George (Zannis) Coronio^[1]

1831 - 1895  (63 years)

• Name	George (Zannis) Coronio
  Birth	16 Oct 1831	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 Aug 1895	avenue Victor Hugo 54, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France
  	Estate valued at £1962 10s. administered to his widow. [2]
  Notes	Occupation: banker Residence: DOD, avenue Victor Hugo 54, Paris 16e, France. The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Zannis Z. Coronio, 65, parent, merchant; his wife, Despina, 57; sons Zorzis, 30, unmarried, merchant; Epaminondas, unmarried, 25, commercial clerk; daughter Aspasia, 19, unmarried. [3] Georges Coronio, 66 rue de Monceau, Paris, was a donating member, from 1884, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France. [4] G. Koronios entered Constantinople banking in Dec 1867 as partner in the financial brokerage house 'Syngros, Koronios and Partners,' which later became Société Ottoman de Change et de Valeurs. [5] According to the eyewitness chevalier Edouard Graziani, recounting in 1922, the first game of bridge was played at Buyukdere, Turkey in August 1873 at the Villa Coronio. The players were himself and "M. Serghiadi, a financier of Romanian origin...M. Georges Coronio, director of the Bank of Constantinople; M. Eustache Eugenidi." Gwen Morgan, "So That's Why...We Play Bridge, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov 1966, p b2. [In fact, the first bridge game in Constantinople, winter 1873, involved English players; see website of Philippe Bodard, historian of the game of bridge.] George Coronio is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.
  Person ID	I1303	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2018

  
  

  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	Marietta (Nicolas) Sevastopoulos,   b. 28 Oct 1842, Trieste, Italy/Austria d. 30 Jul 1924, 60 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1871	Trieste, Italy/Austria
  	17 Dec 1871 according to The Pall Mall Gazette[London], 20 Dec 1871.
  Family ID	F1281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Oct 1831 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 18 Dec 1871 - Trieste, Italy/Austria Death - 08 Aug 1895 - avenue Victor Hugo 54, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		54 avenue Victor Hugo, Paris 16e, France photo 2009
  		54 avenue Victor Hugo, Paris 16e, France

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Georges Coronio death notice Civil registration records, Paris, France
  		George Coronio 1895 Probate
  		Georges Coronio 1895 death certificate courtesy Philippe Bodard, historian of the game of bridge.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). family #1955, year 1860, individuals 7077/7079/7080, census of Syros [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). [S62] Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Revue des études grecques Vol 7 (1892), (Paris), LXII; LXXII. [S65] Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou, Ethnic Minority Groups in International Banking, (AthensUniversity of Economics n.d. retrieved 2010).