Dimitrios (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1839 - 1893  (54 years)

• Name	Dimitrios (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich
  Birth	10 Jan 1839	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  Christening	God-parents: His maternal grandmother.
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1893	Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Death	25 Nov 1893	Athens, Attica, Greece
  	23 November 1893 according to the tombstone in Constantinople. Probate says 7 Dec 1893. Argenti gives 25 Nov 1893, Athens. Likely a mixup between calendars or that monumental inscription does not indicate actual burial. His estate of ￡663,159 10s. 10d. administered by Joseph Benson, Pandely Leonidas Argenti and Michel George Mavrogordato. [6] A death certificate for this individual was not found at the Athens central vital statistics office (Old Town Hall, June, 2012).
  Notes	Lived in London, Paris and Constantinople. Involved in the building of St Stephen\'s Church in Paris. A member of the Building Committee for St Sophia, London. In 1870, with two of his brothers, he gave a hanging lamp to St Sophia Church, London. Appears to have been known as Stephanovich-Schilizzi. He donated a statue of Lord Byron which stands in Zappeion Gardens. Grand Officer of the Order of The Saviour. Made the initial financial enquiries into the feasibility of building St Sophia Church, London. Was co-executor of the estate of his cousin Paul John Schilizzi. Address, Kensington, London: 1876, 49 Palace Gardens Terrace; at DOD at DOD Hypatia Villa, Campden Hill; also 25 Austin Friars, London. With his brother John 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 John Stefanovich Schilizzi, 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). Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, 9 Fenchurch St, London, Merchant, and Alexander Alexander Ionides, of Gresham House, Old Broad Street, London, Banker, were creditors in the bankruptcy of Tunis Railways Company Limited (London Gazette 6 Jan 1874). He was a partner in the Imperial Bank Limited 1874-1880(London Gazette 28 Feb 1877, 26 Feb 1879, 25 Feb 1880, etc.). The 1871 England Census reports that Demetrius S. Schilizzi,head, unmarried, 32, East India merchant, born Constantinople, lived at 49 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London. The 1881 England Census reports that Demetrius S. Schilizzi, head, unmarried, 42, retired merchant, born Constantinople, lived in Hypathia Villa, Kensington, London, with five domestic servants. Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi by Camille Silvy; albumen print, 30 April 1861; NPG Ax52746; National Portrait Gallery (UK).
  Person ID	I2568	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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Jan 1839 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Burial - 1893 - Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Death - 25 Nov 1893 - Athens, Attica, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Dimitrios Schilizzi
  		49 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8, London, England photo 2009; the Kensington address used by Demetrius S. Schilizzi, then a bachelor, in 1871.
  		49 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8, London, England detail
  		Palace Gardens Terrace, W8, London, England view of the street; photo 2009
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England photo 2009
  		25 Austin Friars, London, England detail
  		Fenchurch Street, Fenchurch Buildings, London, England Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi worked at 9 Fenchurch St in 1874. In 2010 no. 9-13 housed various services and businesses.
  		Austin Friars British Library photo
  		Looking west on Austin Friars

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Dimitrios Zannis Schilizzi is included, page 84 (with a different birth year).
  		The SS Demetrio Schilizzi, c 1900 Photo: Ploto
  		Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi 1894 Probate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Schilizzi family tomb, Sisli Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey The inscription reads: -Helen Stephanovik Schilizzi, (died) 21 January 1876; -Zannis Stephanovik Schilizzi, 9 March 1886; -Demetrios Stephanovik Schilizzi, 23 November 1893; -Paul Stephanovik Schilizzi, 23 August 1901; photo courtesy Ioannis Kolakis 2009, translation by George Agelastos.
  		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

  [S49] Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 84. [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. [S109] National Portrait Gallery, London UK. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 406.