Leonidas (Pandély) Argenti^{[1, 2]}

1823 - 1882  (59 years)

• Name	Leonidas (Pandély) Argenti
  Nickname	Leonidas Leoni
  Birth	07 Sep 1823	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	His birth was witnessed by Pierre Schilizzi, 34, merchant, allees de Meilhan 6, Marseille.
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Oct 1882	cours Pierre Puget 33, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	His death was registered 24 Oct 1882, register 8 (not available on-line) His will was proved by his son Pandeli Leonidas. [3] Estate valued at 1,321,775 francs; itemized in a document in notarial archives. [4]
  Burial	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  Notes	He was the signatory witness to the birth of Dimitrios (Pandia) Agelasto. Residence, Marseille, France: 1851, rue Senac 2; 1863, allees des Capucines 9; 1864, Allees des Capucines 9/15; 1870, allees des Capucines 5. He was a witness at the 1845 wedding of Penelope (Georges) Zizinia and Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari. Leonidas Pandeli Argenti was in business with Coco George Scaramanga [probably George (Nicolas) Scaramanga], Theodore Emmanuel Schilizzi, Michel George Schilizzi, Leoni Ambrose Argenti and George Ambrose Argenti, as Merchants, 43 Finsbury Circus, London; 40 Dickinson Street, Manchester, England; 4 rue de l'Arsenal, Marseille, France and Calcutta, under the firm of Argenti, Schilizzi & Co. (London Gazette 1 Jan 1875). The business was dissolved on 31 Dec 1875 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1876). Occupation: merchant He was a witness to the wedding of Eustratios Ralli and Marigo Vlasto. He was a signatory witness to the Marseille 25 Apr 1870 marriage of Antonio Vouro & Marie Ralli. Leonidas Argenti was among the six Greeks born in Marseille between 1821-1830 who declared their intention to become French citizens the year following their reaching majority age. The others included Pandia Agelasto, Demetrius Petrocochino, Pierre Rodocanachi, Aristide Dromacaiti, Etienne Ralli, Meandre Zizinia, Eustratius Petrocochino, Laurent Dromocaiti and Etienne Schilizzi (Echinard) At the College Royal, Marseille, in 1840 Leonidas Argenti received several academic prizes, including the Fifth: 4th place in excellence, 1st prize in English language (first year), 2nd prize in greek translation, 4th place in history (Echinard). He also excelled in special business courses initiated in the college from 1833-1836. He is possibly being referred to as "An Argenti (related to the Ralli family by marriage) was in charge in Marseilles..." in regards to the Ralli merchant network. [5] naturalized French 1845 (not recorded in the on-line database). [6] He was a signatory witness to the Vlasto-Scaramanga marriage, Marseille, 1870. He was a signatory witness to the 1863 marriage of Stephanos Ralli and Polymnia Argenti. Leonidas Pandeli Argenti participated in Marseille's Greek church deliberations in 1875 & 1876 (Calapodis). [7] Leonidas P. Argenti was involved in establishing the Greek community organization Syllogue in Marseille, founded 1871. [8]
  Person ID	I2551	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Julia (Augustus) Ralli,   b. 22 Jul 1830, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 06 Oct 1921, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	08 May 1851	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	This union is cited in a list of 13 marriage alliances that connected the Rallis with the founders of other Chiot firms in Calcutta. [9] Witnesses included Andre Argenti, 55, merchant, bride's cousin, Ile des allees 18; Auguste Argenti, 47, merchant, groom's uncle, rue Senac 2; Pierre J Vlasto, 48, merchant, bride's uncle, allees de Meilhan 20; Constantine Ralli, 42, merchant, bride's cousin, allees de Meilhan 65.
  Notes	As an illustration of family marriage interweaving among Chiot merchant families: Lucas Eustratios Ralli married Eugenie Argenti "who is in reality was his cousin because on her side, Julie, daughter of Auguste (brother of Eustratios), would marry Leonidas Argenti (father of Eugenie)" [In other words, Eugenie’s mother is the niece of her husband’s father, implying that her husband is a generation older than she.] [10]
  Children	+ 1. Pandely Leonidas (Leonidas) Argenti,   b. 10 Nov 1853, London, England UK d. 06 Oct 1911, London, England UK (Age 57 years)
  Documents		Argenti - Ralli 1851 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille
  		Argenti - Ralli 1851 marriage Marseille, France
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 07 Sep 1823 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Marriage - 08 May 1851 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 23 Oct 1882 - cours Pierre Puget 33, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Burial - - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England Many Greek merchants traded from here. Leonidas P. Argenti and his partners George N. Scaramanga and Theodore E Schilizzi worked out of 43 Finsbury Circus (1875)
  		20 Dickinson Street, Manchester, England. Photo 2015. No. 40 appears to be an empty lot. Until 1875 a partnership with operations in London, Manchester and Marseille included 40 Dickinson St. Partners in Argenti, Schilizzi & Co.: Theodore Emmanuel Schilizzi, Coco George Scaramanga, Leonidas Pandeli Argenti, Michel George Schilizzi, Leoni Ambrose Argenti and George Ambrose Argenti. The 1870-1875 Manchester Rate Books list Argenti & Co. (Nicholas Argenti and Coco George Scaramanga) at 40 Dickinson St.

  
  

  Documents		Leonidas 'Leoni' Argenti birth certificate
  		Leonidas Pandeli Argenti 1883 Probate

  
  

  Headstones		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Leonidas Pandely Argenti (d 1956) tomb: Pandia Leoni Argenti (d 1873); Zenni Pandely Argenti (d 1876); Marie Julia Leonidas Argenti (d 1877); Auguste Leoni Argenti (d 1881); Leonidas Pandely Argenti (d 1889); Adrien Pandely Argenti (d 1891); Julie Leonidas Argenti (d 1921); also Helene Zarifi Argenti, according to burial records, but not inscribed.
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France tomb inscription

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Pierre Echinard, Grecs et Philhellènes à Marseille, (Marseille: l'Institut Historique de Provence, 1973), 276, 277, 278. [S110] Erato Paris, Les Grecs de Marseille, (Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 211-212, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. [S79] John Athanasios Mazis, The Greeks of Odessa, (2004: East European Monographs, Boulder/Columbia University Press, New York ), 41. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)). [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 177, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 261, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. [S45] Paul Byron Norris, Ulysses in the Raj, (BACSA, 1992; ISBN 0907799469), 123. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 221, note 572; 212.