Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino

Notes:

His siblings included younger sister Loula, older brothers Emmanuel and Nicolas, and older sister Franga, all on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

A Michel Petrocochino, 41, merchant, allees de Meihan 25, Marseille, signed the 1835 birth certificate of Despina Theano (Michael) Agelasto.

He was a witness at the wedding of Cleopatre (Georges) Zizinia and Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi.

Michele Petrocochino was in the partnership when Michel Emanuel Rodocanachi, effective 31Dec 1853, resigned his partnership as Merchants, at Odessa, St. Petersburgh, Marseille, Leghorn, and Taganrog, under the firm of Rodocanaclii, Sons, and Co., and at Constantinople, under the firm of P. Rodocanachi and Co., with Matteo Mavrogordato [probably Matteo (Zorzis) Mavrogordato], Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Ambroise P. Mavrogordato, Theodore Pandia Rodocandchi, Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Demetrius N. Petrocochino, Georges M. Mavrogordato, and Pandely Rodocanacchi [probably either Pandia (Miké) Rodocanachi or Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi]; they all terminated the partnership Rodocanachi, Sons and Co., doing business in London and Liverpool, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co. (London Gazette 18 Apr 1854).

Michele Petrocochino was a partner in various companies -- Rodocanachi, Sons and Co., at London, Marseilles, Leghorn, Odessa, St. Petersburg, and Taganrog; and P. Rodocanachi and Co., at Constantinople, when Emmanuel Paul Rodocanachi and Emmanuel Pandeli Rodocanachi retired from the partnership, 19 Jun 1853. The other partners included: Theodore (Pandely) Petrocochino, Danl. N. Petrocochino of St. Petersburg; Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Odessa, Russia; Matteo Mavrogordato [possibly Matteo (Pandely) Mavrogordato or Matthew (Nicolas) Mavrogordato]; Ambroise P. Mavrogordato [probably Ambrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato]; M. E. Rodocanachi [probably Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi]; P. E. Rodocanachi [probably Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi or Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi]; G. M. Mavrogordato, Pandely Rodocanachi [likely Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi] (London Gazette 23 Dec 1853).

Michel D. Petrocochino [more likely his namesake] was one of three men primarily responsible for the building of the orthodox Greek church (along with Georges (Menander) Zizinia ; and Emmanuel P. Rodocanachi [Emmanuel (Paul) Rodocanachi or Emmanuel (Pandely) Rodocanachi].

Family/Spouse: Zambelou (Nicolas) Argenti. Zambelou was born in 1809 in Chios, Greece; died on 12 Feb 1873 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Officer of the Order of The Saviour.

Died:
DOD according to cemetery records. Argenti says 19 Aug 1909.

Family/Spouse: Loula (Eustratius) Vouro. Loula (daughter of Eustratios (Michael) Vouro and Viera (Nicolas) Petrocochino) was born in 1845 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 11 Jan 1901 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1894-1901, boulevard Malesherbes 177, Paris, France.

Vera married Nicolas (Alexander) Ralli on 20 Nov 1893 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Nicolas (son of Alexander (Michalis) Ralli and Cleopatra (Nicholas) Spartali) was born on 14 May 1861 in Odessa, Ukraine; died on 11 May 1936 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

M.D. Petrocochino contributed 800 fr. to the the Committee of Greek Women, Paris, Le Gaulois, 6 Nov 1912, p. 2.

Birth:
Tombstone says DOB 12 Dec 1870.

Died:
DOD according to cemetery records; Argenti says 17 May 1937.

Michael married Jenny (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi about 1899. Jenny (daughter of Emmanuel (Paul) Rodocanachi and Maria (Theodore) Rodocanachi) was born on 20 Jul 1870 in allées des Capucines 53, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 30 Aug 1930 in Ouchy, Switzerland; was buried on 13 Sep 1930 in Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: artist. An exposition of his paintings was held at the Galerie Percier, 38 rue La Boétie, Paris, 14-28 Apr 1923.

Press coverage of the artist Alexandre Ralli:

"D'Alexandre Ralli, de qui nous attendions une toile plus importante, une nature morte où ce jeune peintre a mis bien de l'intelligence, de la mesure et du charme" [salon d'automne 1925, salles 21-24], La Revue des beaux-arts, 15 Nov 1925, p 6.

"Le nu d'Alexandre Ralli s'équilibre avec les plans du fond librement modulés" [le salon des Tuileries], La Revue des beaux-arts, 15 Jun 1926, p 3.

"Alexandre Ralli, chercheur obstiné, se réalise avec une Femme nue, svelte, d un poids coloré dense et d'une touche vibrante, le bleu du fond est particulièrement bien modulé et dosé." La Revue des beaux-arts, Apr 1925, p 4.


Birth:
Birth attested to by Jean Vernudachi, lawyer in the Court of Appeals, residing rue du Rocher 60, Paris.

Name:
Alexandre on birth certificate.

Notes:

Birth:
Birth notice appeared in The Times (London) 11 Oct 1893.

Christened:
Godparent: Emmanuel Rodocanachi (represented by Maria P. Sechiari)

Family/Spouse: Sonia (François) San-Galli. Sonia (daughter of François San-Galli and Virginia (Ioannis) Scaramanga) was born on 17 Jul 1900 in St Petersburg, Russia; died on 24 May 1991 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 28 May 1991 in Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]