Paul Cecil (Matthew) Rodocanachi

Notes:

1911 England census for Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Matthew Rodocanachi, 50, b. Liverpool, married 11 years, 1 child, living; East India merchant; son Paul, 10, b. Karachi, India; 6 servants.

1911 England census: resident scholars at Copthorne School, Crawley, Sussex, include Alexander George Vlasto, 13, b. Darjeeling, India; Ambrose Radocanachi, 10, b. Calcutta, India; Paul Radocanachi, 12, b. Calcutta, India [an eponymous being]; Constantine John Philip Ionides, 10, b. Brighton, Sussex.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Matthew Paul Rodocanachi, b. 1861, Liverpool; Cissy Rodocanachi, b. 1877, India; Paul Cecil Rodocanachi, b. 1900, India; for a household in St Martin, London.

Mrs. Arghiri Rodocanachi and Paul Rodocanachi [9-10 Cavendish Square W1] appear on the 1927, 1929 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Residence: at DOD, Villa Gorena, Parc d'Hiver, Biarritz, France

Birth:
Argenti says 29 Oct 1900, which is the date on the Julian calendar.

Christened:
The baptism register of Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, England, says he was baptized in Paris and that he was 'anointed' in Liverpool 29 June 1901.

Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating (in Liverpool).

God-parent: Ms. Calliope Vlasto (in Paris)

Notes:

Occupation: Cotton broker.

1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by P[aul] Z[annis] Rodocanachi, 41, merchant, b. Greece; wife Maria, 29, b. Austria; daughter Anastasia, 8, b. Manchester; son John, 7; son Matthew, 6 months, all born Liverpool & 5 servants [next door to the family of Dimitrios Emmanuel Petrocochino].

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 50, cotton merchant; wife Marigo, 39, both b. Greece; daughters Anastasia, 18, b. Manchester; Despina, 7, Marigo, 6; sons Matthew, 10 and Paul, 3, all b. Liverpool; Leonidas Calvocoressi, nephew, 19, b. Turkey, cotton merchant; & 6 servants. Located close to the Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns'.

1881 England census [West Derby (rural) Dist. 25]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Z. Rodocanachi, widower, 61, cotton merchant, b. Greece; sons Ambrose, 25 and Matthew, 20, both cotton merchants; Paul, 18, scholar; daughters Despina, 17; Marigo, 16; all scholars, b. Liverpool; daughter, Anastasia Vlasto, 28, b. Manchester; Ambrose A. Vlasto, son-in-law, 43, general merchant, b. Austria; & 5 servants. Located next to Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa.'

1911 England census for Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Matthew Rodocanachi, 50, b. Liverpool, married 11 years, 1 child, living; East India merchant; son Paul, 10, b. Karachi, India; 6 servants.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Matthew Paul Rodocanachi, b. 1861, Liverpool; Cissy Rodocanachi, b. 1877, India; Paul Cecil Rodocanachi, b. 1900, India; for a household in St Martin, London.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1904-1905: Mathew P Rodocanachi, Dunmore, Livingston Drive, Sefton Park (abode); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house, shared with Alexander Pallis and Eustace P. Ralli); 1909-1910: Mathew P Rodocanachi, Orleans House Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park (abode); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house, shared with Alexander Pallis and Eustace P. Ralli).

Residence: 1881, Oakhill Park, Hawthorn House, West Derby, Lancs, England; 1899, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, England; 1900, Karachi, India; 1901, Bonnevaine Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1925, Hotel Jules, Jermyn St., Westminster, Middlesex, London, England.

Matthew and his brother Ambrose took over Rodocanachi L. & Co from their uncle Leone. This firm probably closed down before 1900.

A legal notice regarding his importing of foreign dogs appeared (London Gazette 25 Aug 1908).

M.P. Rodocanachi attended the funeral of Constantine Ralli.

M. Rodocanachi attended the Jun 1911 funeral of George Ralli.

M. Rodocanachi was a mourner at the Jan 1904 funeral of Stamati Galatti.

M. P. Rodocanachi attended the Sep 1897 Liverpool funeral of Ambrose Anthony Vlasto, noted as his uncle, but actually his wife's uncle (Liverpool Mercury, 28 Sep 1897).

1895 India directory: Rodocanachi, M.P., Ralli Bros’ agency; res.

Matthew Paul Rodocanachi [81 South Audley Street] appears on the 1922 UK electoral register, City of Westminster and St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Birth:
DOB by baptism register. Argenti says 30 Nov 1860.

Christened:
Father Joseph Skevofylakas officiating.

God-parent: D. Petrocochino

Died:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 20 Oct 1925.

Buried:
Funeral at Golders Green Crematorium, 12:30 p.m. 21 Oct 1925.

Matthew married Arghyri (Theodore) Vlasto on 27 Nov 1899 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Arghyri (daughter of Theodore Anthony (Anthony) Vlasto and Marietta (Pandia) Scaramanga) was born on 24 Feb 1876 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 04 Jun 1963 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: at time of wedding Bonnevaine, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England.

The 1881 census: 12 Linnet Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Theodore A. Vlasto, 43, East India Merchant, b. Salonica, Turkey; British subject; wife Marietta, 30, b. St. Petersburg, Russia; son Anthony T., 7; daughter Arghyri, 5, both born Calcutta; daughter Calliope, 3, b. Manchester; Pandia, 6 months, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

1891 Wales census: Pwll-y-crochan Hotel, Pwll-y-crochan Avenue, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire: Marietta Vlasto, 40, married; her daughters, Arghyri Vlasto, 15, b. Calcutta, India; and Calliopi Vlasto, 13, b. Manchester; and her Godson Theodore [Theodore] Ralli, 16, b. London.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Matthew Paul Rodocanachi, b. 1861, Liverpool; Cissy Rodocanachi, b. 1877, India; Paul Cecil Rodocanachi, b. 1900, India; for a household in St Martin, London.

Mrs. Arghiri Rodocanachi and Paul Rodocanachi [9-10 Cavendish Square W1] appear on the 1927, 1929 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Travel: Mrs C Rodocanachi, French nationality, arrived Liverpool, England, 3 Oct 1911, from La Pallice, La Rochelle, France, aboard Oropesa; Cissy J Rodocanachi, 59, widow, Greek/English nationality, b. Calcutta, India, last residence: Biarritz, France, arrived San Francisco, 5 May 1935 from Monaco aboard Empress Of Britain; Cissy A Rodocanachi, 58, widow, Greek/English nationality, b. Calcutta, India, last residence: Biarritz, France, arrived New York, New York 20 May 1935 from Monaco aboard Empress of Britain; Cissy Rodocanachi, 60, b. Calcutta, India, resident France, arrived Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 4 May 1936 aboard Empress Russia from Manila, Philippines; Cissy Rodocanachi, 62, b. Calcutta, India, Languages: English, French, Spanish, Greek, British national, ethnic Greek, resident Biarritz, France, arrived New York, New York, 25 Jan 1938 from Le Havre, France, aboard Manhattan; Cissy Rodocanachi, 62 & 5 months [does not allign with her presumed birth date], b. Calcutta, India, Languages: English, French, Spanish, Greek, British national, ethnic Greek, resident Biarritz, France, arrived San Francisco 23 Feb 1939 aboard Europa from Southampton, England; C Rodocanachi arrived Paris 16 Apr 1954 from Milan, Italy on a Trans World Airlines flight; Cissy A. Rodocanachi, 78, proposed UK address: 1 Dundas St., Edinburgh 3, French resident, arrived Liverpool, England, 7 Jun 1954, from La Pallice, La Rochelle, France, aboard Reina del Pacifico.

Birth:
Birth announcement in Times of India, 29 Feb 1876 and Allens Indian Mail, 25 Mar 1876..

Notes:

Married:
Marriage witness: Anastasia Vlasto and L.M. Calvocoressi.

Service performed by Archimandrite N. Zervos.

Notes:

Residence, Greece: -1822 Chios; 1833-1842 Syros; Liverpool, England: 1852-; 1855-64, Holly Road, Villa West; 1867, Oakhill Park, Old Swan; 1881, Oakhill Park, Hawthorn House, West Derby, Lancashire; 1891, Park Side, Livingston Drive, Sefton Park.

Occupation: Cotton merchant in Liverpool. Municipal burial records list him as 'gentleman.' Rodocanachi, P.Z. merchant, Kennedy St, Manchester (1853 directory). Manchester Rate Books place him: 1845, 1859, 30 Deansgate; 1850, 9 Tib St.; 1852-54, 37 Kennedy St.

1841 British census enumerates the household at 26 Finsbury Circus, London: Paul Rodocanachi, 20; Paul Rodocanachi, 30; Constantine Ralli, 30; Pandili Rodocanachi, 20, all foreign-born merchants.

1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by P[aul] Z[annis] Rodocanachi, 41, merchant, b. Greece; wife Maria, 29, b. Austria; daughter Anastasia, 8, b. Manchester; son John, 7; son Matthew, 6 months, all born Liverpool & 5 servants [next door to the family of Dimitrios Emmanuel Petrocochino.

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 50, cotton merchant; wife Marigo, 39, both b. Greece; daughters Anastasia, 18, b. Manchester; Despina, 7, Marigo, 6; sons Matthew, 10 and Paul, 3, all b. Liverpool; Leonidas Calvocoressi, nephew, 19, b. Turkey, cotton merchant; & 6 servants. Located close to the Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns'.

1881 England census [West Derby (rural) Dist. 25]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Z. Rodocanachi, widower, 61, cotton merchant, b. Greece; sons Ambrose, 25 and Matthew, 20, both cotton merchants; Paul, 18, scholar; daughters Despina, 17; Marigo, 16; all scholars, b. Liverpool; daughter, Anastasia Vlasto, 28, b. Manchester; Ambrose A. Vlasto, son-in-law, 43, general merchant, b. Austria; & 5 servants. Located next to Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa.'

1891 census: 'Parkside,' Livingston Drive North, Liverpool, England, household headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 71, widower, retired cotton merchant, b. Chios; unmarried daughters Despina, 27 and Marigo, 26, both born Liverpool, & 5 servants [between Adlington and Dunsmore houses].

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1870: Paul Zani Rodocanachi, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); 4 India Buildings and A 15 Exchange Buildings (counting houses in succession); 1875, 1879-1880: Paul Zani Rodocanachi, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); A 15 Exchange Buildings (counting house); 1884-1885: Palel Zani Rodocanachie and John Matthew Rodocanachie, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); K 4 Exchange Buildings (counting house). This is likely Paul Zannis Rodocanachi -- Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1868-1870: Paul Zachariah Rodocanachi, Oakhill Park (house).

He worked with his brother Leone and their uncle Iannis 'John' Rodocanchi & Sons Co. In 1990 his portrait, which once hung in his own dining-room, was in the collection of Nancy (Ambrose) Demetriadi (née Rodocanchi).

26 May 1842: Paul Z. Rodocanachi, 25, single, born Chios, arrived Syros 1833, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. [The presumed birth year is several off from Argenti, who lists only this Paul Zannis.]

Greek church records show a son Ioannis Matthaios Rodocanachi (2nd child) baptised 7 April 1853 at home in Liverpool - but how possible? Appears to have been based largely in Liverpool. (Christopher Long)

P.Z. Rodocanachi & Co., established 1879, is on Contopoulos' list of principal Greek commercial houses in New York City.

Mr. P. Z. Rodocanachi, Deansgate contributed £2 to the "Public Parks, &c. Subscriptions" (The Manchester Guardian, 10 May 1845, p 1).

P.Z. Rodokanakis is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1852-1853.

C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879.

P.Z. Rodocanachi signed a published petition in favor of the building of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Manchester Times and Gazette 20 Sep 1845.

He proved the will of his brother Leonidas.

Name:
Cemetery records call him Thomas Henry Rodocanachi.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1221 24391 N N 378 352 CEM 9/2/4

Died:
A death notice appeared in The Leeds Mercury, 28 Nov 1891 for P.G. Rodocanachi but it appears to be for this man. It reads: "Mr. P.G. Rodocanachi has died at his residence, in Sefton Park, Liverpool. The deceased gentleman had been a member of the firm of Messrs. Ralli Brothers, Greek merchants, whose commercial enterprise is so well known thruoghout Lancashire. Aged 71." An earlier notice, produced in the same newspaper three days earlier, was longer and even more glowing.

Paul married Marigo (Ambrouzis) Ralli. Marigo (daughter of Baron Ambrouzis (Stephanos) Ralli and Anastasia (Stephanos) Mavrogordato) was born on 29 Sep 1830 in Trieste, Italy/Austria; died on 09 Jul 1872 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 13 Jul 1872 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 50, cotton merchant; wife Marigo, 39, both b. Greece; daughters Anastasia, 18, b. Manchester; Despina, 7, Marigo, 6; sons Matthew, 10 and Paul, 3, all b. Liverpool; Leonidas Calvocoressi, nephew, 19, b. Turkey, cotton merchant; & 6 servants. Located close to the Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns'.

Birth:
Tombstone says 20 Sep 1830.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
575 11485 N N 378 352 CEM 9/2/2

Notes:

Theo. A. Vlasto attended the Sep 1897 Liverpool funeral of his brother Ambrose Anthony Vlasto (Liverpool Mercury, 28 Sep 1897).

The 1881 census: 12 Linnet Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Theodore A. Vlasto, 43, East India Merchant, b. Salonica, Turkey; British subject; wife Marietta, 30, b. St. Petersburg, Russia; son Anthony T., 7; daughter Arghyri, 5, both born Calcutta; daughter Calliope, 3, b. Manchester; Pandia, 6 months, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

The 1891 census: "Bonnevaine," Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Theodore A. Vlasto, married, 51, East India merchant, b. Turkey; Pandia T., son, 10; Minna, 8, daughter; Ivan, 6, son; Olga, 20 mos, daughter, all b. Liverpool; & 7 servants [between houses Quispanesis and Clemeston].

1901 England census: "Bonnevaine," Greenbank Drive, Liverpool: Theodore A. Vlasto, head, 62, general merchant, b. Turkey, Greek subject; wife Marietta, 50, b. Russia, Greek subject; son Antony, 24, mercantile clerk, b. Calcutta, India; daughters Calliope, 23, b. Manchester; Minna, 18 and Olga, 11, both b. Liverpool; and 6 servants. Several doors down from the Galatti family at "Highfield".

1874: T.A. Vlasto worked for Ralli Bros. according to the Thacker's Directories, Calcutta. 1878-79: with Ralli Bros., 29 Peter St., Manchester, England (owner J.E. Ralli; Stephen Peter Schilizzi co-worker).

Theodore A. Vlasto, 22, b. Chios, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 4 Aug 1859 at the Greek consulate Taiga [Russia].

Th. A. Vlasto is included in the list: Greek presence in India between 1900-1050 from Thacker's Directory and Greek Church archives.

Th Vlasto, c/o MM Ralli Bros, Liverpool, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Birth:
DOB from marriage certificate; Argenti says 17 Sep 1839.

Died:
DOD given in "Local Wills" notice in The Liverpool Courier, 20 Mar 1902.

His personal estate was valued net at £156,846 5s. 10d. Executors of will dated 5 Jul 1899 were his wife, Theodore Pandia Ralli and Pandely Leonidas Argenti, both of 5 Fenchurch St., London, and John Pandia Scaramanga of 3 Hyde Park Place. He gave £1000 to the trustees of the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, for reduction of the existing debt on the church, or, if the debt should have been paid off, then for beautifying, restoring, or repairing the church, among other bequests.

Theodore married Marietta (Pandia) Scaramanga on 31 Aug 1870 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Marietta was born on 19 Nov 1850 in St Petersburg, Russia; died on 13 Feb 1925 in [England, UK]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1870, rue de la grande armee 11, Marseille, France.

The 1881 census: 12 Linnet Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Theodore A. Vlasto, 43, East India Merchant, b. Salonica, Turkey; British subject; wife Marietta, 30, b. St. Petersburg, Russia; son Anthony T., 7; daughter Arghyri, 5, both born Calcutta; daughter Calliope, 3, b. Manchester; Pandia, 6 months, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

1891 Wales census: Pwll-y-crochan Hotel, Pwll-y-crochan Avenue, Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire: Marietta Vlasto, 40, married; her daughters, Arghyri Vlasto, 15, b. Calcutta, India; and Calliopi Vlasto, 13, b. Manchester; and her Godson Theodore [Theodore] Ralli, 16, b. London.

1901 England census: "Bonnevaine," Greenbank Drive, Liverpool: Theodore A. Vlasto, head, 62, general merchant, b. Turkey, Greek subject; wife Marietta, 50, b. Russia, Greek subject; son Antony, 24, mercantile clerk, b. Calcutta, India; daughters Calliope, 23, b. Manchester; Minna, 18 and Olga, 11, both b. Liverpool; and 6 servants. Several doors down from the Galatti family at "Highfield".

The 1911 England Census summary book reports a household at "Bonnevaine," Greenbank Drive, Toxteth Park, Liverpool headed by Mrs. Vlasto with one male and five other females. The actual census lists one occupant: Antony Theodore Vlasto, 37, b. Calcutta, clerk to cotton merchant.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Marietta Vlasto, b. 1849, Russia; Olga Vlasto, b. 1889, Liverpool; Despina Vlasto, b. 1859; Aziza Vlasto, b. 1884, Liverpool; in a household in Toxteth Park, Lancashire.

Died:
Her estate of £7058 10s. 7d. was administered by Minna Ralli.

Notes:

Married:
Wedding witnesses included Leonidas Argenti, 49, merchant, allees des Capucines 5; Etienne Ralli, 34, merchant, allees des Capucines 18; Michel Ralli, 52, rentier, rue de l'--- 29; Nicolas Petrocochino, 29, merchant, allees de Meilhan 15.

Notes:

He may well have died before or during the masscares on Chios since his children appear to have fled to Trieste without him. (Christopher Long)

Zannis married Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli. Despina (daughter of Ioannis Tsitsekli and Angeliki Eumorfopoulos) was born in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Tsitzeckli.

Notes:

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

Ambrouzis married Anastasia (Stephanos) Mavrogordato. Anastasia was born in 1804 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 18 Apr 1834 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
This union is cited in a list of 17 marriage alliances that connected Ralli Bros employees in India with the Rallis through intermarriage.

Notes:

Only their children who are on the Agelasto bloodlines are listed here.

Antony married Calliope (Stephanos) Ralli. Calliope was born in 1811 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 15 Feb 1895 in cours du Chapitre 11, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 17 Feb 1895 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1856 Marseille census, as a widow she was living at allees de Meilhan 41, with her children Pandia Vlasto, 13, and Theodore Vlasto, 14.

Residence: at DOD cours du Chapitre 11, Marseille, France.

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

The "late Mrs. Calliope Vlasto (a daughter of Stephen Ambrose Ralli Chattas)" is thanked by the authors in the introduction to A Pedigree of the Rallis of Scio.

Birth:
Ralli family tree says 1810.

Buried:
Cemetery 1895 register line entry 1763, folio 105, body removed to Athens, residence Chapitre 15, Marseille.