Theodore John (Zannis) Coronio^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1826 - 1903  (77 years)

• Name	Theodore John (Zannis) Coronio
  Birth	18 Feb 1826	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	1826 according to his tomb (though no mention of Syros which is according to Metaxa). Another source says 1827 (Christopher Long). 1830 Chios, according to Sturdza [6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Mar 1903	Central London Railway, London, England UK
  	Estate valued at £98 16s. 3d. administered to his widow. [7]
  Burial	16 Mar 1903	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	burial register entry a32910; 'removed from Hammersmith Mortuary' Ant Paraschis officiating; Greek Gazette says 17 Mar 1903 [8] burial plot no. 30480, no. 76 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 12968, no. 32910 [9]
  Notes	UK Naturalisation: Theodore John Coronio, Greece, 14 Mar 1853; certificate 0530. [10] Residence: at DOD, Holland Park, London, England Occupation: merchant 26 Sep 1851: Theodore Z. Coronio, 25, unmarried, born Chios, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. Theodorie J. Coronio was listed as a member of the Baltic Exchange, 1886 (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 58); Theodore J. Coronio, 153 Cullum House, London, is listed among the 96 Greek members of the Baltic Exchange 1860-69. He was co-partners with Charles George Davids in Coronio and Davids, 21 Great St Helen's, London, which filed for bankruptcy (London Gazette 14 Apr 1874, 19 May 1874, 26 Jun 1874). He invested in The Bank of London, listed as merchant, Lombard Street, London (London Gazette 27 Feb 1858, 26 Feb 1859). He was a broker, in partnership with M.B. Manuel in the firm Coronio and Manuel, 18 Culum [Cullum] Street, London until dissolved 2 Jul 1867 (London Gazette 9 Jul 1867). Negroponte Bros. & Coronio was a firm in Manchester (The Times [London] 3 Nov 1843). T.J. Coronio contributed £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850). 1851 England census: Bury New Road, Salford, Broughton [Manchester] household headed by John Contostavlos, 21, merchant of silk & cotton goods; brother Leonard, 18, his apprentice; Theodore Coronio, 23, cousin, merchant of silk & cotton goods, all b. Greece; nephew Constantine Lambrenad, 24, merchant of silk & cotton goods, b. Turkey; & 2 servants. The 1881 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander C. Ionides, 70, retired merchant and late cousul general of Greece, naturalized British subject; wife Euterpe, 64, both b. Constantinople; grandsons Andrew A., 4; Ambrose A, 2 3/4; George A. 1 3/4; granddaughter Aglaia, 6 months, all b. London; & 6 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 54, merchant, b. Constantinople, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe], 45, b. London, Finsbury Circus; daughter Calliope, 24; son John, 23, both b. Tulse Hill, London; & 3 servants. The 1891 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Alexander A. Ionides, 51, cousul general of Greece, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey; wife Isabel, 37, b. Marseille; Andre A., 14; George A. 12; daughter Aglaia, 10; Penelope, 9, all b. London Kensington; & 7 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 66, b. Greece; wife [Aglaia daughter of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides], 50, b. London; daughter Calliope, 33; son John, 23, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey; son-in-law Paraskeva Sechiari, 38, stock broker - agent, b. Marseille; & 3 servants. The 1901 England census: 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, household headed by Isabel Ionides, 47, widow, b. Marseille, British subject; sons Andre A, 24, commercial clerk; Ambrose C, 22, commercial broker; George A, 21, clerk; daughter Aglaia, 20, living on own means, all b. Kensington, London; visitor & 4 servants; and adjacent at 1a Holland Park, household headed by Theodore John Coronios, 72, retired living on own means, b. Syros, British subject; wife Aglaia [daughter of Alexander and Euterpe Ionides], 64; daughter Calliope Sechiari, 44, both b. London; son-in-law Paraskeva Sechiari, 48, banker (Rodocanachi), b. Marseille, naturalized British subject; granddaughter Isabel M., 9, b. London & 4 servants. Law case 1864: Appellant: George Michael Papayani, Basilio Papayani, William Porter, Francis W Reynolds, William Blain and S H Laugenbach, all of Liverpool, M E Mavrogordato and Theodore J Coronio, both of London, S N Frangapulo, P Theologo Charalampo Constantinidi, Jacob Longson, Michael Trueman, John Edward Wilson and George Triandifillid, all of Manchester, owners of the screw steamship Amalia Respondent: Owners of the late Belgian steamship Marie de Brabant Subject: Collision between said vessels on 15 May 1863 Lower Court: High Court of Admiralty of England [11] Art collector: His father-in-law Alexander Constantine Ionides, likely influenced him to collect art. He bought paintings "from James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who in turn introduced him to the work of Henri Fantin-Latour which he also began to collect." (Daphne Casdagli). E.g., "Fleurs et fruits," 1865, according to Christies website. See his correspondence with James McNeill Whistler.
  Person ID	I1301	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Zannis (Zorzis) Coronio,   b. 1794, Chios, Greece d. 04 Apr 1884, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Despina (Theodore) Negroponte,   b. 1808, Chios, Greece d. 1891, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	01 Sep 1855	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aglaia (Alexander) Ionides,   b. 20 Dec 1834, London, England UK d. 20 Aug 1906, 1a Holland Park, London, England UK (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1855	London, England UK
  	Marriage Witness: Constantine A. Ionides.
  Children	+ 1. Calliope Despina (Theodore) Coronio,   b. 27 May 1856, Tulse Hill, London, England UK d. 19 Aug 1906, London, England UK (Age 50 years)   2. John (Theodore) Coronio,   b. 28 Dec 1857, Tulse Hill, London, England UK d. 11 Sep 1910, Argentina (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Feb 1826 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 1855 - London, England UK Death - 11 Mar 1903 - Central London Railway, London, England UK Burial - 16 Mar 1903 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1 Holland Park, Kensington, London photo 2009; the site is now occupied by the Greek Embassy; earlier structures were destroyed by fire. Previously a nursing home, owned by the local Council, sat here. From about 1880 - 1905 the Alexander C. Ionides family lived here.
  		1 Holland Park, Kensington, London The Embassy of Greece
  		Cullum Street, London, England Coronio and Manuel was located at 18 Cullum Street, London (1867)
  		17 Cullum Street, London, England photo 2009
  		Great St. Helen's Street, London, England Theodore J Coronio worked out of 21 Great St. Helen's (1874)
  		Great St. Helen's Street, London, England
  		Great St. Helen's Street, London, England
  		Great St. Helen's Street, London, England Today this alley off Bishopsgate is in the shadow of The Pinnacle, which is under construction.
  		Henri Fantin-Latour - Fleurs et fruits, 1865 Purchased from the artist by Theodore Coronio. Photo: courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for burial plot no. 30480, sq. 28, no. 76 on Greek plan
  		Theodore John Coronio 1903 Probate

  
  

  Headstones		West Norwood Cemetery Theodore John Coronio (1826-1903), Paraskeva Ambrose Sechiari (1851-1906); Calliope Despina Sechiari (1856-1906); Aglaïa Coronio (1834-1906); photo by Parker Agelasto
  		Theodore John Coronio (1826-1903) West Norwood Cemetery, © Christopher Long: ChristopherLong.co.uk.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). #7221 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance [S113] Caroline Dakers, "The Ionides - Patrons in Holland Park", (Yale University Press, 1999). [S129] 1891 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S137] 1851 U.K. Census. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 152. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Oct 1977, 12. Records of Burials at West Norwood Cemetery [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Dec 1976, 24. Greeks Naturalised in Britain 1801-1900 [S73] UK National Archives. PCAP 1/325