John (George) Negroponte^{[1, 2]}

1918 - 1983  (65 years)

• Name	John (George) Negroponte
  	known as Ion Negropontes
  Nickname	Vania, Ioannis, Ion
  Birth	16 Apr 1918	Odessa, Ukraine
  	DOB provided by daughter
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1983	Canada   [3]
  Notes	Education: American School, Istanbul, Turkey Military: Romanian Calvary, WW II. The Red Deer River Ranches website: In 1947, King Michael of Romania abdicated his throne and was given the opportunity to leave the country with an entourage, the King invited John and Joan Negropontes to join him. From Romania they travelled to Switzerland, then to England, and onto Washington, D.C.. Looking for an area similar to his home, John travelled to Alberta in 1948, at this time he purchased a parcel of farmland where he was joined by his wife and children in 1950. In 1951, his daughter Elizabeth was born in Olds, Alberta. In 1955 the Negropontes family met the Count and Countess Batthany of Switzerland. The two families later took a trip to the Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and Big Horn Falls, the were captivated by the scenery as many still are today and this led to their purchase of the then Snyder Ranch. Along with the exchange of owners, the name was changed to... Red Deer River Cattle Ranch, which then became REDDEER RIVER RANCHES Ltd. The farm that the Negropontes family had near Olds, along with land leased on the Coal Camp flats were the source of feed for cattle wintered at the ranch. The land on the flats was eventually purchased by the Batthany family. In 1956 the Little TeePee was renovated and an addition was put on to house the Negropontes family. In the mid 1970's the Negropontes family took over the complete ownership of the ranch. In a few short decades the ranch once again went through many changes. Long time ranch manager Jack Crouch retired in the 1980's and had to be replaced by Jim Lowry, then in 1983 John Negropontes passed away. In 1985 the ranch was sold to Frank Garnett and Stan Bengtson. Travel: Ion Negropontes, 30, c/o 3 Grosvenor Sq., London W.1, b. Odessa, Russia, Romanian national, administrator of royal domain; wife Joan E.M. Negropontes, 27, b. Bucharest, Romania, h'wife, British national; Alexander Negropontes, 5/8, b. Bucharest, Romania, Romanian national, last permanent residence Bucharest, arrived New York 27 May 1948 from Southampton, England aboard Queen Elizabeth.
  Person ID	I1228	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	George (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 08 Nov 1871, Galatz/Galati, Romania d. 05 Jan 1945, Bucharest, Romania (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Chariklea (Ioannis) Scanavi,   b. 8 Feb 1889, Rostov-on-Don, Russia d. 16 Jun 1978, 34 de Vere Gardens, Kensington, London, England UK (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1912	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Notes	The Negropontes family plot includes an unnamed infant, born and died, Paris, 1 Feb 1913, buried 26 Mar 1914, removed from another plot in the cemetery.
  Family ID	F520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Elizabeth Mary (Edwin) Boxshall,   b. 21 Jan 1921, Bucharest, Romania d. 17 Oct 1986, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1942	Bucharest, Romania
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Apr 1918 - Odessa, Ukraine Marriage - Mar 1942 - Bucharest, Romania Death - 2 Sep 1983 - Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 307. [S108] Bob Boucher, Legends of the "Red Deer River Ranch" , (Sundre Round Up Publishing Company, Alberta, Canada, 1995). [S108] Bob Boucher, Legends of the "Red Deer River Ranch" , (Sundre Round Up Publishing Company, Alberta, Canada, 1995). Cited on the Red Deer River Ranches website.