John Constantine (Constantine) Maximo

Notes:

1860 Syros census: household headed by Constantine Maximos, 65, widower, no profession; sons John, 17, pupil; Nicholas, 26, merchant; George, 22, merchant.

1900 US Federal Census: John C Maximos, 54, resided in New York, New York.

1911 England census for 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, 77, b. Turkey, naturalized Brit, widow, 6 children still living; John C Maximos, 65, b. Greece, son-in-law, widower, married 3 years, two children, one still living, retired cotton broker, USA citizen; Marigo Maximos, 24, b. Virginia, USA, grandaughter, single; 5 servants.

Occupation: 1880-1881, cotton broker, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, Santos whf, Norfolk, Va.; 1884, cotton merchant, 87 Pearl, New York City; 1885, cotton exporter 51 Main, Norfolk, Va.; mer bds Atlantic Hotel.

Residence: 1860, Syros, Greece; 1877-1879, 5 W. 14th St., Everett House, [Union Square], New York, New York; 1880-1881, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va; 1883-1884, New York; 1884-1885, London, England; 1884, Croxteth Grove-Aigburth Road, Liverpool; 1884, 172 Fifth Ave., NYC; Norfolk, Virginia [The Standard (London, England), 19 Jun 1884]; 1893, NYC; 1911, Liverpool, England; at DOD, 45 Ullet Road Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England.

He was naturalized USA 24 Apr 1879.

He is included in Christopher Long's Maximo tree as the father of Marigo (John) Maximo but unlinked to others.

He might be the younger brother of Nicholas Constantine Maximos, born in Greece abt 1836, who lived in the UK, first as a lodger in 1861, then with his elderly father Constantine, born 1795 Greece, in 1871, and later with his wife, Henrietta in 1881. Nicholas, a merchant, 7 Croxteth Grove, Toxteth Park, Lancs & 21 Alexandra Building, Ormond St., Liverpool, received a US patent for a grain drying invention; he was declared bankrupt in 1883 and 1887.

Argenti says Maximo but he himself used Maximos.

Ship manifests indicate: Jno Maximos, 12 Sep 1978, Liverpool to New York on Baltic; J Maximos, 27 Jul 1892, Liverpool to New York on City of Paris; 7 Jul 1893, J.C. Maximos, New York to Liverpool on Campania, 'married'; John C Maximos, 30 Apr 1901, New York to London on Minneapolis.

He 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, Theodore P. and Mrs. Ralli, and P.P. Negreponte.

J. Maximos attended the Jun 1911 funeral of George Ralli.

Maximos Brothers and Maximo & Damiano were 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).

Either employee of or friends with Constantine Gunari, 235 E. 57 St., New York, New York.

1873: John C. Maximos was among the 12 Greek merchants maintaining membership in the New York Produce Exchange.

He worked with D. G. Maximos, a clerk, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1886) and with George Maximos, Mngr, 51 Main, res. Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va. (1884-1885).

Birth:
DOB according to his US Passport Application.

Name:
or Maximos

Died:
DOD from gravestone

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
1972 39409 N O 51 352 CEM 9/2/7

John married Maria (Stamatios) Frangopulo on 14 Jun 1884 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. Maria (daughter of Stamatios Nicolas (Nicolas) Frangopulo and Loukia (Michael) Agelasto) was born on 11 Oct 1862 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK; was christened on 15 Nov 1862 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK; died on 27 Sep 1886 in Mountain Top Hotel, Nelson County, Virginia USA; was buried on 25 Apr 1887 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
UK marriage registry reports: Marigo Frangopulo marriage Apr-May-Jun 1884, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, v 8b, p 529. Certificate not examined.

Reported in The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 19 Jun 1884.

Witnesses: H.C. Maximos, John S. Frangopulo; Archimandrite N. Zerros presiding.

1. Helen (John) Maximo was born about Apr 1885; died about Aug 30 1885 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 1 Jul 1885 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK.
2. Marigo Lucia (John) Maximo was born on 19 Jun 1889 in Norfolk, Virginia USA; died about Jun 1970 in London, England UK.

Notes:

Occupation: merchant

Residence: at DOD, 8 Sanders Terrace Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, England.

1860 Syros census: household headed by Constantine Maximos, 65, widower, no profession; sons John, 17, pupil; Nicholas, 26, merchant; George, 22, merchant.

The 1871 England census for the lodging house at 91 Upper Parliament Street, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, includes Constantine Maximos, 76, widowed, land proprietor; son Nicholas Maximos, 35, unmarried, cotton merchant, both b. Greece; 1 servant.

Name:
or Maximos

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
598 11957 N N 375 352 CEM 9/2/2