Orminda (João) Rodocanachi

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Residence: 1915-16, Rua Henrique Dias 35, Rocha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [listed different from husband's on his annual American citizens abroad registration].

Orminda Bechtinger & family and Adelaide Rodocanachi arrived Rio de Janeiro, abt. 8 Jun 1914 from Southampton, England, aboard the Andes (Jornal do Brasil, 8 Jun 1914, p. 13).

Buried:
Burial notice for Orminda Rodocanachi Bechtinger, Santa Casa, appeared in A Noite [Rio de Janeiro], 17 Nov 1936, p. 2.

Orminda married Emil Edward (Joseph) Bechtinger on 06 Nov 1909 in 03° Circunscrição, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Emil (son of Joseph Nicholas (Karl) Bechtinger and Alma da Costa-Gomez) was born on 03 Jul 1887 in Brookyln, Kings County, New York USA; died before 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Emil had a second marriage: to Hilda Celestino, whose burial was noted in Jornal do Brasil, 7 Jul 1939, p. 23. The notice mentions E. E. Bechtinger's children Violeta [later married Rangel], Ivone [later married Simon], and Roberto. Roberto Celestino Bechtinger (10 May 1930 - 27 Apr 2008, buried Natal, RN, Brazil) married Zuleika Goncalves Vieira. They had a son Roberto Bechtinger and two daughters Viviane Bechtinger (m Lahamar) and Elyane Vieira Bechtinger (m Castro). Roberto and Zuleika divorced; Roberto remarried (Solange) and they had a son, Eric Bechtinger (b. Los Angeles). Zuleika never remarried.

Married:
Wedding noted in O Paiz, 7 Nov 1909, p. 4.

1. Edward (Emil) Bechtinger was born on 01 Jul 1911 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; died on 09 Jun 1942 in Brazil.
2. Vera (Emil) Bechtinger was born about 1912 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; died in Aug 1912 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; was buried on 11 Aug 1912 in S. Francisco Xavier Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Occupation: 1878-, astronomer, Imperial Observatorio Astronomico, Rio de Janeiro

João married Adelaide Fernandes Lima. Adelaide was born on 12 Oct 1864 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; died in Jan 1936 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; was buried on 15 Jan 1936 in Cemiterio de Sao Joao Batista, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adelaide Rodocanachi, 48, arrived Southampton, England, from Rio de Janeiro, 26 Jul 1913 aboard the Asturias.

Orminda Bechtinger & family and Adelaide Rodocanachi arrived Rio de Janeiro, abt. 8 Jun 1914 from Southampton, England, aboard the Andes (Jornal do Brasil, 8 Jun 1914, p. 13.

Notes:

Catsiyannis says he was in London before 1838 and emigrated to Brazil around 1843-44. (Christopher Long)

3 Mar 1836: Hypatios M. Rodocanachi, 16, single, born Chios, arrived Syros 1820, student, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Apparently trading in Rio de Janeiro under the name of João Baptista Rodocanachi & Co., 1856-1890.

Almanak Administrativo, Mercantil e Industrial do Rio de Janeiro, 1881, p 182, under rubric "accrescimos e alteracoes; sobrevindos durante a impressao" [changes that arose during printing], cited on p. 88: João Baptista Rodocanachi, Observatorio Astronomico (68). Apparently, he was omitted from the listing under names beginning with João. His son João Ernesto was employed there.

Often introduced in shipping news items in the 1860s, Diário do Rio de Janeiro, as 'o grego' [the Greek]. By 1870 he worked with the company Franghiadi & Rodocanachi.

Hypatios married Anna Clarisse (João) Midosi. Anna died after 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Argenti says he was held hostage in the Kastro in 1822 on Chios and then hanged. Helen Long's 'Greek Fire' agrees he was a hostage in the Kastro in 1822 but that he was then released. (Christopher Long)

Michael married Semira (Hypatios) Avierino. Semira (daughter of Hypatios (Antonios) Avierino) was born in 1798 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After the massacres on Chios in 1822 she fled with her children to her husband's brothers in Trieste.