Athena (Alexandros) Matsas^[1]

1840 - 1898  (58 years)

• Name	Athena (Alexandros) Matsas
  	Name is Athena Matza on death certificate.
  Birth	30 Jan 1840	Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 May 1898	rue de la Sante 29, Paris 13ème, Île-de-France, France
  	DOD from death certificate.
  Burial	First Cemetery of Athens, Greece
  	The tombstone reads: Athena S. Agelastos
  Notes	Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Agelasto (attired as gentilhomme Polonais & chatelaine du moyen age, respectively), along with Mr. Agelasto (British naval officer) and Miss Agelasto (Smyrna lady), attended a grand fancy dress ball at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall given by S. Georgala, Esq., of the firm of H. Georgala & Co., Greek general merchants (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Dec 1871). Philanthropy: Mrs S. C. Agelasto donated money to the Chios Hospital, July 1874, according to published research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. [2]
  Person ID	I44	Agelasto
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexandros Matsas
  Mother	Marigo Kyrani
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephanos Cosis (Cosi) Agelasto,   b. 14 Mar 1832, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 25 Jan 1896, St Dionysios parish, Athens, Greece (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1858	Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Children	+ 1. Virginia (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 01 Feb 1859, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 1932 (Age 72 years) + 2. Cozis (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 01 May 1860, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 18 May 1937, [Greece] (Age 77 years) + 3. Maria (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 23 May 1861, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 09 Jun 1929, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 68 years) + 4. Despina (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 09 Nov 1862, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 11 Feb 1941, rue Sylvabelle 73, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 78 years)   5. Alexandros (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 27 May 1864, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 25 Jan 1923, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 58 years) + 6. Julia (Stephanos) Agelasto,   b. 08 Dec 1866, boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 28 Jun 1945, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2007

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jan 1840 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Marriage - 18 Mar 1858 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Death - 10 May 1898 - rue de la Sante 29, Paris 13ème, Île-de-France, France Burial - - First Cemetery of Athens, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Athena (Alexandros) Matsas
  		boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, France After they moved from Manchester around 1866, Athena and Steven C. Agelasto lived here, presumably with all their children. Then at least from 1870-1891, the residence housed his 4th cousin, Despina Agelasto, and her husband Etienne Schilizzi, along with his parents, who both lived out their lives here; photo 2009.

  
  

  Documents		Athena Matza 1898 death certificate
  		Athena Matza 1898 Death Notice

  
  

  Headstones

  Stephanos Cosis Agelasto family tomb, Athens Athens First Cemetery, Athens, Greece

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 44. [S87] Demetrios Melachrinoudis, Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios in the Second Half of the 19th Century Quoted from the Press of That Time, (Medical Society of Chios, Chios 2007).