John Evangelos (Stephanos) Vlasto

Notes:

A keen horseman whose extravagant tastes often led him into financial difficulties. (Christopher Long)

Residence: 1897, 3 Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool, England.

Occupation: merchant

1887: J.S. Vlasto worked for Ralli Bros. according to the Thacker's Directories, Calcutta.

J.J.S. Vlasto is included in the list: Greek presence in India between 1900-1050 from Thacker's Directory and Greek Church archives. J.S. Vlasto & Co. operated there from 1898.

1895 India directory: Vlasto, J.S., Ralli Bros. 231 Lower Circular road, Calcutta.

John Vlasto [56 Connaught] appears on the 1909 UK electoral register, Harrow parliamentary division, Harrow county/borough.

Family/Spouse: Zenobia (Aristide) Cornelios. Zenobia (daughter of Aristides (Anastasios) Cornelios and Marigo (Nicholas) Paspati) was born on 18 Mar 1873 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 05 May 1873 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 28 Dec 1962 in Clinic of Karydakis, 75 Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stephen (John) Vlasto was born on 01 Jan 1895 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 24 Dec 1961 in Alexandria, Egypt.
2. Marietta Calliope (John) Vlasto was born on 16 Jul 1897 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 15 Nov 1897 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 06 Mar 1973 in Athens, Attica, Greece.
3. Alexander Cornelios (John) Vlasto was born on 04 Mar 1900 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 01 Jun 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt.
4. Lois (John) Vlasto was born on 01 Jul 1903 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 29 Jan 1939 in Alexandria, Egypt.
5. Jean (John) Vlasto was born on 14 Oct 1905 in Alexandria, Egypt; died about 1975 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
6. Jeanne (John) Vlasto was born on 28 Feb 1908 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 29 Jan 1939 in Alexandria, Egypt.

Notes:

Merchant, writer & historian. Joined Ralli Brothers in Marseilles for a period, according to Kerofilas.

Education Evangelical School in Smyrna, according to Kerofilas (seems unlikely). (Christopher Long)

Author of 1453: Les Derniers Jours de Constantinople (Paris, Leroux, 1883) & Grecs & Turcs (1899) etc., as well as other historical and philosophical publications; translator (from the German, of Les Giustiniani: Dynastes de Chios; Etude Historique, by Karl Hopf [Paris, Leroux, 1888]).

He was a signatory witness to the 1878 Marseille marriage of Theodore Pierre Vlasto & Despine Ralli.

1892: E.A. Vlasto worked for Ralli Bros. according to the Thacker's Directories, Calcutta.

Stefanos A. Vlasto, 27, b. Chios, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 19 Jul 1858 at the Greek consulate Taiga [Russia].

Et-A Vlasto, Ramleh San Stephano, Alexandria, Egypt, is listed as a member in Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1897.

Stephanos married Marietta (Ambrouzis) Ralli in 1860 in Alexandria, Egypt. Marietta (daughter of Ambrouzis (Theodore) Ralli and Franga (Zorzis) Franghiadi) was born in 1842 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 02 Sep 1913 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive data other than year given)

Notes:

Only their children who are on the Agelasto bloodlines are listed here.

Antony married Calliope (Stephanos) Ralli. Calliope was born in 1811 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 15 Feb 1895 in cours du Chapitre 11, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 17 Feb 1895 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1856 Marseille census, as a widow she was living at allees de Meilhan 41, with her children Pandia Vlasto, 13, and Theodore Vlasto, 14.

Residence: at DOD cours du Chapitre 11, Marseille, France.

Three children of Stephanos Ambrouzis Ralli & Despina Omiro -- Calliope and her siblings Alexandra and Ambrouzis -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

The "late Mrs. Calliope Vlasto (a daughter of Stephen Ambrose Ralli Chattas)" is thanked by the authors in the introduction to A Pedigree of the Rallis of Scio.

Birth:
Ralli family tree says 1810.

Buried:
Cemetery 1895 register line entry 1763, folio 105, body removed to Athens, residence Chapitre 15, Marseille.

Notes:

Occupation: merchant

Ambrouzis Th Ralli, 27, unmarried, b. Thessaloniki, arrived Syros 1828, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 11 Dec 1834 at the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ (Metamorphosis), Ermoupolis, Syros.

Ralli Mavrojani was the oldest Greek house in India, established in 1852.

Birth:
Andrew Serjeant says 1809.

Ambrouzis married Franga (Zorzis) Franghiadi in 1838. Franga (daughter of Zorzis (Emmanuel) Franghiadi and Zambelou (Constantine) Negroponte) was born in 1818 in Chios, Greece; died on 05 Jun 1883 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1878, Alexandria, Egypt.

Name:
The Franghiadi family were of Pelopnesian origin but were regarded as among the oldest families in Chios.

Buried:
Burial information not found in registers held by the Greek Community Center, Alexandria, Greece.

Notes:

Held hostage and hanged by the Turks 23 April 1822.

Children of Theodore (Antonios) Ralli & Marietta (Ambrouzis) Ralli on the Negroponte-Agelasto or Agelasto tree include: Ambrouzis, Julia, Caterina, Antonios, Despina, and Eustratius.

Birth:
Andrew Serjeant says 1777.

Theodore married Marietta (Ambrouzis) Ralli in 1804. Marietta was born in 1785 in [Chios, Greece]; died on 2 Dec 1835 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children of Theodore (Antonios) Ralli & Marietta (Ambrouzis) Ralli on the Negroponte-Agelasto or Agelasto tree include: Ambrouzis, Julia, Caterina, Antonios, Despina, and Eustratius.

Notes:

Dominie Nicholls (née Vlasto) says in her memoirs that he was hanged on Chios in 1822 though this is not known to Argenti's 'Libro d'Oro' or to Helen Long's 'Greek Fire'. (Christopher Long)

Brother to Platon-Pantoleon Emmanuel Franghiadi, bishop of Chios, b. 1776 and hanged by the Turks in April 1822; and Sephen Emmannuel Franghiadi, b. 1774.

Zorzis married Zambelou (Constantine) Negroponte. Zambelou (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]