Major Ion Melville (Matthew) Calvocoressi, MBE MC

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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Princes Hotel, Hove, Sussex, England lists Matthew J. Calvocoressi, b. 4 Jul 1873 [sic], retired East Indian Merchant; wife Agnes H Calvocoressi, b. 26 Nov 1881, married, Private Means; Ion Calvocoressi, b. 12 Apr. 1919, Oxford undergraduate.

Died:
The death of Mr Ion Melville Calvocoressi, 88, b. 12 Apr 1919, d. 7 Jul 2007, Residence Place at Death: Hartfield, East Sussex, England.

Obituary in The Telegraph [London], 9 Aug 2007 and The Times [London], 16 Jul 2007.

Ion married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1881 England census: 9 Devonport St, London household headed by John M. Calvocorissi, 34, retired merchant; Arghiro, 32, both b. Constantinople, Turkey; sons Matthew, 8, b. Liverpool; Pantia, 6, b. Nice, France; Leonidy, 2; George, 11 mos, both b. London; daughter Hypatia, 3, b. Broughton; & 5 servants.

US passports: #107, issued 13 Oct 1891, Constantinople; #199, issued 21 Oct 1893, Constantinople.

M.J. Calvocoressi attended a memorial service for M. Venizelos at St. Sophia, London, on 28 March 1936.

Matthew John Calvocoressi appears [with wife Agnes Hermione Calvocoressi, 94 Eaton Place SW1] on the 1929, [24 Wilton Crescent SW1] 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939 electoral register, City of Westminster parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1939, St. George/Westminster.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Princes Hotel, Hove, Sussex, England lists Matthew J. Calvocoressi, b. 4 Jul 1873 [sic], retired East Indian Merchant; wife Agnes H Calvocoressi, b. 26 Nov 1881, married, Private Means; Ion Calvocoressi, b. 12 Apr. 1919, Oxford undergraduate.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Ms. D. Mavrogordato

Buried:
Funeral at 3:30 p.m., 8 Nov 1939, St. John's Church, First Avenue, Hove, England.

Died:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 6/7 Nov 1939, pg. 1. He died "suddenly, after pneumonia."

Matthew married Agnes Hermione (Robert) Melville on 21 Dec 1914 in All Saints' Church, Malabar Hill, Bombay, Maharashtra, British India . Agnes (daughter of Judge Robert (Michael) Melville and Agnes (George) Woodfall) was born on 26 Nov 1881 in London, England UK; died on 1 Dec 1968 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Princes Hotel, Hove, Sussex, England lists Matthew J. Calvocoressi, b. 4 Jul 1873 [sic], retired East Indian Merchant; wife Agnes H Calvocoressi, b. 26 Nov 1881, married, Private Means; Ion Calvocoressi, b. 12 Apr. 1919, Oxford undergraduate.

Birth:
The death of Agnes H Calvocoressi, 88, was registered Dec 1968, Westminster, London, v. 5e, p. 872.

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Married:
An announcement said that the marriage "will take place quitely" in Bombay The Times (London) 11 Dec 1914; a marriage notice appeared in the newspaper 18 Jan 1915, pg. 1.

The Very Venerable Archdeacon Barham and the Revd. Archimandrite A.C. Alexion performed the nuptials.

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Residence: 1863-1873, New York, USA; 1869-1870, 120 Madison Ave, NY, NY; 1871, 12 W. 45th St, New York City (shared with Theodore J. Ralli; 1872, England; 1873, Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, England; 1881, 9 Devonport St, London, England; abt 1882, San Stefano, Bosphorus; 1880-1900, Constantinople asylum; 1915, Athens, Greece.

Occupation: Merchant. 1869-1870, with Calvocoressi & [Leonidas] Rodocanachi, 67 Wall St., NY, NY.

Origin: Chios. A John Calvocoressi took British citizenship 2 Feb 1863. Calvocoressi, John, from Greece. Certificate 3996 issued 2 Feb 1863 (National Archives).

He was partners with his father and brother Leonidas as L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants, Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street. London, until dissolved 1 Jan 1881 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1881).

John Calvocoressi, of Liverpool, initiated bankruptcy 18 Oct 1869 (London Gazette 19 Oct 1869).

John Calvocoressi and James F. Psalfy were partners as Canvas and Bagging Merchants, Liverpool, until partnership was dissolved 6 May 1869 (London Gazette 18 May 1869).

J. Calvocoressi is listed among a delegation which met with Lord Derby of the Foreign Office to discuss the British role in and the threat to Greek merchants' interests due to strife between Greece and Turkey (The Times [London], 6 Feb 1878).

The 1881 England census: 9 Devonport St, London household headed by John M. Calvocorissi, 34, retired merchant; Arghiro, 32, both b. Constantinople, Turkey; sons Matthew, 8, b. Liverpool; Pantia, 6, b. Nice, France; Leonidy, 2; George, 11 mos, both b. London; daughter Hypatia, 3, b. Broughton; & 5 servants.

USA naturalization: 28 Feb 1871, before Court of Common Pleas, New York, New York. The date is given in his wife's and sons' US passport applications, as they quality for US citizenship through his naturalization.

He was confined, from about 1880, to a lunatic asylum, Constantinople, according to US passport applications filed by his wife and children.

John M. Calvocoressi, 22, swore before a notary in New York City, 11 Feb 1869, that he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida. This document thus certified his US citizenship.

Birth:
In a document that provided for his US citizenship, he swore he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida.

John married Arghyro (Pandia) Sechiari on 23 Mar 1871 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Arghyro (daughter of Pandia (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Hypatia (Emmanuel) Schilizzi) was born on 15 Apr 1848 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 26 Dec 1932 in 4 rue Regille, Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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US passports: #38, issued 25 Apr 1898, Constantinople; #226, issued 4 Jun 1900, Constantinople; #157, issued 31 Jan 1903, Athens; #144, issued 4 Oct 1905, Athens; #4348, issued 16 Dec 1907, Constantinople; #6868, issued 25 Feb 1918; #24488, issued 1 May 1920, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Residence: 1881, England; 1898-1900, Constantinople; Athens, 1903; 1917, Athens; 1920 Lucerne, Switzerland.

She likely has a sister, Virginia, on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Birth:
DOB from US passport applications. Argenti says 27 Apr 1847.

Died:
A memorial service was held t 12:20 p.m. 5 Feb 1933 at St Sophia Cathedral, London.

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 27 Dec 1932.

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Residence, England: Hartfield Grove, Sussex and London.

Robert married Agnes (George) Woodfall about Apr 1870 in Bath, Somerset, England UK. Agnes was born about Jul 1846 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England UK; died on 20 May 1920 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1915, 9 Grand Parade, Portsmouth, England.

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Occupation: Merchant of Chios

According to David Calvocoressi and his father Peter, Matthew was briefly taken into slavery and was either redeemed or escaped following the Massacres of Chios. Argenti records his mother as Angerou (no surname).

According to Matthew, recorded by his grandson Pantias (John) Calvocoressi some 60 years later, Matthew was about 15 years old in 1822 and referred to a half-brother Pandely and younger siblings: Mavroudi, Zambelou, Zorzis and Argentou.

He, his son Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and Ambrose Paul Rodocanachi traded as merchants, at 95 Bishopsgate Street, London, as L. Rodocanachi and Co.; and at Constantinople, as M. Z. Calvocoressi, until dissolved 15 Mar 1885 (London Gazette 2 Jun 1885)

He and his sons Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and John Matthew Calvocoressi were partners as L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants, Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street. London, until dissolved 1 Jan 1881 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1881).

M. Kalvo-doresis is listed among twenty individuals or businesses who met 26 Apr 1843 to write the Constitution of the Greek Community of Manchester.

Matthew married Arghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi on 10 Nov 1841 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Arghyro (daughter of Zannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli) was born about 1820 in Chios, Greece; died on 13 Apr 1891 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Catsiyannis says she spent most of her married life in Constantinople. (Christopher Long)

Birth:
DOB according to the Pedigree Resource File of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

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Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Stephen and Maria S. Franghiadi; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 6.

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Another daughter Virginia is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Residence: 1859, Constantinople

Occupation: merchant

Pandeli Paraskevas Sechiari directed Argenti Sechiari & Cie, Galatz office.

Pandia married Hypatia (Emmanuel) Schilizzi. Hypatia was born on 5 Oct 1819 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 15 Sep 1889 in Brighton, Sussex, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]