania, 'married'; John C Maximos, 30 Apr 1901, New York to London on Minneapolis. He attended the 5 Feb 1893 wedding of E. Pilalas and Catherine Elesteropoulo at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, W 53d St., New York City, along with Michel Agelasto, Theodore P. and Mrs. Ralli, and P.P. Negreponte. J. Maximos attended the Jun 1911 funeral of George Ralli. Maximos Brothers and Maximo & Damiano were among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2). Either employee of or friends with Constantine Gunari, 235 E. 57 St., New York, New York. 1873: John C. Maximos was among the 12 Greek merchants maintaining membership in the New York Produce Exchange. [7] He worked with D. G. Maximos, a clerk, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1886) and with George Maximos, Mngr, 51 Main, res. Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1884-1885). [8]
  Person ID	I430	Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Constantine N. Maximo,   b. 1797, Greece d. 2 May 1873, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria (Stamatios) Frangopulo,   b. 11 Oct 1862, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK d. 27 Sep 1886, Mountain Top Hotel, Nelson County, Virginia USA (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1884	Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
  	UK marriage registry reports: Marigo Frangopulo marriage Apr-May-Jun 1884, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, v 8b, p 529. Certificate not examined. Reported in The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 19 Jun 1884. Witnesses: H.C. Maximos, John S. Frangopulo; Archimandrite N. Zerros presiding. [9]
  Children	1. Helen (John) Maximo,   b. Abt Apr 1885   d. Abt Aug 30 1885, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. Marigo Lucia (John) Maximo,   b. 19 Jun 1889, Norfolk, Virginia USA d. Abt Jun 1970, London, England UK (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Nov 1845 - [Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece] Marriage - 14 Jun 1884 - Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Death - 5 May 1918 - Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England UK Burial - 8 May 1918 - Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Everett House, New York, New York John C. Maximos residence, 1856

  
  

  Documents		John C Maximos US passport application
  		John C. Maximos naturalization (USA) document dated 24 Apr 1879

  
  

  Headstones		Smithdown Lane Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England John C. Maximos died 5 May 1918, age 76; photo 2009 [Frangopulo monument face C].
  		Smithdown Lane Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England Frangopulo Monument, side C (detail)

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] 1911 England Census. [S137] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. [S121] Liverpool Toxteth Park Cemetery. [S39] Greek State Archives (Syros). [S78] Norfolk City Directories 1880-1931. 1880-1881, 1883-1884; 1885; 1886 [S78] Norfolk City Directories 1880-1931. 1880-1881, 1883-1884, 1885 [S60] Michael Contopoulos, The Greek Community of New York City, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 42. [S78] Norfolk City Directories 1880-1931. 1884-1886 [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Nov 1996, 12. Records of Christenings and Marriages from the Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool