John Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi[1]

Male 1854 - 1912  (58 years)


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  • Name John Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi 
    Nickname Jack 
    Born 15 Jan 1854  Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 07 Apr 1854  Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • At home; entry: 048/025; Godparent: Angeliki St. Franghiadi; priest Daniel Petroulias [2]
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Apr 1912  Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • DOD from death notice that appeared in The Times (London) 16 April 1912 and 17 April 1912. The former calls him John W. Rodocanachi and his father the late P.L. Rodocanachi, errors corrected in the subsequent publication.
    • DOD 15 Apr 1912, according to death announcement in Times of India, 29 Apr 1912.
    Buried 15 Apr 1912  Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Occupation: Ralli Brothers, Calcutta.
    • The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by P[aul] Z[annis] Rodocanachi, 41, merchant, b. Greece; wife Maria, 29, b. Austria; daughter Anastasia, 8, b. Manchester; son John, 7; son Matthew, 6 months, all born Liverpool & 5 servants [next door to the family of Dimitrios Emmanuel Petrocochino.
    • Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1884-1885: Palel Zani Rodocanachie and John Matthew Rodocanachie, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); K 4 Exchange Buildings (counting house).
    • Education: Westminster School, London
    • Greek church records show a child Ioannis Matthaios Rodocanachi (2nd child) baptised 7 April 1853 at home in Liverpool - presumably the date is wrong...(Christopher Long)
    • He left Liverpool to live and work for Ralli Brothers in Calcutta.
    • Between 1870-1910 John M. Rodocanachi was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange. [3]
    • Bombay Commercial Directory lists: Ziffo & Co., 14-2 Clive row, freight brokers. PARTNERS – J.M. Rodocanachi, N.J. Valetta [4]
    Person ID I1963  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2021 

    Father Paul Zannis (Zannis) Rodocanachi,   b. 07 Jan 1820, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1891, 'Parkside', 5 Livingston Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Marigo (Ambrouzis) Ralli,   b. 29 Sep 1830, Trieste, Italy/Austria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jul 1872, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nettie Eliza Reide (John) Clough,   b. 29 Jan 1871, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1943, Shoreham, Kent, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married Abt 1896  Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The marriage of John Matthew Rodocanachi and Nettie Eliza R. Falconer is listed in the British India Registry Office Marriage Index 1896-1900, N/11, v. 9, folio 266.
    • Previous: the marriage of Wm Fredk. Falconer and Nellie E. R. Clough is listed in the British India Registry Office Marriage Index 1889, N1, v. 207, folio 300.
    • Subsequent: 1CWGC records that she married again, becoming Nettie Hulme King of Park Farm, Holbrook, Horsham, Sussex (Christopher Long).
    Children 
     1. Nancy Veronica Lemon Mohun (John) Rodocanachi,   b. 29 Mar 1896, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1928, Stanmore Court, 29 St. James' Street, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     2. Paul John (John) Rodocanachi,   b. 07 Aug 1898, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1917, Wytschaete, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
    +3. Ambrose John (John) Rodocanachi,   b. 23 Oct 1900, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1983, Suffolk, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014 
    Family ID F850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jan 1854 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 07 Apr 1854 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1896 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Apr 1912 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 15 Apr 1912 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    John Matthew Rodocanachi
    John Matthew Rodocanachi

    Documents
    Ralli Bros India
    Ralli Bros India
    company label

  • Sources 
    1. [S128] 1861 England Census.

    2. [S68] The Greek Gazette, Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, (London, England), 12, May 1996.
      Baptism-No:0042

    3. [S42] The Greek Community of New York City, Michael Contopoulos, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 167.

    4. [S63] Thacker’s Indian Directory 1895.