Anthony (Michael) Vlasto

Notes:

He was in partnership as merchants, at Marseilles, under the firm of Petrocochino, Agelasto & Co.; at Constantinople, under the firm of E. M. Vuro and Co.; at Galatz [sic], under the firm of D. C. Climi and Co.; at Ibraila and Bucharest, under the firm of Parembli and Climi; and at London, under the firm of Petrocochino and Co., until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1861. The other partners included George Petrocochino, Michael Vuro, M. P. Agelasto, M. Parembli, J. M. Agelasto, A. D. Syngros and A. N. Damiano (London Gazette 28 Mar 1862).

Residence: 1856, 7 Beech Terrace, Liverpool, England.

Occupation: merchant

Petrocochino-Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 250 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Worked with A. Mavrogordato and J. T. Ralli for the Bank of Turkey in Constantinople (est. 1858). Founding president of the Bank of Constantinople established 10 Apr 1872. In 1894 it was incorporated into La Société Ottomane de Change et de Valeurs.

He was also a partner in the Austro-Turkish Bank along with Stephanos A. Ralli and George (Ioannis) Zarifi. A general director of the Société Générale de l?Empire Ottoman founded in 1864.

Chosen, with Herocles Vassiadis, to convey the congratulations of the Greek Community of Constantinople to Queen Amalia of Greece on her safe deliverance from an assassination attempt in 1860.

In 1861 Antonios Vlasto and Herocles Vassiadis were among the founders of the Greek Philological Syllogos of Constantinople, the most important Greek educational society in the Ottoman Empire until its dissolution by the Turkish Nationalists in 1923.

Anthony married Penelope (George) Petrocochino on 08 Nov 1855 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Penelope (daughter of George (Eustratius) Petrocochino and Despina (Ioannis) Parembli) was born on 7 May 1836 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 4 May 1897 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 8 May 1897 in cimetière de Passy, 2 Rue du Commandant Schloesing, Paris16ème, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1901 census: 13 Linnet Lane, Liverpool, England household headed by George C. Ralli, 43, general merchant, b. Liverpool; wife Marie, 35, b. Turkey; daughter Jeanne, 13, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

Died:
Marie Ralli of 13 Linnet Lane, Liverpool (wife of George Constantine Ralli) died 4 Jun 1909; Administration Liverpool, 18 Oct to the said George Constantine Ralli, cotton merchant. Effects £18,770 19s. 5d.

Buried:
Section O, plot 755.

Nicophorus Yannalis presided.

Marie married George (Constantine) Ralli on 22 Nov 1884 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. George (son of Constantine Michalis (Michalis) Ralli and Zanetta Catharina (George) Psycha) was born on 22 Jan 1858 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 19 Jun 1911 in Vichy, Allier, Auvergne, France; was buried on 26 Jun 1911 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She administered her father's estate.

The 1891 census: 13 Linnet Lane, Liverpool, England household headed by George C. Ralli, 33, general merchant, b. Liverpool; wife Marie, 25, b. Turkey; daughter Jeanne, 3, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

The 1901 census: 13 Linnet Lane, Liverpool, England household headed by George C. Ralli, 43, general merchant, b. Liverpool; wife Marie, 35, b. Turkey; daughter Jeanne, 13, b. Liverpool & 6 servants.

Jeanne Gripari, 1 Frangopoulou Str, Athens, flew 9 Sep 1950 from Athens to Algiers on a Transcontinental and Western Air flight.

Residence: at DOD, 27 rue Lycabete, Athens, Greece

Birth:
The baptism register says she was born 24 Dec 1887.

Christened:
Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Penelope A. Vlasto

Name:
Argenti calls her Joanna

Jeanne married Peter (Nicolas) Gripari on 12 Jul 1908 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Peter (son of Nicolas Peter (Peter) Gripari and Marouletta Calogeras) was born on 15 Oct 1876 in Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 07 Feb 1933 in Alexandria, Egypt; was buried on 09 Feb 1933 in Greek cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Marie Petros Gripari, 41 Odos Karneadou, Athens, Greece, femme sole, died 15 July 1962. Her estate was handled by Maxwell Batley & Co., 65 London Wall, London E.C.2, Solicitors; Charles King Metcalfe and Peter Robson (London Gazette 5 Apr 1963).

Notes:

Paul Gripari, staff member of the United Nations Development Programme (1965-1981). 29 Jan 1965, Assistant Resident Representative, Mogadishu, Somalia, on a two-year fixed-term appointment; then a succession of fixed-term appointments at various UNDP Field Offices until his retirement on 31 Jul 1981. An administrative tribunal ruled against him on an after-service insurance claim.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alexander Gripari married Despina (Sophocles) Venizelos (10 Jun 1923 -)