Theodore Alexander (Constantine) Ralli

Notes:

Residence: Lockeby Road, West Derby, England.

Christened:
God-parent: Miss Aikaterini C. Ralli

Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

Died:
DOD as reported in the register of burials, The Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, England. Argenti says 05 Jan 1865, as does the gravestone.

Buried:
Buried in Section O, plot 755.

This date is 6 Jan 1865 according to the ancient Julian calendar, still followed at that time by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Notes:

Occupation: Merchant with Ralli & Psycha (Liverpool).

Residence, England: 1855-1867, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool; 'Park Mount', Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; Merrion Place, Higher Broughton, Salford; 1871, 11 Locherby Road, Liverpool; 1889, Liverpool; 6 Mannering Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool. [Note on 'Park Mount': CM Ralli left the mansion before his death; in 1919 Alexander Alexander Ralli lived there with his wife Chariclia Dragoumi, both registered voters. From the census the street address appears to be 38 Ullet Road, for 36 = Ullet Grange and 40 = South Hill]

The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants.

The 1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families.

The 1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants.

Office: Ralli & Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, England

Constantine Michael Ralli was partners with Theodore Michael Ralli, Antonio Michael Raili, Stephen Psicha, Theseus Psicha, George Psicha and Hector Psicha in Ralli and Psicha, Liverpool and as Antonio M. Ralli, General Merchants, Alexandria, Egypt when the latter two partners retired 8 May 1871 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1871). Stephen Psicha left the firm 31 Oct 1872 (London Gazette 25 Dec 1877).

C.M. Ralli contributed £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850).

C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879.

C.M. Ralli contributed £5 5s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871).

7 Jul 1887 - Attended the service at the Greek Orthodox Church in Prince's Road in honour of the visit of Prince Constantine of Greece.

8 Jul 1887 - Present at a dinner party hosted by Mr M.A. Ralli at his house in Aigburth Drive in honour of HRH Prince Constantine of Greece.

15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the "City of New York" [date is a mistake; he was deceased].

Died:
His Will was proved 26 Apr 1890. It "notes that his father and mother are buried at the Church of St George in Scio. Power to grant Probate to Theodore (1824-1890), brother of the deceased...was reserved. This is consistent with [his] being in Egypt and near the end of his own life. The Will is remarkable in my eyes in that it recommends the children to marry Greeks of the Orthodox faith, exhorts and directs them to help and assist our mother country our dearest Greece, and not to forget that relatives perished unjustly at the hands of the Turks and that I myself was sold as a slave. It is said that the Sultan relented after the Massacre which had been ordered by his Admiral." (Andrew Serjeant)

Buried:
His monument is in Liverpool, where presumably he was buried.

Constantine married Zanetta Catharina (George) Psycha on 31 Oct 1851 in Amsterdam, Holland. Zanetta (daughter of George Psycha and Catherine Pateraki) was born on 29 May 1830 in Amsterdam, Holland; died on 03 Feb 1917 in 6 Mannering Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 06 Feb 1917 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: rentiere

Residence, Liverpool, England: 1861, Holly Road, West Derby; 1871, 11 Locherby Road; 1881, Park Mount, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park; 1891-1915, 6 Mannering Road.

The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants.

The 1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families.

The 1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants.

The 1891 census: 6 Mannering Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Jeanette C. Ralli, widow, 60, living on own means, b. Holland; with unmarried sons Pandeli C. Ralli, 25, living on own means; Michael C., 19, medical student; Alexander C., 15, scholar, all b. Liverpool & 2 servants.

The 1911 England census: household at 6 Mannering Road Liverpool, Lancashire, headed by Jeannette Ralli, 80, b. Holland, widow, private means; sons Pandeli, 45, single, cotton merchant; Michel, 39, widowed, cotton salesman, both b. Liverpool; 3 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1899-1900, 1904-1905, 1909-1910, 1914-1915: Jeannette Ralli, 6 Mannering Road (house).

Her husband refers in his Will to his brother-in-law George Psycha... See 9 photographs by Bedford Lamar (c. 1891) of the interior of their house: Iona, Liverpool (now part of the RCHM archive collection, London). (Christopher Long)


15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the City of New York

Name:
Jeannette Psicha on her husband's death certificate.

Died:
Prior to interment a service was held at the Greek church, Liverpool, the Rev. Archimandrite N. Yannulis officiating.

Funeral reported by The [Liverpool] Post and Mercury, 7 Feb 1917. Mourners included Messrs. M. C. Ralli and A. C. Ralli, sons, Mrs. M. C. Ralli, Mrs. A. C. Ralli, and Mrs. C. C. Ralli (daughters-in-law), Mrs. A. A. Ralli, A. A. Ralli, A. Fachiri, A. Pallis, Mr. and Mrs. George Xydia, Lieut. Ralli (grandson), Mrs. Spartali, Mrs. Fachiri and the Maids from Mannering Road.

Jeannette Catharine Ralli, 6 Mannering Road, Liverpool, widow, died 3 Feb 1917; probate Liverpool, 29 Oct to Michael Constantine Ralli and Alexander Constantine Ralli, merchants; effects £540 2s. 4d. [probate register in city library annotated in red: "AWdlbo Liverpool 7 Jan 1952"]

Buried:
Section O, plot 963. The monument is destroyed and in pieces on the ground.

Notes:

Michael A. Ralli, 58, b. Chios, married, having arrived Syros 1826, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 26 May 1847 at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

1815 Vienna city directory lists Negroponte Angerinos and Comp., including Mich. Ralli.

Name:
Michel, on his son Constantine's death certificate.

Michalis married Argentina (Constantine) Negroponte in 1811. Argentina (daughter of Constantine (Zannis) Negroponte and Arghyro [Negroponte]) was born in 1794 in Chios, Greece; died on 01 Apr 1863 in Chios, Greece; was buried in Church of St George, Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Argentine on his son Constantine's death certificate.

Notes:

George Psicha, Ralli and Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant and George Panteleon Psicha, 27, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant, were investors in The Commercial Bank Of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1877).

George Psicha was partners with Constantine Michael Ralli, Theodore Michael Ralli, Antonio Michael Raili, Stephen Psicha, Theseus Psicha and Hector Psicha in Ralli and Psicha, Liverpool and as Antonio M. Ralli, General Merchants, Alexandria, Egypt until he and Hector retired 8 May 1871 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1871). Stephen Psicha left the firm 31 Oct 1872 (London Gazette 25 Dec 1877).

Georges Georges Psicha, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, gentleman, invested in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873).

G. P. Psicha and Co. 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).

George married Catherine Pateraki. Catherine was born about 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antonios married Loula (Alexander) Ralli. Loula was born in 1755; died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Is his birth date correct? He is too young to have had children at the dates given...(Christopher Long)

1815 Vienna City directory lists Negroponte Angerinos and Company.

Birth:
Is his birth date correct? He is too young to have had children at the dates given...(C. Long)

Constantine married Arghyro [Negroponte]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]