Michael Dimitrios (Dimitrios) Calvocoressi

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6 Mar 1898: Michael Demetrios Calvocoressi, 20, unmarried, born Ermoupolis, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Town Hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Calvocoressi, Michael, from Greece. Resident in London. Also Marseille. UK naturalization certificate 12103 issued 18 May 1925 (National Archives)

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi translated documents from French into English (UK National Archives).

Occupation: writer

Michel Calvocoressi [with Ethel Calvocoressi, 6 Paultons Square] appears on the 1926, 1927, [with Michel Calvocoressi, 5 Bramerton Street] 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, [hereafter only Ethel] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 electoral register, Chelsea parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough.

His wikipedia page.

He met Ravel in 1898 and, after an initial period of mutual suspicion, they became lifelong friends. It was Calvocoressi who provided Ravel with the folk texts for his Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques. Educated in France, Calvocoressi was a skilled linguist and wrote in several languages. He published books on Liszt (1906), Moussorgsky (1908), Glinka (1911), Schumann (1912), as well translations into English. After WWI, he moved to England. On Musical Criticism was published in 1923 (OUP), and Musicians Gallery in 1933. In his Miroirs Ravel dedicated to him Alborada del Gracioso [Morning Song of the Jester]. Worked for the War Office in London during WWI, dealing with postal censorship when he joined British Intelligence (presumably MI5 or, more likely, MI6). He is referred to in Alan Judd’s The Quest for C - Mansfield Cumming and the foundation of the Secret Service. (Christopher Long)

Residence: at DOD, 5 Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London, England UK

1921 England and Wales Census lists: Michael Calvocoressi, b. 1877, France; Ethel Calvocoressi, b. 1895, London, London, for a household in Chelsea, London.

Birth:
Argenti says 21 Oct 1877, Marseille, France.

Michael married Ethel (Gabriel) Silverman on 24 May 1916 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Ethel (daughter of Gabriel Silverman and Bertha [Silverman]) was born about 1889 in London, England UK; died on 2 Dec 1957 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Witnesses/Sponsors: A.D. Christodoulou; K. Pagonis presiding; entry 332.

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The Calvocoressi family arrived in Marseille in 1855. Demetrius was 40 years old in 1876, living on the Boulevard de la Liberte, then rue du Theatre francais (quartier du Chapitre). He ran the commercial house Calvocoressi & Co. and owned a residence and three rural properties, all forming a capital in excess of 400,000 francs. He was naturalized French in 1879.

Birth:
DOB on marriage certificate.

Christened:
Baptism registered on Syros

Demetrius married Maria (Michael) Zygomala on 13 Dec 1876 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Maria (daughter of Michael (Georges) Zygomala and Maria Metaxa) was born on 27 Oct 1854 in rue Senac 12, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died in 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
A signatory witness to her birth was Demetrius Agelasto, 28, merchant, Allees des Capucines 45, Marseille.

Died:
A death certificate was not indexed in Marseille registers, 1873-1882.

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Married:
The marriage place and date of the marriage are an annotation to the birth certificate of their first son, Nicolas, in 1870, six years after his birth.

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Nicolas Calvocoressi was among the 327 Chiot refugees in Syros who signed a letter dated 10 Jul 1829 to the Governor of Greece.

Residence: -1822 Chios; 1829, 1872 Syros.

29 Nov 1834: Nicolas D. Calvocoressi, 26, unmarried, born Chios, arrived Syros 1827, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupolis, Syros.

The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros reports a household consisting of Nicolas Calvocoressi, 55, male, married, parent, merchant; his wife Angherou, 40, and their sons Demetrius (22, clerk, single) and Anthony (14, pupil).

Nikolaos Calvocoressis was elected Parliamentary Deputy from Syros.

Nicolas married Angheroussa (Zorzis) Rodocanachi. Angheroussa was born in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros reports a household consisting of Nicolas Calvocoressi, 55, male, married, parent, merchant; his wife Angherou Calvocoressi N., 40, and their sons Demetrius (22, clerk, single) and Anthony (14, pupil).

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Residence: 1854, rue Senac 12, Marseille, France.

Occupation: merchant

Michael G. Zygomala, 23, b. Chios, unmarried, having arrived Syros 1830, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 15 Mar 1835 at the Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupolis, Syros.

According to his naturalization files he "a dû s’enfuir de son pays natal en 1822 à cause de troubles qui le désolaient. Sa famille se réfugia tout d’abord à Trieste où il a été élevé. En 1835, il alla se réfugier à Alger où il représenta le guvernement grec en qualité de consul. […] En 1851, il quitta Alger for Marseille […]."

Michael married Maria Metaxa on 19 Dec 1848 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Maria was born about 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
One of the signatory witnesses to the marriage was Michel Agelasto.