Paul (Constantine) Negroponte

Notes:

They were also living there for the 1930 census. Year of immigration is listed as 1880; occupation is salesman for a life insurance company. English is given as the language spoken at home before coming to the US.

He was Godfather to his sister Polymnia

Travel: C. P. and P. C. Negroponte arrived New York by steamship New York Times, 28 Aug 1881, p 12); P.C. Negroponte, 22, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Arizona 13 Oct 1884; Philip Negroponti [sic], 27, merchant, Greece, arrived New York, 7 Sep 1889 from Liverpool, aboard the Etruria traveling with Const. Negroponti [his father]; P.C. Negroponte, 28, Greek, cotton buyer, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Britannic 22 Aug 1890; P.C. Negroponte, 29, arrived Liverpool from New York on the Alaska Jun 1893; P.C, 29, single, merchant and C.P. Negroponte, 65, married, merchant [his father], arrived Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Liverpool on the Ohio 2 Apr 1894; P.C. Negroponte arrived New York from Liverpool on the Servia (New York Times 20 Sep 1894, p 7); P.C. Negroponte, 34, arrived Liverpool from New York on the Sardinian 13 May 1896; Mr and Mrs P.C. Negroponte, 29, arrived Plymouth, England from New York on the Graf Waldersee 18 Aug 1903.

P.C. Negroponte is listed in the 1892 Mobile, Alabama city directory as a cotton buyer with the Cotton Exchange.

P.C. Negroponte attended Liverpool College (Liverpool Mercury 30 Aug 1879) where he excelled in sports (taking first place in the long jump and serving as a steward [Liverpool Mercury 26 May 1879]) and played cricket for Sefton School (Liverpool Mercury 3 Jul 1882, 13 Jul 1883).

Mr. P. Negroponte attended the juvenile fancy dress ball, part of the mayoral assemblies at the town hall (Liverpool Mercury, 13 Jan 1885).

Residence: (1871) Liverpool, England; (1885), P C Negroponte, clk bds Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. Constantine P. Negroponte boarded at the same hotel; (1892) Mobile, Al; 1906 Waco, TX, Paul C. Negroponte, cotton exporter, office 316 1/2 Austin, SW, res. sw cor N 15th, Morrow; (1910-1930), Waco, Tx.; 1907, Negroponte & [E.F.] Forsgard, cotton buyers, 312 1/2 Austin, SW, res. 600 N. 15th St.; 1913, salesman Peyton, Randle & Co.; 1916, res. 2312 Sanger ave.; 1917, real estate; 1921 cotton broker; 1926 mgr J.H. Baldwin & Co., h 817 N 16th; 1928 cotton buyer; 1932, res 906 N. 15th.

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'The Ferns,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Constantine Negroponte, 42, cotton broker, b. Greece; wife Angelique, 32, b. France; mother Polymnia, 70, widow, b. Greece; Paul C., 9, b. London; daughters Angelique, 8, b. Manchester, and Hypatia, 6, b. Liverpool; nephews Paul P., 8 and James P., 7, both b. France; & 4 servants. Located next to Contostavlos family's, 'Athenian Villa' and near to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

The 1910 US census lists a P.C. Negroponte, 44, cotton buyer, born in England (his parents born in Greece, 1887 immigration) and his wife [Saime?], 53, born in Louisiana (both her parents born in Louisiana), married in 1904, living at 610 N 15th St., Waco, Texas.

1930 US federal census for the household living at no. 16, 817 Marrow, Waco, Texas, headed by Paul C. Negroponte, renter, 57, age 42 at marriage, b. England, father b. Greece, mother b. France, naturalized, arrived USA 1880, salesman, life insurance; wife Jeanne, 57, age 42 at marriage, b. Louisiana, parents b. Louisiana.

Christened:
Godparent: Marouko Pl. Negroponte (represented by Calliope Sevastopulo)

Name:
aka Paul C. Constantine (at death)

Died:
liver cancer

Paul married Jeanne Marie (Antoine) Voisin on 27 May 1904 in Houston, Texas USA. Jeanne (daughter of Antoine Dufourget Voisin and Maria Amanda Levandis) was born on 27 Aug 1872 in New Orleans, Louisiana USA; died on 20 May 1949 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]