James Dromocaiti (Stamatios) Frangopulo

Notes:

Occupation: stockbroker

James S. Frangopulo was listed as a member of the Baltic Exchange, 1886 (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 58).

He is listed as Merchant and Partner in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880.

Residence: 1861, "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1880-1882, 2 Mandeville Place, Manchester Square, Middlesex according to the trade directory and the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880. The residence appears to be group accommodation; 1911, 3 Kew Gardens Rd, Richmond, Kew; 1933, No. 8, Kew Gardens Road, Richmond, Surrey, England.

J.S. Frangopulo participated in a Liverpool town meeting to raise funds for the earthquake victims on the Island of Zante, Greece (Liverpool Mercury 14 Feb 1893).

He attended the 1921 funeral of his sister Angeliki (Mrs. D. A. Galatti) with his brothers George and Nicholas.

James Frangopulo, 3, Kew Gardens Road, appears on the Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915.

Frangopulo, Agelasto, & Co. was among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2).

J. S. Frangopulo was a groomsman at the 1891 Manchester wedding of John T. Petrocochino and Alice Mather.

The 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.

The 1901 England census for the household at 3 Kew Gardens Road, Richmond, Surrey, headed by James Frangopulo, 44, b. Manchester, England, stock-share jobber; wife Florence Frangopulo, 42, b. Gravesend, Kent, England; 1 servant.

1911 England census for 3 Kew Gardens Rd, Richmond, Kew, household headed by James Frangopulo, 54, b. Manchester, Lancashire, married 32 years, retired grain merchant; wife Florence, 54, b. Gravesend, Kent; 1 servant.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes James Frangopulo, b. 1857, Salford, Lancashire; Florence Frangopulo, b. 1861, Kent; in the household in Richmond upon Thames.

Name:
Argenti calls him Iacobos (Stamatios) Frangopoulos. Birth registry names him James D

Birth:
UK birth registry finds: James Dromocaiti Frangopulo, born Oct-Nov-Dec 1856, Salford, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, v 8d, p 20. Certificate not examined.


Christened:
Entry:092/040; Godparent: Georgios Dromokaites; priest Daniel Petroulias.

Died:
Will proved 1 Mar 1934 by Florence Frangopulo, widow and executrix. Estate valued at £10261 5s 11d, administered at London.

James married Florence (Laurence) Oakes on 28 Jan 1878 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Florence was born in spr 1849 in Gravesend, Kent, England UK; was christened on 13 May 1849 in Gravesend, Kent, England UK; died on 01 May 1938 in St Ealdhelm Nursing Home, 25 West Park Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey UK; was cremated on 05 May 1938 in Crematorium, Golders Green, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]