Living

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A lawyer in the 'Tribunal Mixte' in Mansourah and Alexandria, Egypt (Christopher Long).

Head-hunted by Paul Zervudachi as a director in the Daira Drahnet Pash, and then transferred to general manager of the Fiat and Simca Company for Egypt, which then changed to Seat (Christopher Long).

He negotiated the sale of Seat to the Egyptian government (Nasser régime). He and his wife then migrated to France where they both eventually took French nationality (Christopher Long).

He was partly French and partly Lebanese (Christopher Long).

Jean married Arlette (Ambrose) Rodocanachi on 14 Jan 1931 in Alexandria, Egypt. Arlette (daughter of Ambrose (Constantine) Rodocanachi and Marie (Joseph) Agier) was born on 22 Feb 1910 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 05 Mar 1995 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

'Partly French, British and Greek.' (Christopher Long)

Name:
or Henriette

Birth:
According to her son. Original info says 29 Feb (Christopher Long).

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Ambrose Rodoconachi was one of the executors, along with Alexander Pandia Ralli [the deceased's son-in-law] and Anthony Alexander Vlasto, of the estate of Marietta Ralli, widow, who died 2 Mar 1922, St. Catherine's Lodge, Hove, Sussex, and whose will was proved 18 May 1922 [presumably Marietta Antoniou Theodorou (Antonios) Ralli] (London Gazette 27 Jun 1922)

A.C. Rodocanachi, temp. Lt. (actg. Capt.), from General List, to be temp. Lt (actg Capt). 14 Aug 1917 (London Gazette 17 Jan 1919); Temp. Lt. A. C. Rodocanachi (Egyptian Lab.) relinquishes the actg. rank of Capt. 28 July 1919. (London Gazette 29 Aug 1919); Labour Corps. Temp. Lt. A. C. Rodocanachi (Egyptian Lab.) relinquishes his commission on completion of service, 1 Sep 1921, and is granted the rank of Capt. (London Gazette 16 Sep 1921).

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Ms. Penelope Sechiari

Ambrose married Marie (Joseph) Agier on 07 Dec 1901 in Alexandria, Egypt. Marie (daughter of Joseph Agier and Jeanne Gillibert) was born on 08 Mar 1882 in Saint-Etienne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 03 Dec 1989 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
DOD annotation on birth certificate

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Married:
Marriage date annotated to birth certificate; another source says 10 Mar 1903 (Christopher Long).

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Occupation: Merchant

1871 England census [West Derby]: 13 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed by C. T. Rodocanachi, 33, cotton merchant, b. Syros, naturalized British subject; wife Arghiri, 20, b. Marseille; son Theodore, 1 year, 6 months, b. Liverpool; Isabelle A. Sechiari, sister-in-law, 17, b. Marseille; and 6 servants. Lived between the Constantine M. Ralli family and the Augustus S. Agelasto family.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1870, list of persons objected to: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 123 Bedford Street South (house); 1870 burgess roll: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 4 India Buildings (counting house); 1875: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 13 Lockerby Road, Fairfield (abode); 4 India Buildings (counting house); 1875: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, 39 The Elms (coach house & stables).

Residence: -1856, Syros; 1869, Alexandria, Egypt; 1869-76, 13 Lockerby Road, Liverpool, England; 1900, Alexandria, Egypt.

UK Naturalisation: Constantine Theodore Rodocanachi, Syra, 28 Oct 1868, certificate 6039

He was in a partnership that George Demetrius Vouro and Anthony Theodore Rodocanachi quit, effective 1 Dec 1873; another partner was John Theodore Rodocanachi; operating at London, Liverpool, and Alexandria, as Rodocanachi Brothers and Company; at London and Liverpool, as Vouro and Rodocanachi; and at Alexandria (London Gazette 13 Jan 1874).

John J. Negroponte (£15), P.P. Negroponte (£5), C.J. Negroponte (£5), Sophocles Spartali (£5), A.S. Agelasto (£5), C.T. Rodocanachi (£15), were among contributors to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 26 Mar 1867).

C.T. Rodocanachi contributed £3 3s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871).

12 Mar 1856: Constantine Th. Rodocanachi, 21, single, [born Syros], merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

C. T .Rodocanachi was among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2).

Costa Rodocanachi was acquitted of larceny and receiving, 15 Feb 1886, Clerkenwell, London, England.

C. Th. Rodocanachi, negociants en cotons, rue Adib, maison Giro, is in the Alexandria business directory, 1891.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no substantive information given)

Died:
His death was attested to by his son Georges, 24, medical student, residing at rue de la Sorbonne 20, Paris, and Andre Ionides, 23, merchant, residing at London, his 'nephew' [actually his 4th cousin, 3x removed].

Constantine married Arghyro (Ambrose) Sechiari on 08 Sep 1869 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Arghyro (daughter of Ambrose (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Penelope (Georges) Zizinia) was born on 02 Sep 1850 in boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 23 Oct 1919 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1861 census: 18 Locherby Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Ambrose Sechiari, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Penelope, 32; daughter Arghiro, 10; son Paraskeva, 9; daughters Elizabeth, 8; Virginia, 3, all b. France & 8 servants [next door to the John P. Schilizzi family].

1871 England census [West Derby]: 13 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed by C. T. Rodocanachi, 33, cotton merchant, b. Syros, naturalized British subject; wife Arghiri, 20, b. Marseille; son Theodore, 1 year, 6 months, b. Liverpool; Isabelle A. Sechiari, sister-in-law, 17, b. Marseille; and 6 servants. Lived between the Constantine M. Ralli family and the Augustus S. Agelasto family.

Birth:
Her birth certificate was signed by Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari, her uncle, and Theodore (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi.

Died:
DOD from death notice that appeared in The Times (London) 28 Oct 1919. Death came "after a long illness."

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Married:
Marriage witnesses included Stamati Zizinia, 65, bride's uncle, rentier, rue Gregoriou 29, Marseille; Etienne Sechiari, 58, rentier, bride's uncle, Allees des Capucines 8; Theodore Rodocanachi, 50, merchant, bride's uncle [actually a cousin], allees des Capucines 12; and Jean Rodocanachi, 45 [should be 36], groom's brother, allees des Capucines 49.

Joseph married Jeanne Gillibert. Jeanne was born about 1860 in [France]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]