Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi

Notes:

Occupation: Cotton broker.

1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by P[aul] Z[annis] Rodocanachi, 41, merchant, b. Greece; wife Maria, 29, b. Austria; daughter Anastasia, 8, b. Manchester; son John, 7; son Matthew, 6 months, all born Liverpool & 5 servants [next door to the family of Dimitrios Emmanuel Petrocochino].

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 50, cotton merchant; wife Marigo, 39, both b. Greece; daughters Anastasia, 18, b. Manchester; Despina, 7, Marigo, 6; sons Matthew, 10 and Paul, 3, all b. Liverpool; Leonidas Calvocoressi, nephew, 19, b. Turkey, cotton merchant; & 6 servants. Located close to the Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns'.

1881 England census [West Derby (rural) Dist. 25]: household at 'Hawthorn House,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Paul Z. Rodocanachi, widower, 61, cotton merchant, b. Greece; sons Ambrose, 25 and Matthew, 20, both cotton merchants; Paul, 18, scholar; daughters Despina, 17; Marigo, 16; all scholars, b. Liverpool; daughter, Anastasia Vlasto, 28, b. Manchester; Ambrose A. Vlasto, son-in-law, 43, general merchant, b. Austria; & 5 servants. Located next to Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa.'

1911 England census for Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Matthew Rodocanachi, 50, b. Liverpool, married 11 years, 1 child, living; East India merchant; son Paul, 10, b. Karachi, India; 6 servants.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Matthew Paul Rodocanachi, b. 1861, Liverpool; Cissy Rodocanachi, b. 1877, India; Paul Cecil Rodocanachi, b. 1900, India; for a household in St Martin, London.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1904-1905: Mathew P Rodocanachi, Dunmore, Livingston Drive, Sefton Park (abode); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house, shared with Alexander Pallis and Eustace P. Ralli); 1909-1910: Mathew P Rodocanachi, Orleans House Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park (abode); 15 & 17 Mellor's Buildings, 30 Exchange Street East (counting house, shared with Alexander Pallis and Eustace P. Ralli).

Residence: 1881, Oakhill Park, Hawthorn House, West Derby, Lancs, England; 1899, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, England; 1900, Karachi, India; 1901, Bonnevaine Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1925, Hotel Jules, Jermyn St., Westminster, Middlesex, London, England.

Matthew and his brother Ambrose took over Rodocanachi L. & Co from their uncle Leone. This firm probably closed down before 1900.

A legal notice regarding his importing of foreign dogs appeared (London Gazette 25 Aug 1908).

M.P. Rodocanachi attended the funeral of Constantine Ralli.

M. Rodocanachi attended the Jun 1911 funeral of George Ralli.

M. Rodocanachi was a mourner at the Jan 1904 funeral of Stamati Galatti.

M. P. Rodocanachi attended the Sep 1897 Liverpool funeral of Ambrose Anthony Vlasto, noted as his uncle, but actually his wife's uncle (Liverpool Mercury, 28 Sep 1897).

1895 India directory: Rodocanachi, M.P., Ralli Bros’ agency; res.

Matthew Paul Rodocanachi [81 South Audley Street] appears on the 1922 UK electoral register, City of Westminster and St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Birth:
DOB by baptism register. Argenti says 30 Nov 1860.

Christened:
Father Joseph Skevofylakas officiating.

God-parent: D. Petrocochino

Died:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 20 Oct 1925.

Buried:
Funeral at Golders Green Crematorium, 12:30 p.m. 21 Oct 1925.

Matthew married Arghyri (Theodore) Vlasto on 27 Nov 1899 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Arghyri (daughter of Theodore Anthony (Anthony) Vlasto and Marietta (Pandia) Scaramanga) was born on 24 Feb 1876 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India ; died on 04 Jun 1963 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1911 England census for Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Matthew Rodocanachi, 50, b. Liverpool, married 11 years, 1 child, living; East India merchant; son Paul, 10, b. Karachi, India; 6 servants.

1911 England census: resident scholars at Copthorne School, Crawley, Sussex, include Alexander George Vlasto, 13, b. Darjeeling, India; Ambrose Radocanachi, 10, b. Calcutta, India; Paul Radocanachi, 12, b. Calcutta, India [an eponymous being]; Constantine John Philip Ionides, 10, b. Brighton, Sussex.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Matthew Paul Rodocanachi, b. 1861, Liverpool; Cissy Rodocanachi, b. 1877, India; Paul Cecil Rodocanachi, b. 1900, India; for a household in St Martin, London.

Mrs. Arghiri Rodocanachi and Paul Rodocanachi [9-10 Cavendish Square W1] appear on the 1927, 1929 UK electoral register, St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Residence: at DOD, Villa Gorena, Parc d'Hiver, Biarritz, France

Birth:
Argenti says 29 Oct 1900, which is the date on the Julian calendar.

Christened:
The baptism register of Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, England, says he was baptized in Paris and that he was 'anointed' in Liverpool 29 June 1901.

Archimandrite Nikephoros Zervos officiating (in Liverpool).

God-parent: Ms. Calliope Vlasto (in Paris)