Demosthenes (Aristides) Pateraki^[1]

1849 - 1913  (63 years)

• Name	Demosthenes (Aristides) Pateraki
  	Or Paterachi.
  Birth	31 Jul 1849	Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1913	Tarrant County, Texas USA
  	The Texas Death Index for this date lists him twice (two different files), for both Galveston and Harris Counties.
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas
  	Section EA, Lot 086. No Marker. Information courtesy Find A Grave website.
  Notes	According to the 1910 census Demosthene, 56, and Blanche Paterachi, 35, lived at 129 Washington Avenue, Tarrant, Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Occupation: employed as a 'classer' in the cotton trade. According to the 1870 census he was living in New Orleans in a house headed by Ernilien Gallasta, 42, cotton broker, real and personal property valued at $26,000 and $2,000 respectively, along with his wife Polixine, 22, 'keeping house' and Peter Alexander Agelasto, age 4. He applied for a USA passport in 1879, giving his birthdate/place as 31 July 1849, Scio, Turkey. The 1888 and 1889 Galveston, Texas city directory lists him as boarding with A.D. Voisin; his business is given as D. Paterachi & Co., the north side Avenue L between 20th and 21st street (according to the 1890-1891 directory). A Demesther Paterachi, a Greek national aged 20, was aboard The China from Liverpool to New York Oct 1869, with Alexander Michael and Polyxene, 7 months after bearing her second child and 13 months before delivering her third child. Occupation, cotton industry, Memphis, Tn: 1872-1882 cotton clerk buyer, with A. M. Agelasto, 334-336 Front and 12 Union. [2] Residence, Memphis, Tn: 1876-1882, 283 Hernando; 1877, 191 Georgia St. [2] 1893 Galveston, TX directory lists Demosthenes Paterachi, cotton buyer, office 2022 Strand, r. 2024 25th, cor Ave Q.].
  Person ID	I826	Agelasto
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Aristides Pateraki,   b. Abt 1820
  Mother	Marigo (Michael) Agelasto,   b. Abt 1834, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche (Antoine) Voisin,   b. 31 Oct 1865, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 16 Feb 1936, Galveston County, Texas USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	possibly a daughter or sister listed in 1884 Memphis directory: Paterachi Clara Miss, r ns Walker av, 1st e of Hernando rd. [2]
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Jul 1849 - Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey Death - 12 Mar 1913 - Tarrant County, Texas USA Burial - - Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Demosthenes Paterachi Passport Application

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] 1910 US Federal Census. [S79] Memphis Tennessee City Directory.