Vierou (Ioannis) Sechiari^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1850 - 1939  (89 years)

• Name	Vierou (Ioannis) Sechiari
  Nickname	Virginia
  Birth	05 Apr 1850	Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 May 1939	2 Portman Court, Marylebone, London, England UK
  	Her estate was valued at £60,913 (net personalty £57,849) (The Times [London] 29 Jun 1939. Her estate of ￡60913 17s. 5d. was administered by Jenny Rodocanachi, George Michel Mavrogordato and Harold Rodocanachi. [5]
  Burial	16 May 1939	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	Funeral held 16 May 1939 at St Sophia Cathedral, London. Death notices appeared in The Times (London) 15/16 May 1939. buried plot 15803, sq 27, Greek plan no. 17-18, reg. pg. 18096, no. 73934. [6]
  Notes	Residence: 1889, 3 Prince's Gate, Kensington, London, England She may be the figure seated middle row far left in a c.1900 'Derby Day' photograph (Christopher Long's collection). She arranged a wedding reception at 3 Prince's Gate, Kensington, for the marriage of her sister Arghyro to Pandia Rodocanachi in 1889. The 1901 England Census reports that Virginia Schilizzi, head, widow, 50, born in Turkey, a British subject, lived at 3 Princes Gate, Kensington, London, with her unmarried daughter Hypatia, 29, born Paddington, London, noted as 'feeble-minded', and ten domestic servants. 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. 1881 England census: 3 Prince's Gate, London household headed by Virginia Schilizzi, widow, 30, b. Smyrna, naturalized British subject; daughters Alexandra, 11, Hypatia, 9, both b. London; Arghiro [John] Sechiari, 12, b. France; & 9 servants. Virginia Schilizzi [3 Princes Gate SW7] appears on the 1890, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 thereafter as Virginia Paul Schilizzi 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937 England electoral register, City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.
  Person ID	I2524	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Ioannis (Paraskeva) Sechiari,   b. 1818, Chios, Greece d. 11 Nov 1884, Braila, Romania (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Clementine (Nicolas) Scaramanga,   b. 1828, Chios, Greece d. 5 Mar 1876, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paul (Ioannis) Schilizzi, esq,   b. 01 Jun 1842, London, England UK d. 06 Apr 1879, 3 Prince's Gate, Knightsbridge, London, England UK (Age 36 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 - 05 Apr 1850 - Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey Marriage - 05 May 1869 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 13 May 1939 - 2 Portman Court, Marylebone, London, England UK Burial - 16 May 1939 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Vierou Sechiari
  		allées Léon Gambetta 16, Marseille, France John and Clementine Sechiari lived at 'allees des Capucines 16,' when their daughter Virginia got married in 1869; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
  		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.

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 15803, sq 27, Greek plan no. 17-18, memorial damaged through enemy action, 1 Sep 1940
  		Virginia Schilizzi 1939 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] Erato Paris, Les Grecs de Marseille, (Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). [S125] 1901 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England.