Julia (Michael) Agelasto

Notes:

Residence: 1976, Athens.

After her father dies (1927), she and her mother moved in with her married sister, Aglaia, and live there until she gets married (1940).

Julia married Spyros Goumas about 1940 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Spyros died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Notes:

1881 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by John M Agelasto, 45, widower, stock and share agent, b. Greece; sons Michel, 15; Pendley, 14; daughters Katherine, 13; Mary, 12; Alexandra, 10; Christine, 9; and Lucy, 6; all b. London; & 6 servants.

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.

Arrived New York City on the Erin from Liverpool with his father (New York Times, 6 Aug 1878, p 8).

Residence: 1911-1921, Constantinople; at DOD, Baltatzi 19, Athens, Greece

Christened:
God-parents: Lucia St. Frangopoulos

Birth:
Birth notice appeared in The Pall Mall Gazette (London), 22 Jan 1866.

Died:
Cause of death: tuberculosis

The Mayor of Athens issued a hereditary title certificate for Michael John Agelastos.

Michael married Vasiliki (Constantin) Lesto on 15 Nov 1906 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Vasiliki (daughter of Constantin Lesto and Angeliki Godlevortra) was born on 05 Jan 1886 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died about 1961 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her husband dies (1927), she moves in with her newly married (1933) daughter Aglaia; her other daughter Julia moves in, too, until she marries (1940).

Birth:
Argenti says 24 Dec 1887.

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: John Michael Agelasto, Greece, 7 Apr 1881, residence London; home office paper A2284; certificate A3449.

1911 England Census: Mr. Agelasto headed the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Kensington, which included 1 male and 4 females

Philanthropy: John Michael Agelasto is listed in 1870 among the founders of the Greek School in London according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

The 1911 England census, London, includes John M Agelasto, b. abt 1836; daughter Lucy, b. abt 1875.

1911 England census for the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill W, Kensington, London, headed by John M Agelasto, 75, b. Greece, widowed, stock exchange agent, naturalized Brit; daughter Lucy, 36, single; 3 servants.

John Mitchell Agelasto [22 Pembridge Crescent] appears on the 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907; [John Michael Agelasto, 25 Lansdowne Road] 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 electoral register, Kensington North parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea/borough electoral lists, Great Britain; 1918, 1919 Kensington/Kensington and Chelsea.

Agelasto, John Michael, 25 Lansdowne Road, Holland park W, appears in Royal Blue Book (London, May 1911).

Birth:
Argenti incorrectly reports 26 Sep 1835.

Christened:
God-parent: Marouko [Maria] Theodore Ralli [wife of Theodore Ralli, probably Marouko Alexander Ziffo].

Entry #589, 1835 register

The church register does not give the exact date of baptism, but rather the date of registration of the certificate with civil authorities (24 November), which is perhaps 1-2 days after baptism (George Agelastos). The archives registers gives the date 18 Jul 1835.


Died:
His death announcement appeared in The Times (London), 12 Nov 1919, p 1.

Buried:
burial plot no. 8641

John married Aglaïa (Ioannis) Baltazzi on 01 Mar 1862 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Aglaïa (daughter of Ioannis (Evangelos) Baltazzi and Aikaterine (George) Petrocochino) was born on 23 Nov 1841 in rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?], Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 09 Dec 1877 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: at DOD, cours Pierre Puget 24, Marseille, France.

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.

Her sister Maria is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Philanthropy: Aglaia Agelasto donated £5 to the Chios Hospital in 1872 according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Birth:
Her birth certificate was signed by George (Eustratius) Petrocochino, her maternal grandfather.

Name:
Or Aglaë on documents.

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses at their wedding included George Petrocochino, 73, merchant, her maternal grandfather; Alexandre Doruiario; Michel Parembli, 46, her uncle, allees du Capucines 8; and Stamatios Nicolas Frangopoulos, his brother-in-law.

Constantin married Angeliki Godlevortra. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

French naturalization (see particulars)

His participation in church and civic affairs has been noted.

Jean Baltazzi is listed the 1851 Marseille census, rue Seconde Calade 18.

Founder in 1834 of the Marseille branch of the Baltazzi Brothers bank.

Birth:
The approximate birth year is based on information on death certificate. Sturdza says 5 Nov 1802.

Ioannis married Aikaterine (George) Petrocochino. Aikaterine was born in 1820; died on 08 Nov 1883 in chemin de Saint Charles 2, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 11 Nov 1883 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence, Marseille, France: 1841, rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?]; 1848-1862, allees des Capucines 2; 1880, cours Pierre Puget 24.

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

Buried:
Cemetery 1883 register line entry 8311 midi carré 1, ter grec , no. 14, residence St. Charles.