Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi^{[1, 2]}

1818 - 1893  (75 years)

• Name	Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi
  Birth	07 Jul 1818	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Jul 1893	Grand Hotel, Station Thermale de Royat, Chamalières, Auvergne, France
  	DOD from death certificate issued Marseille, France. Argenti says 11 Aug 1893, Marseille. Original certificate available on-line. Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 1 Aug 1893. His estate of £36110 5s. 7d. was administered by Emmanuel Michel Rodocanachi, attorney of his daughters Fanny Zarifi and Isabelle Skouses. [3]
  Notes	Grand Officer of The Order of The Saviour. Presumably the founder/head of the firm P & Th. Rodocanachi (Marseille), a semi-autonomous branch of the inter-dependent Rodocanachi trading houses. A Theodore Rodocanachi was a member of the Marseille Chambre de Commerce 1887 - 1893. [4, 5] Occupation: merchant Signatory witness to the births of: his cousins, Cleopatre Zizinia, Henriette (Georges) Zizini and Aristide André (Georges) Zizinia; Arghyro (Ambrose) Sechiari; his grandsons Nicolas Zarifi and Georges (Pericles) Zarifi; and to the Marseille marriages of Augustis Salvago and Maria Zizinia in 1865; Emmanuel Rodocanachi - Marie Rodocanachi in 1869; 1876 Marseille marriage of Emmanuel Rodocanachi & Esmeralda Ralli. Residence, Marseille, France: 1843, 1848, ile des allees 12; 1849, Quartier Saint-Giniez; 1850-52, boulevard Dugommier 5, the same house as Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari; 1861, allees des Capucines 20; 1871-1885, allees des Capucines 14. Effective 31 Mar 1860 Stephen Paul Rodocanachi, Theodore Pandia Rodocanachi, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, Theodore Matteo Mavrogordato, Ambrosio Mavrogordato, and Constantine N. Mavrogordato quit the several partnerships as Merchants, operating at St. Petersburgh, under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at Liverpool and New York, under the firm of Peter Pandia Rodocanachi; and at Constantinople, under presumably his firm of Saul Emmanuel Rodocanachi and Co; at Paris, under the firm of Peter [Emmanuel] Rodocanachi; at Odessa and Taganrog, under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at London and Leghorn, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co.; and at Marseilles, under the firm of Paul and Theodore Rodocanachi, presumably he and his brother. Partners who signed the legal statement in addition to those mentioned above included M. E. Rodocanachi, D. N. Petrocochino, Th. Rodocanachi, Georges M. Mavrogordato and Pandely Rodocanachi. (London Gazette 3 July 1860). John Theodore Rodocanachi, 43 Palmerston Buildings, London; Pandia Rodocanachi, Alexandria; Theodore Rodocanachi, Marseille; and Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Odessa, all merchants, were investors in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). Another Theodore Rodocanachi was about his age. Theodore Em. Rodocanachi was in partnership with M. E. Rodocanachi, A.P. Petrocochino, Paul E. Rodocanachi, Georges M. Mavrogordato [possibly Zorzis (Matheios) Mavrogordato], Pandely Rodocanachi, Pericles Th. Rodocanachi, Nicholas M. Mavrogordato, N.A. Scanavi and P. Rodocanachi, as Merchants, at Odessa under the firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, at Rostoff under the firm of Nicholas A. Scanavi, at Marseilles under the firm of Paul and Theodore Rodocanachi, at Leghorn under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co., at Paris under the firm of P. Rodocanachi, and at London under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co., until it was dissolved 12 May 1880 (London Gazette 14 May 1880). Th. Eml. Rodocanachi, merchant, Marseille, invested in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1875). Theodore Emm. Rodocanachi was co-administrator of the will [see source] of a parish priest who set up scholarships for young Marseille Chiots in 1861. Including Theodore four children of Emmanual Paul Rodocanachi & Franga Mavrogordato are on the Agelasto or Negroponte-Agelasto tree: Paul, Theodore, Michel and Marie. [6] Th E Rodocanachi, merchant, 14 allees des Capucines, Marseille, was a general member, from 1867, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France. [7] Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi lived in Marseille from 1822. He declared in his naturalization application in 1869 that he had escaped with his family from the disasters surrounding the Greek war of independence. A major sponsor and financial provider for the Greek hospital in Marseille in 1856. Referred to as an emblematic figure of the Greek community. [8] The Brothers Rodocanachi participated in 1822 discussions on establishing an orthodox church in Marseille. [9] He was a witness at the Sechiari-Rodocanachi (his sister) 1849 wedding in Marseille. He was a signatory witness to the 1861 marriage of Constantine Negroponte and Angelique Zizinia. He was a signatory witness to the 1854 marriage of Michael Sevastopoulos & Smaragda Zizinia. Theodore Rodocanachi was involved in establishing the Greek community organization Syllogue in Marseille, founded 1871. [4]
  Person ID	I173	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Cleopatre (Georges) Zizinia,   b. 06 Aug 1825, Ile des allees 24, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 18 Feb 1891, allées des Capucines 14, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1848	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Marriage witnesses included Theodore Etienne Rodocanachi, his uncle; Michel Petrocokino ( Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino); her uncle Georges (Menander) Zizinia; and Andreas Nicolas Argenti. Kardasis suggests this marriage helped bolster the power of the Marseille branch of the Rodocanachi operations, which had originated in Russia. [10]
  Children	+ 1. Fanny (Theodore) Rodocanachi,   b. 01 Sep 1849, quartier Saint Giniez, Marseille 8e, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 29 Oct 1925, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 76 years) + 2. Zambelou (Theodore) Rodocanachi,   b. 11 Oct 1852, boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 29 Jul 1942, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 89 years)
  Documents		Theodore Rodocanachi - Cleopatre Zizinia marriage certificate
  		Rodocanachi - Zizinia 1848 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille, France
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 07 Jul 1818 - Chios, Greece Marriage - 20 Jan 1848 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 31 Jul 1893 - Grand Hotel, Station Thermale de Royat, Chamalières, Auvergne, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The street known today as Boulevard d’Athènes has had previous names including Boulevard Dugommier. The extended George Menander Zizinia family lived at boulevard Dugommier 5, 1841-1868, including his wife Zambelou and four children Penelope (her husband Ambrose P. Sechiari, and children Arghyro, Paraskeva, Zambelou & Virginie), Cleopatra (her husband, Theodore E. Rodocanachi and their children, Fanny and Zambelou, and his brother Paul E.), Aglaia (her husband Nicolas M. Dromocaitis and daughter Angelique) and Meandre, who died there in 1852.
  		Boulevard d’Athènes 5-9, Marseille, France The building that most likely replaces Boulevard Dugommier 5; photos 2009
  		allées Léon Gambetta 12, Marseille, France Theodore E. Rodocanachi lived at 'ile des allees 12' until his 1848 marriage; photo 2009; see note on street numbering. The shield above the door resembles that in the Rodocanachi family coat of arms.
  		allées Léon Gambetta 14, Marseille, France Theodore E. and Cleopatre Rodocanachi and family lived at 'allees des Capucines 14' 1871-1885, with children, including Fanny, her husband Pericles Zarifi and their sons George (1896) and Nicolas (1909); photo 2009; see note on street numbering.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi death certificate Transcription from Marseille
  		Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi 1893 Probate
  		Theodore Rodocanachi Death Certificate Chamalières, Auvergne, France

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Ioannis M. Andreadis, Archimandrite, History of the Orthodox Church in Chios - Part A, (G. Vlassis Brothers, Athens, 1997), 83-84. Establishment of scholarships for young Chiots entering the priesthood [S110] Erato Paris, Les Grecs de Marseille, (Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 261, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. [S91] Mathieu Grenet, La Frabrique Communautaire, ([thesis] European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, 2010), 171, footnote 148. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 231, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5. The Rodocanachi family settled in Marseille from 1818. [S62] Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Revue des études grecques Vol 7 (1892), (Paris), LXXXV. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 92, 182. [S59] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (Paris:L'Harmattan (link)), 143, note 401. [S46] Vassilis Kardasis, Diaspora Merchants in the Black Sea: the Greeks in Southern Russia, 1775-1861, (Lexington Books, 2001), 156.