Eleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo^[1]

1817 - 1910  (92 years)

• Name	Eleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo
  Birth	07 Jul 1817	Tzoubali, Phanar, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  	The French obituary published in Simeonoglou says she was born 1813. George L Zarifi repeatedly implies she was borin in 1817. Sturdza says 1820. (Christopher Long).
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 May 1910	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	Obituary published on 20 May 1910 (Christopher Long) Helene Zarifi, widow, Constantinople, Turkey, died 25 December 1905. Her estate a half century later was handled by Maxwell Batley & Co., 65, London Wall, London, E.C.2, Solicitors (John Howgate). (London Gazette
  Burial	Sisli, Sea of Marmara, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Notes	She appears in a 1905 photograph with her daughters and daughter-in-law (Akylas Millas ‘E Prinkipos’ Athens 1988). She was astonished to find herself pregant around the age of 50 (Christopher Long). The Ottoman Sultan gave her a silver bidet and jug with matching bathroom accessories which all fitted into a mahogany case. Eleni never travelled without it and in 1994 it remains in the family! (Christopher Long) Named ‘Mother of the Orphans’ by the Sultan because of the numerous homes she provided for them: e.g. The National Orphanage for Boys, Prinkipos and the Central Girls’ School, Pera. (Christopher Long). “Most of my photos show her old but upright amidst her progeny with a Victorian bonnet on her head... plain of face, tall, slim, impeccably attired, imposing and relaxed. Her husband George remained devoted to her all his life...” (Christopher Long).
  Person ID	I409	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	George (Ioannis) Zarifi,   b. 06 Sep 1807, Mega Revma, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 06 Apr 1884, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 76 years)
  Children	+ 1. Pericles (George) Zarifi,   b. 27 Mar 1844, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 05 Jul 1927, allées Léon Gambetta, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 83 years) + 2. Sophia (George) Zarifi,   b. 24 Mar 1848, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 07 Jun 1923, rue de la Faisanderie 106, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 07 Jul 1817 - Tzoubali, Phanar, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Death - 18 May 1910 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Burial - - Sisli, Sea of Marmara, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Eleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo

  
  

  Documents

  Helene Zafiropulo faire part death notice; ebay item, 2015.

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Erato Paris, Quand les Grecs voyaient plus loin que la Méditerranée : les familles Zarifi-Zafiropoulo, (Recherches Regionales, Alpes-Maritimes et Contrées limitrophes, n 163, Jul-Sep 2002, pp 55-68.).