Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi

Notes:

Residence: at DOD 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece (London Gazette 21 Oct 1927).

The 1881 British Census reports that the family living at Claremont Villas, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford, Lancs. included: Stephen E. Petrocochino, head, 41, East Indian merchant, born Smyrna; his wife Semira S., 31, born London; children Manoli S., 7; Alexander S., 6, Marigo S., 5, all born Calcutta; Demetrius S., 2, born Ilford, England; Matthew D., nephew, 18, born Liverpool; and 4 servants.

The 1861 England census: 9 Gloucester Square household headed by Emanuel G Franghiadi, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Constance, 32; son Stephen, 15; daughters Semira, 11 and Julia, 9; and son Paul, 2, all b. London; & 5 servants.

1871 England census: Ilford Hall, Barking, Ilford, Essex, household headed by Constance Franghiadi, 42, married, merchant's wife; daughters Semira, 21 and Julia, 18, all b. London; Mary, 8; son Emanuel, 6, both b. Ilford; & 3 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: N. M. Mavrogordato.

Died:
Death certificate for this date not found in central Athens Vital Statistics Bureau (2011).

Semira married Stephen (Emmanuel) Petrocochino on 12 Aug 1871 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Stephen (son of Emmanuel Dimitri (Dimitrios) Petrocochino and Alexandra (Stephanos) Ralli) was born on 28 Dec 1840 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 14 Jun 1912 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage Witnesses: E. Em. Petrocochino and Despina D. Petrocochino; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 84.

Marriage notice appeared in The Pall Mall Gazette (London) 14 Aug 1871.

1. Emmanuel (Stephen) Petrocochino was born on 27 Jul 1873 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 21 Nov 1929 in rue Sainte Anne 11 bis , Paris 1er, Île-de-France, France.
2. Alexander (Stephen) Petrocochino was born on 11 Aug 1874 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 09 Nov 1942 in The Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
3. Maria (Stephen) Petrocochino was born on 01 Aug 1875 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 22 Oct 1945 in Hildasime Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa.
4. Dimitrios (Stephen) Petrocochino was born on 17 Apr 1878 in Ilford, Essex, England UK; was christened on 15 Jun 1878 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 10 May 1942 in Hildasime Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa.

Notes:

London Law case, 1864: Lane v London Bank of Scotland; plaintiffs: Richard Stuart Lane, Horace Edward Chapman and Frederick John Helbert; Defendants: The London Bank of Scotland Ltd, William Walter Cargill, Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay bart, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, George Emanuel Scaramanga, Emanuel George Franghiadi, Eugene Collins, Henry Spicer, William Julius Marshall, John Elin, Hon William Napier liquidator of the said Bank, Nathaniel Hitchin Palmer and Richard Baker.

He escaped Chios in 1822 in a barrel hidden aboard a ship, according to his great-grandson Yannis Franghiadi.

Died:
The 1890 register of deaths, Vital Statistics, Piraeus, Greece, lists Emmanuel Franghiadi, p 716.

Emmanuel married Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi on 23 Jan 1838 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Marigo (daughter of Michael (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Semira (Hypatios) Avierino) was born on 13 Jan 1821 in Chios, Greece; died on 25 Jun 1856 in London, England UK; was buried on 28 Jun 1856 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catsiyannis says her marriage is the first documentary evidence of a Rodocanachi in London (apart, presumably, from that of Constantine, physician to King Charles ll) (Christopher Long)

The 1841 England Census reports the household living at 18 Finsbury Circus, London: Emanuel Franghiadi, 25, Paul Franghiadi 15; Mary Franghiadi, 20, all foreign born; George Franghiadi, 17 months; Michel Franghiadi, 7 months, both born in England.

Buried:
burial plot no. 5001

Notes:

Married:
This union seems unrelated to the large London firm of Rodocanachi & Franghiadi, exporters of grain and coffee, in the 1850s.

Witnesses/Sponsors: P.S. Ralli & Stephen Franghiadi; Dionysios Xenakis presiding; entry 2.

"A betrothal might cement an existing collaboration between business partners from two different families, as occurred in the case of Emmanouel Frangiades, who married Marigo Rodocannachis, the sister of his buiness partner, in London in 1833 [sic]." Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou, "Women and Family Capitalism in Greece, c. 1780-1940," Business History Review, v 81, n 3, pp 522-523.

Notes:

Dominie Nicholls (née Vlasto) says in her memoirs that he was hanged on Chios in 1822 though this is not known to Argenti's 'Libro d'Oro' or to Helen Long's 'Greek Fire'. (Christopher Long)

Brother to Platon-Pantoleon Emmanuel Franghiadi, bishop of Chios, b. 1776 and hanged by the Turks in April 1822; and Sephen Emmannuel Franghiadi, b. 1774.

Zorzis married Zambelou (Constantine) Negroponte. Zambelou (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Argenti says he was held hostage in the Kastro in 1822 on Chios and then hanged. Helen Long's 'Greek Fire' agrees he was a hostage in the Kastro in 1822 but that he was then released. (Christopher Long)

Michael married Semira (Hypatios) Avierino. Semira (daughter of Hypatios (Antonios) Avierino) was born in 1798 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the massacres on Chios in 1822 she fled with her children to her husband's brothers in Trieste.

Notes:

Is his birth date correct? He is too young to have had children at the dates given...(Christopher Long)

1815 Vienna City directory lists Negroponte Angerinos and Company.

Birth:
Is his birth date correct? He is too young to have had children at the dates given...(C. Long)

Constantine married Arghyro [Negroponte]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Merele) He had five sons, all born on Chios. (Christopher Long)

Matthew married Marouko (Paul) Negroponte. Marouko (daughter of Paul (Ambrosios) Negroponte and (unknown) [Negroponte]) was born in 1748 in Chios, Greece; died on 11 Jun 1826 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Marigo.