John Leonidas (Leonidas) Calvocoressi^{[1, 2]}

1917 - 2002  (85 years)

• Name	John Leonidas (Leonidas) Calvocoressi
  Birth	09 May 1917	New York, New York USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Oct 2002	Middle Haddam, Connecticut USA
  Burial	31 Jul 2004	Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut USA
  	A memorial service was held October 26, at 11:00 AM at Spencer Funeral Home, 112 Main St., East Hampton, CT. Donations requested to be sent to Riverfront Recapture LLC, 1 Hartford Sq. West, Hartford, CT. 06106-1984. Section N, Lot 27
  Notes	Residence: 2002, Connecticut, USA A John L. Calvocoressi, fluent in French and Greek, was a member of the legal firm Gale & Kowalyshyn, 363 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106 USA. John L Calvocoressi, born 1917, New York, enlisted in the US Army, 2 Mar 1945, New Haven, Connecticut; occupation: policemen and detectives, public service; 4 years of college. US 1920 census: 383 West End Avenue, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 41, b. abt 1879, England, parents b. Greece, homeowner, immigrated 1909, importer/general merchant; wife Eugenie, 33; sons Leonidas jr., 9; John, 2 6/12; daughter Helen, 4 all b. New York; & 4 servants. [3] 1930 US federal census for the household living at 42 East 92nd St., New York, New York, headed by Leonard Calvocoressi, 52, owner, house valued at $60,000, 32 y.o. at marriage, b. England, parents b. Turkey, immigrated 1909, importer raw material; John L., son, 12; Helen, daughter, 17; both b. New York, mother b. Ohio; and 3 servants. [2] 1940 US federal census, 46 East 92 Street, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 61, b. England, alien; home owner, valued $47,000, $5000 income; wife Eugenie, 54, $5000 income; son John, 22, married, b. New York, clerk, insurance company, $625 income; daughter-in-law, Frances, 22, b. New York; $800 income; 4 servants. [1] 1950 US Federal Census for the residence at 240 South Marshall Street (third door), Hartford, CN, household headed by John L Calvocoressi, 32, b. New York, married, movie theater operator and manager. [4] Education: St. Paul's School; Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Residence: 1938, 46 East 92nd Street, New York, New York.
  Person ID	I2163	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Leonidas (John) Calvocoressi,   b. 09 May 1878, London, England UK d. 17 Apr 1952, New York, New York USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Eugenie (Theodore) Ralli,   b. 15 Oct 1885, New York, New York USA d. 23 Apr 1967, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1910	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: Anthony Ralli, P. Argenti and L. E. Ralli; The Great Archimandrite C. Pagonis, assisted by the Rev. Archimandrite Moscovakis, performed the nuptials; entry 277. [5] Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 28 Jun 1910, pg. 1. Sturdza wrongly says 5 Jun 1910 [6]
  Family ID	F927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Stewart (Thomas) Whitall,   b. 07 Feb 1918, New York, New York USA d. 11 Feb 2001, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1939	New York, New York USA
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 09 May 1917 - New York, New York USA Marriage - 18 Feb 1939 - New York, New York USA Death - 14 Oct 2002 - Middle Haddam, Connecticut USA Burial - 31 Jul 2004 - Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  John Leonidas Calvocoressi yearbook photo The Harvard Class Album, 1938, p 100

  
  

  Documents

  John Leonidas Calvocoressi WW II draft card

  
  

  Headstones

  The Calvocoressi Burial Site Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut USA Plot: Section N, Lot 27

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] 1940 US Federal Census. [S130] 1930 US Federal Census. [S131] 1920 US Federal Census. [S155] 1950 US Federal Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Sep 1983, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London] [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 248.