Michael (Pandelis) Agelasto

Notes:

Mentioned in the Latin Codex for Chios in 1746. Strange that he had sons Pandia and Pandely who each had a son Michael.(Christopher Long)

Family/Spouse: [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We believe Argenti omitted one or more of his children. We have included another son, Eustratios. (Michael Agelasto, Georgios Agelastos)

Family/Spouse: unknown (unknown) [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Held hostage and hanged by the Turks in the Massacres of Chios.

Family/Spouse: Loula (Stephanos) Ziffo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1824, 37 Montgrand; 1826-1831, 8 Rue Canonge; 1835-53, 45 allées de Meilhan, known as 45 allées des Capucines. 49 allées des Capucines is likely the 1862, 1864 business address. The 1840 business directory lists: 47 allées de Meilhan and 45 allées des Capucines (commercial insurance).

Occupation: merchant, insurance broker, accountant. 1820: Zizinia, Petrocochino & Agelasto founded. "It began with Smyrna for cotton, Retimno [Crete] and Hydra for oil. In 1821 it received several products from Livourne and cotton from Alexandria, a little before the dissolution of their company, then the formation of Zizinia & Co. and Petrocochino-Agelasto, two houses that played an important role in Marseille commerce, during and especially after the Greek War of Independence" (Echinard). 1850-52: 47/49A allées des Capucines. After his death the company was known as Agelasto, Michel & Fils (1855-). In 1870, it moved to 1 Rue Beaumont; in 1872, 23 allées des Capucines; in 1884, 9 Rue de la République; in 1895, 2 boulevard du Nord; in 1900, 11 Cours du Chapitre; there in 1907 with phone no. 1.72; in 1915, 137 Rue de Rome; in 1920-33, 15 Rue Gustave-Ricard; in 1950, 5 Cours Honoré d?Estienne d?Orves. The company was run by his sons and eventually his grandson Theodore.

Origin: Chios. He and his business partner, Michel Petrocochino, struggled and finally obtained French naturalization (Echinard). Granted French naturalization, 15 May 1834. File N°6012, Série 9, tome 5 states he arrived in France 1819, was in business as "Petrocochino & Agelasto" and that he first expressed his desire for French citizenship: "…transporté a Marseille, depuis treize ans, son établissement de commerce [connu] sous la raison Petrocochino et Agelasto. En 1822 frappé dans ses affections les plus chères par suite des calamités de sa patrie, le soussigné a depuis longtemps renoncé à y retourner et décide de passer sa vie en France." The petition was initially rejected and Michel was required to renounce allegiance to the King of Greece (provided by Michel Calapodis). French naturalization (see particulars). He is cited in reference to streamlined immigration procedures for the earliest Greek immigrants.

Dictionnaire historique des Rues de Marseille, Edition 2001, in describing Rue Agelasto, 9e arrondissement, Marseille, says Michel Pandia arrived in Marseille in 1819.

Ralli & Agelasto operated in the silk trade in Marseille in 1860-61. See, Gregorii Valerianovich Melgunof, Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres oder die Nordprovinzen Persiens (Adamant Media Corporation, 2004), p. 286.

He was a signatory witness at the birth of his wife's nephew, Eustratio (Michel) Petrocochino, the brother of Demetrius M. Petrocochino.

He was a signatory witness to the births of Marigo (Petros) Vlasto and older brother Jean Vlastos.

The 1841 Marseille census for 45 allee de Meilhan lists for the Agelasto household: Piarius [Michel], 48, merchant; Agarith [wife Arghyro], 39; Spar (clerk), 17 [Pandia]; Demetriu, 14; Thermistocle, 10; Theano, 5 [Despina Theano]; Lucise, 2; Bethzi, 1, and two domestic servants. The latter two Agelasto have no registered Marseille births or deaths.

Michel Agelasto, 52, merchant, allees de Meilhan 45, was a signatory witness to the 19 Dec 1848 Marseille marriage of Michel Zygomala and Marie Metaxa.

Michel Agelato [sic], 52, merchant, allees de Meilhan 41, was a signatory witness at the 5 Sep 1846 Marseille Marriage of Jean Demetrius Apalyra & Despinou Scaramanga, along with Michel Petrocochino, George Sechiari and Paul Rodocanachi.

Michel Agelasto is referenced as one of the 1822 massacre refugees who arrived in Marseille (Echinard); This Michel arrived in 1819.

1835, Petrocochino & Agelasto, Marseille operated the Pegasus, 198 tons and the Chariklia, 155 tons. In 1850, handling 13 ships, the firm imported a total of 2,255 tons: from Tarsous 585,066 ocques sesame, 88,000 ocques linseed, 42 bales wool, 183 bales cotton; from Odessa, 4,055 chetwerts wheat; from Berdiansk 6,574 chetwerts wheat, and from Cyprus 201 bales cotton. 1850: 30 rue Sénac. In 1860 it imported 2,165 tons by 10 ships A History of Greek-owned Shipping).

Michel Agelasto was among the twenty-one founding members of the Greek church, Marseille, in 1836, a group which also included Paraschewa Sechiari, Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Andre Argenti, George D. Zizinia, Michel Dromocaiti, Michel Petrocochino [probably Michel Dimitrios Petrocochino, rather than Michel Andre Petrocochino,] George M. Zizinia, Jean Baltazzi, George Petrocochino and George Grimanelli (Echinard 284). Michel Pandeli Agelasto participated in church deliberations in 1875 & 1876 (Calapodis). Through his company Zizinia, Petrocochino, Agelasto, he contributed to the church. In 1830 Michail Agelastos was elected a curator of the Greek Orthodox church on the rue de la grande-Armée, Marseille.

M. Agelaso, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 300 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

He took in his sister Zenobie around 1829. According to the charity who was taking care of her sons, Michel: “He himself, like his whole family, was also a victim of Turkish atrocity but managed to flee to Marseille, where he is now living in destitute conditions.” "Madame Sagrandy is living since her arrival in Marseille with her brother Michael Ageletto, a good man, father of a number of children, living himself in very difficult conditions." (footnote p. 33)

The commercial house Zizinia, Petrocochino, Agelasto was founded by the brothers Pandia and Etienne Zizinia, arriving Marseille in 1813/1816, Michel Petrocochino and Michel Agelasto, both arriving Marseille in 1819. Its initial 1823 location was rue Third Calade 31. After the Zizinias' departure, Petrocochino Agelasto located to rue Montgrand 37 bis in 1825. By 1831 it was located at rue Canonge 8. In 1851 it was at rue Mazagran 51. Michel Agelasto is listed as negociant at various addresses: (1836, 1841) Allees des Capucines 37; (1845 as negociant/assureur, 1851) Allees des Capucines 45; (1851) rue Senac 30.

M. Agelasto & sons contributed 100 francs to a group of hospitals in Marseille, (J. Gazan, Rapport au Préfet et Compte-rendu administratif de l'hopital Saint-Louis et des autres établissements hospitaliers créés par la Commission nationale des secours aux blessés à Marseille, 1872).

Notes:

Her identity established in a book published in Germany, 1829.

She lived in Marseille in 1829 with her brother Michel while her sons John and Pandia were cared for in Germany by a charity, The Society of The Friends of Greece in Altenburg.

unknown to Argenti

The 1860 Syros census identifies the following household: John Sagrandi, 43, married, merchant; wife Calliope, 32; sons Eustratios, 14; Nicolas, 11; Alexander, 5; Pandia, 3, all pupils; daughter Zenobie, 6; Zenobie Sagrandi, 60, widow [John's mother].

Family/Spouse: Eustratios Sagrandi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine (Nicolas) Schilizzi. Catherine (daughter of Nicolas (Emmanuel) Schilizzi and Areti [Schilizzi]) was born before 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Testament: Paul's original testament was drawn up at the notary's office in 1845, with 4 witnesses. A small additional chapter, dated 8 Apr 1855, was signed by Paul himself. A concluding chapter, dated 22 Mar 1856, describes an arrangement between Loula Agelasto and her brothers Eustratios and Lukas, confirmed "after their father's death". This means that Paul died sometime between those two dates, most probably shortly before the last one, i.e. Feb/March 1856.
From the method Paul used in distributing his fortune among his children, it seems that Eustratios was his eldest son and already of full age in 1845. Lukas and Stamati must have been still under age at that time as the sums of money willed to them had to be given to their legal guardians and invested in favor of the two children. We don't know how old Loula, Paul's daughter, was in 1845. The fact that Paul willed to her his whole land ownership indicates that she was not married and that this property was meant as a dowry. But if she was still a child, or a teenager, or a young woman, remains unclear.
The will indicates that Paul had still another daughter, obviously older than Loula and perhaps even older than Eustratios, his first son. He willed a small sum of money "to his daughter Maria, married to John Z[orzis?] Mitarakis." [Argenti has a John Mitarakis married to a Maria (Sinadino), a generation or two later, perhaps this John's grandson.] -- George Agelastos (2014)




Birth:
Residence: at birth, probably Chios.

Died:
DOD suggested by annotation to his testament.

Family/Spouse: Batoliá Mavrogordato. Batoliá (daughter of Zannis (Lucas) Mavrogordato and Oriettou (Alexander) Vlasto) was born about 1805-1810? in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Zolotas mentions a Michael Agelasto (1826 in Constantinople) and his son Emmanuel A. (s. Georgiadis). Emmanuel´s wife was Ypatia, who died 1870 (s. Georgiadis).


Residence: 1826, Constantinople (Zolotas)

Michael Agelasto bought George Dromocaitis out of slavery in Constantinople, after the 1822 massacre. See, also website.

1815 Vienna city directory lists Michael Agelasto under Negroponte Angerinos and Company.

Family/Spouse: Hypatia (Alexander) Sevastopoulos. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

he is also found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Zolotas: Leonís Agelasto, in Constantinople (s. Georgiadis: 1814 and 1819).

Leoni married Battou (Ambrosios) Negroponte in 1809 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ralli & Agelasto operated in the silk trade in Marseille in 1860-61. See, Gregorii Valerianovich Melgunof, Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres oder die Nordprovinzen Persiens (Adamant Media Corporation, 2004), p. 286.

He is the "Mr Agelasto" referred to in the following anecdote. According to John (Matthew) Ziffo, his father Matthew Alexander Ziffo "was born in the Island of Chios about 2 1/2 years before the Massacre. On that terrible day his Mother with her two daughters, and a young maid, carrying my Father, took to the mountains to cross the island; following a long trail of refugees and guided by shepherds over mule paths. The maid soon got tired, left the child on the mountain side and fled. A Mr Agelasto, the father of John Agelasto whose firm (Frangopulo Agelasto & Co of London and Liverpool) [Theodore (Matthew) Ziffo] joined when he came to London, was following and recognizing the child picked him up and took him to the island of Syra. By a fortunate coincidence his mother and sisters also landed in Syra. One can imagine her joy at being re-united with her boy whom she had feared lost."

He is the distinguished gentleman whose portrait is omnipresent at the top right of these webpages.

Parker Agelasto has found four copies of a photo taken in Marseille that is believed to be Michael Pandely Agelasto, same as the portrait miniature. There are a lot of similarities to the portrait miniature, but the two pictures are separated by about 20 years. Similarly, one is a real photo the other an artist likeness of the sitter.

He was in partnership as merchants, at Marseilles, under the firm of Petrocochino, Agelasto & Co.; at Constantinople, under the firm of E. M. Vuro and Co.; at Galatz [sic], under the firm of D. C. Climi and Co.; at Ibraila and Bucharest, under the firm of Parembli and Climi; and at London, under the firm of Petrocochino and Co., until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1861. The other partners included George Petrocochino, Michael Vuro, M. Parembli, Anthony Vlasto, J. M. Agelasto, A. D. Syngros and A. N. Damiano (London Gazette 28 Mar 1862). An earlier notice appeared 18 Mar 1862 with the typo M. P. Agelasts.).

Michel Agelasto, 55, merchant, allees des Capucines 15, was a signatory witness to the marriage of Michel Parembli and Aspasia Dromacaiti, 4 Jun 1857.

He was a signatory witness to the 1849 marriage of Antoine Nicholas Petrocochino and Euthalie George Petrocochino.

Michael Agelasto signed a letter to the provisory Greek Parliament in 1825 demanding it include a Chiot deputy. This suggests he lived briefly in Syros after fleeing Chios in 1822 and before settling in Marseille.

27 Nov 1834: Michael Agelasto, 32, married, born Chios, merchant, arriving Syros 1824, swore allegiance to the government at the Syros tribunal (before the town hall was built). Stephen Agelasto [possibly his third cousin Stephanos (Augustis) Agelasto], who arrived on Syros also in 1824, took the oath the same day.

M.P. Agelasto was among the 327 Chiot refugees in Syros who signed a letter dated 10 Jul 1829 to the Governor of Greece.

M. P. Agelasto was co-administrator of the will [see source] of a parish priest who set up scholarships for young Marseille Chiots in 1861.

P.P. Negroponte and M. Agelesti, both with the firm Negroponte & Agelastl (sic) were among the more than thirty merchants, "citizens of New Orleans and inhabitants of Louisiana," who signed an open letter written under the seal of the City of New Orleans to Dr. John E. E. Ealino in The Charleston Mercury 19 Jan 1860, p 2, praising the physician's skills as his former patients and welcoming him as a winter resident of New Orleans. This man's son, Alexander M., settled in New Orleans after an 1860 visit on which, perhaps, he was accompanied by his father.

"Brig Walter Scott, Leighton, Matamoras 30 ds., with cotton to Negreponte & Agelasto. Oct. 18 [1863], off Tortugas, was boarded by U.S. gunboat Clyde" (New York Times 6 Nov 1863, p 8.

Michel Agelasto is referenced as one of the 1822 massacre refugees who arrived in Marseille (Echinard); This Michel fled to Syros and didn't arrive in Marseille until at least after 1835.

1871 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by J M Agelasto, 35, merchant, b. Syros, Greece; wife Aglaia, 29, b. Marseille; sons Michel, 5; Pendley, 4; daughters Katherine, 3; Mary, 2 mos., Alexandra, 11 months; all b. London; father Michael P., 68, retired merchant; mother Marie M., 57, both b. Chios [Scio, Turkey]; & 6 servants.

Philanthropy: in 1867 M(ichael) P. Agelasto donated 100 Francs to Chios Schools; Michael Agelasto & Son donated 250 Francs and M(ichael) P. Agelasto 100 Francs to the Chios Hospital according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. In 1972 Michael P. Agelasto again gave 200 Francs to the hospital. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, he contributed to the hospital in various years from 1874-1880.

M. Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 300 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Petrocochino-Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 250 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Died:
Argenti incorrectly says 20 Oct 1886.

Buried:
Cemetery 1886 register line entry 9141 midi carré 1, ter grec, no. 2, residence rue de la Biblioteque 24. Register notes: 15 Oct 1894 [year after his wife's death] he was moved to carré 1, ter grec, 3d rue, no. 11.

Michael married Maria (Ioannis) Parembli on 12 Mar 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Maria (daughter of Ioannis Parembli and Arghyro Damiano) was born in 1811 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Feb 1893 in quartier Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 19 Feb 1893 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the Marseille 1856 census the couple lived at 45 allees de Meilhan with their first child, Michel, 1, and Demetrius, 23 [probably Pandia's younger brother].

He was among the signatory witnesses to the Emmanuel Rodocanachi - Marie Rodocanachi 1869 wedding in Marseille.

He was a witness at the marriage of Demetrius Petrocochino & Cleopatra Penelope Galatti.

Pandia Agelasto was among the six Greeks born in Marseille between 1821-1830 who declared their intention to become French citizens the year following their reaching majority age. The others included Leonidas Argenti, Demetrius Petrocochino, Pierre Rodocanachi, Aristide Dromacaiti, Etienne Ralli, Meandre Zizinia, Eustratius Petrocochino, Laurent Dromocaiti and Etienne Schilizzi (Echinard)

Pandias Agelasto, 34, merchant, allees des Capucines 45 was a signatory witness to the 17 May 1858 Marseille birth of Demetrius Etienne Baltazzi.

Pan. Agelastos is listed in "Enterprises of Greek Merchants in Odessa, 1849" with imports of 43,565; Exports 60,241, for a total of 103,806. For 1852 the firm Agelastos is listed with 88,200 imports, 378,158 exports, for a total of 466,358.

Pandia Agelasto is listed the 1851 Marseille census, Allees de Meilhan 41.

Birth:
DOB from birth certificate. Argenti says 7 Feb, the date the certificate was registered.

Pandia married Iphigenia (Theodore) Rodocanachi in 1854 in Odessa, Ukraine . Iphigenia (daughter of Theodore (Paul) Rodocanachi and Oriettou (Toumazis) Galati) was born on 31 May 1834 in Odessa, Ukraine ; died on 26 Jul 1895 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried on 28 Jul 1895 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Démétrius Agelasto was one of the financial supportors of the Marseille École supérieure de Commerce in 1872.

He was a witness at the 1884 Chrystophidis-Petrocochino wedding in Marseille.

He was a witness at the 1859 Agelasto-Sechiari marriage in Marseille.

Liverpool Electoral Registers for Demetrius Michael Agelasto: 1870, 99 Upper Parliament St. (abode); Batavia Buildings, 12 Hackins Hey (counting house). He is also included, 1870, on the list of persons "objected to, as not being entitled to have their names retained in the list of persons qualified to vote." He is not in the 1871 census for 99 Upper Parliament St.

Birth:
His birth certificate was signed by his maternal uncle, Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino.

Name:
Name spelled Agelaste on the death certificate.

Buried:
Cemetery 1885 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 10, residence boulevard Longchamp 12.

Notes:

M. Agelasto purchased at auction a work by the French painter Alfred Dehodencq (1822-1882): "140. — Christophe Colomb au couvent de la Rabida. — 1864. — Réduction du grand tableau. — H. 0.90, L. 0.60. — Acheté à la vente par M. Agelasto." Source: Gabriel Séailles, Alfred Dehodencq : l'homme et l'artiste (Société de propagation des livres d'art, Paris, 1910), digitized by the Internet Archive, 2011.

Died:
DOD according to death certificate.

Buried:
Cemetery 1912 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 10, line entry 196 s

Demosthenes married Arghyro (Georges) Sechiari on 08 Jan 1859 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Arghyro (daughter of Georges (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Marigo (Pandely) Rodocanachi) was born on 30 Oct 1837 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died on 28 Jun 1916 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is likely the Mme Schilizzi in four series of photographs taken by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri between 1857-1865. Held by the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.

Birth:
Her birth certificate was signed by a Michel Petrocochino (either Michael (Dimitrios) or Michael (Dimitrios)) and by Ambrose Argenti, merchant, father of Marietta and Marigo.

Buried:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) Monday, 11 Jul 1932. "Funeral Monday, Greek Church." This likely means the funeral was held in the Greek church in Paris on the date of publication.

Died:
Her estate of ￡1682 3s. 7 d. in England was administered by her children Michel and Marigo.

Despina married Etienne (Petros) Schilizzi on 24 Aug 1854 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Etienne (son of Petros (Emmanuel) Schilizzi and Marigo (Stephanos) Ralli) was born on 26 Dec 1830 in rue Senac 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 26 Jun 1886 in boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 28 Jun 1886 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

UK Naturalization: Pandia Eustratio Sagrandi from Scio was issued Certificate 1732, 3 February 1854. Naturalization Papers (registered) Nos. 1713-

Occupation: merchant. The 1852 London city directory lists Pandia Eustratio Sagrandi, merchant, 31 Finsbury Circus.

1851 England census lists the household at 31 Finsbury Circus headed by Pandia E. Segrandi, 32, b. Greece, general merchant; wife Calliope, 19, b. Greece; child Jenny, 5 mo., City of London; cook, nurse and nurse's maid.

Pandia Sagrandi, 23, Chios, unmarried, arriving Syros 1836, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros, 4 Apr 1842.

P. E. Sagrandi, Esq. subscribed to the Patriotic Fund - City Committee, 30 pounds, London Morning Post, 5 Dec 1854.

Family/Spouse: Calliope [Sagrandi]. Calliope was born about 1832 in Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1858, Ukraine; 1868-, Algeria.

John E. Sagrandi, 28, Chios, unmarried, arriving Syros 1836, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros, 8 May 1844.

Not to be confused with his namesake, b. Chios ,abt 1818; d. Athens, 16 Apr 1886 [his Athens death certificate].

Jean Sagrandy is listed the 1851 Marseille census, Allees de Meilhan 45.

Died:
Data provided in the 1893 marriage certificate of his son Hippatios. The certificate actually reads: Beyrouth, Syrie, apparently an error.

Family/Spouse: Calliope Ivanova. Calliope died on 29 Sep 1868 in Beirut, Lebanon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Died:
Killed by earthquake, 22 Mar 1881, Chios, The Hellenes

Catherine married Dimitrios (Michael) Mavrogordato in 1828 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Dimitrios (son of Michael (Ambrouzis) Mavrogordato and Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi) was born in 1803 in Chios, Greece; died on 22 Mar 1881 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Franga (Paul) Sgouta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Philanthropy: St[amati] N. Agelasto, merchant and banker, promises in 1879 an annual contribution of 10 TL (Turkish Lira) in favour of the Patriarchate according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Died:
On his list of Chiot graves at the Sislí cemetery in Constantinople, Georgiadis mentions "Stamatios N. Agelastos, died 3 January 1892".

Buried:
Sec 7, no. 299

Family/Spouse: Isabella (Michael) Zerlendi. Isabella (daughter of Michael Zerlendi and Anna Velissariou) died on 11 May 1918 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her parents’ death most of the estate was willed to Loula, who had no issue. Husband’s daughters from a subsequent marriage died in infancy so that "the parental property passed through to other side relatives," George P. Georgiadis, The St. Ioannis Church of the Chiots in Galata, (Constantinople, 1898), as cited by George Zolotas, History of Chios (Athens, 1928), p 264.

Loula married Augustus (Constantine) Agelasto about 1872 in Alexandria, Egypt . Augustus (son of Constantine (Augustis) Agelasto and Angerou Scouloudi) was born before 1852; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

29 Apr 1855: Eustratios P. Agelasto, 25, unmarried, born Chios, arrived Syros 1832, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Eustratios P. Agelasto, 38, merchant, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869.

Family/Spouse: Maria [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Z. Mitarakis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown to Argenti. The names and dates are consistant for this line, which has living descendants (Michael Agelasto & Georgios Agelastos, 2007)

Residence: perhaps Constantinople

The Istanbul city directory lists a Stamati Agelasto, fabric merchant, 1881-1885, 45-46 Validé Han, Istanbul and an S. Agelasto & Co., merchants, 9G Millet Han, Galata.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Argenti identifies a John Emmanuel Agelasto (1848-1905) on the Petrocochino tree (http://www.agelastos.com/genealogy/admin/index.php) who is not placed on the main Agelasto tree. His father was Emmanuel John (1822, Turkey), apparently the same date and place of birth as Emmanuel Michael.

Unknown to Argenti. The information here comes from a 1929 letter from Smaragda Fotiadis (née Agelasto) to her nephew Nicolaos Agelasto, b 1910-d 1945) (2007, Constantin Agelasto collection, deciphered and translated by George Agelasto). http://www.agelastos.com/genealogy/documents/SMARAGDA_1929_letter.html

Smaragda Fotiadis says he had five sons, all dead by 1929. He operated a Manchester trading company, [presumably 1860s] "Rodocanachi & Agelasto" with the husband of his sister. It ended in failure, she says. Indeed, Constantine Theodore (Theodore) Rodocanachi was a Liverpool merchant in 1869. He was married to Arghyro 'Argentine' (Ambrose) Sechiari; no documentary evidence of an Agelasto married to a Rodocanachi in that place and time or a company by that name.

Zolotas mentions a Michael Agelasto (1826 in Constantinople) and his son Emmanuel A. (s. Georgiadis). Emmanuel´s wife was Ypatia, who died 1870, citing Georgiadis.


The 1909 & 1913 Istanbul city directory lists an Etienne E. Agélasto as 'comptable un grand livre de l'administration de la dette publique ottoman,' domiciled at Yénikeny. Could be one of the putative five sons.

Based on the accounting records of St John Church, Georgiadis makes an alphabetical list of Chiot enterprises [of Constantinople] that sponsored the Church in the time from 1843 to 1880. There is no mention of year/date. Included among Agelastos enterprises is: Emmanuel M. Agelastos.

Family/Spouse: Ypatia [Agelasto]. Ypatia died on 19 Dec 1870 in [Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey]; was buried in Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stamati Michael Agelastos & Esmeralda Agelastos are listed in the Belgium (Antwerp) Police Immigration Index, 1840-1885: file number: 45940, page 4, film number: 2234256, digital folder number: 4331460, image number: 00322.

Birth:
Birth year approximated by age given on death certificate. Argenti says birth in 1822.

Died:
DOD from death certificate. Argenti says 20 May 1897.

Stamati married Catherine (Ioannis) Psomadis in 1855 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Catherine (daughter of Ioannis Psomadis and Smaragda Tapinos) was born in 1834 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died on 02 Jul 1875 in Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Antonios Velissariou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Based on the accounting records of St John Church, Georgiadis makes an alphabetical list of Chiot enterprises [of Constantinople] that sponsored the Church in the time from 1843 to 1880. There is no mention of year/date. Included among Agelastos enterprises is: Pavlos L. Agelastos.

In a memorandum from a general meeting of the St John community, dated 1 Apr 1865, Georgiadis says that "P. L. Agelastos" is among the community members present.

Residence: bef 1822 Chios; 1837-1846 Syros; 1854-1865 Constantinople; 1869 Syros.

28 Dec 1846: Paul L. Agelasto, 32, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1837, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, as had his brother Ambrosios the previous year.

Paul Leonidas Agelasto, 54, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869.

Paul Agelasto, Constantinople, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 400 [Ottoman pounds] to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853. Castelis & Agelasto donated 1000.

Paul married Angeliki (Nicolas) Calvocoressi in 1843 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Angeliki (daughter of Nicolas (Zannis) Calvocoressi and Chryssi [Calvocoressi]) was born in 1829 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died in 1903 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: merchant

Business: 1853, A.L. Agelasto & Co., Wilton Pl, Bury New Rd., Manchester. Directory gives name as Ambrose L.

Residence: bef 1822 Chios; 1843 Syros; 1845 Constantinople; 1853, 38 Cooper St., Manchester, England.

The 1851 England census reports A.L. Agelasto, 45, married, cotton fabric merchant, born Turkey, lodging at 101 Bury New Road, Salford, Manchester. A co-lodger is J.P. Schilizzi, Jr., 29, unmarried, perhaps Jean (Pandely) Schilizzi b. 1818.

19 Jun 1845: Ambrosios L. Agelasto, 34, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1843, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Greek embassy, Constantinople.

Family/Spouse: Catherine [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stamati Agelasto purchased 50% title to a bomb vessel named Maroukò [nickname for 'Maria'] and sailing under Ottoman flag. Price: 150 Ottoman gold pounds. Transaction date: 16 May 1860 (Melachrinoudis).

Died:
Mayor of Athens issued, 5 Dec 1907, a hereditary title certificate listing his rightful heirs. [original document]

Stamati married Zoïtsa (Pandely) Calvocoressi in 1845 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Zoïtsa (daughter of Pandely (Zannis) Calvocoressi and Sozonga (Paraskeva) Comnene) was born on 22 Mar 1826; died in 1863 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence, England: 1851, The Cliff, Broughton, Manchester, with 3-month-old Angelica and her mother Maria Parembli Agelasto; 1861, "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1880, ten years after her husband's death, she lived with her children: Angeliki, a married daughter, and George, then still probably a bachelor (Address was given as Stoneleigh, Aigburth Road, Liverpool (Lancs), England in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880); 1895, a L.S. Frangopulo had a phone in Wakefield, Liverpool, Lancs; 1900, Mrs. Lucy Frangopulo lived at 45 Ullet Rd., Aigburth Rd. S, Liverpool; 1901, the census lists her birthplace as "Assyria Greek subject Turkey", living with her grand-daughter, Marigo J. Maximos, age 14; 1921-29, Mrs. L.S. Frangopulo had a phone at 45 Ullet Rd; 1929, 45 Ullet Road, Liverpool.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1899-1910, 1904-1905, 1909-1910, 1914-1915: Lucy Frangopulo, 45 Ullet Road (house); 1920, 1925: Lucy Frangopulo and Nicholas Frangopulo, 45 Ullet Road.

1861 England census for "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, household headed by Stamati Frangopulo, 45, b. Greece, Mediterranean merchant, naturalized British subject; wife Lucia Frangopulo, 28, b. Syria [Syros]; children Angelica Frangopulo, 10; Nicholas Frangopulo, 8; Michael Frangopulo, 6; James Frangopulo, 4; George Frangopulo, 2; John Frangopulo, 7 months, all b. Manchester, Lancashire; 6 domestic servants.

1871 England census for 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool: Lucy S. Frangopulo, 37, head, widow, b. Berout, Turkey; sons Nicolas S., 18; James S., 14; George S., 13; John, 10; daughters Maria S., 8; Argyri S., 6; all scholars born Manchester; 8 servants; Demetrios Galatti, 28, head, general merchant, b. Smyrna, Turkey; wife Angelica, 20, b. Manchester; sons Augustus, 2, and Stamati, 8 months; both b. Liverpool, and 4 servants.

1881 census: "Stoneleigh," Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, widow, 48, b. Beyrout, Syria; unmarried sons, Nicholas, 27, merchant - Gen. Broker; George, 22, merchant - Gen. Broker; Johnny, 20, apprentice merchant; daughters Marigo, 18; Argyri, 16; Angelica Galatti, married, 30; all born Manchester; son-in-law L [D] A. Galatti, 39, b. Asia Minor Sanyrini; grandsons Augustus Galatti, 11; Stamati Galatti, 10; granddaughters Lucy, 8; and Zenobia, 5, all scholars b. Liverpool & 7 servants.

1911 England census for 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, 77, b. Turkey, naturalized Brit, widow, 6 children still living; John C Maximos, 65, b. Greece, son-in-law, widower, married 3 years, two children, one still living, retired cotton broker, USA citizen; Marigo Maximos, 24, b. Virginia, USA, grandaughter, single; 5 servants.

She appears on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.


Listed as Merchant and Partner in Frangopulo & Agelasto, 1880.

She was God-mother to her grandson Stamati D. Galati.

The Liverpool Mercury, 29 Jan 1880, apparently starved for news, reports on Lucy Frangopulo's carriage accident.

The Frangopulo contingent at the mayor's fancy dress ball, Liverpool, Jan 1883 included: Miss A. (pecheuse Napolitaine), Mrs. (Espagnole), John (Chef de Cuisine) and Miss (Satanella) (Liverpool Mercury 27 Jan 1883).

Mrs. S.N. Frangopulo, Bankside, Higher Broughton was among members of the Manchester Shaksperian Society involved in a fundraising event (Manchester Times 22 Mar 1851); this was about the time of the birth of their first child.

Either she or one of her daughters-in-law attended a ball given in the Manchester Assembly Rooms by Mrs. and Mrs. John Ambrose Negroponte to honor the coming out of their daughter Maria in 1900. She wore a "beautiful dress of pink accordinan-pleated chiffon, the [?] draped half-way with Brussels lace" ("Mrs. Negroponte's Ball," Manchester Times, 12 Jan 1900).

At one social event Mrs. Frangopulo "was in black trimmed with sequined net" ("Mrs. Alfred Charlton's Garden Party" Manchester Times, 19 Jul 1895).

At the Western Club Ball, "As usual Mrs. Negroponte and Mrs. Frangopulo were very strikingly gowned" (Manchester Times, 29 Apr 1898).

Jean Parembli, Greek citizen, died 4 Apr 1927 at Leipzig, Germany, and left his estate to Lucy Stamaty Frangopoulo, Liverpool. He is referred to as Mr. Johannes Parembli and is perhaps Lucy's cousin, she being his closest living kin.

Lucia Frangopoulos gave an icon of Archangel Michael to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1860-1863.

Name:
Known as Lucia Stamatio Frangopulo.

Birth:
The 1871 census says she was born in Berout, Turkey.

Died:
DOD given in Probate.

Will proved 13 Mar 1929 by Frank Deeks Sharples, solicitor, and Herbert Henry Girardet, cotton merchant, executors. Estate valued at £23087 8s 3d, resworn at £23425 2s 1d, administered at Liverpool (London Gazette 5 Apr 1929).

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 8 Feb 1929.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
2135 42670 N O 50 352 CEM 9/2/8

Loukia married Stamatios Nicolas (Nicolas) Frangopulo on 13 Sep 1849 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Stamatios (son of Nicolas Frangopulo and Angeliki (Perris) Maximo) was born on 10 Aug 1815 in Chios, Greece; died on 16 Mar 1870 in allées des Capucines 17, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Education: Smyrna and Athens

Alex. Agelasto, 32, East 10th St., New York, merchant, white, unmarried, born Greece, is registered in the consolidated list of persons eligible for military service, enumerated May-June 1863, Eighth Congressional District, New York. [The draft was initiated by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and reformed in March 1863. All men between 20 and 45 years of age were required to register. This included non-citizens. With news of the Battle of Gettysburg, the draft resistance in July 1863, primarily from Irish immigrants, caused riots in New York. Parker Agelasto]

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.

Name:
His marriage certificate lists his mother as Maria Negroponte.

Birth:
The 1900 Norfolk, Va. census gives his birth date as Feb 1833. Extrapolation of data from the 1869 Syros voter register (in the Greek national archives) and the digitized oath of Syros citizenship register suggest the birth year to be about 1831. The baptism registers of the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ, Syros, available for the years 1831-1834, 1835-1851, 1852-1860 and 1897-1912, but have been examined for only for 1835, the year his brother John was born and baptized.

His passport application and naturalization papers do not give a birth date.

Died:
Cause of death: pneumonia

Buried:
Lot 15, 7th A. East Elm.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato on 02 Feb 1866 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Polyxene (daughter of Alexander (Michael) Mavrogordato and Polunia (Pandias) Ralli) was born on 05 Jan 1846 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 01 Sep 1934 in 4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1934 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The New York Times, 20 Jul 1878 reports as passengers on the Germanic sailing for Liverpool, A. Paterachi and Mrs. Paterachi.

Family/Spouse: Aristides Pateraki. Aristides was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: John Michael Agelasto, Greece, 7 Apr 1881, residence London; home office paper A2284; certificate A3449.

1911 England Census: Mr. Agelasto headed the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Kensington, which included 1 male and 4 females

Philanthropy: John Michael Agelasto is listed in 1870 among the founders of the Greek School in London according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

The 1911 England census, London, includes John M Agelasto, b. abt 1836; daughter Lucy, b. abt 1875.

1911 England census for the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill W, Kensington, London, headed by John M Agelasto, 75, b. Greece, widowed, stock exchange agent, naturalized Brit; daughter Lucy, 36, single; 3 servants.

John Mitchell Agelasto [22 Pembridge Crescent] appears on the 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907; [John Michael Agelasto, 25 Lansdowne Road] 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 electoral register, Kensington North parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea/borough electoral lists, Great Britain; 1918, 1919 Kensington/Kensington and Chelsea.

Agelasto, John Michael, 25 Lansdowne Road, Holland park W, appears in Royal Blue Book (London, May 1911).

Birth:
Argenti incorrectly reports 26 Sep 1835.

Christened:
God-parent: Marouko [Maria] Theodore Ralli [wife of Theodore Ralli, probably Marouko Alexander Ziffo].

Entry #589, 1835 register

The church register does not give the exact date of baptism, but rather the date of registration of the certificate with civil authorities (24 November), which is perhaps 1-2 days after baptism (George Agelastos). The archives registers gives the date 18 Jul 1835.


Died:
His death announcement appeared in The Times (London), 12 Nov 1919, p 1.

Buried:
burial plot no. 8641

John married Aglaïa (Ioannis) Baltazzi on 01 Mar 1862 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Aglaïa (daughter of Ioannis (Evangelos) Baltazzi and Aikaterine (George) Petrocochino) was born on 23 Nov 1841 in rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?], Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 09 Dec 1877 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]