Paul (Paul) Rodocanachi

Notes:

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.'

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: John Calvocoressi

Birth:
Oak Hill Park, Old Swan, according to the baptism registry.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1124 22448 N N 378 352 CEM 9/2/4

Died:
Death date is 19 Dec 1888 according to the ancient Julian calendar, still followed at that time by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Notes:

Residence, Greece: -1822 Chios; 1833-1842 Syros; Liverpool, England: 1852-; 1855-64, Holly Road, Villa West; 1867, Oakhill Park, Old Swan; 1881, Oakhill Park, Hawthorn House, West Derby, Lancashire; 1891, Park Side, Livingston Drive, Sefton Park.

Occupation: Cotton merchant in Liverpool. Municipal burial records list him as 'gentleman.' Rodocanachi, P.Z. merchant, Kennedy St, Manchester (1853 directory). Manchester Rate Books place him: 1845, 1859, 30 Deansgate; 1850, 9 Tib St.; 1852-54, 37 Kennedy St.

1841 British census enumerates the household at 26 Finsbury Circus, London: Paul Rodocanachi, 20; Paul Rodocanachi, 30; Constantine Ralli, 30; Pandili Rodocanachi, 20, all foreign-born merchants.

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.'

1891 census: 'Parkside,' Livingston Drive North, Liverpool, England, household headed by Paul Rodocanachi, 71, widower, retired cotton merchant, b. Chios; unmarried daughters Despina, 27 and Marigo, 26, both born Liverpool, & 5 servants [between Adlington and Dunsmore houses].

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1870: Paul Zani Rodocanachi, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); 4 India Buildings and A 15 Exchange Buildings (counting houses in succession); 1875, 1879-1880: Paul Zani Rodocanachi, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); A 15 Exchange Buildings (counting house); 1884-1885: Palel Zani Rodocanachie and John Matthew Rodocanachie, Hawthorne house, Oak Hill Park, Old Swan (abode); K 4 Exchange Buildings (counting house). This is likely Paul Zannis Rodocanachi -- Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1868-1870: Paul Zachariah Rodocanachi, Oakhill Park (house).

He worked with his brother Leone and their uncle Iannis 'John' Rodocanchi & Sons Co. In 1990 his portrait, which once hung in his own dining-room, was in the collection of Nancy (Ambrose) Demetriadi (née Rodocanchi).

26 May 1842: Paul Z. Rodocanachi, 25, single, born Chios, arrived Syros 1833, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. [The presumed birth year is several off from Argenti, who lists only this Paul Zannis.]

Greek church records show a son Ioannis Matthaios Rodocanachi (2nd child) baptised 7 April 1853 at home in Liverpool - but how possible? Appears to have been based largely in Liverpool. (Christopher Long)

P.Z. Rodocanachi & Co., established 1879, is on Contopoulos' list of principal Greek commercial houses in New York City.

Mr. P. Z. Rodocanachi, Deansgate contributed £2 to the "Public Parks, &c. Subscriptions" (The Manchester Guardian, 10 May 1845, p 1).

P.Z. Rodokanakis is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1852-1853.

C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879.

P.Z. Rodocanachi signed a published petition in favor of the building of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Manchester Times and Gazette 20 Sep 1845.

He proved the will of his brother Leonidas.

Name:
Cemetery records call him Thomas Henry Rodocanachi.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1221 24391 N N 378 352 CEM 9/2/4

Died:
A death notice appeared in The Leeds Mercury, 28 Nov 1891 for P.G. Rodocanachi but it appears to be for this man. It reads: "Mr. P.G. Rodocanachi has died at his residence, in Sefton Park, Liverpool. The deceased gentleman had been a member of the firm of Messrs. Ralli Brothers, Greek merchants, whose commercial enterprise is so well known thruoghout Lancashire. Aged 71." An earlier notice, produced in the same newspaper three days earlier, was longer and even more glowing.

Paul married Marigo (Ambrouzis) Ralli. Marigo (daughter of Baron Ambrouzis (Stephanos) Ralli and Anastasia (Stephanos) Mavrogordato) was born on 29 Sep 1830 in Trieste, Italy/Austria; died on 09 Jul 1872 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 13 Jul 1872 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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'.

Birth:
Tombstone says 20 Sep 1830.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
575 11485 N N 378 352 CEM 9/2/2

Notes:

He may well have died before or during the masscares on Chios since his children appear to have fled to Trieste without him. (Christopher Long)

Zannis married Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli. Despina (daughter of Ioannis Tsitsekli and Angeliki Eumorfopoulos) was born in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Tsitzeckli.

Notes:

Three children of Stephanos Ambrouzis Ralli & Despina Omiro -- Ambrouzis and his sisters Calliope, and Alexandra -- are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Ambrouzis married Anastasia (Stephanos) Mavrogordato. Anastasia was born in 1804 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 18 Apr 1834 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
This union is cited in a list of 17 marriage alliances that connected Ralli Bros employees in India with the Rallis through intermarriage.

Notes:

(Merele) He had five sons, all born on Chios. (Christopher Long)

Matthew married Marouko (Paul) Negroponte. Marouko (daughter of Paul (Ambrosios) Negroponte and (unknown) [Negroponte]) was born in 1748 in Chios, Greece; died on 11 Jun 1826 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Marigo.

Ioannis married Angeliki Eumorfopoulos. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]