Dr. Georges (Constantine) Rodocanachi

Notes:

He is memorialized on the website ICI-MÊME 2013 for his Resistance activities during WW II and on the website Liverpool and Merseyside Remembered.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Ambrose Sechiari, his grandfather

Birth:
Argenti says 27 Feb 1875.

The birth of George Rodocanachi was registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1876, West Derby, Lancashire, v 8b, p 316.

Died:
Tortured and left to die of pneumonia (Christopher Long). Events leading to his death: seized in Paris, 27 Feb 1943; transferred to KL Bu 19 Jan 1944, released from KL Bu 10 Feb 1944, transferred to another concentration camp 11 Feb 1944.

Georges married Fanny Marie Nathalie (Ernest) Vlasto on 22 Jun 1907 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Fanny was born on 28 Nov 1884 in Boulevard Haussmann 69, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France; died on 13 Apr 1959 in St. Mary's Hospital, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Church records say 9 Jun 1907; Witnesses/Sponsors: Fanny Zarifi & I.M. Zarifi; K. Pagonis presiding; entry 254. Argenti says 22 Jun 1907, London. Paddington Registrar’s office says 20 Jun 1907 (Christopher Long).

1. Constantine (Georges) Rodocanachi was born on 02 Apr 1908 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 08 Sep 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Occupation: Merchant

1871 England census [West Derby]: 13 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed by C. T. Rodocanachi, 33, cotton merchant, b. Syros, naturalized British subject; wife Arghiri, 20, b. Marseille; son Theodore, 1 year, 6 months, b. Liverpool; Isabelle A. Sechiari, sister-in-law, 17, b. Marseille; and 6 servants. Lived between the Constantine M. Ralli family and the Augustus S. Agelasto family.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1870, list of persons objected to: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 123 Bedford Street South (house); 1870 burgess roll: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 4 India Buildings (counting house); 1875: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 13 Lockerby Road, Fairfield (abode); 4 India Buildings (counting house); 1875: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 39 The Elms (coach house & stables).

Residence: -1856, Syros; 1869, Alexandria, Egypt; 1869-76, 13 Lockerby Road, Liverpool, England; 1900, Alexandria, Egypt.

UK Naturalisation: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, Syra, 28 Oct 1868, certificate 6039

He was in a partnership that George Demetrius Vouro and Anthony Theodore Rodocanachi quit, effective 1 Dec 1873; another partner was John Theodore Rodocanachi; operating at London, Liverpool, and Alexandria, as Rodocanachi Brothers and Company; at London and Liverpool, as Vouro and Rodocanachi; and at Alexandria (London Gazette 13 Jan 1874).

John J. Negroponte (£15), P.P. Negroponte (£5), C.J. Negroponte (£5), Sophocles Spartali (£5), A.S. Agelasto (£5), C.T. Rodocanachi (£15), were among contributors to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 26 Mar 1867).

C.T. Rodocanachi contributed £3 3s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871).

12 Mar 1856: Constantine Th. Rodocanachi, 21, single, [born Syros], merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

C. T .Rodocanachi was among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2).

Costa Rodocanachi was acquitted of larceny and receiving, 15 Feb 1886, Clerkenwell, London, England.

C. Th. Rodocanachi, negociants en cotons, rue Adib, maison Giro, is in the Alexandria business directory, 1891.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive information given)

Died:
His death was attested to by his son Georges, 24, medical student, residing at rue de la Sorbonne 20, Paris, and Andre Ionides, 23, merchant, residing at London, his 'nephew' [actually his 4th cousin, 3x removed].

Constantine married Arghyro (Ambrose) Sechiari on 08 Sep 1869 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Arghyro (daughter of Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Penelope (Georges) Zizinia) was born on 02 Sep 1850 in boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 23 Oct 1919 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1861 census: 18 Locherby Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Ambrose Sechiari, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Penelope, 32; daughter Arghiro, 10; son Paraskeva, 9; daughters Elizabeth, 8; Virginia, 3, all b. France & 8 servants [next door to the John P. Schilizzi family].

1871 England census [West Derby]: 13 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed by C. T. Rodocanachi, 33, cotton merchant, b. Syros, naturalized British subject; wife Arghiri, 20, b. Marseille; son Theodore, 1 year, 6 months, b. Liverpool; Isabelle A. Sechiari, sister-in-law, 17, b. Marseille; and 6 servants. Lived between the Constantine M. Ralli family and the Augustus S. Agelasto family.

Birth:
Her birth certificate was signed by Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari, her uncle, and Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi.

Died:
DOD from death notice that appeared in The Times (London) 28 Oct 1919. Death came "after a long illness."

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Married:
Marriage witnesses included Stamati Zizinia, 65, bride's uncle, rentier, rue Gregoriou 29, Marseille; Etienne Sechiari, 58, rentier, bride's uncle, Allees des Capucines 8; Theodore Rodocanachi, 50, merchant, bride's uncle [actually a cousin], allees des Capucines 12; and Jean Rodocanachi, 45 [should be 36], groom's brother, allees des Capucines 49.

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Occupation: Merchant, banker.

Residence: -1822 Chios; 1828-1843 Syros; 1869, Alexandria, Egypt

He invested in the Commercial Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 25 Feb 1887).

28 Nov 1834: Theodore I. Rodocanachi, 28, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1828, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupolis, Syros.

Name:
also Teodoro Giovanni (Italian)

Theodore married Arghyro (Ioannis) Negroponte. Arghyro (daughter of John Paul (Ambrosios) Negroponte and Lukia (Antonios) Calvocoressi) was born in 1806 in Chios, Greece; died on 30 Dec 1881 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a signatory witness to the birth of Emmanuel (Georges) Zizinia.

He was Godfather to his grandson, George Rodocanachi.

The 1861 census: 18 Lockerby Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Ambrose Sechiari, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Penelope, 32; daughter Arghiro, 10; son Paraskeva, 9; daughters Elizabeth, 8; Virginia, 3, all b. France & 8 servants [next door to the John P. Schilizzi family].

The Greek house of Argenti Sechiari operated in India from 1859.

He was a witness at the Sechiari-Rodocanachi 1849 wedding in Marseille.

Died:
Name on death certificate is Ambroise.

Residence: at DOD boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, France.

Occupation: merchant.

Ambrose married Penelope (Georges) Zizinia on 17 Jul 1845 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Penelope (daughter of Georges (Menander) Zizinia and Zambelou (Toumazis) Galati) was born on 21 Jun 1823 in rue troisieme calade 31, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 24 Jan 1889 in boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 26 Jan 1889 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1861,18 Lockerby Road, Liverpool, England; at DOD boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, France.

The 1861 census: 18 Lockerby Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Ambrose Sechiari, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Penelope, 32; daughter Arghiro, 10; son Paraskeva, 9; daughters Elizabeth, 8; Virginia, 3, all b. France & 8 servants [next door to the John P. Schilizzi family].

Birth:
DOB from birth certificate.

Her marriage certificate lists her birthdate as 20 Jan 1823.

Buried:
Cemetery 1886 register line entry 632 midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 5, residence boulevard Dugommier 5.

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Married:
Their marriage was witnessed by Emmanuel Rodocanachi, 50, merchant, Ile des allees de Meilhan 12, likely Emmanuel (Pandely) Rodocanachi; Georges Zizinia, 40, her cousin, merchant, Ile des alles de Meilhan 32, likely Georges (Dimitros) Zizinia; Etienne Rodocanachi, 45, merchant, allees de Meilhan 63 [unknown to Argenti]; and Leonidas (Pandély) Argenti.

John married Lukia (Antonios) Calvocoressi. Lukia (daughter of Antonios (Zannis) Calvocoressi and Maria (Nicolas) Prassacachi) was born in Chios, Greece; died in Odessa, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Paraschewa Sechiari was among the twenty-one founding members of the Greek church, Marseille, in 1836, a group which also included Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Andre Argenti, George D. Zizinia, Michel Dromocaiti, Michel Petrocochino [probably Michel Dimitrios Petrocochino, rather than Michel Andre Petrocochino], George M. Zizinia, Michel Agelasto, Jean Baltazzi, George Petrocochino and George Grimanelli (Echinard). In 1826 Paraskevas Sekiaris was elected a curator of the Greek Orthodox church on the rue de la grande-Armée, Marseille.

Paraskevas Sechiari worked to establish orthodox presence in Marseille. Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari directed the Smyrna branch of Sechiari & Argenti, maternal uncle of Pandely [Leonidas] Argenti. Arrived Marseille in 1822 and acted as financier. With his two sons: Thomas Paraskevas Sechiari and George Paraskevas Sechiari, he managed the Galatz branch, at the time named Argenti & Cie.

Name:
Name on death certificate reads Parascheva Sechiari.

Died:
Signatory witnesses to his death included Etienne Rodocanachi, 44, merchant, allees de Meilhan 63 and Auguste Argenti, 45, merchant, rue Senac 27, Marseille, France.

Paraskeva married Arghyro (George) Ralli. Arghyro was born in 1775 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 23 Sep 1863 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Two daughters of George Stephanos Ralli & Marietta Schilizzi -- Arghyro and her sister Angerou -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Name:
Her name appears as Argentine on her husband's death certificate.

Her name on son Ambroise's death certificate appears as Argyro.

Notes:

Another son may be Georges (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1803-1884).

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French naturalization (see particulars)

He arrived Marseille in 1820, one of three men primarily responsible for the building of the orthodox Greek church (along with Emmanuel P. Rodocanachi [Emmanuel (Paul) Rodocanachi or Emmanuel (Pandely) Rodocanachi], and Michel D. Petrocochino [more likely Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino rather than Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino); as Greek Consul he was involved in the establishment of the Greek hospital.

He was a signatory witness to the 1861 marriage of Constantine Negroponte and Angelique Zizinia.

In Marseilles the issue of Greek independence saw a division between the "‘patriots’ who, following the Orthodox priest unambiguously supported the Revolution, and the ‘realists’ composed of most of the leading traders took a more cautious stand because of their economic interests. Such a division reached its peak in 1825, when the Orthodox priest publicly excommunicated the trader George Zizinia; ruling at this time one of the most flourishing Greek commercial houses of Marseilles, he was accused of having betrayed the “national cause” by agreeing to commission warships for the Egyptian bey, at this time an ally of the Ottoman sultan. After a trial of strength between the priest and Zizinia, the latter finally, and unexpectedly won the confrontation, obtaining the priest’s resignation and his own total reestablishment."

His nomination as Greek consul in Marseilles was controversial.

Birth:
Month and year indicated in his French naturalization.

Georges married Zambelou (Toumazis) Galati. Zambelou (daughter of Toumazis (Andreas) Galati and Angeliki (Michael) Negroponte) was born on 01 May 1803 in Chios, Greece; died on 24 Feb 1884 in boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 26 Feb 1884 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence at DOD: boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, France.

Name:
Her name, as listed on the death certificte of her daughter Aglae, is Galantienne Zambelous

Died:
Name on death certificate and in burial register reads Elisabeth.

DOD from death certificate.

Buried:
Cemetery 1884 register line entry 1531 midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 6, residence boulevard Dugommier 5.