Paul Stephanos (Stephanos) Galati^{[1, 2]}

1839 - 1914  (74 years)

• Name	Paul Stephanos (Stephanos) Galati
  Birth	25 Dec 1839	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	Birth/baptism registered on Syros at the town hall in 1840 [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jul 1914	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  	His estate of £137,671 13s. 1d. was administered by his Stephen Galatti [elder son]. [4]
  Burial	29 Jul 1914	Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK
  	Temporary deposit to plot 14564, mortuary chapel, on 5 Aug 1914, then removed to plot 33799. He shares a burial site with Fanny Kessisoglu, who died 14-08-1917 at 'Zuydooote' (sic) near Dunkirk. [5]
  Notes	Occupation: Merchant. Residence: 1880-1912, New York City; 1910, 247 5th Ave, NYC (according to son's passport applications); DOD, 31 rue Spontini, Paris. naturalized US citizen before 1910 (according to son's passport application) 22 Nov 1862: Paul St. Galati, 25, unmarried, born Ermoupolis, commercial clerk, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. Paul S. Galatti is included in M. Contonpoulos' list of the 8 most influencial merchants in New York's Greek colony from 1850s - 1890s. P Galatti & Co., established 1872, is on Contopoulos' list of principal Greek commercial houses in New York City. [6] 23 Aug 1899: Theodore P. Ralli returned to London to assume the leadership of the worldwide family company, while Anthony P. Ralli and Paul S. Galatti remained to manage the New York branch of Ralli Bros. [7] Listed in the Social Register of New York. [8] Cotton business: Paul S. Galatti was among the 12 Greek merchants maintaining membership in the New York Produce Exchange (1873). Between 1870-1910 he was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange, and on its Finance Committee in 1898. 1881-1889: involved in the Savannah [Georgia] Cotton Exchange. He was an agent for Thomas Zizinia in 1878 & 1879. [9] The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Stephanos Galati, no profession, married, male, parent; Helen St. Galati, 50, female, parent, married; with the following unmarried male children: Constantine, Lysandros, John and George, all merchants; Paul, clerk/writer; and Andreas, student; daughters Marietta, 19; Catherine, 15 [listed as married, merchant, a computer glitch?]; Mimina, 12; also, Margarita, 78, widow. The 1870 Census: Stephanos Galati, merchant, married, male, parent; wife Helen Galati, daughter of John Negroponte, 48, origin Chios with the following male children: Constantine, also married; and Lysandros, John, Paul and George, all merchants, and Andreas, no profession, all unmarried; daughters Marietta, 28, married; Catherine, 24, single; Mimina, 21, single, all origin Ermoupolis. [10] The 1900 US federal census for the household at 28 E. 75th St., New York, New York, headed by Paul S Galatti, 49, b. Dec 1850, Greece, married 1885, parents b. Greece, immigrated 1860, merchant; wife Angelica Galatti, 48, b. Feb 1852, Russia; father b. Turkey, mother b. Egypt, born 2 children, both living, immigrated 1884; sons John Paul Galatti, 14, b. Jan 1886; Stephan Galatti, 11, b. Aug 1888, both b. New York; 3 domestic servants. [2] 1905 New York State census for the residence at 247 Fifth Ave., New York, includes Paul L Gallatti, 55, importer; Wife Paul C. Gallatti; son John, pupil, all citizens, b. Greece, 15 years residing USA. [11] 1910 US Federal Census for 257 Fifth Avenue, New York, headed by Paul Galatti, 45, b. Greece, immigrated 1880, Married 20 years, parents b. Greece, merchant; wife Angeline Galatti, 35, alien, immigrated 1890, she & father b. Greece; mother b. Egypt, both English native speakers, 2/2 children living; sons John D Galatti, 19; Stephan Galatti, 17, bother b. New York, single; three servants. [12]
  Person ID	I715	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Stephanos (Constantine) Galati,   b. 1796, Chios, Greece d. 12 Dec 1879, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Zambelou (Jean) Negroponte,   b. 1816, Chios, Greece d. 04 Jun 1875, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angeliki (John) Kessisoglu,   b. Feb 1852, Russia d. 20 Sep 1949, New York, New York USA (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1884	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Marriage Witness: John Balli; Agathangelos Moschovakis presiding; entry 136 [13] The marrige of Angelique Kessissoglu & Paul Stephen Galatti was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1884, Kensington, London, v 1a, p 374.
  Children	1. John Paul (Paul) Galati,   b. 30 Jan 1886, New York, New York USA d. 11 Jun 1956, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York USA (Age 70 years) + 2. Stephen (Paul) Galati,   b. 06 Aug 1888, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey USA d. 13 Jul 1964, New York, New York USA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Dec 1839 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 30 Aug 1884 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 12 Jul 1914 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - 29 Jul 1914 - Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 14564, mortuary chapel
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 14564, mortuary chapel (continuation)
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for grave 33799
  		Paul Stephen Galatti 1914 probate
  		Ralli Bros USA Company Label

  
  

  Headstones		West Norwood Cemetery The tomb of Fanny Kessisoglou (Angeliki's sister, a nurse highly decorated by France for service in WW I) and Paul Galati
  		West Norwood Cemetery The tomb of Fanny Kessisoglou and Paul Galati (detail)

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). #102 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance; family #4203, individual 15333, year 1860 census of Syros; family #241, year 1870 census of Syros. [S133] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 14/1840/14075 [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S78] West Norwood Cemetery registers, London, England. [S42] Michael Contopoulos, The Greek Community of New York City, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 31,39. [S42] Michael Contopoulos, The Greek Community of New York City, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 36. [S42] Michael Contopoulos, The Greek Community of New York City, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 37, 165. [S42] Michael Contopoulos, The Greek Community of New York City, (New Rochelle, NY: A.D. Caratzas, 1992, ISBN 0-89241-518-5), 42,167,44. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). [S142] 1905 New York State Census. [S132] 1910 US Federal Census. [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]