John (Alexander) Alexandroff^{[1, 2]}

1867 - 1926  (59 years)

• Name	John (Alexander) Alexandroff
  Birth	30 Mar 1867	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  Christening	20 Jul 1867	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  	At home; Godparent: Ioulia Asian; priest: Vasilios Moros, presbyter: M. Oeconomos; entry: 250(104)/082. [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	06 Jul 1926	London, England UK
  	Estate valued at £30064 6s 1d, administered at London 11 Aug 1926 by widow, Andreas Alexander Alexandroff, brother, Alexander Constantine Calfoglu, merchant, and Matthew Demetrius Petrocochino, gentleman [brother of Stephen Demetrius Petrocochino]. [4] Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 8 Jul 1926, pg. 1.
  Burial	10 Jul 1926	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	Funeral at St Sophia Cathedral, London, 11 a.m. 25 July 1926 according to cemetery records Temporary deposit to plot 14564, mortuary chapel, on 10 Jul 1926; plot no. 36584. [5]
  Notes	Genealogist Andrew Serjeant kindly located for me two John Alexandroffs in the 20th Century. Each had two wives, and three of them were Greek. He reports: "You may have noticed in a dark corner at West Norwood a simple dressed-stone mausoleum having on the lintel the single word ALEXANDROFF. This contains the first John (1867 to 1926). The only other occupant is Nancy (formerly Rodocanachi), the first wife of Manoli Tombazi, and thus sister-in-law to John. Jane [who was married to the second John (Jack)] found out for me that John's widow Alexandra could not bear to think of him being buried underground, but could not afford anything finer." Alexandra must be his second wife as Aryieta (Stephen) Schilizzi died in 1893, perhaps in childbrith. Her mother was Despina Theano (Michael) Agelasto. (Michael Agelasto 2007) Residence: 1926, 6 Queens Gardens Rd, Hyde Park, Middlesex, London, England. He is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. He was in partnership with Constantino Aristides Martaki, in the firm of Alexandroff & Martaki, Shippers and Merchants, 70 Cumberland Street, Manchester, England until dissolved 30 Jun 1924 (London Gazette 4 July 1924). Occupation: merchant, Alexandroff & Martaki, 38 Queen St (1903,1909). J. Alexandroff is included in the list: Greek presence in India between 1900-1050 from Thacker's Directory and Greek Church archives. [6] 1911 England census: household at Sedgley Mount, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, Lancs, headed by John A Alexandroff, 44, b. Salford, Lancashire, married 5 years, 3 children, 3 living, shipping merchant; wife Alexandra, 26, b. Athens, Greece, Greek national; sons Alexander J, 4; Jack J, 3; Lionel J, 1, all b. Prestwich, Lancashire; Jacques N Tombazis, 61, b. Poros, Greece, married 27 years, 5 children, 4 living, visitor; Hypatia Tombazis, 24, b. Athens, single, visitor, both Greek nationals; Virginia Schilizzi, 56, b. Liverpool, widow, married 35 years, 3 children, 1 living, visitor; George C Scaramanga, 55, b. New York, married 28 years, no children, East India merchant, visitor; 6 servants. 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: John A Alexandroff, b. 1867, Salford, Lancashire; Catherine Alexandroff, b. 1846, Greece; Alexander A. Alexandroff; Dorothy Alexandroff, b. 1917, Prestwich; for the household in Prestwich, Lancashire.
  Person ID	I378	Agelasto
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family	Aryieta (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 08 Oct 1867, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 17 Nov 1893, avenue de l'Alma 11bis, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	15 Jul 1893	Greek Church of the Annunciation, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK
  	She died childless, not long after the marriage. Marriage notice appeared in the Manchester Times 21 July 1893. Entry: 650/194; Sponsor: Paul Sculudi; Witness: A.N. Alexandroff; Archimandrite Eustathios Metallinos presided. [7]
  Notes	After the death of his first wife, he married Alexandra, abt 1906. They had three sons, Alexander, Jack and Lionel, who was Flight Lt, R.A.F.V.R. and engaged to marry Calliope (Poppy) Owen (The Times [London] 1 Feb 1945).
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1867 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Christening - 20 Jul 1867 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Marriage - 15 Jul 1893 - Greek Church of the Annunciation, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK Death - 06 Jul 1926 - London, England UK Burial - 10 Jul 1926 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		6 Queens Gardens, London, England photo 2009; John Alexander Alexandroff lived at this Hyde Park address with his second wife and their children until his death in 1926.
  		Queen Street (even numbers), Manchester, England Photo 2015; former site of 38 Queen St; John Alexandroff was a merchant there with Alexandroff & Martaki, (1903,1909); the adjacent structure, Alexandra Buildings, is 28 Queen St; followed by Queens Court, no. 24.

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 14564, mortuary chapel
  		John Alexandroff 1926 probate

  
  

  Headstones		West Norwood Cemetery The Alexandroff crypt
  		West Norwood Cemetery The Alexandroff crypt - detail

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] 1911 England Census. [S162] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1966, 6. Baptism-No:0206 [S107] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S101] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S75] Dione Marcos-Dodis, A Chronicle of the Greeks in India: 1750-1950, (Dodoni Publications, Athens, 2002 ISBN 960-385-160-4). [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1966, 6. Marriage-No:0083