Minna (Othon) Condostavlo / Contostavlos

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Minna Contostavlos, Athens, Greece, wrote a letter to the editor, The Observer, 21 Jul 1973, p 10, commenting "We have had seven years of military dictatorship in Greece and I fail to see that this has saved us from economic or social turmoil, or even from encroaching communism. Military dictatorship has offered no alternatives and has solved no basic problems."

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Contostavlos on birth certificate

Residence: at DOD, 21 Ypsilantis Street, Athens, Greece.

Othon married Myrto Catherine (Jean) Metaxa on 11 Oct 1928 in Greek Church, rue Maurice Korsec 13, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents' residence: 1928, 80 rue St. Jacques, Marseille, France.

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Married:
Marriage announced in The Times [London], 13 Oct 1928, p. 1.

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Twenty beds in La Vieille-chapelle, villa 'Le Ruisselet,' were endowed by the Fondation de la Colonie Grecque de Marseille, of which A-O Contostavlos was listed as an honored member, Livre d'or / de l'Assistance aux convalescents militaires, rattachée au Ministère de la guerre, XVe région, 1916, Marseille, p. 210.

Residence: 1902, allées des Capucines 18, Marseille, France.

Birth:
A birth certificate could not be found in the Marseille registers/index.

Buried:
Cemetery 1918 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 2, 52 years old, bd Sevier, '27/10/1984' date given without explanation.

Alexander married Julie (Ioannis) Scaramanga on 30 Sep 1897 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Julie (daughter of Ioannis (Eustratius) Scaramanga and Julie (Andreas) Argenti) was born on 25 Jul 1872 in allées des Capucines 18, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Name on birth certificate reads Julie Jean.

Birth:
DOB is from birth certificate. Argenti says 26 Jul 1872.

Witnesses to her birth include Etienne Ralli, [Stephanos (Zannis) Ralli].

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Married:
Marriage witnesses included E. Philon, 47, consul general of Greece; Stamatty Scaramanga, 30, merchant, rue de l'Arsenal 25; Etienne Ralli, 61, rentier, place Maleherbes 24, Paris; Michel Rodocanachi, 61, rentier, allees des Capucines 10.

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1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

He was a signatory witness at the 1876 Marseille marriage of Emmanuel Rodocanachi & Esmeralda Ralli.

Othon Kontostavlos, Marseille, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Othon Kontostavlo was involved in establishing the Greek community organization Syllogue in Marseille, founded 1871.

Name:
His name on both his and his wife's death certificate reads Contostavlos.

Died:
DOD on death certificate. Argenti says 20 Jun 1886.

Othon married Mina (Pandia) Scaramanga. Mina (daughter of Pandia Petros (Petros) Scaramanga and Arghyro (Nicolas) Argenti) was born on 02 Dec 1844 in St Petersburg, Russia; died on 03 May 1870 in allées de Meilhan 25, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: at DOD 25 allees de Meilhan, Marseille, France.

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Jean E. Scaramanga, Marseille, deceased, is listed as a member in Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1897.

Name:
Name on daughter Julie's birth certificate is Eustratio.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive data other than year given)

Died:
Death notice in La Vedette [Marseille], 8 Dec 1894, p. 765.

Ioannis married Julie (Andreas) Argenti on 19 Jun 1866 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Julie (daughter of Andreas Nicolas (Nicolas) Argenti and Loula (Alexander) Ralli) was born on 05 Apr 1845 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 06 Dec 1921 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julie Scaramanga (née Argenti) by Camille Silvy; albumen print, 29 June 1862; Purchased, 1904; Photographs Collection; NPG Ax59915; National Portrait Gallery (UK).

Name:
Name on daughter Julie's birth certificate is Julie Andre Argenti.

Birth:
Her death certificate says she was born on Syros, Greece, 5 Apr 1845. Argenti says 30 Sep 1845, Marseille, France. The latter date is not indexed in the Marseille birth registers, but that date appears on her marriage certificate.

Died:
Place of death is given as cours Pierre Puget 10, Marseille, France.

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Married:
Witnesses included Pantia Pierre Scaramanga, 61, merchant, groom's uncle, rue de la grande Armee 11; Etienne Alexandre Rall, 50, merchant, bride's uncle, rue Senac 33; Auguste Etienne Ralli, 71, rentier, bride's great uncle, allees des Capucines 12; Pantia Leonidas Argenti, 67, rentier, rue Senac 27.