Andreas Nicolas (Nicolas) Argenti^{[1, 2]}

1804 - 1878  (73 years)

• Name	Andreas Nicolas (Nicolas) Argenti
  Birth	16 Nov 1804	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jun 1878	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  Burial	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  Notes	Occupation: merchant. Residence, Marseille, France: 1830, allees de Meilhan 51; 1837, allees de Meilhan 6; 1838, allees de Meilhan 8; 1842, rue Senac 2; 1843-63, allees des Capucines 18/allee de Meilhan 18. Signatory witness, Marseille: 1830 birth of Etienne Petros Schilizzi; 1833 marriage of George (Demetrius) Zizinia and Batou (Thomas) Galatti; 1838 birth of Angélique Erato (Georges) Zizinia; 1842 birth of Marie Pénélope (Georges) Zizinia and births of twin sisters Marigo (Petros) Vlasto and Angelique (Petros) Vlasto; 1846 birth of Ménandre Périclès Zizinia; 1848 wedding of Cleopatre (Georges) Zizinia and Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi; 1849 Ralli-Rodocanachi marriage; 1850 marriage of Aglaïa (Georges) Zizinia; 1851 marriage of his cousin Leonidas - Julia Ralli; 1854 marriage of Michael Sevastopoulos & Smaragda Zizinia;1857 birth of Virginie Sechiari; 1865 marriage of Pandia A Ralli & Jenni Rodocanachi. According to the 1841 Marseille census the Argenti household at rue Senac 2 consisted of Andre, merchant; wife Julia; Nicolas; Alexandre; Poulatei [Pandely]; Fanni [Theophanie]; and four domestic servants. The 1856 census reports the family, now at allees des Capucines, 18, comprised Andre, merchant; wife Julia Ralli; Theodora Galati, 75 [his mother, a martyr's widow]; Paulymini, 12 1/2 [Polymnia]; Julie, 10 1/2; a governess and four servants. Lived next to Augustus Stephanos & Sozonga Stephanos Ralli, allees des Capucines 14. Andre Argenti was among the twenty-one founding members of the Greek church, Marseille, in 1836, a group which also included Paraschewa Sechiari, Emmanuel Rodocanachi, 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). [3] Resided in Marseille since 1822. French naturalization (see particulars) [4, 5] He is likely being referred to as "An Argenti (related to the Ralli family by marriage) was in charge in Marseilles..." in regards to the Ralli merchant network. [6] Married to Julia Ralli, he was head of the Ralli merchant house in Marseille, under the name of Ralli Schilizzi Argenti. [7] Ralli Schilizzi & Argenti integrated Auguste Ralli…and his two sons-in-law Andre Nicholas Argenti and Pierre Emmanuel Schilizzi. [7]
  Person ID	I518	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Loula (Alexander) Ralli,   b. Jun 1808, Chios, Greece d. Dec 1870 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1832	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  Notes	Another son, Nicolas, is on the main Agelasto tree.
  Children	1. Polymnia (Andreas) Argenti,   b. 05 Nov 1843, allées des Capucines 18, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 11 Aug 1921, rue Paradis 310, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 77 years) + 2. Julie (Andreas) Argenti,   b. 05 Apr 1845, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 06 Dec 1921, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 76 years)
  Documents		Argenti - Ralli 1832 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille
  		Argenti - Ralli 1832 marriage Marseille, France
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2011

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Nov 1804 - Chios, Greece Marriage - 31 Oct 1832 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 21 Jun 1878 - 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 » Slide Show		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The street known today as Boulevard d’Athènes has had previous names including Boulevard des Trois-Journées. Andre and Julia Argenti lived at boulevard des Trois-Journees 7, Marseille, France where their son Nicolas was born in 1834. The current building's address is 5-9, with no number 7.
  		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The building that most likely replaces Boulevard des Trois-Journées 7; photos 2009
  		rue Sénac 2, Marseille, France Andre and Julia Argenti lived at this address with their son Nicolas in 1842; photo 2009.
  		allées Léon Gambetta 6, Marseille, France Andre N. Argenti lived at 'allees de Meilhan 6' in 1837, presumably with his wife and son Nicolas; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
  		allées Léon Gambetta 8, Marseille, France Andre N. Argenti used the address 'allees de Meilhan 8' in 1838; number 8 is second building from the right; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
  		allées Léon Gambetta 18, Marseille, France Andre and Loula Argenti lived from 1843-57 at allees des Capucines/Meilhan 18, with their family, which included daughter Polymnia and husband Etienne Ralli (1867-70) and daughter Julie and husband Jean Scaramanga and their children, including Julie, born there in 1872; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
  		allées Léon Gambetta 51, Marseille, France Andre Argenti gave his address as 'allees de Meilhan 51' in 1830; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.

  
  

  Documents		Andre Argenti Death Certificate
  		Andre Argenti French naturalization Source: BAS NET searchable database

  
  

  Headstones		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Andre N. Argenti; Jean S. Scaramanga (1892-1916); Catherine Scaramanga (1907-2004); Despina Vlasto (1? Sep 1877 - 10 Oct ??); Marculette Scaramanga (10 Dec 1874 - 1 Nov ??).
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Andre N. Argenti monument - detail

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Pierre Echinard, Grecs et Philhellènes à Marseille, (Marseille: l'Institut Historique de Provence, 1973), 284. [S149] 1841 Marseille Census. [S91] Mathieu Grenet, La Frabrique Communautaire, ([thesis] European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, 2010), 267, footnote 99. [S77] BAS NET. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 91, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. [S79] John Athanasios Mazis, The Greeks of Odessa, (2004: East European Monographs, Boulder/Columbia University Press, New York ), 41. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 226.