Despina (John) Ziffo^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1887 - 1962  (74 years)

• Name	Despina (John) Ziffo
  Nickname	Dessie
  Birth	09 Nov 1887	Calcutta, Bengal, British India
  	A daughter was born at Calcutta, 9 Nov 1887, to the wife of J. M. Ziffo according to the birth notice in The Times of India, 14 Nov 1887. [5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Jun 1962	Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, England UK
  	Despina Ziffo died 30 Jun 1962, spinster, Albury, London Rd, East Grinstead, Sussex. Midland Bank was the executor and Olga Rodocanachi, her sister, the personal representative (The London Gazette, 14 Aug 1962).
  Burial	04 Jul 1962	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	burial in plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8, reg. pg. 19515, no. 85283. [6]
  Notes	Residence: 1955-62, Albury London Rd, E. Grinstead, London (phone listing for 'Miss D.') Despina Ziffo [18 Cleveland Gardens W] appears on the 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough. 1911 England census for 80 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by John Ziffo, 62, b. Athens, Greece, married 24 years, 2 children, 2 living, East India merchant, exporter cotton goods, importer jute & grain, Greek nationality; wife Argyrie, 24, b. Liverpool; daughters Dessie, 23, b. Calcutta; Olga, 21, b. London, Paddington; both single; 6 servants. The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Rushetts, Cuckfield, Sussex, lists Despina Ziffo, b. 9 Nov 1887, Single; and Arghire Ziffo, b. 4 Feb 1861, widowed, both Private Means.
  Person ID	I476	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John (Matthew) Ziffo,   b. 07 Dec 1848, Athens, Attica, Greece d. 30 Mar 1938, 18 Cleveland Gardens, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Arghyri (Dimitrios) Petrocochino,   b. 23 Jan 1861, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 17 Jan 1954, Albury, London Road, East Grinstead, Sussex, England UK (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1886	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	John Ziffo registered his marriage in Oct-Nov-Dec 1886 in London, v 1a, p 134. Certificate not examined. Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 21 Oct 1886, pg. 1. Witnesses/Sponsors: Despoina Petrocochino & Eustratius Em. Petrocochino; Agathangeies Moschvachis presiding; entry 146. [7] Marriage notice in The Times of India, 10 Nov 1886. [5] Rev Agathangeles Moscovachis officiated.
  Family ID	F187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 09 Nov 1887 - Calcutta, Bengal, British India Death - 30 Jun 1962 - Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, England UK Burial - 04 Jul 1962 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  80 Westbourne Terrace, London, England The Shaftesbury Premier Hotel. John Ziffo, with his family and his mother-in-law, lived at this address in Bayswater from 1900-1913; photo 2009.

  
  

  Documents		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8
  		Despina Ziffo 1962 probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S119] 1911 England Census. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register. [S84] FIBIS database. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jul 1977, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]