Paul (Ioannis) Schilizzi, esq^{[1, 2, 3]}

1842 - 1879  (36 years)

• Name	Paul (Ioannis) Schilizzi
  Suffix	esq
  Birth	01 Jun 1842	London, England UK
  	Birth notice "of a son and heir" appeared in The Times (London) 2 Jun 1842, pg. 8.
  Christening	24 Jul 1842	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	God-parents: Christos Vernoudaki representing John Vafeiadakis (of Livorno). [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	06 Apr 1879	3 Prince's Gate, Knightsbridge, London, England UK
  	Personal estate valued at under £160,000, administered at London 23 Apr 1879, and proved by John Stephen Schilizzi of 37 Finsbury Circus, father, and Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, his cousin, of 25 Austin Friars, London, and Joseph Benson of 37 Finsbury Circus, Schilizzi & Co., executors. [5]
  Burial	12 Apr 1879	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	register entry 52411 Archimandrite H. Myrianthes [Archimandrite Jerome] officiating presiding [6] burial plot no. 15803, reg. pg. 6554, no. 52411. [7]
  Notes	He lived 36 years, ten months and six days.(Christopher Long) Residence: 3 Prince's Gate, Middlesex, London, England. Business address: Schilizzi & Co., 37 Finsbury Circus, London, England, apparently his father's company. He was in partnership with James Constantine Negreponte [possibly Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte], John James Negreponte [possibly Jacques (Jacob) Negroponte] and Leonidas Vernudachi (all three who retired on 31 Mar 1861), John Sten. Schilizzi, Eml. Halduvachi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, Michele P. Mavrogordato, Giovanni Vafiadacchi, Z. Stef. Schilizzi, Demetrius J. Paspali, Ambo. M. Cappari, Jean F. Paspatti, A. Z. Caridia, M. F. Paspatti, D. Stef. Schilizzi, and N. P. Caridia. The firms operated as merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, under the firm of Schilizzi and Co.; at Leghorn, under the firm of Schilizzi and Vafiadacchi; at Constantinople, under the firm of Z. Stefanovich and Co.; at Taganrog, under the firm of A. M. Cappari; and at Rostoff, under the firm of John F. Paspatti (London Gazette 27 Dec 1861). Along with Marietta John Schilizzi [likely Marietta (Nicolas) Frangopoulos] and Pantaleon John Schilizzi, widow and merchant, respectively, of Alexandria, he was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). He was among the partners in business as Merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, under the firm of Schilizzi and Co., at Leghorn under the firm of Schilizzi and Vafiadacchi, at Castellamare under the firm of Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, at Constantinople under the firm of Z. Stefanovich and Co., and at Taganrog and Rostoff-on-the-Don under the firm of John F. Paspatti, until dissolved 31 March 1866. Other partners were: John Stephen Schilizzi, Zanni Stefanovich Schilizzi, Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, Giovanni Vafiadacchi, Ambrosio M. Cappari, Emmanuel Hafduvachi, Michael P. Mavrogordato, Michael F. Paspatti, John F. Paspatti, Nicolas P. Caridia, Aristides Z. Caridia, and Demetrius J. Paspatti. (London Gazette 22 Feb 1869) He was a partner with the brothers D. Stef. Schilizzi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi and Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi., Aristides George Caridia and Pericles Z. Amiro in Schilizzi and Co., Merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1872. (London Gazette 28 Feb 1873). His partnership with Aristides George Caridia as Merchants was dissolved 9 Apr 1877 (London Gazette 10 Apr 1877). 1871 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John Schilizzi, 63, retired merchant; wife Alexandra, 49, both b. Chios; son Paul J, 28, merchant, b. London; daughter-in-law Virginia, 20, b. Smyrna; daughter Fanny, 17 and granddaughter Alexandra, 1 yr, 2 ms, both b. London; & 8 servants.
  Person ID	I2519	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Ioannis (Stephanis) Schilizzi, esq,   b. 10 Sep 1805, Chios, Greece d. 26 Jun 1892, 74 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Alexandra (Pandely) Mavrogordato,   b. 02 Jun 1819, Chios, Greece d. 13 Sep 1897, London, England UK (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vierou (Ioannis) Sechiari,   b. 05 Apr 1850, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey d. 13 May 1939, 2 Portman Court, Marylebone, London, England UK (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	05 May 1869	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Marriage witnesses included Paul Rodocanachi, 54, merchant, allees des Capucines 11; Etienne Sechiari, 59, rentier, allees des Capucines 10; Michael Rodocanachi, 32, merchant; document contains signatures of the bride and groom, their parents, and Z.P. Rodocanachi. Marriage notice appeared in the The Pall Mall Gazette (London), 7 May 1869.
  Children	+ 1. Alexandra (Paul) Schilizzi,   b. 03 Feb 1870, London, England UK d. 05 Dec 1957, London, England UK (Age 87 years)   2. Hypatia (Paul) Schilizzi,   b. 25 Mar 1872, London, England UK d. 30 Mar 1943, Richmond, Surrey, England UK (Age 71 years)
  Documents		Schilizzi - Sechiari 1869 marriage
  		Schilizzi - Sechiari 1869 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille, France
  Family ID	F1075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 01 Jun 1842 - London, England UK Christening - 24 Jul 1842 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Marriage - 05 May 1869 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 06 Apr 1879 - 3 Prince's Gate, Knightsbridge, London, England UK Burial - 12 Apr 1879 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Paul Schilizzi
  		74 Westbourne Terrace, London, England The Bayswater residence of John and Alexandra Schilizzi with their son Paul and his family in 1871; photo 2009. In 1894 Alexandra's son-in-law Pandely A. Mavrogordato used this address and lived here presumably with his wife.
  		1-5 Prince's Gate, London, England photo 2009; the buildings on the frontage road parallel to Kensington Rd, Knightsbridge, have been rebuilt. As a widow in 1881 Virginia Schilizzi lived at 3 Princes Gate with her daughters Alexandra and Hypatia; Paul J. Schilizzi resided here at his 1879 death; Paul P Rodocanachi used the address in 1918.
  		1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England Many Greek merchants traded from here. Paul I Schilizzi, Schilizzi & Co, worked out of 37 Finsbury Circus (1879)

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 15803, sq 27, Greek plan no. 17-18, memorial damaged through enemy action, 1 Sep 1940
  		Paul John Schilizzi 1879 Probate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		West Norwood Cemetery John S Schilizzi Crypt
  		West Norwood Cemetery John Stephen Schilizzi Crypt
  		West Norwood Cemetery J S Schilizzi crypt (interior)
  		West Norwood Cemetery John S Schilizzi Crypt Interior

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Gelina Harlaftis, Manos Haritatos, Helen Beneki, Ploto: Greek Shipowners from the Late 18th Century to the Eve of World War II, (Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive, Athens, Greece 2003 ISBN 960-201-165-3), 234. [S110] Erato Paris, Les Grecs de Marseille, (Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). [S127] 1871 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Mar 1974, 8. Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 9 Finsbury Circus, City of London [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Aug 1977, 3. Records of Burials at West Norwood Cemetery [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England.