Paul (Constantine) Negroponte^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1862 - 1933  (70 years)

• Name	Paul (Constantine) Negroponte
  	aka Paul C. Constantine (at death)
  Birth	30 Jun 1862	London, England UK
  Christening	29 Sep 1862	Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK
  	Godparent: Marouko Pl. Negroponte (represented by Calliope Sevastopulo) [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1933	Waco, McLennan County, Texas USA
  	liver cancer
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas USA
  Notes	They were also living there for the 1930 census. Year of immigration is listed as 1880; occupation is salesman for a life insurance company. English is given as the language spoken at home before coming to the US. He was Godfather to his sister Polymnia Travel: C. P. and P. C. Negroponte arrived New York by steamship New York Times, 28 Aug 1881, p 12); P.C. Negroponte, 22, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Arizona 13 Oct 1884; Philip Negroponti [sic], 27, merchant, Greece, arrived New York, 7 Sep 1889 from Liverpool, aboard the Etruria traveling with Const. Negroponti [his father]; P.C. Negroponte, 28, Greek, cotton buyer, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Britannic 22 Aug 1890; P.C. Negroponte, 29, arrived Liverpool from New York on the Alaska Jun 1893; P.C, 29, single, merchant and C.P. Negroponte, 65, married, merchant [his father], arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Liverpool on the Ohio 2 Apr 1894; P.C. Negroponte arrived New York from Liverpool on the Servia (New York Times 20 Sep 1894, p 7); P.C. Negroponte, 34, arrived Liverpool from New York on the Sardinian 13 May 1896; Mr and Mrs P.C. Negroponte, 29, arrived Plymouth, England from New York on the Graf Waldersee 18 Aug 1903. P.C. Negroponte is listed in the 1892 Mobile, Alabama city directory as a cotton buyer with the Cotton Exchange. P.C. Negroponte attended Liverpool College (Liverpool Mercury 30 Aug 1879) where he excelled in sports (taking first place in the long jump and serving as a steward [Liverpool Mercury 26 May 1879]) and played cricket for Sefton School (Liverpool Mercury 3 Jul 1882, 13 Jul 1883). Mr. P. Negroponte attended the juvenile fancy dress ball, part of the mayoral assemblies at the town hall (Liverpool Mercury, 13 Jan 1885). Residence: (1871) Liverpool, England; (1885), P C Negroponte, clk bds Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. Constantine P. Negroponte boarded at the same hotel; (1892) Mobile, Al; 1906 Waco, TX, Paul C. Negroponte, cotton exporter, office 316 1/2 Austin, SW, res. sw cor N 15th, Morrow; (1910-1930), Waco, Tx.; 1907, Negroponte & [E.F.] Forsgard, cotton buyers, 312 1/2 Austin, SW, res. 600 N. 15th St.; 1913, salesman Peyton, Randle & Co.; 1916, res. 2312 Sanger ave.; 1917, real estate; 1921 cotton broker; 1926 mgr J.H. Baldwin & Co., h 817 N 16th; 1928 cotton buyer; 1932, res 906 N. 15th. [6] 1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'The Ferns,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Constantine Negroponte, 42, cotton broker, b. Greece; wife Angelique, 32, b. France; mother Polymnia, 70, widow, b. Greece; Paul C., 9, b. London; daughters Angelique, 8, b. Manchester, and Hypatia, 6, b. Liverpool; nephews Paul P., 8 and James P., 7, both b. France; & 4 servants. Located next to Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and near to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.' [4] The 1910 US census lists a P.C. Negroponte, 44, cotton buyer, born in England (his parents born in Greece, 1887 immigration) and his wife [Saime?], 53, born in Louisiana (both her parents born in Louisiana), married in 1904, living at 610 N 15th St., Waco, Texas. [3] 1930 US federal census for the household living at no. 16, 817 Marrow, Waco, Texas, headed by Paul C. Negroponte, renter, 57, age 42 at marriage, b. England, father b. Greece, mother b. France, naturalized, arrived USA 1880, salesman, life insurance; wife Jeanne, 57, age 42 at marriage, b. Louisiana, parents b. Louisiana. [2]
  Person ID	I278	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Constantine (Paul) Negroponte,   b. 19 Jun 1828, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 29 Jan 1908, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Angelique Erato (Georges) Zizinia,   b. 02 Jan 1838, rue Senac 28, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 16 May 1919, 4 Oakbank Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1861	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Possible child: the 1924 Athens voter register lists Michael K. Negroponte, 55, physician. Witnesses included Georges Sechiari, 56, merchant, allees des Capucines 22; Theodore Rodocanachi, 42, merchant, allees des Capucines 20; Demetrius Petrocochino, 33, merchant, allee de Meilhan 6; George Zizinia, 68, merchant, bride's uncle, boulevard du gommier 5.
  Documents		Negroponte - Zizinia 1861 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille, France
  		Negroponte - Zizinia 1861 marriage Marseille, France
  Family ID	F253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanne Marie (Antoine) Voisin,   b. 27 Aug 1872, New Orleans, Louisiana USA d. 20 May 1949, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1904	Houston, Texas USA
  	Argenti says she died on this date, Houston. Likely a typographical error; date likely their marriage. New Orleans is the likely place for their marriage.
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jun 1862 - London, England UK Christening - 29 Sep 1862 - Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK Marriage - 27 May 1904 - Houston, Texas USA Death - 8 May 1933 - Waco, McLennan County, Texas USA Burial - - Oakwood Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Paul C Constantine /aka/ Paul Constantine Negroponte Death Certificate 8 May 1933 death: Paul C. Constantine, b. 31 Jul 1862, England, cotton classer, residing 906 N. 15th St., Waco, Texas; father C.P. Constantine, b. England; mother Angelique Zizinia, b. England, burial Oakwood, 9 May 1933, informant Jeanne Constantine [his wife]

  
  

  Headstones

  Negroponte family gravesite Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas; photo courtesy Find A Grave website. Plot: Section B1, Lot 227

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 202. [S130] 1930 US Federal Census. [S132] 1910 US Federal Census. [S127] 1871 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1975, 12. Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 82-84 London Wall, City of London [S60] Norfolk City Directories 1880-1931.