Othon (Alexander) Condostavlo / Contostavlos

Notes:

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

He was a signatory witness at the 1876 Marseille marriage of Emmanuel Rodocanachi & Esmeralda Ralli.

Othon Kontostavlos, Marseille, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Othon Kontostavlo was involved in establishing the Greek community organization Syllogue in Marseille, founded 1871.

Name:
His name on both his and his wife's death certificate reads Contostavlos.

Died:
DOD on death certificate. Argenti says 20 Jun 1886.

Family/Spouse: Mina (Pandia) Scaramanga. Mina (daughter of Pandia Petros (Petros) Scaramanga and Arghyro (Nicolas) Argenti) was born on 02 Dec 1844 in St Petersburg, Russia; died on 03 May 1870 in allées de Meilhan 25, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander (Othon) Condostavlo / Contostavlos was born on 24 Sep 1866 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 27 Oct 1918 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 29 Oct 1918 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
2. Pandia (Othon) Condostavlo / Contostavlos was born on 18 Aug 1867 in quartier de Bonneveine, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 11 May 1922 in Athens, Attica, Greece.
3. Angeliki (Othon) Condostavlo / Contostavlos was born on 23 Nov 1868 in rue de la grande armee 11, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 24 May 1950 in rue Lyautey 10, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France.

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Residence: 1825, Office: 37 Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane, City of London, England

Owner of Condostavlo & Co. Merchants, London. Played an important role during the Greek War of Independence and later in Greek politics after the founding of the Greek state. (Christopher Long)

Member of the Philiki Hetairai of Trieste. In 1818 he was corresponding from London with Adamantios Koraïs. Raised funds in London for the Greek cause and provided ammunition, etc.

In 1826 he oversaw the controversial construction of Greek warships in the USA. The two frigates generated substantial cost overruns and the matter went to arbitration, which he largely lost. He published a widely-distributed account of the events: A narrative of the material facts in relation to the building of the two Greek frigates, which generated a lot of press coverage in both the USA and Europe. In 1828 Capodistrias appointed him to acquire a mint for coin production (Malta). In 1856 he was Greek Finance minister and in 1857 President of the Greek parliament.

Alex. Contostavlo was in partnership with Stephen Franghiadi, as Contostavlo & Co., merchants, until 31 Aug 1824 and then continued the business alone (London Gazette 28 May 1825).

Alexander married Angeliki (Zannis) Rodocanachi. Angeliki (daughter of Zannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli) was born on 11 Jul 1803 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Jun 1870 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pandely married Loula (Linardis) Sgouta. Loula died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

(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]