James Dromocaiti (Stamatios) Frangopulo^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1856 - 1933  (77 years)

• Name	James Dromocaiti (Stamatios) Frangopulo
  	His name is given as James Stamati Frangopulo in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880. The London Gazette uses this name in its death notice. Argenti calls him Iacobos (Stamatios) Frangopoulos. Birth registry names him James D
  Nickname	Iacovos
  Birth	win 1856	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  	UK birth registry finds: James Dromocaiti Frangopulo, born Oct-Nov-Dec 1856, Salford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, v 8d, p 20. Certificate not examined.
  Christening	10 Jun 1857	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  	Entry:092/040; Godparent: Georgios Dromokaites; priest Daniel Petroulias. [6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1933	Surrey, England UK
  	Will proved 1 Mar 1934 by Florence Frangopulo, widow and executrix. Estate valued at £10261 5s 11d, administered at London.
  Notes	Occupation: stockbroker James S. Frangopulo was listed as a member of the Baltic Exchange, 1886 (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 58). He is listed as Merchant and Partner in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880. Residence: 1861, "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1880-1882, 2 Mandeville Place, Manchester Square, Middlesex according to the trade directory and the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880. The residence appears to be group accommodation; 1911, 3 Kew Gardens Rd, Richmond, Kew; 1933, No. 8, Kew Gardens Road, Richmond, Surrey, England. J.S. Frangopulo participated in a Liverpool town meeting to raise funds for the earthquake victims on the Island of Zante, Greece (Liverpool Mercury 14 Feb 1893). He attended the 1921 funeral of his sister Angeliki (Mrs. D. A. Galatti) with his brothers George and Nicholas. James Frangopulo, 3, Kew Gardens Road, appears on the Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915. Frangopulo, Agelasto, & Co. was among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2). J. S. Frangopulo was a groomsman at the 1891 Manchester wedding of John T. Petrocochino and Alice Mather. The 1861 England census for "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, household headed by Stamati Frangopulo, 45, b. Greece, Mediterranean merchant, naturalized British subject; wife Lucia Frangopulo, 28, b. Syria [Syros]; children Angelica Frangopulo, 10; Nicholas Frangopulo, 8; Michael Frangopulo, 6; James Frangopulo, 4; George Frangopulo, 2; John Frangopulo, 7 months, all b. Manchester, Lancashire; 6 domestic servants. 1871 England census for 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool: Lucy S. Frangopulo, 37, head, widow, b. Berout, Turkey; sons Nicolas S., 18; James S., 14; George S., 13; John, 10; daughters Maria S., 8; Argyri S., 6; all scholars born Manchester; 8 servants; Demetrios Galatti, 28, head, general merchant, b. Smyrna, Turkey; wife Angelica, 20, b. Manchester; sons Augustus, 2, and Stamati, 8 months; both b. Liverpool, and 4 servants. The 1901 England census for the household at 3 Kew Gardens Road, Richmond, Surrey, headed by James Frangopulo, 44, b. Manchester, England, stock-share jobber; wife Florence Frangopulo, 42, b. Gravesend, Kent, England; 1 servant. 1911 England census for 3 Kew Gardens Rd, Richmond, Kew, household headed by James Frangopulo, 54, b. Manchester, Lancashire, married 32 years, retired grain merchant; wife Florence, 54, b. Gravesend, Kent; 1 servant. 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes James Frangopulo, b. 1857, Salford, Lancashire; Florence Frangopulo, b. 1861, Kent; in the household in Richmond upon Thames.
  Person ID	I420	Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Stamatios Nicolas (Nicolas) Frangopulo,   b. 10 Aug 1815, Chios, Greece d. 16 Mar 1870, allées des Capucines 17, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Loukia (Michael) Agelasto,   b. 14 Feb 1832, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 05 Feb 1929, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1849	Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
  	Entry: 002/009; Best man: Zorzis Dromokaites; priest: Damaianos B. Liveropoulos. [7] Argenti says 01 Sep 1849
  Documents		S.N. Franopolo - Lucy Agelasto marriage The Manchester Guardian, in a lengthy article reprinted in Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 25 Sep 1849, discussed Greek wedding rituals in its coverage of the S.N. Franopolo - Lucy Agelasto marriage.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence (Laurence) Oakes,   b. spr 1849, Gravesend, Kent, England UK d. 01 May 1938, St Ealdhelm Nursing Home, 25 West Park Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey UK (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1878	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	UK marriage registry finds: James Frangopulo, married Apr-May-Jun 1878, Kensington, London, v 1a, p 342. Certificate not examined. Witnesses/Sponsors: John M. Agelasto & N.P. Youkas; Hieronymous Myriantheus presiding; entry 104 [8]
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - win 1856 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Christening - 10 Jun 1857 - Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Marriage - 28 Jan 1878 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Death - 19 Dec 1933 - Surrey, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880
  		Frangopulo Agelasto and Co bankruptcy A selection of clippings from various British newspapers at the time of the bankruptcy. Similar stories appeared in The Manchester Guardian, 27 Aug 1880, p 4; 28 Aug 1880, p 6; 3 Sep 1880, p 4; 4 Sep 1880, p 6. See also, "The failure of Frangupulo, Agelasto & Co. was caused by stock speculations of their Alexandria house," Chicago Tribune 28 Aug 1880, p 2; brief mention in "Foreign News" '...Big Failure in London...'Boston Globe, 27 Aug 1880, p 1 and "The failure of Messrs Frangopulo Agelasto & Co. was caused by stock speculations of their Alexandria house." New York Times, 28 Aug 1880, p 4.
  		Misrepresentation of cotton quality by Frangopulo, Agelasto & Co., 1875 The Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association found that Frangopulo, Agelasto & Co., through a deliberate error by one of its workmen, had misrepresented the origin of cotton it sold. The management of the company was exonerated but held responsible for its employee's acts. Reported in the Liverpool Journal of Commerce, picked up by "Commercial Notes," Manchester Guardian, 27 Sep 1875, p 4.
  		Frangopulo-Agelasto 1880 bankruptcy South Wales Daily News, 4 Sep 1880, p 3.

  
  

• Sources

  [S162] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S124] 1911 England Census. [S129] 1901 England Census. [S131] 1871 England Census. [S132] 1861 England Census. [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1996, 8. Baptism-No:0072 [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), May 1996, 8. Marriage-No:0002 [S86] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jul 1977, 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]