Platon (Paul) Negroponte^{[1, 2, 3]}

1834 - 1907  (72 years)

• Name	Platon (Paul) Negroponte
  Birth	26 Jun 1834	Chios, Greece
  	Given a Syros baptism, it is likely he was born on Syros. Date confirmed in Syros archives. [4]
  Christening	08 Jul 1834	The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	baptism register entry 69
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1907	San Remo, Liguria, Italy
  Notes	Residence: -1822 Chios; 1863-64, Boulevard Longchamp 2, Marseille, France; 1869 Syros. Occupation: merchant. -?- P. Negroponte, 50, Greek, merchant, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Scythia 2 Jan 1880. Platon Paul Negroponte was on the voter list for Syros, 1869. 13 Nov 1856: Platon P. Negroponte, 23, born Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis. The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Paul Negroponte, married, parent, not working; his wife Flourou Negroponte P., 60; their children Constantine, male, 31, merchant, single; and Plato, male, 28, merchant, single. [5] Marseille directory listing: Ralli (E.J.), allées des Capucines, 38; Platon P. Negroponte, boul. de Longchamp, 2; Ralli Negroponte et Cie, Commerce du Levant, céréales et soies, boul. Longchamp, 1. Annuaire général du commerce, Paris, 1864. Likely Eustratios Zannis Ralli. Negroponte, merchant, Marseille, 1864, Annuaire du commerce des soies, 1868, p 14.
  Person ID	I587	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Paul (Constantine) Negroponte,   b. 1781, Chios, Greece d. 26 Aug 1866, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Angerou (Constantine) Platti,   b. 1795, Chios, Greece d. 13 Apr 1835, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	As a widower Paul may have remarried. The 1871 England census identifies Polymnia Negroponte, 70, widow, b. Greece, as the mother of Paul's son Constantine.
  Family ID	F250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marouko (Iakobos) Ralli,   b. Abt 22 Mar 1833, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 05 Nov 1866, Cannes, Alpes Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1862	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  Children	+ 1. Paul (Platon) Negroponte,   b. 23 Apr 1863, boulevard Longchamp 2, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 04 Oct 1927, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 64 years) + 2. General Jacques (Platon) Negroponte,   b. 29 Jul 1864, boulevard Longchamp 2, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 14 Jul 1938, 9 Zalokosta St, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Jun 1834 - Chios, Greece Christening - 08 Jul 1834 - The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 18 Jan 1862 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Death - 16 Mar 1907 - San Remo, Liguria, Italy  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  boulevard Longchamp 2, Marseille, France where the Platon-Marouko Negroponte family lived and their two sons were born; photo 2009

  
  

  Documents

  1905 Athens City Directory Listing A 1905 Athens city directory, p 550, includes an entry that could be this man.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 119. [S24] Greek State Archives (Athens). #9272 on the voter list for Syros, 1869. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). #8543 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 69/13894 [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros).