Alexander Nicholas (Nicholas) Alexandroff^[1]

Abt 1836 - 1899  (63 years)

• Name	Alexander Nicholas (Nicholas) Alexandroff
  Birth	Abt 1836	Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 May 1899	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  	Death notice appeared in the Manchester Times 5 May 1899. Through his will, dated 4 Dec 1886, with a codicil of 28 Jan 1898, he "bequeathed to his wife £20,000, his household effects, and the use and enjoyment during her life of the Sedgley Mount estate, and, subject to her best interest in trust for his son John. Excepting a bequest of £500 to his sister, Calliope Canischeri, he left his rosiduary estate in trust, in equal shares, for his two sons" - John and Andreas. Valued at £32,411 4s 10d gross, including personalty of the net value of £28,385 ?s" (Manchester Times 4 Aug 1899; Liverpool Mercury 1 Aug 1899).
  Burial	St Mary's Church, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England UK
  	Alexandros Alexandrof was buried in the Anglican churchyard at Prestwich, nr. Manchester, 1899. [2]
  Notes	Residence: 1867, Cairo; Manchester, England: 1887, Kersal; 1895, 'Grange Villa,' Claremont Villas, 261 Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford; 1893, Grange Villa, Kersal; DOD, 'Sedgley Mount', Sedgley Park, Bury New Road (East side), Prestwick. Occuption: 1879-95, merchant, Ralli Bros, 37 Peter St, Manchester, England. The 1881 British Census reports that the family living at Claremont Villas, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford, Lancs. [next to the Stephen Petrocochino family] included: Alexander N. Alexandroff, 44, merchant, born Smyrna, naturalized British subject; wife Catina, 35, born Syros, Greece; sons John, 14, and Andreas, 11, both born Broughton, Lancashire and Olympia Aslan, mother-in-law, widowed, 54; Anna Paleologo, grandmother-in-law, widow, 71, both born Smyrna. Mr. A. Alexandroff attended the funeral of Stavros Jacobos Negroponte (Manchester Guardian 11 May 1886, p 5). A. N. Alexandroff was a member of the Manchester Cretan Committee ("The Cretan Question," Manchester Guardian, 15 Mar 1897, p 7). A. N. Alexandroff served on the organizing committee of Manchester's 1860 Greek Bachelors' Ball, attended by 260 guests (Manchester Guardian, 25 Feb 1860, p 4). A. Alexandrof is listed as a member of the Greek Community of Manchester in 1876. [3] A. Alexandrof is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1867-1868 & 1871-1872. [4] Law case, 1868, London: A.V. Alexandroff v. Estate of decd. J. Aslan. [5] A.N. Alexandroff and his wife Catherine were involved in litigation concerning the estate of her uncle Temistocles Aslan, merchant, who died 29 Mar 1867, Cairo. The principle beneficiary was his widow Cariclia; this was also contested by the deceased's brother, Sophocles. [6]
  Person ID	I3152	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	Catina (Ioannis) Aslan,   b. Abt 1843, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 12 Dec 1937, 6 Queen's Gardens, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1864	Greek Church of the Annunciation, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK
  	Entry: 202/068; Sponsor: Georgios Alexandrof, brother of the bridegroom; Witnesses: N.D. T.cos?, Ioannis Vasili?; priest: Vasilios Moros, Presbyter: M. Oeconomos. [7]
  Notes	Another son, John, is on the Agelasto bloodline. Son Nicholas (b. 2 Jan 1866, Manchester) is not on either bloodline. [8]
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Alexander (Alexander) Alexandroff,   b. 26 Dec 1869, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK d. 05 Dec 1950, Alexandria, Egypt (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1836 - Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey Marriage - 20 Aug 1864 - Greek Church of the Annunciation, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK Death - 01 May 1899 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Burial - - St Mary's Church, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		261 Bury New Road, Salford, Manchester, England photo 2009; vacant lot. In 1895 the Alexander Alexandroff family lived at 'Grange Villa,' Claremont Villas, at this given address.
  		37 Peter St, Manchester, England Photo 2015; the offices of Ralli Bros., Manchester; P. S. Schilizzi worked there, 1882-83; also, M. Schilizzi, 1882-83; Stephen P. Schilizzi, 1877-1883; Alexander Alexandroff, 1879-95; and George C. Scaramanga, 1879; J. A. Cronopulo (1911).

  
  

  Documents		"Greek Bachelors' Ball" Manchester Guardian, 25 Feb 1860, p 4
  		Ralli Bros Manchester company label

  
  

• Sources

  [S126] 1881 England Census. [S52] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3), 78. [S52] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3). [S52] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3), 51-52. [S73] UK National Archives. FO 841/29 [S73] UK National Archives. file FO 841/29. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1996, 6. Marriage-No: 0024 [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), 06 May 1966, 6. Baptism-No:0187