Stephen (Augustus) Agelasto

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Residence: Jan 1883-May 1885, 9 Chapel Place, W., London; May 1885-Nov 1886, 96 Gloucester Terrace, W., London; Nov 1886-1891, 71 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London, England; 1901-1949, 185 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, England, with phone; at DOD, 90 Gloucester Terrace.

Occupation: 1881, cotton broker; 1886-1895, manager of London Branch of the Bank of Constantinople, 19 Great Winchester St.; 1900-1905, stockbroker with Greatorex & Co., 10 Throgmorton Ave., London [same business address as 5th cousin/stockbroker John Michael Agelasto]; (1900 city directory address: 7 Drapers' Gardens, London); stockbroker; 1909-1949, 20 Gt Winchester St., London. The 1914, 1915 city directories say "member of the stock exchange, trades directory, stock and shares broker."

British Naturalization: Stephen Augustus Agelasto, Greece, 26 Mar 1889, residence London; home office paper B5730; certificate A6076. "...subject of Greece, having been born at Syra, and is the son of Augustus Stephen Agelasto, a native of Chios, Turkey, and Lucie Agelasto, a native of Syra, Greece, of the age of thirty five years, manager of the London branch of the Bank of Constantinople, is married, and has two children, under age, residing with him, viz: Lucy Agelasto, aged 3 years, Augustus Agelasto, aged 9 months."

Naturalization: Listed as 'of Greece' living in London, he became a British citizen only after a flurry of correspondence between parties in his attempt to meet statutory requirements in establishing his parentage. He stated that his father, Augustus Stephen, "was born on the Isle of Chios in the Kingdom of Turkey [Greece is marked through]."

Carolyn Agelasto Hughes has identified the photo in the family album of a man, in hat with cigarette, know affectionately as 'uncle Stef,' believed to be Stephen Augustus.

Member of the Baltic Exchange 1886. Georgiadis records him as of the 'Saint Tryphon' branch of his family.

"John Agelasto and Stephen Agelasto, church wardens," were with the Greek Minister at Buckingham Palace to give their congratualations on the latter's marriage (The Times [London], 10 Dec 1888). S.A.Agelasto is listed as a churchwarden for Aghia Sophia, 1887 and 1888.

In 1895 SA Agelasto served on a committee concerning the Alcoy & Gandia Railway (The Times [London], 8 Jan 1895].

SA Agelasto contributed £5 several years to the Chios Earthquake Relief fund (The Times [London], 8 Feb 1893, 10 May 1894];£10 to the Duke of Gloucesters Red Cross and St. John Fund (The Times [London], 18 Jul 1940), and £20 to the Lord Mayor's Greek Relief Fund (The Times [London], 5 Dec 1940).

Mr. S Agelasto attended a memorial after the assassination of Greek King George I (The Times [London], 19 Mar 1914]. He was among members of London's Greek community who had met with the King on his visit to London (The Times [London], 16 Nov 1905].

He and his wife attended the funeral of Pandia Calvocoressi (The Times [London], 5 Apr 1937).

He and his wife attended the funeral of Eustratius 'Strati' (Pandia) Ralli, according to The Times (London), 10 Mar 1932.

S.A. Agelasto held debenture bonds, Lake Copais company, Ltd., The Times (London), 19 Jan 1894, p 12.

The 1861 England census: 175 Grove Street, Liverpool, household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 45, cotton broker, b. Chios; wife Lucy Coronio, 30, b. Constantinople; sons Stephen, 8, b. Syros; John, 6; George, 4; daughters Despina, 5; Henrietta, 7; Hellen, 2 Mo, all b. Liverpool; & 3 servants.

1871 England census [West Derby]: 15 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed A. S. Agelasto, 55, cotton broker; wife Lucy, 40, both b. Chios; son Stephen, 18, b. Syros; Harriet, 17, b. Manchester; John, 15; Delphina, 14; Helen, 10, Triphon, 9; Aspasia, 7; Lucy, 5, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants. Lived adjacent to the C. T. Rodocanachi family and two doors down from the Constantine M. Ralli family.

1881 England census [West Derby rural]: Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Augustus S. Agelasto, 66, married; unmarried sons Stephen, 28, both , cotton brokesr, b. Greece; John, 26, cotton salesman, b. Liverpool; Tryphon, 17; daughters Aspasia, 16; Lucie, 14, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 2 servants.

1891 England Census: 71 Gloucester Terrace, London, household headed by Stephen A. Agelasto, 39, bank manager, b. Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 31; son Augustus, 3; daughter Lucia, 5; Juliet, 8 mo.; all b. London; brother John, 37, unmarried, civil engineer, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants.

The 1901 England Census shows for the household living at 185 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London: Stephen A Agelasto, 46, head, stock & share broker, born Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Caterina, 39; children Lucie, 15; Augustus, 13; Juliet, 10, all born London; his mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 73, widow, born Marseille, France; and a nephew, Constantine Scarafoglu, 18, commercial clerk, born Constantinople; and seven domestic servants.

1911 England census for the household at 185 Gloucester Terrace (19 rooms), Bayswater, Hyde Park, London W, headed by Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 57, b. Syra, naturalized Brit, married 26 years, 3 children born alive, 3 still living; stock broker; wife Caterina, 49; son August S, 23, bank clerk; daughter Juliet, 20, all b. London; mother-in-law Julia A Ralli, 83, widow, b. Marseille; 7 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 90 Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London, lists Stephen A Agelasto, b. 3 Sep. 1852, Stockbroker and wife Caterina Agelasto, b. 3 Mar 1861.

1921 Census of England and Wales includes: Stephen Augustus Agelasto, b. 1852, Greece; Caterina Agelasto, b. 1861, London; Juliet Agelasto, b. 1890, London; in a household in Paddington, London.

Stephen Augustus Agelasto [71 Gloucester Terrace] appears on the 1890, 1891, 1892 1895, 1896 electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough electoral lists, Great Britain; [26 Austin Friars; abode 185 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park] 1899, 1900; [9 Throgmorton avenue] 1904; [10 Throgmorton avenue] 1905, 1907; [20 Great Winchester Street] 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1906, 1908, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 Paddington South/Westminster; 1918, 1919 Paddington and St Marylebone/Westminster; 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 Paddington/Westminster; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster; 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 Paddington/Westminster; [90 Gloucester Terrace] 1939 Paddington South/Westminster; 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948 Paddington/Westminster.


They attended the funeral of Emmanuel M Rodocanachi, according to The Times (London), 18 Feb 1932.

He was an executor of the estate of Alexander Alexander Ionides.

At age 14 he was selected to be the God-father of his youngest sibling, Lucia.

Agelasto (either he or his younger brother John) was awarded the Upper School Class Prize, for Class 5, in the Christmas prize distribution at Liverpool College, Shaw Street (Liverpool Mercury 23 Dec 1871).

Agelasto, Stephen A., 185 Gloucester terrace, Hyde Park W, appears in Royal Blue Book (London, May 1911).

In his memoir Emmanuel Theodore Casdagli refers to Stephen Agelasto as "a wealthy stockbroker who, with his wife, made a delightful pair." (Daphne Casdagli).

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given)

Died:
The estate of Stephen Augustus Agelasto, 90 Gloucester Terrace, London W2, stockbroker (retired), d 22 Sep 1948, was administered by Mrs. Lucy Casdagli (Broad & Son, 1 Great Winchester St, EC2, solicitors) (London Gazette, 3 Dec 1948).

Buried:
burial plot no. 34942, sq. 42, reg. pg. 18810, no. 79644

Stephen married Aikaterini (Ambrosios) Ralli on 12 Jan 1885 in Greek Church, rue Maurice Korsec 13, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Aikaterini (daughter of Ambrosios (Theodoris) Ralli and Julia (Petros) Schilizzi) was born on 03 Mar 1861 in London, England UK; was christened on 12 Apr 1861 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 26 May 1948 in London, England UK; was buried on 29 May 1948 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage announcement appeared in The Times (London), 13 Jan 1885, p 1.

A certificate is not indexed in the Marseille registry for this event.

1. Loukia (Stephen) Agelasto was born on 10 Oct 1885 in 96 Gloucester Terrace, London, England UK; was christened on 08 Nov 1885 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 22 Jun 1957 in Southport, Merseyside, England UK; was buried on 27 Jun 1957 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK.
2. Captain Augustus (Stephen) Agelasto, MC was born on 17 Jan 1888 in London, England UK; was christened on 03 Mar 1888 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 08 Nov 1916 in Somme, Picardy, France; was buried in Les Boeufs (Guards) Cemetery, Somme, Picardy, France.
3. Julia (Stephen) Agelasto was born on 06 Jul 1890 in London, England UK; was christened on 11 Aug 1890 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 31 Aug 1926 in London, England UK; was buried on 03 Sep 1926 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK.

Notes:

He is also found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Occupation: merchant, 1859, 23 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool; cotton broker; Meugens & Agelasto, 2 Manchester Buildings, Tithebarn St., Liverpool (Lancs), partnership dissolved 1859; 1868, Victoria Buildings, Hackins Hey, Liverpool.

Residence: bef 1822 Chios; 1827-1840 Syros; 1851, 45 Broughton Cottage, Salford, Manchester, England; 1855-66, Grove Street, Falkner Terrace No 171, Liverpool, England; 1881, 24 Lockerby Road, Liverpool; at DOD, 15 Lockerby Road, Fairfield, Liverpool.

1851 England census: Broughton Cottage, Salford, England household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 35, unmarried, merchant, b. Cio [sic] Greece, and 1 servant.

1861 England census: 175 Grove Street, Liverpool, household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 45, cotton broker, b. Chios; wife Lucy Coronio, 30, b. Constantinople; sons Stephen, 8, b. Syros; John, 6; George, 4; daughters Despina, 5; Henrietta, 7; Hellen, 2 Mo, all b. Liverpool; & 3 servants.

1871 England census [West Derby]: 15 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed A. S. Agelasto, 55, cotton broker; wife Lucy, 40, both b. Chios; son Stephen, 18, b. Syros; Harriet, 17, b. Manchester; John, 15; Delphina, 14; Helen, 10, Triphon, 9; Aspasia, 7; Lucy, 5, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants. Lived adjacent to the C. T. Rodocanachi family and two doors down from the Constantine M. Ralli family.

1881 England census [West Derby rural]: Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Augustus S. Agelasto, 66, married; unmarried sons Stephen, 28, both , cotton brokesr, b. Greece; John 26, cotton salesman, b. Liverpool; Tryphon, 17; daughters Aspasia, 16; Lucie, 14, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 2 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers for Augustus Agelasto: 1860, Hackin's Hey (counting house), 1860, 1865, Grove St. (house); 1868-1870, Lockerby road (house & garden); 1870, [as Augustus Stephen Agelasto], Lockerby Rd., Fairfield (abode); 1870, 1975 Victoria Buildings, 24 Hackin's Hey (counting house). He is also included, 1870, on the list of persons "objected to, as not being entitled to have their names retained in the list of persons qualified to vote."

11 Apr 1840: Augustus St. Agelasto, 23, unmarried, born Chios, merchant, arriving Syros 1827, swore allegiance to the government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

An A.S.Agelasto is listed as the manager of the Bank of Constantinople (The Times [London], 10 Mar 1884; Pall Mall Gazette 10 Mar 1884) but this could be a misprint as his son, Stephen Augustus Agelasto, held this position.

A.S. Agelasto charity: £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850); £5 to a relief fund to aid British expatriate families suffering during political upheaval in India (Liverpool Mercury [LM] 7 Oct 1857); £2 to The Hartley Colliery Accident fund (LM 30 Jan 1862); £5 to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (LM 26 Mar 1867); £3 3s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (LM, 25 Mar 1871); £5 to The Liverpool Bulgarian Relief Fund (LM 21 Sep 1876); £5 to the Haydock Colliery Relief Fund (LM 19/20/22 Jun 1878); £50 to The Chio Earthquake Relief Fund (LM 15/20 Apr 1881).

A.S. Agelasto auctioned off 18 bales of Orleans cotton damaged by sea water (Liverpool Mercury 23 Dec 1868). On sale "at the broker's office, Victoria buildings, Hackins Hey [Liverpool], Cotton - 37 bales Egyptian, Ex-Egyptian and Dido."(Liverpool Mercury 1866) (Daphne Casdagli).

Along with other Liverpool merchants in the Levant trade, he signed a petition to the city's Dock Committee asking them to extend dock on the Liverpool rather than the Cheshire side of the Mercy (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Oct 1857).

Agelasto, gent., Greece, arrived Dover, England, aboard the Princess Alice, 28 Aug 1852, from Calais, France. A.S. Agelasto, merchant, b. Greece, arrived London aboard the Panther, 9 Apr 1853, from Ostend, Belgium. A. Agelasto, merchant, Greece, arrived Dover, England, aboard the Rubis Com Michel, 3 Mar 1858, from Ostend, Belgium.

Augustin Agelasto, b. Greece, merchant, arrived Dover, England from France, 1 Jul 1844.

Agelasto, Augustus Stephen appears on the Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Canada's List Of Shareholders, Oct 1875.

Died:
Probate says he died 25 Apr 1884.

His estate, probated in London, was handled by son Stephen, one of the executors.

Augustus married Loukia (Zannis) Coronio on 21 Aug 1851 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Loukia (daughter of Zannis (Zorzis) Coronio and Despina (Theodore) Negroponte) was born on 12 Oct 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 23 Dec 1912 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her details and ancestry are found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Residence: 1851, 45 Broughton Cottage, Salford, Manchester, England; 1881, 24 Locherby Road, West Derby (Lancs), England.

1871 England census [West Derby]: 15 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed A. S. Agelasto, 55, cotton broker; wife Lucy, 40, both b. Chios; son Stephen, 18, b. Syros; Harriet, 17, b. Manchester; John, 15; Delphina, 14; Helen, 10, Triphon, 9; Aspasia, 7; Lucy, 5, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants. Lived adjacent to the C. T. Rodocanachi family and two doors down from the Constantine M. Ralli family.

The 1861 England census: 175 Grove Street, Liverpool, household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 45, cotton broker, b. Chios; wife Lucy Coronio, 30, b. Constantinople; sons Stephen, 8, b. Syros; John, 6; George, 4; daughters Despina, 5; Henrietta, 7; Hellen, 2 Mo, all b. Liverpool; & 3 servants.

Philanthropy: Lucia Agelasto donated 100 Drachmas to Queen Amalia Orphanage of Athens in 1856 as well as £2 to the Chios Hospital in 1872
according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, she also contributed to the hospital in 1874.

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Married:
Argenti says 9 Aug 1851.

Entry: 016/015; Marriage Witnesses: Emmanuel Dontas and Despina L. Ziffo; priest: Daniel Petroulias.

Rev. D. Petrulia presided

Marriage announcement in Manchester Guardian, 23 Aug 1851, p 11.

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Birth:
Argenti places him fifth in birth order, which may or may not be correct.

Stephanos married Henrietta (Constantine) FranghiadiChios, Greece. Henrietta (daughter of Constantine (Emmanuel) Franghiadi and Henrietta (Cosi) Vouro) was born in Chios, Greece; died in 1867 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He also appears on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree with additional information.

Zannis married Despina (Theodore) Negroponte. Despina was born in 1808; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her details and ancestry are found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Notes:

The original owner of St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Name:
or Augustinus

Augustis married Angeliki (Zannis) NegroponteChios, Greece. Angeliki (daughter of Zannis (Ambrosios) Negroponte) was born about 1760 in Chios, Greece; died in 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her details and ancestry are found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

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Married:
The ten year gap between the two three-child groups and the absence of female births is not explained.

Notes:

Constantine Franghiadi, 50, married, arrived Syros 1827, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 27 Nov 1834 at the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Birth:
birth place is presumed

Constantine married Henrietta (Cosi) Vouro. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree