John S. (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich^{[1, 2]}

1840 - 1908  (68 years)

• Name	John S. (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich
  Nickname	John Stefanovitch
  Birth	31 Aug 1840	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	DOB from grave marker. Argenti says 21 Aug 1840.
  Christening	14 Sep 1840	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	God-parents: Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - his aunt).
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Oct 1908	31 Cromwell Road, London, England UK
  	Estate valued at £2,114,574 15s 11d, resworn £2,092,734 15s 11d and £2,088,894 15s 11d, administered at London 30 Oct 1908 by Stephen Stefanovich Schilizzi, esq. [3] Will dated 21 Nov 1904. He bequeathed £1,000 to the London Hospital and £1,000 to his clerk, Mr. Thomas Ashby ("An Estate of two Millions," The Times [London] 3 Nov 1908). The article notes: "By the falling in for death duties of the estate of the late Mr. Schilizzi the Exchequer benefits to the extent of about £286,000, duty being payable on the property at the rate of 10 per cent on the first million and 13 per cent on the balance, in addition to legacy duties."
  Burial	17 Oct 1908	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK   [5]
  	"An early twentieth-century (1908) listed monument belongs to John S. Schilizzi (1840-1908) and his wife Virginia (1849-1927), née Sechiaris and mother of Helena Venizelos. The monument (TQ 3272 32/1122), situated near the west corner of the burial ground, consists of a sarcophagus with a female statue. A pink granite base supports the veined marble sarcophagus, both of which bear the names of the deceased. The sarcophagus is topped with a white marble female figure, half nude with flowing robes and veiled, abandoning herself to grief. To the rear, pink granite steps lead down to the vault." register entry A41313 Archimandrite Agathangelos Moschovakis presiding burial plot 14564, mortuary chapel, reg. pg. 14019, no. 41313; then removed to plot 32308. [4]
  Notes	Residence, England: 1872, 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London; 6 Cromwell House, Kensington, London; 1908, 31 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, Middlesex; 1908, Redcourt, Haslemere, Surrey. Occupation: Merchant. His 1908 family tomb at West Norwood Cemetery is an English Heritage listed monument (1981). A John Schilizzi donated a mosaic to decorate the conch of the main apse of St Sophia church in Bayswater, London. Commander of the Order of The Saviour. Appears to have been known as Stephanovich-Schilizzi. Lived in London. Involved in the building of St Stephen Church in Paris. In 1870, with two of his brothers, he gave a hanging lamp to St Sophia Church, London. He left estate of £2,089,000. He is probably the John Stephen Schilizzi involved in the partnership businesses in 1860 that also included James Constantine Negroponte, [perhaps Jean (Constantine) Negroponte], Emmanuel Halduvacchi, Leonidas Vernudacchi, John Vaffiadacclii, Zanni Stef. Schilizzi, Michael Pantaleone Mavrogordato, Ambrosia Michele Cappati, Ipatias Vernudacchi & M. F. Paspatti. The firms involved included Schilizzi & Co., at London, Manchester and Calcutta; Schilizzi & Vaffiadacchi, Leghorn, Z. Stefanovich & Co., Constantinople; A.M. Cappari, Taganrog; and Ypatio Vernudacchi, Rostoff (London Gazette 7 Jun 1861). With his brothers Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi and Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi he was a partner as foreign banker in the firm Schilizzi Brothers, 25 Austin Friars, London until it was dissolved 31 Mar 1889 (London Gazette 17 May 1889). He was a partner with his brothers D. Stef. Schilizzi and Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi., Paul John 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). 1881 England census: 93 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 40, retired merchant; wife Virginia, 31, both b. Constantinople; son Stephen J., 8; daughter Helen, 9, both b. London; George Sechiari, brother-in-law, 19, foreign grain merchant, b. Constantinople; & 4 servants. UK Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stefanovich, from Italy. Certificate B.70 issued 25 January 1871. Or Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stephen, from Italy. Certificate 4877 issued 13 November 1865. [6] He co-administered the estate of John Matthew Schilizzi. John Stevanovich Schilizzi [25 Austin Friars; abode 93 Westbourne Terrace] appears on the 1893, 1894, [25 Austin Friars; abode 6 Cromwell Houses, South Kensington] 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, [25 Austin Friars; abode 31 Cromwell Road, South Kensington] 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909 England electoral register, City of London parliamentary division, City of London county/borough; Paddington North/Westminster; London/City of London.
  Person ID	I2562	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Zannis Stephanovich (Stephanis) Schilizzi Stephanovich,   b. 01 Aug 1806, Chios, Greece d. 09 Mar 1886, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Eleni (Dimitri) Vouro,   b. 13 Jan 1816, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 21 Jan 1876, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1834	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey   [7]
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia (Pandia) Sechiari,   b. 05 Sep 1849, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 20 Jul 1929, Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1871	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	Marriage Witnesses: Paul (Ioannis) Schilizzi.
  Children	+ 1. Stephen Stephanovich (John) Schilizzi, JP,   b. 15 Apr 1872, 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK d. 18 Jul 1961, 20 Devonshire Place St., Marylebone, London, England UK (Age 89 years)   2. Helena (John) Schilizzi Stephanovich,   b. 18 Sep 1873, 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK d. 07 Sep 1959, avenue George V 29, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Aug 1840 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Christening - 14 Sep 1840 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Marriage - 18 Apr 1871 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Death - 13 Oct 1908 - 31 Cromwell Road, London, England UK Burial - 17 Oct 1908 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John S. Schilizzi Stephanovich
  		93 Westbourne Terrace, London, England In 1881 John S. and Virginia Schilizzi lived at 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, with their children; photo 2009.
  		31 Cromwell Road, London, England photo 2009. Lycee francais Charles de Gaulle, across from the National History Museum. John Schilizzi Stephanovich lived at this South Kensington address in 1908, presumably with his wife.
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England photo 2009
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England detail
  		Austin Friars British Library photo
  		Looking west on Austin Friars

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 14564, mortuary chapel
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 14564, mortuary chapel (continuation)
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for burial plot no. 32308, sq. 42-43, no. 250-251 on Greek plan
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for grave 4584 - Schilizzi
  		John Stefanovitch Schilizzi 1908 Probate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		West Norwood Cemetery John S Schilizzi (1840-1908); Virginia Schilizzi (1849-1929); photo by Parker Agelasto
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery This church is referred to as Metamorphosis ("Our Lord Saviour´s Transformation"). The inscription says that the church was erected in 1888 at the expense of Schilizzi Stephanovik´s sons [presumably John, Paul and Dimitrios] "in eternal memory of their parents"; photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009; translation by George Agelastos.
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009.
  		Schilizzi church, Sisli Constantinople cemetery photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009

  
  

• 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. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S7] Theodoropoulou-Polychroniadis, Zetta, Hellenic enclosure of the South Metropolitan (West Norwood) Cemetery, (Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, 2002), 2002, 18. [S73] UK National Archives. HO 1/175/B.70; HO 1/126/4877 [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 406.