Alexandra (Constantine) Franghiadi

Notes:

In the baptism register entry for her son Constantine her name appears as Lox[Rox]andra.

Died:
Killed in the earthquake on Chios.

Family/Spouse: Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte. Jacob (son of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) was born in 1811 in Chios, Greece; died in 1876 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Perhaps he had a son, Michael, a physician.

Birth:
According to the age given at burial, he would have been born in 1825.

Christened:
baptism register entry 278

6 Dec 1934, according to Syros archives

Died:
Argenti says 31 Oct 1900.

Buried:
Buried in Section A. Burial information found in registers held by the Greek Community Center, Alexandria, Egypt. Tomb not located (2008).

Constantine married Calliope (Laurentius) Scanavi in 1878 in Alexandria, Egypt. Calliope (daughter of Laurentius (Alexander) Scanavi and Batolia (Theodore) Rodocanachi) was born in 1852 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 19 Jan 1923 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: rentier

Residence: DOD, Place Malesherbes 34 [renamed Place du General Catroux], Paris 17e, France.

The late Michel Negroponte, merchant, Paris, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Name:
Named Michel Jacques Negreponte on his death certificate.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given)

Michael married Christine (George) Petrocochino in 1869. Christine (daughter of George (Eustratius) Petrocochino and Despina (Ioannis) Parembli) was born on 21 Dec 1845 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 04 May 1914 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sturdza calls him Jacques and Jean. Argenti calls him Jean. First husband of Calliope.

John James Negreponte along with James Constantine Negreponte [possibly Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte], and Leonidas Vernudachi retired on 31 Mar 1861 from a partnership consisting of John Sten. Schilizzi, Eml. Halduvachi, John Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi, Paul John Schilizzi, Michele P. Mavrogordato, Giovanni Vafiadacchi, Z. Stef. Schilizzi, Demetrius J. Paspali, Ambo. M. Cappari, Jean F. Paspatti, A. Z. Caridia, M. F. Paspatti, D. Stef. Schilizzi, and N. P. Caridia. The firms operated as merchants, at London, Manchester, and Calcutta, under the firm of Schilizzi and Co.; at Leghorn, under the firm of Schilizzi and Vafiadacchi; at Constantinople, under the firm of Z. Stefanovich and Co.; at Taganrog, under the firm of A. M. Cappari; and at Rostoff, under the firm of John F. Paspatti (London Gazette 27 Dec 1861).

John J. Negreponte, Alexandria, Banker, was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1874).

With his father, James Constantine Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte] and his brothers, Constantine James Negreponte [Constantine (Jacob) Negroponte], and Michael (Jacob) Negreponte [Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte, he was partners in the firm of C & M Negreponte, merchants(London Gazette 28 Nov 1865).

John Jas Negreponte, banker, Alexandria was a partner in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1875). Previously listed as John James Negreponte (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873).

John J. Negroponte (£15), P.P. Negroponte (£5), C.J. Negroponte (£5), Sophocles Spartali (£5), A.S. Agelasto (£5), C.T. Rodocanachi (£15), were among contributors to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 26 Mar 1867).

J.J. Negroponte attended a conference of the Liberal party at Liverpool (Liverpool Mercury 20 Jun 1865).

Negroponte Bros. was likely the brothers Constantine (born 1834) and Jacques (born 1838), sons of Jacob (Constantine) Negroponte. Negroponte Brothers & Co, merchants, handled the disposal of damaged and irregular American cotton (Liverpool Mercury, 24 Aug 1869).

A classified ad in The Times, 7 Feb 1866, pg. 1, offered a reward for a letter lost in London containing a £330 bill of exchange drawn by M.J. Negroponte, Alexandria, upon John J. Negroponte, Liverpool.

John Jacob Negroponte, 30, merchant, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869.

Residence: -1869 Syros; 1873- Alexandria.

11 Feb 1860: John Jacob Negroponte, 21, born Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive data given)

Died:
DOD from probate.

His estate of under ￡9000 went to his widow.

Jacques married Calliope (Ioannis) Sinadino on 03 May 1869 in Alexandria, Egypt. Calliope (daughter of Ioannis (Constantin) Sinadino and Polyxeni (Ambrouzis) Schilizzi) was born on 18 Jan 1851 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 23 Oct 1927 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul Negroponte co-signed a letter to LeTemps, 12 Mar. 1915, p. 4, re events unfolding in Greece.

22 Apr 1913: Paul Jac. Negroponte, 51, born Ermoupolis, swore allegiance to the Greek government.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Negroponte gave £5 for Greek earthquake relief (London Times 8 Feb 1893, pg. 14). Paul Negroponte gave 50 francs to the committee for Asia-Minor refugees Le Gaulois [Paris], 8 Jul 1914, p. 2.

Paul Negroponte is listed among the Greek legation, 13 Jul 1905, attending the funeral of Spiro Clado, the Greek church, Paris (Le Figaro [Paris], 15 Jul 1905, p. 2).

Paul Negroponte is among those listed in "La Colonie hellénique de Paris," Le Gaulois [Paris], 2 Nov 1917, p. 2.

Paul Negroponte attended a dinner given by Professor and Mme Politis, née Ralli, Le Gaulois [Paris], 3 Apr 1911, p. 2.

Birth:
Metaxa says about 1862 (Christopher Long)

Died:
His estate of ￡2085 3s. 6d. in England went to Marthe Louise Leonie Negreponte, widow.

Paul married Marigo (Emmanuel) Mavrogordato on 08 Jul 1886 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Marigo (daughter of Emmanuel Antonios (Antonios) Mavrogordato and Despina (Eustratius) Ralli) was born on 23 Nov 1864 in Brighton, Sussex, England UK; was christened on 26 Dec 1864 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 04 Jul 1924 in London, England UK; was buried in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Marthe Louise Léonie (Charles) Bex on 26 Jan 1925 in Paris 17ème, Île-de-France, France. Marthe (daughter of Charles Jacques Frederic Henri Bex and Louise Eugenie Palmer) was born on 19 Mar 1871 in Les Mureaux, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 12 May 1946 in 151 rue de Sèvres, Paris 15ème, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

28 Aug 1907: Jacob Const. Negroponte, 27, born Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Jacobus married Theresa (Jean) Kavcic on 24 Oct 1905 in Alexandria, Egypt. Theresa (daughter of Jean Kavcic and Fanny Roje) was born on 15 Oct 1882 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial records say he held English nationality.

Marthe Louise Leonie Negreponte died 12 May 1946, of 25 Rue Vernet, Paris, France, widow; estate administered by Farrer & Co., 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.2, London Solicitors. (Hugh Frederick Francis Farrer) (London Gazette21 Oct 1949). Given that Leonie could be her husband's given name as is tradition, her husband could be Leonidas John (Constantine) Negroponte.

Buried:
Buried in Section A. Burial information found in registers held by the Greek Community Center, Alexandria, Egypt. Tomb not located (2008).

Died:
Argenti says 21 Dec 1901.

Notes:

Residence: 1908, 45 Avenue Montaigne, Paris 8e, France.

The baron de Braam was sentenced to six months in prison for passing a packet of cocaine to M. Jacques Negropontin (sic) in a hotel of the Champs-Elysees. La Grimace. Satirique, politique, littéraire [Paris], 20 May 1917, p. 3.

Jacques married Marguerite (Arthur) Harel on 10 Aug 1893 in La Chesnai, Indre-et-Loire, France. Marguerite (daughter of Arthur Harel and Fannie Marie Antoinette de Bragard) was born about 1871 in Mauritius. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Education: l'Ecole Saint-Cyr, Paris.

Died:
Argenti says 1 May 1914.

Michael married Eugenie (John) Antoniadi on 16 Apr 1896 in Alexandria, Egypt, and was divorced before 1909. Eugenie (daughter of Sir John Antoniadi and Chariclee Eustratiou) was born on 18 Oct 1874 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 25 Dec 1917 in villa Bassaraba, Publier, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leopoldine Adele Lucie Jeanne (Charles) Hugo. Leopoldine was born on 29 Sep 1869 in Brussels [Bruxelles], Belgium; died on 30 Nov 1941 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in cimetière de Passy, 2 Rue du Commandant Schloesing, Paris16ème, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Theodora M. Negrepontes, 59, flew from Athens to New York on a Greek passport, arriving 23 Aug 1951. Her address was 17 Richbell Rd., White Plains, New York.

Theodora Negreponte, 63, arrived New York from Athens aboard the Olympia on 2 Nov 1955, holding Greek passport V-958487, with 8 bags.

Notes:

1911 England census for School House, College Road, Clifton, Bristol included student Jack Negroponte, 16, b. Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt, French national.

Birth:
Argenti says he was born in Paris.

Died:
2nd Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regt. Killed on The Somme and buried at Puchevillers British War Cemetery.

Buried:
Plot: I. D. 62.