Despina (Matthew) Rodocanachi^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1912  (74 years)

• Name	Despina (Matthew) Rodocanachi
  Birth	1838	Trieste, Italy/Austria
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Sep 1912	England UK
  	Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 30 Sep 1912. Funeral 2 Oct 1912, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England. Estate administered by Matthew Demetrius Petrocochino and John Matthew Ziffo. [3]
  Burial	02 Oct 1912	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	buried in plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8, reg. pg. 14641, no. 46295. [4]
  Notes	A recent widow she was in partnership with Stephen Emmanuel Petrocochino, who retired 31 Dec 1889, and Eustratius Emmanuel Petrocochino, operating under the firm of Petrocochino Brothers, at Palmerston Buildings, Old Broad Street, London and Manchester and Calcutta, India (London Gazette18 Jul 1890). She was in partnership, until resigning 7 Jan 1898, with John Matthew Ziffo, George Marchetti and Emmanuel Eustratius Petrocochino, carrying on business as Merchants, at Palmerston House, Old Broad Street, London, Manchester, and Calcutta, India, as Petrocochino Brothers (London Gazette 7 Jan 1898). Residence: at DOD, 80 Westbourne Terrace, London, England The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed David E. [Dimitrios Emmanuel] Petrocochino, 39, commission merchant, b. Greece; wife Despina, 23, b. Austria; daughter Alexandra, 2; son Emmanuel, 1; daughther Argiri, 2 months, all b. Liverpool & 5 servants [next door to the Paul Zannis Rodocanachi family]. The 1871 British Census reports the family living at 48 Lancaster Gate, Paddington, London: Demetrius Petrocochino, head, 49, East India merchant, born Smyrna; his wife Despina, 33, born Trieste, Austria; children Alexandra, 12; Imanuel, 11; Argiri, 10; Matthew, 8, all born Liverpool; Angelica, 5, and Stephen, 4, both born London, and 7 employees. Patent, 9 Jan 1894 - Class 13: designs on textile piece goods. Registered design No 225193: registered by Tamvaco and Micrulachi, Merchants, of 38 and 40 Lloyd Street, Manchester and Calcutta. 28 Oct 1896: Assigned to George Marchetti, Eustratius Emmanuel Petrocochino, Despina Demetrius Petrocochino and John Matthew Ziffo, trading in co-partnership as Petrocochino Brothers, 2 Hall Street, Manchester. East India Merchants. [5]
  Person ID	I474	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Dimitrios (Emmanuel) Petrocochino,   b. 1820, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey d. 01 Jan 1887, 48 Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1857	Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
  Children	+ 1. Arghyri (Dimitrios) Petrocochino,   b. 23 Jan 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 17 Jan 1954, Albury, London Road, East Grinstead, Sussex, England UK (Age 92 years) + 2. Angeliki (Dimitrios) Petrocochino,   b. 11 Oct 1865, London, England UK d. 23 Jul 1903, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 37 years) + 3. Stephen Demetrius (Dimitrios) Petrocochino,   b. 03 Apr 1867, [Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK] d. 13 Nov 1932, Low Farm, Darsham, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England UK (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1838 - Trieste, Italy/Austria Marriage - 17 Sep 1857 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Death - 29 Sep 1912 - England UK Burial - 02 Oct 1912 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		80 Westbourne Terrace, London, England The Shaftesbury Premier Hotel. John Ziffo, with his family and his mother-in-law, lived at this address in Bayswater from 1900-1913; photo 2009.
  		48 Lancaster Gate, London, England photo 2009; the address is now part of the Commodore Hotel, Bayswater. The Dimitrios E Petrocochino family lived at from 1871 until his 1887 death.
  		46-48 Lancaster Gate, London, England detail
  		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.
  		Hall Street, Manchester, England Photo 2015. From 1872-1900 in various relationships Stephen Emmanuel Petrocochino, George Marchetti, Eustratius Emmanuel Petrocochino, Despina Demetrius Petrocochino and John Matthew Ziffo, traded as Petrocochino & Co. or Petrocochino Brothers, 2-4 Hall Street, Manchester. Rodocanachi & Sons. also worked out of 2 Hall St. (1868-1869).

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8
  		Despina Demetrius Petrocochino 1912 probate

  
  

  Headstones		West Norwood Cemetery D E Petrocochino Family Vault
  		West Norwood Cemetery D E Petrocochino vault - inscriptions

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] 1861 England Census. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S73] UK National Archives. BT 51/75/225193