John (Pandia) Rodocanachi

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Education: Uppingham School, England

Friend of the poet Constantine Cavafy. Tino Synadino’s records say his wife was a Tombazi (Christopher Long).

John married Hypatia (Nicolas) Fachiri on 15 Oct 1898 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Hypatia (daughter of Nicolas (Andrew) Fachiri and Cleopatra (Georges) Zizinia) was born on 26 Nov 1865 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 07 Feb 1866 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 19 Dec 1943 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Despina Cleopatra (John) Rodocanachi was born on 14 May 1903 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 19 Sep 1946 in 18 Astell St., Chelsea, London, England UK.

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P. Rodocanachi is listed in the 1893 Indicateur Egyptien, for Alexandria, Egypt, as administrateur de la Société Commerciale d'Egypte.

Pandely [perhaps Pandia] Rodocanacchi was among the partners when Michel Emanuel Rodocanachi, effective 31Dec 1853, resigned his partnership as Merchants, at Odessa, St. Petersburgh, Marseille, Leghorn, and Taganrog, under the firm of Rodocanaclii, Sons, and Co., and at Constantinople, under the firm of P. Rodocanachi and Co., with Matteo Mavrogordato [probably Matteo (Zorzis) Mavrogordato], Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Ambroise P. Mavrogordato, Theodore Pandia Rodocandchi, Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Michele Petrocochino [possibly either Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino or Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino],Demetrius N. Petrocochino, and Georges M. Mavrogordato; they all terminated the partnership Rodocanachi, Sons and Co., doing business in London and Liverpool, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co. (London Gazette18 Apr 1854).

John Theodore Rodocanachi, 43 Palmerston Buildings, London; Pandia Rodocanachi, Alexandria; Theodore Rodocanachi, Marseille; and Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Odessa, all merchants, were investors in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873).

P. Rodocanachi, 29, along with C Negroponte, 26, and BP Negroponte, all merchants, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Atlantic 9 Mar 1854.

The 1881 census: "Alexandria," 29 Croxteth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Pandia Rodocanachi, 48, Egyptian merchant, b. Trieste, Austria; wife Cleopatra, 33, b. Alexandria, Egypt; daughter Jenny, 12, scholar, b. Alexandria; son Cheniotocles, 10, scholar, b. Alexandria; daughter Polyxiene, 8, scholar, b. Egypt; son Constantine, 3, b. Egypt & 8 servants.