Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato^{[1, 2]}

1846 - 1934  (88 years)

• Name	Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato
  Birth	05 Jan 1846	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	The 1910 census gives her birth date as Jan 1847. Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given) [3] 14 Nov 1846, according to death certificate.
  Gender	Female
  Death	01 Sep 1934	4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA
  	Cause of death: Chalupatoaes 2 Sep 1934, according to death certificate.
  Burial	02 Sep 1934	Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  	Elmwood Cemetery record: AGELASTO, POLYXENE I28118 Section ELM, Block 7TH A E, Lot 15, Space 9 0 09/02/1934
  Notes	Residence: 1870, New Orleans presumably, but she is not listed with her 4-year-old son, who lived in a household headed by Ernilien Gallasta, 42, cotton broker, and her nephew Demosthenes (Aristides) Pateraki; 1880, Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin; 1900-1913, 54 York St., Norfolk, Va.; 1913-1917, 426 W York; 1918-1923, 800 Armistead Bridge Rd; 1923, Apt 206 Carenstead Court ; 1930, Hague Apts., Norfolk, Va. Her sister Victoria is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Agelasto, of Norfolk, stayed at the Rennert (Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan 1906). 1900 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Alex M Agelasto, 67, b. Feb 1833, Greece; naturalized, parents b. Greece, Cotton Buyer, own home, Married 1866 (34 years); wife Polyrene M Agelasto, 53, b. Jan 1847, Greece; parents b. Greece, both immigrated 1859, 41 years in US; sons Peter A Agelasto, 31, b. Mar 1869, India, lawyer; Michael A Agelasto, 29, b. Apr 1871, Greece, electrical engineer, both immigrated 1877, naturalized, 23 years in the US; Alex M Agelasto Jr, 26, b. Dec 1873, Louisiana, all single, cotton buyer; and one servant. [4] 1910 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Mrs. P. Agelasto, 62, b. 1848, Greece, widowed, parents b. Greece, naturalized, own home, married 40 years, 3/3 children living; son P Agelasto, 40, b. 1870, India, immigrated 1900, Married, parents b. Greece; lawyer, naturalized; Daughter-in-law Catherine Agelasto, 29, b. 1881, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, 5 years married; grandson Alex Agelasto Jr., 5, b. 1905, Virginia; father b. India; mother b. Virginia; sons Mickey Agelasto, 38, b. 1872 Greece; immigrated 1890, naturalized, single, parents b. Greece, Cotton Mill manager, Alex Agelasto Sr., 37, b. 1873 Louisiana, Married, parents b. Greece, clerk cotton mill, married 7 years; Daughter-in-law Mary W. Agelasto, 26, b. 1884, Virginia, parents b. Virginia, all native English speakers, can read/write. [2] 1930 US federal census: Hague Apartments, 617 Fairfax Avneue, Olney Road, Norfolk, Va. household headed by Michael Agelasto, renter, 58, single, b. Greece, parents b. Greece, arrived USA 1880, naturalized, manager cotton mill; mother Pauline [sic], 77, widow, 20 y.o. at marriage; naturalized, arrived USA 1977; Alexandria [sic], nephew, 25, single, b. Virginia, father b. India, mother b. Virginia, lawyer. [5]
  Person ID	I85	Agelasto
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Alexander (Michael) Mavrogordato,   b. 1816, Chios, Greece d. 29 Apr 1876, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Polunia (Pandias) Ralli,   b. 1819, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 17 Feb 1857, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander (Michel) Agelasto,   b. 10 Sep 1833, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 01 Dec 1906, 54 York St., Norfolk, Virginia USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	02 Feb 1866	Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece
  	At 6 pm, in Alexander Mavrogordato´s domicile. Date from registered marriage certificate. Argenti says 08 Nov 1865. Ceremony was performed by Father Ioannis Lagogiannis, priest at the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour Christ. Marriage Contract: Syros, Greece, 9 Feb/28 Jan 1866 (Roman/Greek calendar).
  Children	+ 1. Peter Alexander (Alexander) Agelasto,   b. 23 Feb 1867, Malabar Hill, Bombay, British India d. 06 Nov 1939, Warren, North Carolina USA (Age 72 years)   2. Michael (Alexander) Agelasto,   b. 10 Mar 1869, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 20 Sep 1949, Norfolk, Virginia USA (Age 80 years)   3. Alexander Alexander [Michael] (Alexander) Agelasto, Jr.,   b. 14 Nov 1870, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 22 May 1947, Alexandria, Virginia USA (Age 76 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Polyxene Mavrogordato Agelasto Wedding Gown Presumably made in the 1860s in Syros. This photo is from the Chrysler Museum when the dress was put on display for a private dinner in the galleries in the early 1990s.
  		The wedding gown worn by Polyxene Mavrogordato.
  		353 Botetourt St, Norfolk, Virginia When they first arrived in Norfolk, Va., in 1882, the family lived at 24 Botetourt Street in a cottage on the Selden estate. Today, the house has apparently been renumbered: 353.
  		Cottage next to Selden House photo 2011
  		Selden House, Norfolk, Virginia photo 2011
  		2522 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans (1979) source: Jeff Lamb, Flickr
  		2522 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans (2009) source: Infrogmation, Flickr
  Documents		Agelasto-Mavrogordato 1866 marriage
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 05 Jan 1846 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Marriage - 02 Feb 1866 - Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece Death - 01 Sep 1934 - 4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA Burial - 02 Sep 1934 - Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Polyxene Mavrogordato Agelasto
  		Grandmother & grandson: Polyexene Mavrogordato Agelasto and Peter Alexander Agelasto Jr
  		Polyxene Mavrogordato Agelasto
  		Letter from Michael Alexander Agelasto regarding the photo of his mother It was written to his nephew's wife, Hannah Agelasto, 17 May 1948
  		Agelasto Greek Coin Bracelet The bracelet was worn by Polyxene A Agelasto and is made of coins that escaped Chios in April 1822

  
  

  Documents		Interment Certificate - Norfolk Elmwood Cemetery Polyxene (Mrs. A.M.) Agelasto
  		Polexene Agelasto Death Certificate

  
  

  Headstones		Polyxene Agelasto (1846-1934), Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
  		Agelasto Family Plot Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk VA photo 2011 (Parker Agelasto)

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 85. [S136] 1910 US Federal Census. [S39] Greek State Archives (Syros). Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 65/14862 [S137] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. [S134] 1930 US Federal Census.