Peter (Gregory) Empedocles

Notes:

British subject

Occupation: -1918, bank clerk

Residence: 1918, 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece

Military service: Recruited 12 Oct 1918 for short service (duration of the war); interpreter, East Lancashire Regiment; discharged 15 Jan 1920, Salonica, Greece.

Travel: P. Empedocles, 20, merchant, permanent resident Calcutta, India, arrived London 9 Sep 1920, from Marseille aboard Iyo Maru.

Birth:
The Empedocles Family Tree says 4 Jan 1900.

Died:
Peter Gregory Empedocles probate records, Estate Number: 5663/1970, High Court: Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, The Western Cape, South Africa.

According to his grandson, he died while he was convalescing from pancreatic cancer.

Peter married Julia (Alexander) Sevastopoulos on 4 Jun 1932 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Julia was born on 26 Jul 1897 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 17 Nov 1985 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gregory (Peter) Empedocles was born on 1 Aug 1932; died on 4 May 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Alexander (Peter) Empedocles was born on 24 Apr 1934 in [South Africa]; died before 2017 in [South Africa].

Notes:

Residence: 1918, 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece

Christened:
God-parents: Maria C. Geralopoulo

Birth:
25 Jul 1861 according to church baptism register

Name:
or Empedocles

Died:
DOD from London probate. South Africa estate death index: Gregory Empedocles, d. 11 Aug 1951, High Court: Western Cape High Court, Estate Number: 5376/1951, with will, spouse: Maria Empedocles

Gregory married Maria (Stephen) Petrocochino. Maria (daughter of Stephen (Emmanuel) Petrocochino and Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Baptized (LDS):
God-parents: Maria C. Geralopoulo.

Died:
DOD from UK probate

The Empedocles Family Tree says 3 Oct 1945.

Notes:

Peter Empedocles, 40 Finsbury Circus, London, is listed among the 96 Greek members of the Baltic Exchange 1860-69.

Merchant, origin Smyrna

The 1871 England census for the household at 22 Queensborough Terrace, Paddington, London, headed by Peter Empedocles, 50, retired merchant; wife Evanthia Empedocles, 33, both b. Greece, Greek subjects; Helen Empedocles, 14; Antony Empedocles, 10; Gregory Eempedocles, 9; Alexandra Eempedocles, 8; Euphrosyne Eempedocles, 5; Angelica Eempedocles, 2; Urania Lizeeli, 37, b. Greece, Greek subject, sister-in-law, widow; 4 domestic servants.

Travel: Pierre Empedocles, merchant, Greek native, arrived Dover, England 25 Aug 1849 from France.

Peter Empedocles, 2 Gledhow Gardens, is on the London electoral register, Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, 1875, 1876.

1860 London Royal Blue Book: Peter Empedocles, Esq, 33 Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park

Birth:
Year of birth according to Empedocles family tree.

Died:
DOD according to Empedocles family tree.

Peter married Evanthia Tsitsekli. Evanthia was born about 1838 in Greece; died on 20 May 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1871 England census for the household at 22 Queensborough Terrace, Paddington, London, headed by Peter Empedocles, 50, retired merchant; wife Evanthia Empedocles, 33, both b. Greece, Greek subjects; Helen Empedocles, 14; Antony Empedocles, 10; Gregory Eempedocles, 9; Alexandra Eempedocles, 8; Euphrosyne Eempedocles, 5; Angelica Eempedocles, 2; Urania Lizeeli, 37, b. Greece, Greek subject, sister-in-law, widow; 4 domestic servants.

The 1861 England census for the household at Ellington, Torquay, Devon, headed by Evanthia Empedocles, 24, b. Syra, income from property; sister Ourania Tattescla, 33, b. Syra; Ellen Empedocles, 4; Mary Empedocles, 2; Antonies Empedocles, 7 months, all b. London; 3 domestic servants.

Died:
DOD according to Empedocles family tree.

Notes:

Occupation: Merchant.

He retired 31 Dec 1889 from his partnership with Eustratius Emmanuel Petrocochino and Despina (Matthew) Rodocanachi, recent widow of Dimitrios (Emmanuel) Petrocochino, operating under the firm of Petrocochino Brothers, at Palmerston Buildings, Old Broad Street, London and Manchester and Calcutta, India (London Gazette18 Jul 1890).

Residence: 1871, Lancaster Gate, London, England; at DOD 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece.

The 1881 British Census reports that the family living at Claremont Villas, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford, Lancs. [next to the Alexander Alexandroff family] 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.

Stephen E. Petrocochino, 18 Finsbury Circus, London, is listed among the 96 Greek members of the Baltic Exchange 1860-69.

Died:
Estate valued at £5048 17s. 7d., probated in Britain, administered by Emmanuel Eustratius Petrocochinom Estate, the attorney for Lemira Petrocochino [widow].

Stephen married Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi on 12 Aug 1871 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Semira (daughter of Emmanuel George (Zorzis) Franghiadi and Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi) was born on 29 May 1849 in London, England UK; was christened on 27 Oct 1849 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK; died on 13 Jun 1927 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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).

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.

Notes:

His siblings included younger sister Loula, younger brother Michael, older sister Franga, and older brother Nicolas, all on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Emmanuel married Alexandra (Stephanos) Ralli. Alexandra was born in 1801 in Chios, Greece; died in 1874 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Three children of Stephanos Ambrouzis Ralli & Despina Omiro -- Alexandra and her siblings Calliope, and Ambrouzis -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

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.