George F. (Stamatios) Frangopulo

Notes:

He is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Occupation: Shipping merchant; 1885-1886, cotton exporter, 49 Main bds, Norfolk, Va.

Residence: 1861, "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1871, 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1880, Stoneleigh, Aigburth Road, Liverpool (Lancs), England in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880; 1885-1886, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va.; 1881, "Stoneleigh," Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool; 1895,1903, Sedgley House, Sedgley Park, Prestwich. 1904-1911 & 1921-22 phone directories list a Geo. S. at 'The Limes', Upper Park Rd., Broughton Pk., Manchester. 1923, The Limes, Upper Park Road, Broughton Park, Manchester, England, UK National Probate Calendar Index, 1923.

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

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).

He was a partner in Stavert, Zigomala & Co, merchants, Manchester and elsewhere, 1867, Sep 1889, Mar 1892 until it was dissolved 30 Sep 1893. Afterwards with Themistocles Pandia Petrocokino, Pandia Themistocles Petrocokino and others he continued "the business under the same style as heretofore on their own account." (London Gazette 19 Dec 1893). The Petrocokinos left the firm 30 Sep 1897. He had different partners over the years but remained with Stavert, Zigomala & Co, until it closed 31 Mar 1920. The 1867-1900 Rate Books & 1895 trade directory: G.S. Frangopulo, 6 Minshull St., Manchester.

He was in partnership with John Themistocles Petrocokino[probably Ioannis (Theodore) Petrocochino], Themistocles Pandia Petrocokino, Manuel Anastasius Copchili, and John Cooper, as Merchants at Minshull Street, Manchester and under the style of Stavert Zigomala & Co; firm dissolved 30 Sep 1897 (London Gazette 23 Nov 1897).

New York arrivals from Liverpool: 2 Sep 1884 on the Gallia (occupation given as merchant); 23 Aug 1886 on the Alaska in (traveling with W. Gallati, 34).

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

He was a mourner at the Jan 1904 funeral of Stamati Galatti, his nephew.

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 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 The Limes, Upper Park Rd, Broughton, Park, household headed by George Frangopulo, 52, b. Salford, Lancashire, married 23 years, 2 children, both living, shipping merchant, cotton goods; wife Julia, 48, b. Bradford, Yorkshire; son Stamati, 20, b. Prestwick, Lancashire; 5 servants.

He is the likely Frangopulo who was a member of the Manchester Cretan Committee ("The Cretan Question," Manchester Guardian, 15 Mar 1897, p 7).

J. [perhaps a typo for G.] S. Frangopulo was a groomsman at the 1 Jan 1891 marriage of this man's brother-in-law, John T. Petrocochino (Manchester Guardian, 2 Jan 1891, p 5).

G. Francopoulos is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1890-1891 and as a trustee, 1901-1914.

Name:
UK National Probate Calendar Index, 1923 gives name as George Stamati Frangopulo.

Christened:
Entry: 119/046; Godparent: Marietta Schilizzi (his paternal aunt);priest Daniel Petroulias.

Died:
Estate valued at £124,777 5s 11d, administered at London 25 Aug 1923 by Julia Frangopulo, widow, and Themistocles John Frangopulo, merchant [presumably his son, Thomas J.].

Buried:
Ceremony performed by Archimandrite Constantine Callinicos

George married Julia (Themistocles) Petrocochino on 12 Nov 1887 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK. Julia was born on 03 Sep 1862 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England UK; was christened on 07 Jan 1863 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK; died on 13 Jul 1945 in Derby House Nursing Home, Buxton, Derbyshire, England UK; was cremated on 16 Jul 1945 in Stockport Crematorium, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1911 England census for The Limes, Upper Park Rd, Broughton, Park, household headed by George Frangopulo, 52, b. Salford, Lancashire, married 23 years, 2 children, both living, shipping merchant, cotton goods; wife Julia, 48, b. Bradford, Yorkshire; son Stamati, 20, unmarried, b. Prestwick, Lancashire; 5 servants.

Name:
Argenti calls him Stamatios G. Frangopoulos. Stamati George Frangopulo in the UK birth registry, Jul-Aug-Sep 1890, v 8d, p 427. Certificate not examined.

Christened:
By spraying due to child's illness; entry: 606/177-8; Godparent: Themistocles Pandia Petrocochino; Priest Archimandrite Eustathios Metallinos.

Died:
15 Jun 1920 according to church burial registry

Buried:
According to the parish register: age: 29 years; abode: The Limes, Broughton Park; buried by: Constance Callinicos, Greek Church, Hr. Broughton; page 388, Entry 3099.

Notes:

T.J. Frangopulo, Grendon, Burbage, Buxton, received only minor injuries after his car was involved in a car crash in Buxton, 16 Sep 1933 (Manchester Guardian, 18 Sep 1933).

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Grendon, Buxton, Derbyshire, lists Ellen P Bowen, b. 12 Jul 1876, Widowed, Private Means; John Frangopulo [Themistocles Frangopulo], b. 25 Dec 1898, Exporter Merchant; wife Gwendolyn Frangopulo, b. 28 Nov 1909, Unpaid Domestic Duties; and Julia Frangopulo, b. 3 Sep 1864, widowed, Incapacitated.

Name:
His marriage notice in The Times (London) gives his name as John Frangopulo.

Died:
Estate handled by Bennett Brooke-Taylor & Wright, 4 The Quadrant, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Contact: Gwendolyn Laura Frangopulo and Martin Brooke-Taylor.

Themistocles married Gwendolyn Laura (Bertram) Bowen on 03 May 1934 in Christ Church, Westminster, London, England UK. Gwendolyn (daughter of Bertram Herbert Bowen and Ellen Picton (Edmund) Osler) was born on 23 Nov 1909 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England UK; died in May 1996 in Berkshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]