Alexander Alexander [Michael] (Alexander) Agelasto, Jr.

Notes:

Occupation: 1900, cotton merchant and broker, Norfolk, VA; from 1915, employee, United States Department of Agriculture (DOA). 1917, specialist in charge, Office of Markets and Rural Organization, DOA, 225 Carondelet, New Orleans, LA; 1918-22: specialist in cotton classing dept, DOA, Washington, DC; 1920, government cotton specialist.

Employment history: 1888-1891, agency clerk, McCullough Building, Water St. cr. Fayette, Norfolk, VA; 1906, cotton broker; Dec 1907 - Jan 1908, indicted, tried and acquitted for fraud; appointed assistant in cotton business methods, Office of Markets and Rural Organization, US Dept. of Agriculture(Washington Post, 4 Jul 1915); from 1920: staff member, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, US Dept. of Agriculture, Washington DC.; 1921, lead author of "The Cotton Situation," 1921 USDA Agriculture Yearbook, pp 323-406; 1943, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Distribution, Administration, Cotton and Fiber Branch, 12th and C St SW, Washington DC.

Residence: Norfolk, Va.: 1882-1886, 24 Botetourt; 1886-1897, 18 York; 1894, student [Alex M jr.], 913 N Calvert, Baltimore, MD; 1898, 54 (18) York; 1898-1912, 54 York; 1906, apparently living in Liverpool, England, and returned to US shortly before father’s death; 1913-1914, 426 W York; 1915, 518 Colonial Av; 1917, 1737 Jackson Av, New Orleans, LA; 1918-1920, Aurora Apartments n 2, 1846 Vernon NW, Washington, DC; 1921, Apt 401, 2426 19th St NW, Washington DC; 1930-1933, 2922 18th St. NW, Washington, DC.; 1937, 1943: 2019 Allen Place NW, Washington DC.

Travel: 10 May 1899, Liverpool on the Germanic from New York; A.A. Agelasto, 22, male, departed Liverpool 13 Jun 1891 for New York aboard the Alaska; 29 June 1906, Liverpool to New York, Lucania.

Appears in a photo with his brothers, taken in Memphis, where his father was a founding member of the Memphis Cotton Exchange. The boys are, from left to right: Alexander Michael, Peter and Michael.

According to Peter A. Agelasto III, his grandfather, Peter A Agelasto, had to work hard to pay the debts that his younger brother Alexander ran up in trying to run the cotton business after their father (Alexander Michael) died. The Grandy family that controlled Seaboard Bank, on which great grandfather had been a board member, let them stay in their house for a few years although it was mortgaged and taken over by the bank.

1933, apparently ran a dog breeding operation. From a classified ad in the 8 Jan 1933 Washington Post: "Puppies--Boston Terriers, pedigreed. Adams 5902. Call at 2022 18th St. NW ...and seven cute little pups are sold...Mr. Agelasto, 2922 18th street northwest, was offered music lessons, jewelry and other articles in exchange for his puppies, but Post readers paid cash for all seven. Mr. Agelasto was highly pleased with the number and character of calls."

Education: 1892-93, student in Arts, St Johns College [Johns Hopkins University], Annapolis MD, USA. Sports: He participated in the Johns Hopkins University Athletic Association (Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb 1889, p 4); on rooster of 10-man Johns Hopkins University's 'Ninety-one's' football team (Baltimore Sun, 22 Oct 1890, p 6).

He is listed in the Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, 1 Feb 1910, as cotton broker.

The following 2008 note is from George Scrini, the great-grandson of Virginia Mavrogordato Scrini, who was Alexander's aunt and god-mother[perhaps secretive as it is unclear whether Alexander's parents knew that she had had their son baptized].

"Earlier in the year, we were in Chios and did an interview for the local paper about my connections with Chios. They did their own research and came up with a mention of Virginia and Alexander in a book by the authoress Penelope Delta. Her maiden name was Benaki (Benaki Museum in Athens) and her family had met the Scrinis while on holiday in Llandudno in North Wales. Alexander was about 13 at the time. He was 'a spoilt little boy who refused to speak any Greek!'"


He donated objects to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington, DC, with correspondence dating 11 May 1937 and 10 Aug 1943. The several items were lent to the Smithsonian in 1937 and later given as a gift in 1938. Their records show that the items were acquired in India by his father, A.M. Sr., on a trip in 1875.

A. M. Agelasto, Jr. was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange in 1907. He is on a list of 34 cotton traders on the Exchange who lived in the U.S. South. The newspaper article concerns a congressional investigation over the Exchange's 'gambling methods.' ("The Cotton Exchange Side of It," Atlanta Constitution, 1 Mar 1907, p 6)

He was one of the three Department of Agriculture agents conducting a public investigation of cotton exchanges in Southern cities, including Norfolk, Va., 26 Aug 1918 ("Probing the Disparity in Prices of Cotton," The Atlanta Constitution, 27 Aug 1918).

Attended a social event at the Norfolk Country Club (Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb 1911).

He gave a two-spotted gourami to the National Zoo, Washington, DC. (New York Times, 3 Nov 1935, p N1).

He and his brother Mickey played the amateur tennis circuit.

"A.M. Agelasto, of the office of markets and rural organization, is taking a week's vacation at Norfolk" ("In Uncle Sam's Government Departments," Washington Post, 2 Jul 1916, p A5).

Stayed at the Navarre Hotel, New York City ("Glimpses of Washingtonians Visiting the Metropolis," Washington Post, 5 May 1919).

Business address, Norfolk, Va.: com mer (1882-1884); mngr Ralli Bros agcy (1885-1886); agt Ralli Bro’s Agency, 40 Main St. (1888); agt , McCullough 1 Water cor Fayette (1889-1892); clk/agt Ralli Bros 27 (29) Plume St. cor Randolph (1893-1897); agt Ralli Bros’ Agency, Front cor 3d, Atlantic City (1898-1900); cotton dir Ralli Bros 42 Front (1900-1903); A.M.A. & Son, 42 Front (1904-1906); A. M. Agelasto & Son (Alex M. Agelasto Jr.) cotton exporters Front cor 3d, Atlantic City (1907); A. M. Agelasto & Son (Inc), cotton brokers Front, A. Am. Agelasto Jr. v-pres (1908-1909); pres Atlantic Mnfg Co. (1910-1914); cotton broker (1915).

1900 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Alex M Agelasto, 67, b. Feb 1833, Greece; naturalized, parents b. Greece, Cotton Buyer, own home, Married 1866 (34 years); wife Polyrene M Agelasto, 53, b. Jan 1847, Greece; parents b. Greece, both immigrated 1859, 41 years in US; sons Peter A Agelasto, 31, b. Mar 1869, India, lawyer; Michael A Agelasto, 29, b. Apr 1871, Greece, electrical engineer, both immigrated 1877, naturalized, 23 years in the US; Alex M Agelasto Jr, 26, b. Dec 1873, Louisiana, all single, cotton buyer; and one servant.

1910 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Mrs. P. Agelasto, 62, b. 1848, Greece, widowed, parents b. Greece, naturalized, own home, married 40 years, 3/3 children living; son P Agelasto, 40, b. 1870, India, immigrated 1900, Married, parents b. Greece; lawyer, naturalized; Daughter-in-law Catherine Agelasto, 29, b. 1881, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, 5 years married; grandson Alex Agelasto Jr., 5, b. 1905, Virginia; father b. India; mother b. Virginia; sons Mickey Agelasto, 38, b. 1872 Greece; immigrated 1890, naturalized, single, parents b. Greece, Cotton Mill manager, Alex Agelasto Sr., 37, b. 1873 Louisiana, Married, parents b. Greece, clerk cotton mill, married 7 years; Daughter-in-law Mary W. Agelasto, 26, b. 1884, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, all native English speakers, can read/write.

1930 US federal census: 2922 18th St., Washington, DC household headed by Alexander Angelasto [sic], owner, house valued at $13,000, 56, 27 y.o. at marriage; b. Louisiana, parents b. Greece, cotton specialist, US Government; wife Dorothy, 48, 21 y.o. at marriage; b. Virginia, parents b. Virginia.

Name:
Recorded as Alexandre Alexandre Agelasto on his birth certificate and Alexander Michael on his gravestone. While his father A.M. Agelasto lived, he referred to himself as A.M. Agelasto Jr. He apparently also anglicized his spelling from Alexandre to Alexander and from Michel to Michael. The 1900 census calls him Alex M. Jr.

Birth:
14 Nov 1873, according to death certificate.

Christened:
He was baptised by Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis. The church register exceptionally does not include the father's given name, although it gives his occupation as merchant and the address as Southport [Merseyside, Lancashire]. It states that the 4-year-old child came from America. The God-parent is Ms. Scrini [Virginia Scrini, his maternal aunt]. [Speculation: In Orthodox tradition a son can have the same given name as his father, only if the father is deceased by the time of the son's baptism, which was clearly not the case in this situation. Thus, the father's name is omitted.]

Buried:
Elmwood Cemetery record: AGELASTO, ALEX M I28110 Section ELM, Block 7TH A E, Lot 15, Space 8 0 05/22/1947

Alexander married Mary Higgins (Joseph) Walton on 18 Jun 1902 in Norfolk, Virginia USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph Alfred (David) Walton and Mary Caroline (Ignatius) Higgins) was born on 23 Apr 1880 in Norfolk, Virginia USA; died on 15 Apr 1970 in Manassas Manor Nursing Home, 625 Maple St., Manassas, Prince William, Virginia USA; was buried on 27 Apr 1970 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The Baltimore Sun erroneously reported: "Miss Mary Walton, well known in Baltimore, was married today to Mr. M. A. Agelasto" (19 Jun 1902, p 10).

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Education: Smyrna and Athens

Alex. Agelasto, 32, East 10th St., New York, merchant, white, unmarried, born Greece, is registered in the consolidated list of persons eligible for military service, enumerated May-June 1863, Eighth Congressional District, New York. [The draft was initiated by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and reformed in March 1863. All men between 20 and 45 years of age were required to register. This included non-citizens. With news of the Battle of Gettysburg, the draft resistance in July 1863, primarily from Irish immigrants, caused riots in New York. Parker Agelasto]

1900 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Alex M Agelasto, 67, b. Feb 1833, Greece; naturalized, parents b. Greece, Cotton Buyer, own home, Married 1866 (34 years); wife Polyrene M Agelasto, 53, b. Jan 1847, Greece; parents b. Greece, both immigrated 1859, 41 years in US; sons Peter A Agelasto, 31, b. Mar 1869, India, lawyer; Michael A Agelasto, 29, b. Apr 1871, Greece, electrical engineer, both immigrated 1877, naturalized, 23 years in the US; Alex M Agelasto Jr, 26, b. Dec 1873, Louisiana, all single, cotton buyer; and one servant.

Name:
His marriage certificate lists his mother as Maria Negroponte.

Birth:
The 1900 Norfolk, Va. census gives his birth date as Feb 1833. Extrapolation of data from the 1869 Syros voter register (in the Greek national archives) and the digitized oath of Syros citizenship register suggest the birth year to be about 1831. The baptism registers of the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ, Syros, available for the years 1831-1834, 1835-1851, 1852-1860 and 1897-1912, but have been examined for only for 1835, the year his brother John was born and baptized.

His passport application and naturalization papers do not give a birth date.

Died:
Cause of death: pneumonia

Buried:
Lot 15, 7th A. East Elm.

Alexander married Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato on 02 Feb 1866 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Polyxene (daughter of Alexander (Michael) Mavrogordato and Polunia (Pandias) Ralli) was born on 05 Jan 1846 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 01 Sep 1934 in 4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1934 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1870, New Orleans presumably, but she is not listed with her 4-year-old son, who lived in a household headed by Ernilien Gallasta, 42, cotton broker, and her nephew Demosthenes (Aristides) Pateraki; 1880, Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin; 1900-1913, 54 York St., Norfolk, Va.; 1913-1917, 426 W York; 1918-1923, 800 Armistead Bridge Rd; 1923, Apt 206 Carenstead Court ; 1930, Hague Apts., Norfolk, Va.

Her sister Victoria is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Agelasto, of Norfolk, stayed at the Rennert (Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan 1906).

1900 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Alex M Agelasto, 67, b. Feb 1833, Greece; naturalized, parents b. Greece, Cotton Buyer, own home, Married 1866 (34 years); wife Polyrene M Agelasto, 53, b. Jan 1847, Greece; parents b. Greece, both immigrated 1859, 41 years in US; sons Peter A Agelasto, 31, b. Mar 1869, India, lawyer; Michael A Agelasto, 29, b. Apr 1871, Greece, electrical engineer, both immigrated 1877, naturalized, 23 years in the US; Alex M Agelasto Jr, 26, b. Dec 1873, Louisiana, all single, cotton buyer; and one servant.

1910 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Mrs. P. Agelasto, 62, b. 1848, Greece, widowed, parents b. Greece, naturalized, own home, married 40 years, 3/3 children living; son P Agelasto, 40, b. 1870, India, immigrated 1900, Married, parents b. Greece; lawyer, naturalized; Daughter-in-law Catherine Agelasto, 29, b. 1881, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, 5 years married; grandson Alex Agelasto Jr., 5, b. 1905, Virginia; father b. India; mother b. Virginia; sons Mickey Agelasto, 38, b. 1872 Greece; immigrated 1890, naturalized, single, parents b. Greece, Cotton Mill manager, Alex Agelasto Sr., 37, b. 1873 Louisiana, Married, parents b. Greece, clerk cotton mill, married 7 years; Daughter-in-law Mary W. Agelasto, 26, b. 1884, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, all native English speakers, can read/write.

1930 US federal census: Hague Apartments, 617 Fairfax Avneue, Olney Road, Norfolk, Va. household headed by Michael Agelasto, renter, 58, single, b. Greece, parents b. Greece, arrived USA 1880, naturalized, manager cotton mill; mother Pauline [sic], 77, widow, 20 y.o. at marriage; naturalized, arrived USA 1977; Alexandria [sic], nephew, 25, single, b. Virginia, father b. India, mother b. Virginia, lawyer.

Birth:
14 Nov 1846, according to death certificate.

Buried:
Elmwood Cemetery record: AGELASTO, POLYXENE I28118 Section ELM, Block 7TH A E, Lot 15, Space 9 0 09/02/1934

Died:
2 Sep 1934, according to death certificate.

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Married:
At 6 pm, in Alexander Mavrogordato´s domicile. Date from registered marriage certificate. Argenti says 08 Nov 1865.

Ceremony was performed by Father Ioannis Lagogiannis, priest at the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour Christ.

Marriage Contract: Syros, Greece, 9 Feb/28 Jan 1866 (Roman/Greek calendar).

Notes:

Ralli & Agelasto operated in the silk trade in Marseille in 1860-61. See, Gregorii Valerianovich Melgunof, Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres oder die Nordprovinzen Persiens (Adamant Media Corporation, 2004), p. 286.

He is the "Mr Agelasto" referred to in the following anecdote. According to John (Matthew) Ziffo, his father Matthew Alexander Ziffo "was born in the Island of Chios about 2 1/2 years before the Massacre. On that terrible day his Mother with her two daughters, and a young maid, carrying my Father, took to the mountains to cross the island; following a long trail of refugees and guided by shepherds over mule paths. The maid soon got tired, left the child on the mountain side and fled. A Mr Agelasto, the father of John Agelasto whose firm (Frangopulo Agelasto & Co of London and Liverpool) [Theodore (Matthew) Ziffo] joined when he came to London, was following and recognizing the child picked him up and took him to the island of Syra. By a fortunate coincidence his mother and sisters also landed in Syra. One can imagine her joy at being re-united with her boy whom she had feared lost."

He is the distinguished gentleman whose portrait is omnipresent at the top right of these webpages.

Parker Agelasto has found four copies of a photo taken in Marseille that is believed to be Michael Pandely Agelasto, same as the portrait miniature. There are a lot of similarities to the portrait miniature, but the two pictures are separated by about 20 years. Similarly, one is a real photo the other an artist likeness of the sitter.

He was in partnership as merchants, at Marseilles, under the firm of Petrocochino, Agelasto & Co.; at Constantinople, under the firm of E. M. Vuro and Co.; at Galatz [sic], under the firm of D. C. Climi and Co.; at Ibraila and Bucharest, under the firm of Parembli and Climi; and at London, under the firm of Petrocochino and Co., until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1861. The other partners included George Petrocochino, Michael Vuro, M. Parembli, Anthony Vlasto, J. M. Agelasto, A. D. Syngros and A. N. Damiano (London Gazette 28 Mar 1862). An earlier notice appeared 18 Mar 1862 with the typo M. P. Agelasts.).

Michel Agelasto, 55, merchant, allees des Capucines 15, was a signatory witness to the marriage of Michel Parembli and Aspasia Dromacaiti, 4 Jun 1857.

He was a signatory witness to the 1849 marriage of Antoine Nicholas Petrocochino and Euthalie George Petrocochino.

Michael Agelasto signed a letter to the provisory Greek Parliament in 1825 demanding it include a Chiot deputy. This suggests he lived briefly in Syros after fleeing Chios in 1822 and before settling in Marseille.

27 Nov 1834: Michael Agelasto, 32, married, born Chios, merchant, arriving Syros 1824, swore allegiance to the government at the Syros tribunal (before the town hall was built). Stephen Agelasto [possibly his third cousin Stephanos (Augustis) Agelasto], who arrived on Syros also in 1824, took the oath the same day.

M.P. Agelasto was among the 327 Chiot refugees in Syros who signed a letter dated 10 Jul 1829 to the Governor of Greece.

M. P. Agelasto was co-administrator of the will [see source] of a parish priest who set up scholarships for young Marseille Chiots in 1861.

P.P. Negroponte and M. Agelesti, both with the firm Negroponte & Agelastl (sic) were among the more than thirty merchants, "citizens of New Orleans and inhabitants of Louisiana," who signed an open letter written under the seal of the City of New Orleans to Dr. John E. E. Ealino in The Charleston Mercury 19 Jan 1860, p 2, praising the physician's skills as his former patients and welcoming him as a winter resident of New Orleans. This man's son, Alexander M., settled in New Orleans after an 1860 visit on which, perhaps, he was accompanied by his father.

"Brig Walter Scott, Leighton, Matamoras 30 ds., with cotton to Negreponte & Agelasto. Oct. 18 [1863], off Tortugas, was boarded by U.S. gunboat Clyde" (New York Times 6 Nov 1863, p 8.

Michel Agelasto is referenced as one of the 1822 massacre refugees who arrived in Marseille (Echinard); This Michel fled to Syros and didn't arrive in Marseille until at least after 1835.

1871 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by J M Agelasto, 35, merchant, b. Syros, Greece; wife Aglaia, 29, b. Marseille; sons Michel, 5; Pendley, 4; daughters Katherine, 3; Mary, 2 mos., Alexandra, 11 months; all b. London; father Michael P., 68, retired merchant; mother Marie M., 57, both b. Chios [Scio, Turkey]; & 6 servants.

Philanthropy: in 1867 M(ichael) P. Agelasto donated 100 Francs to Chios Schools; Michael Agelasto & Son donated 250 Francs and M(ichael) P. Agelasto 100 Francs to the Chios Hospital according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. In 1972 Michael P. Agelasto again gave 200 Francs to the hospital. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, he contributed to the hospital in various years from 1874-1880.

M. Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 300 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Petrocochino-Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 250 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Died:
Argenti incorrectly says 20 Oct 1886.

Buried:
Cemetery 1886 register line entry 9141 midi carré 1, ter grec, no. 2, residence rue de la Biblioteque 24. Register notes: 15 Oct 1894 [year after his wife's death] he was moved to carré 1, ter grec, 3d rue, no. 11.

Michael married Maria (Ioannis) Parembli on 12 Mar 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Maria (daughter of Ioannis Parembli and Arghyro Damiano) was born in 1811 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Feb 1893 in quartier Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 19 Feb 1893 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residences: The 1851 London census registers "Maria Agelasto, Greek native, a merchant's wife", as living with her daughter, Lucy, her son-in-law and their newborn daughter, Angelica. The 1861 London census reports "Maria M Agelasto", merchant’s wife, hotel visitor; until 1889, 24 Rue de la Bibliothèque, Marseille; 1889, 1 Rue des Trois-Mages, Marseille; 1891-93, 17 allée de Meihan, Marseille.

She likely had a brother named Michael; her sister Despina (Ioannis) Parembli is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. Her nearest sibling may have been a boy named Matthaos, born about 1811. He was a student in Munich sometime between 1826 and 1844, according to Konstantin Kotsowilis, Die griechischen Studenten in München unter König Ludwig I. von Bayern (von 1826 bis 1844): Werdegang und späteres Wirken beim Wiederaufbau Griechenlands (Ausländerbeirat der Stadt München, 1995). He was from Chios and his father was murdered when he was only 11 years old. He had 6 brothers and sisters who moved to Livorno and then Marseille (Parker Agelasto).

1871 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by J M Agelasto, 35, merchant, b. Syros, Greece; wife Aglaia, 29, b. Marseille; sons Michel, 5; Pendley, 4; daughters Katherine, 3; Mary, 2 mos., Alexandra, 11 months; all b. London; father Michael P., 68, retired merchant; mother Marie M., 57, both b. Chios [Scio, Turkey]; & 6 servants.

Buried:
It is likely she is buried with her husband, in the tomb to which he was moved a year after her death. She was initially buried midi carré 1, ter grec, no. 2.

Died:
DOD from death certificate. Argenti incorrectly says 28 Feb 1893.

Notes:

He is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree with another daughter, Victoria.

Alexander Michel Mavrogordato was in partnership with Scarleto Michel Mavrogordato, John Michel Mavrogordato (who left the partnership 5 Aug 1853), Demetrius Michel Mavrogordato, George Michel Mavrogordato, and Peter [Pietro] Ralli, as Merchants, in London, Manchester, Constantinople, and Syra (London Gazette 9 Aug 1853).

Alex. M. Mavrogordato was in partnership with D. M. Mavrogordato, Constantin M. Mavrogordato, Pietro Ralli, G. M. Mavrogordato and Scarlato M. Mavrogordato as Merchants, at Constantinople as D. M. Mavrogordato and Co.; at Trebizonde (Ottoman Empire) as Georges M. Mavrogordato; at Syra as Pietro Ralli and Co.; at Marseille as Constantin M. Mavragordato and Co.; at Manchester as Scarlato M. Mavrogordato and Co.; and at Tauris and Resht, both in Persia, as Mavrogordato Brothers until 1 Jan 1862 (London Gazette 3 Oct 1862).

2 Nov 1840: Alexander Mavrogordato, 27, unmarried, born Chios, arrived Syros 1827, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Alexander married Polunia (Pandias) Ralli. Polunia was born in 1819 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 17 Feb 1857 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree with another daughter.

Notes:

Held hostage and hanged by the Turks in the Massacres of Chios.

Pandely married Loula (Stephanos) Ziffo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Parembli was among the Chiots held hostage and hanged by the Turks, 23 Apr 1822. Uncertain if this is he.

Ioannis married Arghyro Damiano. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]