Theodore (Pandia) Agelasto

Notes:

M. Theodore Agelasto et Mme, nee Wachenhusen; M. Jean Fachiri et Mme, nee Agelasto, are listed among the principal members of the Marseille Greek community (Le Gaulois [Paris], 30 Dec 1917, p. 2.)

Birth:
Argenti incorrectly says 5 Jul 1856.

Signatory witnesses to his birth included Nicolas Dromocaiti, merchant and Evangelino Baltazzi, 29, merchant.

Buried:
Cemetery 1934 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 10, 78 years old, entry 588.

Theodore married Wilhelme Caroline Auguste (Gustav) Wachenhusen on 28 Dec 1897 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Wilhelme (daughter of Gustav Christian Diederich Wilhelm (Johann) Wachenhusen and Caroline Sophie Amélie (Gottlieb) Fabricius) was born on 27 Jan 1856 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; was christened on 26 Feb 1856 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Argenti incorrectly reports a 28 Oct. 1887 marriage for Paris. Son George’s 1891 birth certificate reports his father 'unmarried' and 'unknown mother'; Daughter Marie’s 1896 birth certificate gives her parents’ names and unmarried but officially notes that the union was later legitimized by the 1897 marriage in Paris.

Their 28 Dec 1897 Paris marriage certificate notes the birth of their three children.

Marriage witnesses included his uncle Demosthenes Agelasto, 66, rentier, rue Jouffroy 28, Paris; his brother Michel Agelasto, 42, rentier, rue Blanche 2, Paris; Pandely Rodocanachi, 48, rentier, place de ??? 5, Paris; Georges Baltazzi, 41, rentier, Quai d'Orsay 13, Paris.

1. Georges (Theodore) Agelasto was born on 12 Apr 1891 in quartier d'Endoume, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 13 May 1979 in Longjumeau, Essonne, Île-de-France.
2. Jeanne (Theodore) Agelasto was born on 07 Sep 1892 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 2 Oct 1979 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried in 1979 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France.
3. Marie (Theodore) Agelasto was born on 25 Oct 1896 in quartier d'Endoume, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 07 Mar 1992 in rue d'Iena 21, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France.

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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]

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Her details and ancestry are found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

After husband's death, she shared 20 Boulevard Longchamp with brother-in-law Dimitrios (1874-84); daughter and sons Michel (1881, 1888-92) and Theodore (1893-95) and four servants (1881 census).

Honoured in Odessa 1832.

Died:
Sturdza wrongly says she died 26 Jul 1854.

Buried:
Cemetery 1895 register, folio 43, line entry 6050 midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 10, residence Longchamp 20.

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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).

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Residence: 1849 (DOD), allées des Capucines 45, Marseille, France.

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Trade volume in rubles among Odessa merchants, 1833: Th. Rodocanachi ranked #3: 427,351 imports & 379,111 exports; 1834, #2: 403,053 imports & 198,987 exports.

Died:
His 10-page will, in Russian, which is kept in the State Archive of Odessa, left the bulk of his estate to his surviving son. Kardasis comments: "His displeasure with the first daughter of the family is obvious. Was this an old quarrel? Fear of squandering the inheritance on unsound economic ventures by the family of P. Agelasto and Iphigenia Rodocanachi? According to the letter of the will, Pericles gained most. All the property (plots of land, houses, bills of exchange, bonds, and cash) were bequeathed to him. In this way Theodoros affirmed the traditional concept of transferring the property to the son in order to secure the continuity of the family..."

Theodore married Oriettou (Toumazis) Galati. Oriettou was born in 1806 in Chios, Greece; died in 1887 in Odessa, Ukraine . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree with all her children.

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The Galatti-Rodocanachi alliance strengthened with this marriage.

Pandia married [Agelasto]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dimitrios married Maria Paspati. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]