John Leonidas (Leonidas) Calvocoressi

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Residence: 2002, Connecticut, USA

A John L. Calvocoressi, fluent in French and Greek, was a member of the legal firm Gale & Kowalyshyn, 363 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106 USA.

John L Calvocoressi, born 1917, New York, enlisted in the US Army, 2 Mar 1945, New Haven, Connecticut; occupation: policemen and detectives, public service; 4 years of college.

US 1920 census: 383 West End Avenue, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 41, b. abt 1879, England, parents b. Greece, homeowner, immigrated 1909, importer/general merchant; wife Eugenie, 33; sons Leonidas jr., 9; John, 2 6/12; daughter Helen, 4 all b. New York; & 4 servants.

1930 US federal census for the household living at 42 East 92nd St., New York, New York, headed by Leonard Calvocoressi, 52, owner, house valued at $60,000, 32 y.o. at marriage, b. England, parents b. Turkey, immigrated 1909, importer raw material; John L., son, 12; Helen, daughter, 17; both b. New York, mother b. Ohio; and 3 servants.

1940 US federal census, 46 East 92 Street, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 61, b. England, alien; home owner, valued $47,000, $5000 income; wife Eugenie, 54, $5000 income; son John, 22, married, b. New York, clerk, insurance company, $625 income; daughter-in-law, Frances, 22, b. New York; $800 income; 4 servants.

1950 US Federal Census for the residence at 240 South Marshall Street (third door), Hartford, CN, household headed by John L Calvocoressi, 32, b. New York, married, movie theater operator and manager.

Education: St. Paul's School; Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Residence: 1938, 46 East 92nd Street, New York, New York.

Buried:
Section N, Lot 27

John married Frances Stewart (Thomas) Whitall on 18 Feb 1939 in New York, New York USA. Frances (daughter of Thomas Wistar (Thomas) Whitall and Josephine (Edward) Coster) was born on 07 Feb 1918 in New York, New York USA; died on 11 Feb 2001 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut USA; was buried on 31 Jul 2004 in Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Occupation: 1918, Ralli Brothers, 15 William St., New York, New York; 1942, Desk room c/o Schwabach Co, 67 Broad St, NY, NY.

Residence: 1918, Weed Street, New Canaan, Connecticut

He signed a letter in the passport application of John Paul Galatti, his 5th cousin and employee at Ralli Bros, New York.

The 1881 England census: 9 Devonport St, London household headed by John M. Calvocorissi, 34, retired merchant; Arghiro, 32, both b. Constantinople, Turkey; sons Matthew, 8, b. Liverpool; Pantia, 6, b. Nice, France; Leonidy, 2; George, 11 mos, both b. London; daughter Hypatia, 3, b. Broughton; & 5 servants.

US 1920 census: 383 West End Avenue, New York, US 1920 census: 383 West End Avenue, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 41, b. abt 1879, England, parents b. Greece, homeowner, immigrated 1909, importer/general merchant; wife Eugenie, 33; sons Leonidas jr., 9; John, 2 6/12; daughter Helen, 4 all b. New York; & 4 servants.

1930 US federal census for the household living at 42 East 92nd St., New York, New York, headed by Leonard Calvocoressi, 52, owner, house valued at $60,000, 32 y.o. at marriage, b. England, parents b. Turkey, immigrated 1909, importer raw material; John L., son, 12; Helen, daughter, 17; both b. New York, mother b. Ohio; and 3 servants.

1940 US federal census, 46 East 92 Street, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 61, b. England, alien; home owner, valued $47,000, $5000 income; wife Eugenie, 54, $5000 income; son John, 22, married, b. New York, clerk, insurance company, $625 income; daughter-in-law, Frances, 22, b. New York; $800 income; 4 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: Virginia J. Schilizzi.

Birth:
Strudza says incorrectly that his father is John C. Calvocoressi.

Died:
A memorial service was held 11 a.m. at St Sophia Cathedral, 29 Apr 1952 (The Times [London] 25 Apr 1952).

Buried:
Section N, Lot 27

Leonidas married Eugenie (Theodore) Ralli on 25 Jun 1910 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Eugenie (daughter of Theodore (Pandia) Ralli and Blanche (Paul) de Lussan) was born on 15 Oct 1885 in New York, New York USA; died on 23 Apr 1967 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut USA; was buried on 25 Apr 1967 in Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1927, New York City, New York USA.

Eugenie Calvocoressi was chairman of the Women's Auxiliary Greek War Relief Association 2 Feb 1944 (sent postcard thanking Mrs Alice Porges for a gift of clothing; National Archives).

Mentioned in her sister Despina's obituary, New York Herald Tribune, 1 Feb 1938, p. 16.

US 1920 census: 383 West End Avenue, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 41, b. abt 1879, England, parents b. Greece, homeowner, immigrated 1909, importer/general merchant; wife Eugenie, 33; sons Leonidas jr., 9; John, 2 6/12; daughter Helen, 4 all b. New York; & 4 servants.

1940 US federal census, 46 East 92 Street, New York, New York, household headed by Leonidas Calvocoressi, 61, b. England, alien; home owner, valued $47,000, $5000 income; wife Eugenie, 54, $5000 income; son John, 22, married, b. New York, clerk, insurance company, $625 income; daughter-in-law, Frances, 22, b. New York; $800 income; 4 servants.

Birth:
Sturdza says 15 Jan 1885

1930 census says Ohio.

Buried:
Section N, Lot 27

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Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Anthony Ralli, P. Argenti and L. E. Ralli; The Great Archimandrite C. Pagonis, assisted by the Rev. Archimandrite Moscovakis, performed the nuptials; entry 277.

Marriage notice appeared in The Times (London) 28 Jun 1910, pg. 1.

Sturdza wrongly says 5 Jun 1910

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Residence: 1863-1873, New York, USA; 1869-1870, 120 Madison Ave, NY, NY; 1871, 12 W. 45th St, New York City (shared with Theodore J. Ralli; 1872, England; 1873, Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, England; 1881, 9 Devonport St, London, England; abt 1882, San Stefano, Bosphorus; 1880-1900, Constantinople asylum; 1915, Athens, Greece.

Occupation: Merchant. 1869-1870, with Calvocoressi & [Leonidas] Rodocanachi, 67 Wall St., NY, NY.

Origin: Chios. A John Calvocoressi took British citizenship 2 Feb 1863. Calvocoressi, John, from Greece. Certificate 3996 issued 2 Feb 1863 (National Archives).

He was partners with his father and brother Leonidas as L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants, Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street. London, until dissolved 1 Jan 1881 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1881).

John Calvocoressi, of Liverpool, initiated bankruptcy 18 Oct 1869 (London Gazette 19 Oct 1869).

John Calvocoressi and James F. Psalfy were partners as Canvas and Bagging Merchants, Liverpool, until partnership was dissolved 6 May 1869 (London Gazette 18 May 1869).

J. Calvocoressi is listed among a delegation which met with Lord Derby of the Foreign Office to discuss the British role in and the threat to Greek merchants' interests due to strife between Greece and Turkey (The Times [London], 6 Feb 1878).

The 1881 England census: 9 Devonport St, London household headed by John M. Calvocorissi, 34, retired merchant; Arghiro, 32, both b. Constantinople, Turkey; sons Matthew, 8, b. Liverpool; Pantia, 6, b. Nice, France; Leonidy, 2; George, 11 mos, both b. London; daughter Hypatia, 3, b. Broughton; & 5 servants.

USA naturalization: 28 Feb 1871, before Court of Common Pleas, New York, New York. The date is given in his wife's and sons' US passport applications, as they quality for US citizenship through his naturalization.

He was confined, from about 1880, to a lunatic asylum, Constantinople, according to US passport applications filed by his wife and children.

John M. Calvocoressi, 22, swore before a notary in New York City, 11 Feb 1869, that he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida. This document thus certified his US citizenship.

Birth:
In a document that provided for his US citizenship, he swore he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida.

John married Arghyro (Pandia) Sechiari on 23 Mar 1871 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Arghyro (daughter of Pandia (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Hypatia (Emmanuel) Schilizzi) was born on 15 Apr 1848 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 26 Dec 1932 in 4 rue Regille, Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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US passports: #38, issued 25 Apr 1898, Constantinople; #226, issued 4 Jun 1900, Constantinople; #157, issued 31 Jan 1903, Athens; #144, issued 4 Oct 1905, Athens; #4348, issued 16 Dec 1907, Constantinople; #6868, issued 25 Feb 1918; #24488, issued 1 May 1920, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Residence: 1881, England; 1898-1900, Constantinople; Athens, 1903; 1917, Athens; 1920 Lucerne, Switzerland.

She likely has a sister, Virginia, on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Birth:
DOB from US passport applications. Argenti says 27 Apr 1847.

Died:
A memorial service was held t 12:20 p.m. 5 Feb 1933 at St Sophia Cathedral, London.

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 27 Dec 1932.

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Occupation: Ralli Bros, Calcutta, Liverpool, New York. Theodore Pandia Ralli, a nephew of the senior partners of the house of Ralli Brothers, arrived New York aboard Germanic, 30 Apr 1880, with orders to dismiss the manager and senior staff of the New York office for violating the Ralli company rule against speculation. He remained in New York to work with P.Y. Fachiri in managing affairs at Ralli Bros, New York.

Three sons of Pandia Theodore Ralli & Despina Ambrouzis Ralli -- Theodore and his brothers Ambrose and Antonio -- and a daughter Julia are on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

He and his wife attended the 5 Feb 1893 wedding of E. Pilalas and Catherine Elesteropoulo at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, W 53d St., New York City, along with Michel Agelasto, P.P. Negreponte, and John C. Maximos.

Residence: at DOD 1 Claremont Gardens, Surbiton, Surrey, England.

He was a coexecutor of the estate of Theodore Anthony Vlasto.

1871 England census: Ambrose P. Ralli, 19, and Theodore P. Ralli, 21, both unmarried, clerks in East India trade, b. London, lodged at Stretham Place, Streatham, Surrey

Theodore P. Ralli (along with Anthony P. Ralli, probably his brother) is included in M. Contonpoulos' list of the 8 most influencial merchants in New York's Greek colony from 1850s - 1890s. 1883-1910: Anthony P. & Theodore P. Ralli were members of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, New York.

Arrived New York 1875.

1885-1888: elected member of the Board of Managers of the New York Cotton Exchange. Served on its finance committee 1886-88 and 1891-97. Also a member of the New York Produce Exchange and the Consolidated Stock Exchange.

23 Aug 1899: returned to London to assume the leadership of the worldwide family company, while Anthony P. Ralli and Paul S. Galatti remained to manage the New York branch of Ralli Bros.

Ralli Brothers is listed as the first of the great benefactors on a marble plaque in the exonarthex of the Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy trinity, 319 East 74th Street, New York.

Listed in the Social Register of New York.

Admitted to the New York Club in 1883.

He is specifically referred to in a discussion of the merchant Rallis.

Mr. Theodore P. Ralli, 15 Old Slip, New York, bought by advance subscription five copies of Achilles Rose, Christian Greece and Living Greek (NY: Peri Hellados Publication Office, 1898).

Theodore Ralli [52 Eaton Place] appears on 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 UK electoral register, St George, Hanover Square parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

Christened:
Godparent: Katingo A. Ralli

Buried:
6 Jan date crossed out in cemetary records, replaced by 7 Feb. Greek Gazette says 17 Feb; Archimandrite A. Paraschis officiating

Died:
The particulars of his estate are in "Mr. T. P. Ralli's Will," Evening Express [Liverpool], 13 Feb 1906. "He left an estate of the gross value of £120,918 8s. 6d., including personalty of the net value of £119,883 1s. 9d. He bequeathed tohis wife his residence and stabling and a legacy of £10,000 and a further legacy of £200. To his stepmother Mrs. Catherine Pandia Theodore Ralli he left an annuity of £156, and the residue of his estate in trust to pay the income therefrom to his wife during her widowhood...In the event of the failure of [trusts set up for his widow and his children, he] left the ultimte residue of his estate as to two-fifths to his brother Anthony Pandia Ralli, as to one-fifth to his sister Julia Alexander Pallis..."

Theodore married Blanche (Paul) de Lussan on 29 Sep 1882 in New York, New York USA. Blanche was born on 12 Nov 1856 in New York, New York USA; died on 28 Aug 1927 in 31 Queen's Gate, Kensington, London, England UK; was buried on 01 Sep 1927 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Blanche Ralli [2 Belgrave Place] appears on 1910, 1912, 1915 UK electoral register, St George, Hanover Square parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; [4 Chesham Street SW1] 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 City of Westminster/ Westminster.

Died:
Her estate of ￡8085 18s. 2d. left to Despina Ralli, spinster.

Buried:
buried with husband, plot burial plot no. 31408, no. 249, sq. 42, reg. pg. 16815, no. 63683

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Occupation: Merchant of Chios

According to David Calvocoressi and his father Peter, Matthew was briefly taken into slavery and was either redeemed or escaped following the Massacres of Chios. Argenti records his mother as Angerou (no surname).

According to Matthew, recorded by his grandson Pantias (John) Calvocoressi some 60 years later, Matthew was about 15 years old in 1822 and referred to a half-brother Pandely and younger siblings: Mavroudi, Zambelou, Zorzis and Argentou.

He, his son Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and Ambrose Paul Rodocanachi traded as merchants, at 95 Bishopsgate Street, London, as L. Rodocanachi and Co.; and at Constantinople, as M. Z. Calvocoressi, until dissolved 15 Mar 1885 (London Gazette 2 Jun 1885)

He and his sons Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and John Matthew Calvocoressi were partners as L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants, Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street. London, until dissolved 1 Jan 1881 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1881).

M. Kalvo-doresis is listed among twenty individuals or businesses who met 26 Apr 1843 to write the Constitution of the Greek Community of Manchester.

Matthew married Arghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi on 10 Nov 1841 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Arghyro (daughter of Zannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli) was born about 1820 in Chios, Greece; died on 13 Apr 1891 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catsiyannis says she spent most of her married life in Constantinople. (Christopher Long)

Birth:
DOB according to the Pedigree Resource File of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

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Married:
Marriage Witnesses: Stephen and Maria S. Franghiadi; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 6.

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Another daughter Virginia is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Residence: 1859, Constantinople

Occupation: merchant

Pandeli Paraskevas Sechiari directed Argenti Sechiari & Cie, Galatz office.

Pandia married Hypatia (Emmanuel) Schilizzi. Hypatia was born on 5 Oct 1819 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 15 Sep 1889 in Brighton, Sussex, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]