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

1888 - 1964  (75 years)

• Name	Stephen (Paul) Galati
  	spells his name Galatti (two Ts)
  Birth	06 Aug 1888	Monmouth Beach, New Jersey USA
  Christening	20 Jun 1889	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	God-parent: Calliope Constantinidi. [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jul 1964	New York, New York USA
  Burial	Aft 13 Jul 1964	Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York USA
  Notes	Served continuously as a volunteer with the American Field Service in France from September1915 until May 1919 (member of Section Three in 1915). Assistant Head of the American Field Service from January 1916. Commissioned Captain in the USA Ambulance Service in October 1917 and later promoted to Major. He founded American Field Service, an NGO, which oversees an annual Galatti Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service: "Galatti took the helm of AFS in 1936 as Director General. During his 28 years of service, he worked tirelessly to involve ever-larger numbers of participants, families and countries. Beginning with 10 countries in 1947, the AFS family of nations had grown to include 59 countries by the time of Galatti’s death in 1964. Although he was the driving force of AFS, Galatti relied heavily on the corps of volunteers he developed over the years. Even in the early days, he knew that the success of AFS depended on substantial volunteer support." Additional biographical information is on his wiki page. Worked briefly for Ralli Bros., London. Residence, New York City: 1912, 27 W 77th St.; 1942, 249 East 61st St; at DOD 216 East 39th Street. Employment, New York City: 1921, Ralli Bros., 15 William St; 1942, Jackson & Curtis, 115 Broadway. 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. [4] 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. [2] The 1940 US federal census for the household at [E] 249 61st St., New York, New York, headed by Stephen Galatti, 51, married, b. New Jersey, securites broker; son Stephen Galatti, 9, b. New York. [1]
  Person ID	I728	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Paul Stephanos (Stephanos) Galati,   b. 25 Dec 1839, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 12 Jul 1914, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 74 years)
  Mother	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 [5] The marrige of Angelique Kessissoglu & Paul Stephen Galatti was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1884, Kensington, London, v 1a, p 374.
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Sands (Henry) Montgomery,   b. 24 Jun 1898, Rhinebeck, New York USA d. 19 Jun 1934, New York, New York USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1925	Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York USA
  	She had a prior marriage, 29 Jul 1921, New York, USA, to Lewis Augustus Coffin, Jr; they were divorced, Apr 1922, Paris. Another source says 12 Sep 1925, New York USA, which may be the date of the marriage certificate.
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 06 Aug 1888 - Monmouth Beach, New Jersey USA Christening - 20 Jun 1889 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Marriage - 25 Sep 1925 - Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York USA Death - 13 Jul 1964 - New York, New York USA Burial - Aft 13 Jul 1964 - Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Stephen (Paul) Galati
  		Stephen Galatti photo courtesy AFS

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Stephen Galatti WWII draft registration 1942 card
  		Stephen Galatti passport applications
  		Ralli Bros London Company Label
  		Ralli Bros USA Company Label

  
  

  Headstones

  Stephen Galatti Tombstone Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, New York; photo courtesy Save a Grave website

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] 1940 US Federal Census. [S132] 1910 US Federal Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Dec 1976, 7. Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater [S133] 1900 U.S. 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]