Antonios (Loukas) Benachi

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Residence: 1911-1916: 879 Beacon, Boston (Choremi, Benachi & Co, cotton merchant, 53 State Rm 409); 1918-1919, Anthony & Despina Benachi, 1810 Beacon, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.

Anthony L. Benachi, 31, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 27; Luke A. Benachi, 5, all British nationals, Greek race, residents 879 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts, were issued US passports, 12 Sep 1919, final destination Boston.

He arrived US aboard Bremen, 8 Oct 1907, lived in Boston and Brookline, Mass., US, uninterrupted between 1907-1919, according to wife's US passport application.

A naturalized US citizen, 18 Feb 1918, Boston, Mass., according to wife's US passport application.

Anthony Benachi, 26, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 23, b. Calcutta; Luke A. Benachi, 5 months, all British nationals, last permanent address c/o M. Benachi, 6 Siebig Strasse, Frankfurt a/M, departed Bremen 8 Oct 1907 aboard Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, arriving New York City, 16 Oct 1907, final destination Boston.

The 1910 US federal census for the residence, 237 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA, included Anthony L. Benachi, 29, Greek b. England, married, father Greek b. Greece, mother Greek b. Turkey, cotton merchant; Despina, 25, Greek b. India, father Greek b. Constantinople, mother Greek b. England; Luke A., 3, Greek b. Egypt, father b. England, mother b. India, all guests [residence may be hotel], all immigrated 1907.

Anthony L. Benachi, 31, b. Liverpool, merchant, Greek; Despina A, 27, housewife; Luke A., 6, child, arrived Boston 25 Sep 1912 aboard Franconia from Liverpool, last residing 879 Beacon St., Boston, all nationality British.

California State Roster, 1909: Anthony L. Benachi, Greek Consul in the United States, Boston, Mass.

Birth:
Choremi tree says 1880 (Christopher Long).

Died:
The London Gazette, 21 Feb 1967, reports a probate for Antonios Louka Benachi [misspelled Banachi in an earlier edition], 10 Fatimitos St., Alexandria, 7 Jan 1964. This is the address of record for his wife's death the previous year. Not to confuse with Anthony Emmanuel Benachi of Alexandria, known as Antoine who married Marie Michel Sinadino 10 Dec 1903, Paris, died in 1954, Athens, had also worked as a cotton merchant for Choremi-Benachi, educated at Rossall School and for whom there is a tribute in the Times [London], 12 Jun 1954, by A. A. Pallis, p. 8.

Family/Spouse: Despina (Theodore) Ziffo. Despina (daughter of Theodore (Matthew) Ziffo and Clementina (Nicolas) Scaramanga) was born on 14 Jul 1884 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 13 Jul 1963 in 10 Fatimitos St., Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
A Despina Ziffo registered her marriage Jul-Aug-Sep 1884 in Kensington District, London, v 1a, p 367. Certificate not examined.

1. Lucas (Antony) Benachi was born on 8 Mar 1907 in Alexandria, Egypt; died about 1979 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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Liverpool Electoral Registers: 1894-1895, 1889-1890, Luke Benachi, Ortygia, Livingston drive (abode); 11-12 Borough Buildings North, 7 Rumford St. (counting house).