Gregory (Petros) Empedocles^{[1, 2]}

1861 - 1951  (89 years)

• Name	Gregory (Petros) Empedocles
  	or Empedocles
  Birth	07 Oct 1861	London, England UK
  	25 Jul 1861 according to church baptism register
  Christening	10 Dec 1862	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	God-parents: Maria C. Geralopoulo [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1951	Glenhildur Nursing Home, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa   [1]
  	DOD from London probate. South Africa estate death index: Gregory Empedocles, d. 11 Aug 1951, High Court: Western Cape High Court, Estate Number: 5376/1951, with will, spouse: Maria Empedocles
  Notes	The 1871 England census for the household at 22 Queensborough Terrace, Paddington, London, headed by Peter Empedocles, 50, retired merchant; wife Evanthia Empedocles, 33, both b. Greece, Greek subjects; Helen Empedocles, 14; Antony Empedocles, 10; Gregory Empedocles, 9; Alexandra Empedocles, 8; Euphrosyne Empedocles, 5; Angelica Empedocles, 2; Urania Lizeeli, 37, b. Greece, Greek subject, sister-in-law, widow; 4 domestic servants. Residence: 1918, 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece
  Person ID	I1640	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter Empedocles,   b. 1829, Greece d. 6 Jan 1906 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Evanthia Tsitsekli,   b. Abt 1838, Greece d. 20 May 1923 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria (Stephen) Petrocochino,   b. 01 Aug 1875, Calcutta, Bengal, British India d. 22 Oct 1945, Hildasime Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Children	+ 1. Peter (Gregory) Empedocles,   b. 1 Apr 1900, Athens, Attica, Greece d. 5 Sep 1970, Spetses, Saronic Islands, Attica, Greece (Age 70 years) + 2. Stephen (Gregory) Empedocles,   b. 28 May 1901   d. 31 Jan 1973, Surrey, England UK (Age 71 years) + 3. Semiramis (Gregory) Empedocles,   b. 18 Jun 1905   d. 21 Oct 1990 (Age 85 years) + 4. Evanthia (Gregory) Empedocles,   b. 2 May 1902, Athens, Attica, Greece d. 18 Feb 1982 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 07 Oct 1861 - London, England UK Christening - 10 Dec 1862 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Death - 21 Aug 1951 - Glenhildur Nursing Home, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Grigoris Embedoklis photo courtesy Greek and Linked European Families website.

  
  

  Documents		1905 Athens directory G. Empedocles was the director general of the Empedocles Bank, Athens, 1905; D. Petrocochinos, his brother-in-law, was a director.
  		Gregory Empedocles 1952 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1975, 12. Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 82-84 London Wall, City of London.