Ulysses (Zannis) Negroponte

Notes:

Ulysse Negroponte, Braila [Romania], owned 600 shares, Societe hellenique anonyme d'assurances generales la Nationale, L'Argus (Paris), 22 Nov 1891, p. 740.

U.J. Negropontes, contributed 50 fr. into Braila [Romania] Martinique disaster relief fund.

Ulysse Negroponte gave 40,000 francs toward the construction of the Greek Church, rue Bizet, Paris Le Temps [Paris], 11 Nov 1912, p. 3.

The family manufactured cardboard at Grozeschti [Iaşi County, Romania], firm est. 1888, employing 100 workers, Revue de la papeterie française et étrangère, 1901, p. 624; 1903, p. 1903.

Ulysse Negroponte is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.

U.J. Negropontes, banquier, Kulchuk Millet Han 34-36, Galata, Annuaire oriental (Constantinople), 1891, pp. 385, 465.

Buried:
Funeral at the Greek Church, 5 rue Georges-Bizet, Paris, 25 Mar 1914, 2:30 p.m. Death announcement in Le Gaulois, 25 Mar 1914, p. 3.

Ulysses married Sophia (George) Zarifi on 02 Jan 1864 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Sophia (daughter of George (Ioannis) Zarifi and Eleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo) was born on 24 Mar 1848 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 07 Jun 1923 in rue de la Faisanderie 106, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 13 Jun 1923 in Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Sturdza says 1869.

1. Catherine (Ulysses) Negroponte was born on 21 Dec 1869 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 24 May 1926 in rue de la Faisanderie 92, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 27 May 1926 in Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100.
2. George (Ulysses) Negroponte was born on 08 Nov 1871 in Galatz/Galati, Romania; died on 05 Jan 1945 in Bucharest, Romania.
3. John (Ulysses) Negroponte was born on 05 Mar 1874 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died after 1903.
4. Theodore (Ulysses) Negroponte was born on 07 Dec 1875 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 15 Feb 1878 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; was buried in 1878 in Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey.
5. Eleni (Ulysses) Negroponte was born on 23 Mar 1881 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 28 Dec 1953 in Bucharest, Romania.

Notes:

Sturdza claims (surely wrongly) that he is the brother of Theodore (Ambrosios) rather than his son. (Christopher Long)

Occupation: merchant

Zannis married Catherine (Ulysses) Meimarides about 1897 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Catherine (daughter of Ulysses Meimarides) was born in Tatavla, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died in 1891 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1868, Galata, Constantinople [son's marriage certificate says Galatz, Turkey].

Name:
Name is given as Catherine Meimaridi on her son's death certificate.

Notes:

1815 Vienna city directory lists Theodor Negroponte under Negroponte und Georguffopulo.

Died:
Sturdza says 6 May 1822 during the massacre.

Theodore married Zambelou (Zannis) Scanavi. Zambelou (daughter of Zannis (Constantine) Scanavi and Arghyro [Scanavi]) was born in 1764 in Chios, Greece; died on 03 Sep 1847 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her brother Constantine is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Ambrosios married Angerou [Negroponte]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sturdza says Zambelou [Isabelle] Scanavi (-1847) who married Theodore Negroponte ( -1822) was the daughter of Jean (Constantine) Scanavi (1726-1788).

Zannis married Arghyro [Scanavi]. Arghyro died in 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]