Theodore (Constantine) Ralli

Notes:

Occupation: clerk

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Jeannette C. Ralli

Died:
Presumably the Theodore Ralli, clerk at Ralli Bros., son of "Mrs Angeline Frangopoulo", who committed suicide on 18 March 1913 at a boarding house in Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London, when aged 24. Before shooting himself he left a suicide note saying that he could not live without a woman called Camille Costello, a governess, who apparently did not share his feelings. (Christopher Long)

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1881 37597 N O 755 352 CEM 9/2/7

Notes:

Occupation: Merchant

Residence, Liverpool, England: 1861, Lockerby House, Holly Road; 1870-1875, Malvern Villa, 11 Lockerby Road, Fairfield; 1881, Park Mount, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park; 1889, 183 Lodge Lane; 1894-1895, Croxteth Hall, 31 Croxteth Road; 1900-1910, 28 Linnet Lane, Shefton Park/Toxteth Park.

1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants.

1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families.

1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants.

1891 England census: 31 Croxteth Road, Liverpool: Constantine Constantine Ralli, head, 30, merchant, b. Liverpool; wife Antonia, 24, b. London; son Theodore Constantine, 1, b. Liverpool, and 6 servants.

1901 census: 28 Linnet Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine C. Ralli, 40, general merchant, b. Liverpool; his wife Elizabeth, 30; son Philip C., 1; brother Alexander C. 25, general merchant's clerk, all single, b. Liverpool, and 4 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1864-1865: Constantine Ralli, Lockerby House, Holly Road, Fairfield; Brunswick Buildings, 7 Brunswick Street (counting house); 1870: Constantine Ralli, Malvern Villa, Lockerby Road, Fairfield; 13 and 14 Brunswick Buildings, 7 Brunswick Street (counting house); 1875: Constantine Ralli, Malvern Villa, 11 Lockerby Road, Fairfield; 13 and 14 Brunswick Buildings, 7 Brunswick Street (counting house); 1894-1895: Constantine Constantine Ralli, 31 Croxteth Road (abode); Brunswick Buildings, 16 Fenwick Street (counting house, shared with George Constantine Ralli; 1899-1900: Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet lane (house); 9 Brunswick Buildings, 16 Fenwick Street (counting house, shared with George Constantine Ralli); 1904-1905, Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet lane (house); 9 Brunswick Buildings, 16 Fenwick Street (counting house, shared with George Constantine Ralli and Pandele C. Ralli); 1909-1910: Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet lane (house); Constantine Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet lane (abode); 23 and 24 Cotton Exchange Buildings, 16 Oldhall Street (counting house, shared with George Constantine Ralli and Pandeli Constantine Ralli).

See 10 photographs by Bedford Lemere (c. 1891) of the interior of his house: Croxteth Hall, Liverpool (now part of the RCHM archive collection, London).

Also on the main Agelasto tree.

He was partners with Theseus Psicha, Ambrose Antonio Ralli, Alexander Antonio Ralli (who retired from the firm 30 Sep 1899), George Constantine Ralli, Pandeli Constantine Ralli, Anthony Theodore Ralli and Constantine Theodore Ralli general merchants partners, in Ralli & Psicha, 16 Fenwick Street, Liverpool and as Ralli Sons and Co., in Alexandria and Talcha, Egypt (London Gazette 17 Nov 1899).

7 Jul 1887 - Present at a dinner party hosted by Mr M.A. Ralli at his house in Aigburth Drive in honour of HRH Prince Constantine of Greece.

C. C. Ralli attended the Sep 1897 Liverpool funeral of Ambrose Anthony Vlasto (Liverpool Mercury, 28 Sep 1897).

Costi Ralli was a mourner at the Jan 1904 funeral of Stamati Galatti.

Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet Lane, is on the 1899 Electoral List for Liverpool, England.

He is specifically referred to as 'Kostis' in a discussion of the merchant Rallis.

Birth:
DOB according to baptism record. Argenti says 20 Oct 1860.

Christened:
Father Joseph Skevofylakas officiating.

God-parent: Loula Pant. Psycha, his aunt.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1779 35560 N O 755 352 CEM 9/2/7

Died:
Funeral attended by "a large and representative gathering of commercial gentlemen," Liverpool Courier, 2 Dec 1910.

Neither his first wife nor his current wife and their son attended the funeral. Principal mourners included three brothers: G.C. Ralli, P.C. Ralli and M.C. Ralli, Mrs. Cornelius (mother-in-law), his mother, M.P. Rodocanachi, and Andrew Fachiri.

Constantine Constantine Ralli, 28 Linnet Lane, Liverpool, merchant, died 28 Nov 1910; probate Liverpool 23 Feb 1911 to George Constantine Ralli [his brother], merchant; Effects £5455 16s. 2d; further probate [after death of first administrator], 21 Oct to Elizabeth Ralli, widow; Effects £3291 3s. 7d.

Constantine married Antonina (Antonios) Ralli on 21 Nov 1885 in London, England UK, and was divorced before 1896. Antonina (daughter of Antonios (Alexander) Ralli and Nina (Paul) Mavrogordato) was born on 04 Jun 1866 in London, England UK; was christened on 30 Jun 1866 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 28 Aug 1941 in Boscombe, Hampshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence, England: 1871-1881, 102 Westbourne Terrace, London; 1891, Croxteth Hall, 31 Croxteth Road, Liverpool.

1871 England census: 102 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by Augustus [should be Antonio] Ralli, 59, merchant, b. Chios; wife Nina, 42, b. Malta; daughters Fanny, 20; Julia, 19; Virginia Ralli, 12; Augusta [Antonia], 4; son George, 17, all b. London; & 7 servants.

1881 England census: 102 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by Antonio A. Ralli, 66, widower, retired merchant, b. Greece; daughter Antonia A., 14, b. London; & 4 servants.

1891 England census: 31 Croxteth Road, Liverpool: Constantine Constantine Ralli, head, 30, merchant, b. Liverpool; wife Antonia, 24, b. London; son Theodore Constantine, 1, b. Liverpool, and 6 servants.

See 10 photographs by Bedford Lamar (c. 1891) of the interior of Constantin Ralli's house: Croxteth Hall, Liverpool (now part of the RCHM archive collection, London).

She is on the main Agelasto tree, with her second marriage.

Christened:
Godparent: Virginia Vouro

Notes:

Married:
Marriage witnesses: Michael A. Ralli and Aikaterini G. Paspati.

Notes:

Occupation: Merchant with Ralli & Psycha (Liverpool).

Residence, England: 1855-1867, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool; 'Park Mount', Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; Merrion Place, Higher Broughton, Salford; 1871, 11 Locherby Road, Liverpool; 1889, Liverpool; 6 Mannering Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool. [Note on 'Park Mount': CM Ralli left the mansion before his death; in 1919 Alexander Alexander Ralli lived there with his wife Chariclia Dragoumi, both registered voters. From the census the street address appears to be 38 Ullet Road, for 36 = Ullet Grange and 40 = South Hill]

The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants.

The 1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families.

The 1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants.

Office: Ralli & Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, England

Constantine Michael Ralli was partners with Theodore Michael Ralli, Antonio Michael Raili, Stephen Psicha, Theseus Psicha, George Psicha and Hector Psicha in Ralli and Psicha, Liverpool and as Antonio M. Ralli, General Merchants, Alexandria, Egypt when the latter two partners retired 8 May 1871 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1871). Stephen Psicha left the firm 31 Oct 1872 (London Gazette 25 Dec 1877).

C.M. Ralli contributed £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850).

C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879.

C.M. Ralli contributed £5 5s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871).

7 Jul 1887 - Attended the service at the Greek Orthodox Church in Prince's Road in honour of the visit of Prince Constantine of Greece.

8 Jul 1887 - Present at a dinner party hosted by Mr M.A. Ralli at his house in Aigburth Drive in honour of HRH Prince Constantine of Greece.

15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the "City of New York" [date is a mistake; he was deceased].

Died:
His Will was proved 26 Apr 1890. It "notes that his father and mother are buried at the Church of St George in Scio. Power to grant Probate to Theodore (1824-1890), brother of the deceased...was reserved. This is consistent with [his] being in Egypt and near the end of his own life. The Will is remarkable in my eyes in that it recommends the children to marry Greeks of the Orthodox faith, exhorts and directs them to help and assist our mother country our dearest Greece, and not to forget that relatives perished unjustly at the hands of the Turks and that I myself was sold as a slave. It is said that the Sultan relented after the Massacre which had been ordered by his Admiral." (Andrew Serjeant)

Buried:
His monument is in Liverpool, where presumably he was buried.

Constantine married Zanetta Catharina (George) Psycha on 31 Oct 1851 in Amsterdam, Holland. Zanetta (daughter of George Psycha and Catherine Pateraki) was born on 29 May 1830 in Amsterdam, Holland; died on 03 Feb 1917 in 6 Mannering Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 06 Feb 1917 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: rentiere

Residence, Liverpool, England: 1861, Holly Road, West Derby; 1871, 11 Locherby Road; 1881, Park Mount, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park; 1891-1915, 6 Mannering Road.

The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants.

The 1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families.

The 1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants.

The 1891 census: 6 Mannering Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Jeanette C. Ralli, widow, 60, living on own means, b. Holland; with unmarried sons Pandeli C. Ralli, 25, living on own means; Michael C., 19, medical student; Alexander C., 15, scholar, all b. Liverpool & 2 servants.

The 1911 England census: household at 6 Mannering Road Liverpool, Lancashire, headed by Jeannette Ralli, 80, b. Holland, widow, private means; sons Pandeli, 45, single, cotton merchant; Michel, 39, widowed, cotton salesman, both b. Liverpool; 3 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1899-1900, 1904-1905, 1909-1910, 1914-1915: Jeannette Ralli, 6 Mannering Road (house).

Her husband refers in his Will to his brother-in-law George Psycha... See 9 photographs by Bedford Lamar (c. 1891) of the interior of their house: Iona, Liverpool (now part of the RCHM archive collection, London). (Christopher Long)


15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the City of New York

Name:
Jeannette Psicha on her husband's death certificate.

Died:
Prior to interment a service was held at the Greek church, Liverpool, the Rev. Archimandrite N. Yannulis officiating.

Funeral reported by The [Liverpool] Post and Mercury, 7 Feb 1917. Mourners included Messrs. M. C. Ralli and A. C. Ralli, sons, Mrs. M. C. Ralli, Mrs. A. C. Ralli, and Mrs. C. C. Ralli (daughters-in-law), Mrs. A. A. Ralli, A. A. Ralli, A. Fachiri, A. Pallis, Mr. and Mrs. George Xydia, Lieut. Ralli (grandson), Mrs. Spartali, Mrs. Fachiri and the Maids from Mannering Road.

Jeannette Catharine Ralli, 6 Mannering Road, Liverpool, widow, died 3 Feb 1917; probate Liverpool, 29 Oct to Michael Constantine Ralli and Alexander Constantine Ralli, merchants; effects £540 2s. 4d. [probate register in city library annotated in red: "AWdlbo Liverpool 7 Jan 1952"]

Buried:
Section O, plot 963. The monument is destroyed and in pieces on the ground.

Notes:

Founders of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery at West Norwood included John Stephen Schilizzi, Eustracio Ralli, Antonio Ralli [likely this man] and Alexander Constantine Ionides. Calapodis lists John Schilizzi, Antonios Ralli and Eustratios Ralli.

He co-administered his brother Pandia's estate.

Buried:
Archimandrite Jerome officiating; burial register says DOD 4 July 1882

Died:
The value of the personal estate amounted "to upwards of £437,000. The testator leaves to his son Alexander his freehold residence, No. 10, Heene-terrace, Worthing, and his house and grounds in his native island of Scio; to his son Pandia, his freehold house, No. 2, Heene-terrace; to his son Paul, his freehold house, No. 3, Heene-terrace; to his son George, a freehold garden and some land at Worthing; to his daughter Mrs. Polymnia Peter Scaramanga, £50,000; upon trust for his daughter Antonina, £50,000; to his daughters Mrs. Fanny Theodore Schilizzi and Mrs. Virginia Demetrius Spartali, £20,000 each; to his son-in-law Mr. Schilizzi, £5000; to his son-in-law Mr. Scaramanga, £1000; to the public school in the island of Scio, £500; to the Hospital of the Island of Scio and the special Hospital for the Leprous in the same island, £250 each; and legacies to two clerks, and to domestic servants. The residue of his real and personal estate is to be divided between his four sons, but one moiety is to accumulate for five years before division" (The Illustrated London News, No.2258—Vol. LXXXI, 12 Aug 1882, p.184).

Antonios married Nina (Paul) Mavrogordato on 04 Jul 1849 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Nina was born on 22 Aug 1827 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 17 Sep 1878 in Heene Terrace, West Worthing, Sussex, England UK; was buried on 24 Sep 1878 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: at DOD 102 Westbourne Terrace, London, England.

Four of the children of Antonio Alexander Ralli are on the Agelasto or Negroponte-Agelasto tree: Pandia by his first wife Mina Tamvaco; Stephanie/Fanny, Antonia and Virginia by Nina, his second wife.

Buried:
burial plot 16172, reg. pg. 6380, no. 51021.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses/Sponsors: Anthony Th. Ralli & Catingo Th. Ralli; Dionysios Xenakis presiding; Entry 12

Notes:

Michael A. Ralli, 58, b. Chios, married, having arrived Syros 1826, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 26 May 1847 at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

1815 Vienna city directory lists Negroponte Angerinos and Comp., including Mich. Ralli.

Name:
Michel, on his son Constantine's death certificate.

Michalis married Argentina (Constantine) Negroponte in 1811. Argentina (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) was born in 1794 in Chios, Greece; died on 01 Apr 1863 in Chios, Greece; was buried in Church of St George, Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Argentine on his son Constantine's death certificate.

Notes:

George Psicha, Ralli and Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant and George Panteleon Psicha, 27, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant, were investors in The Commercial Bank Of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1877).

George Psicha was partners with Constantine Michael Ralli, Theodore Michael Ralli, Antonio Michael Raili, Stephen Psicha, Theseus Psicha and Hector Psicha in Ralli and Psicha, Liverpool and as Antonio M. Ralli, General Merchants, Alexandria, Egypt until he and Hector retired 8 May 1871 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1871). Stephen Psicha left the firm 31 Oct 1872 (London Gazette 25 Dec 1877).

Georges Georges Psicha, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, gentleman, invested in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873).

G. P. Psicha and Co. was 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).

George married Catherine Pateraki. Catherine was born about 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]