Mimika (Constantine) Zervoudachi

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A death certificate for this individual was not found at the Athens central vital statistics office (Old Town Hall, June, 2012).

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Constantine Emm. Zervoudachi, 23, b. Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 26 Jan 1896 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Constantine married Maria (Nikiphoros) Georgiadis. Maria (daughter of Nikiforos (Constantinos) Georgiadis and Aetolia K. Voikli) was born about 1876 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

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Emmanuel K. Zervoudachi, 30, b. Chios, unmarried, having arrived Syros 1824, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 18 May 1855 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros, at the same time as his older brother Anthony.

1870 Syros census lists household of Emmanuel Constantine Zervoudachi, 48 [print-out says 1860 census], merchant, origin Hydra; wife Mimika (daughter of Stefanos Galati), 30, from Patras; daughter B, 2.

Emmanuel married Mimina (Stephanos) Galati on 07 Oct 1865 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Mimina (daughter of Stephanos (Zorzis) Galati and Vierou (Jean) Proïos) was born on 24 Dec 1840 in Patras, Peloponnese, Greece; died on 23 Sep 1917 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Stephanos Galati [likely Stephanso Zorzis Galati], married, merchant; wife Aspasia, 35 [likely Aspasia Maximo, b. 1825; Argenti says 1831], housewife; sons Constantine and Theodore, students; daughter Mimini, 18, single.

1870 Syros census lists household of Emmanuel Constantine Zervoudachi, 48 [print-out says 1860 census], merchant, origin Hydra; wife Mimika (daughter of Stefanos Galati), 30, from Patras; daughter B, 2.

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According to his great granddaughter Angela Abell, he was "a self-made man who became a very successful merchant. He owned two large properties on Syros which you will no doubt see when you go. The town house was in Vaporia, it is now the de luxe Melathron Hotel; in 1905 Nikiforos built a villa in Dellagrazia, with two towers, one round and one square, just opposite the church of St John. This house was requisitioned in the war as an orphanage and continued to be used as such until the early 60s. It was then in a very dilapidated state and was sold by the family, I believe to a daughter of the ship-owner, Nomikos, who restored the house to its former glory. The family believed that Nikiforos' father, Constantinos, had fled from Chios to Syros in a boat with other lads all in their late teens. Indeed the mausoleum which has a bust of Nikiforos which had previously stood in the garden of the Dellagrazia villa, has 'from Chios' within the inscription. However, when my husband and I were in Syros researching the family history we found onstantinos' 'Application for Citizenship of Ermoupolis' which clearly stated that he came to Syros in 1832, from Cyprus, and that he was 60 when he signed the document (1835). So it remains a family mystery - it would have been a great advantage, both socially and commercially, to be thought to have come from Chios, even if he was not of the elite Chiotis!

He and several school mates gave an icon, Zoodochos Pighi, to Agios Athanassios (abt 1859) and this has been celebrated ever year since - on the first First Friday after Greek Easter. According to his great granddaughter, "Until he died my great uncle used to attend this, and when he died his daughter (who herself died earlier this year [2010]) gave money for this service and the obligatory refreshments after to be carried on in perpetuum. We attended a couple of years ago, the church was packed for the 3 hr service and Father Sirigos recited the history of the icon. It was a very special occasion for us and we got talking to a lot of lovely people."

Nikiforos K. Georgiadis, 32, b. Ermoupolis, married, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 20 May 1875 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

Nikiforos married Aetolia K. Voikli on 06 Apr 1874. Aetolia was born about 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

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or Bokkli, Vouiklis

or Aetolia K. Voiclis

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Another child, Constantine, is not on the bloodline. He married Despina Kornilaki; children: Nikiforos (Syros 14 Dec 1909, Syros - 1994, Athens) and Mary (1918, Athens - 1918, 28 Feb 2010, Athens).

Constantine married Triantaphylia Jannoutsou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stephen G. Galatti (along with Pantoleon G. Galatti, likely his brother) is among the 12 Greek youths brought to New York between 1823-1831 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Education: 1829, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA.

"Stephano and Pantoleon Galati, arrived in October last...The ages of Stephano and Pantoleon are 16 and 12 years. They belong to a very respectable family of Scio, which had the misfortune to lose its possessions, when the Turks made that beautiful island a desolation. These youths, with a younger brother, under the care of their mother, and in company with a few relatives and neighbors, escaped from the island in a small vessel, after having witenessed from a distance the devastation of the city, and after having concealed themselves for eleven days in uninhabited districts. Here they suffered from hunger, exposure, and agonizing terror; but were mercifully delivered, though a vast majority of their countrymen fell a sacrifice to the unrelenting barbarity of the Turks. In the Morea they were joined by the father, who had left Scio before them. From thence they, with much difficulty, succeeded in reaching Malta, the father remaining behind. The expense of outfit and passage of these youths to this country, was defrayed by a maternal uncle." He was studying at an academy in New Haven, CN, in 1823.

(Sikanon) Judge of Aréopage. Professor at University of Athens. Chevalier de l'Ordre du Sauveur (Christopher Long).

The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros, reports a household consisting of Stephanos Galati [likely Stephanso Zorzis Galati], married, merchant; wife Aspasia, 35 [likely Aspasia Maximo, b. 1825; Argenti says 1831]; sons Constantine and Theodore, students; daughter Mimini, 18, single.

Stephanos married Vierou (Jean) Proïos on 04 Feb 1840 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Vierou (daughter of Jean A. Proïos and Arghyro (Leoni) Schilizzi) was born in 1821; died on 01 Feb 1850 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After his wife's death, he married Aspasia (Stephanos) Maximo, 15 Jan 1853, Syros, Greece. They had nine children.