John (Dimitrios) Negroponte

Notes:

Left Taganrog around 1910. Spent some time in Berlin and then settled in Lausanne, Switzerland, were he lived out the rest of his life. (Christopher Long)

He is likely the Jean Negroponte who is identified in a May 1896 photograph of students' outdoor activity at Sainte Sophie de Monemvasie. Georges Radet, L'histoire et l'oeuvre de l'École française d'Athènes, A. Fontemoing (Paris): 1901, p 230.

John married Eleni (Denis) Stathatos on 04 Jun 1908 in Athens, Attica, Greece, and was divorced about 1920. Eleni (daughter of Denis Anthony (Anthony) Stathatos and Maria Anatzitos) was born on 06 May 1889 in Braila, Romania; died on 19 Aug 1932 in Interlaken, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mariette (Ioannis) Negroponte was born on 09 Jun 1910 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; died on 14 Jul 1973 in Brussels [Bruxelles], Belgium; was buried in Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium.
2. Dimitrios (Ioannis) Negroponte was born on 25 Mar 1915 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; died on 15 Jun 1996 in London, England UK.

Notes:

D.A. Negroponte, merchant, Odessa, Annuaire oriental (Constantinople), 1891, p. 978.

Birth:
Argenti DOB is likely date of baptism

Christened:
Baptism registered on Syros

Dimitrios married Eleni (Nicolas) Avierino on 8 Sep 1866 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Eleni (daughter of Nicolas (Michael) Avierino and Battou (Alexander) Avierino) was born on 21 May 1845 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia; died on 06 Sep 1909 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: 1902, boulevard des Capucines 12, Paris.

She is mentioned as the last Avierino in Russia: "Her long presence may indicate that the Avierino family continued to trade in cereals; but she was also the wife of an Negroponte. the Negroponte company was active in Taganrog at least as late as the 1900s."

Notes:

Ambrosios Theodorus Negroponte, 69, merchant, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869.


Residence (overlapping): -1822 Chios; 1831-1844 Constantinople; 1834-1869 Syros; 1848-1872 Chios

1 Dec 1834: Ambrosios Th. Negroponte, 35, born Chios, married, arrived Syros 1834, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Syros tribunal.

Ambrosios married Vierou (Dimitrios) Sevastopoulos in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicolas married Battou (Alexander) Avierino. Battou was born in 1810 in Chios, Greece; died on 4 Apr 1903 in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1815 Vienna city directory lists Theodor Negroponte under Negroponte und Georguffopulo.

Died:
Sturdza says 6 May 1822 during the massacre.

Theodore married Zambelou (Zannis) Scanavi. Zambelou (daughter of Zannis (Constantine) Scanavi and Arghyro [Scanavi]) was born in 1764 in Chios, Greece; died on 03 Sep 1847 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her brother Constantine is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Notes:

Died:
Held hostage and hanged by the Turks in the Massacres of Chios "together with about 80 members of the richest and best families in the island." (His great-grandson John Ziffo)

Dimitrios married Maria (Constantine) Negroponte. Maria (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) was born in 1779 in Chios, Greece; died on 28 Sep 1849 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]