Maria (Stephanos) Agelasto

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Residence: 1866-1870, boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, France; 1878, Manchester, England; at DOD 5 rue Zalacosta, Athens.

Christened:
At home; entry: 162(30)/047; God-parents: Stephen P. Schilizzi; priest: Vasilios Moros, Presbyter: M. Oeconomos.

Birth:
Death certificate lists her birth place as Chios

Died:
Died in an Athens hospital.

Maria married Stephen (Dimitri) Syrioti on 22 Aug 1880 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Stephen (son of Dimitri Syrioti) was born on 03 May 1844 in Chios, Greece; died on 04 May 1904 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. daughter (Stephen) Syrioti was born on 06 May 1881 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India .

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Residence: Constantinople bef 1857; 1857 Syros; 1860, 1861, 1863, 1871, 1 Belmont Terrace, Salford, Manchester, England. 1866, 54 Boulevard Longchamp, Marseille, a businessman, at the time of his daughter Julia’s birth. 1876: Kersal Mount, 4 Vine St, Broughton [listed as both Higher and Lower].

Occupation: Mediterranean shipping merchant. 1862, 1863, S.C. Agelasto; 1867, 36 Cooper Street, Manchester; 1 Jan 1870, S.C. Agelasto operated with Stephen C Agelasto in Manchester, John A. Ralli in London and George Rizo & H Stazati Psycha in Calcutta; 1876, merchant with A. Agelasto & Co.; 1877-78, with Agelasto & Co., merchants, 63 George St., Manchester (company listing 1883, 1886, 1895). After Stephen Cosi's death the 1903 city directory lists Agelasto & Co, 63 George St., Manchester, "East Indies, all kinds of cotton goods." Also in Manchester the same year, there was a similar business with a slightly different name: A Agelasto & Co, run by John Emmanuel Agelasto, Aubonne House, 491 Bury New Road. Agelasto & Co. was still in business in 1909-1911, at 78 George St., Manchester, its directory listing including "East Indies, grey & white cotton goods."


Naturalization: Stephen Cosi Agelasto took British citizenship on 27 Oct 1864. He said on his Oct 1864 application for naturalization: "in business in the City of Manchester as a merchant and shipper of Manchester and other manufactured goods to India and other foreign markets." Gives his birth year as 1833 "born of Greek parents and registered as a Greek subject at the Island of Syra in the Archipelago and am now of the age of thirty one years or thereabouts." He affirms he has continually resided in Manchester for the past 4 years, ie, 1860-1864.

In the last quarter of 1860, when several Greek firms in the Levant cotton trade failed, his company's "liabilities are computed at about £60,000, but the liquidation, it is thought, will not be very unfavourable" (Daily News [London] 27 Nov 1860; The Observer, 2 Dec 1860, p 5)." The bankruptcy resulted in the payout to creditors of 14s in the pound (Daily News [London] 8 Dec 1860). He also filed for bankruptcy on 14 Aug 1862 in co-partnership with Alexander Matza [Matsas, his father in law) and Ralli Antoniadi (a Constantinople firm of Matza & Antoniadi) - bankruptcy discharged 5 Nov 1862 (London Gazette 19 Aug 1862, copied in North Wales Chronicle 23 Aug 1862; The Times (London) 20 Aug 1862). Had another firm S. C. Agelasto (1862).

His mother was a Ralli. An Agelasto living in Liverpool/Manchester in the mid 19th Century was most likely involved in one of the Ralli companies, Ralli & Agelasto, doing business in Constantinople, Trebizond, Tabriz and Liverpool, 1837-71. See chart in Chapman, p. 156.

He attended secondary school in Marseille, 1849 and had earlier lived in Constantinople.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Agelasto (attired as gentilhomme Polonais & chatelaine du moyen age, respectively), along with Mr. Agelasto (British naval officer) and Miss Agelasto (Smyrna lady), attended a grand fancy dress ball at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall given by S. Georgala, Esq., of the firm of H. Georgala & Co., Greek general merchants (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Dec 1871).

10 Apr 1857: Stephanos K [Constantine], 25, unmarried, born Constantinople, merchant, swore allegiance to the government at town hall, Ermoupolis.

Kersal Mount, Vine Street, Higher Broughton, Manchester, was advertised to be let, "immediate possession...late occupied by T. Agelasto, Esq: contains three entertaining rooms, six bedrooms, servants' rooms, with all needful offices" (Manchester Guardian, 23 Feb 1878).

Stephanos Agelastos gave two chandeliers on each side of the church to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1861.

St. Agelastos is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1869-1870, 1874-1875 & 1875-1876.

UK Naturalisation: Stephen Agelasto, Greece, 27 Oct 1864; certificate 4543

Philanthropy: Stephen Agelasto is listed in 1872 among the donors to the Chios Hospital according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. In 1867 Stephen Agelasto & Son donated 250 Francs to Chios Schools; and Stephen Agelasto gave 500 Francs to the Chios Hospital.

Etienne Agelasto, 34, merchant, boulevard Longchamp 54, was a signatory witness to the 1867 Marseille birth of Eustratio Prassacachi.

Stephanos married Athena (Alexandros) Matsas on 18 Mar 1858 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Athena (daughter of Alexandros Matsas and Marigo Kyrani) was born on 30 Jan 1840 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died on 10 May 1898 in rue de la Sante 29, Paris 13ème, Île-de-France, France; was buried in First Cemetery of Athens, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Philanthropy: Mrs S. C. Agelasto donated money to the Chios Hospital, July 1874, according to published research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Name:
Name is Athena Matza on death certificate.

Buried:
The tombstone reads: Athena S. Agelastos

Died:
DOD from death certificate.

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Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Philanthropy: Cozìs Agelasto bequeathed in 1860 30.000 Grosia to the National Hospital of Heptapyrgion [in Constantinople], 30.000 Gr to the Chios Hospital, 5.000 Gr to the Boys School of Stavrodromion [in Constantinople], 5.000 Gr to the Greek Literature Club [in Constantinople] and other sums to several institutions, in total 100.000 Grosia according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Birth:
birth year according to Argenti

Buried:
Georgiadis lists three Chiot graves in the St Stephen cemetery, one of which is: Cozìs A. Agelastos, 74 years, born in 1791 in Chios, died 1 Oct 1865 in Agios Stephanos [Constantinople], cited by Zolotas who names him: Cozis (or Constantinos) Agelasto.

Cosi married Vierou (Stephanos) Ralli on 22 May 1819 in Chios, Greece. Vierou (daughter of Stephanos (Zannis) Ralli and Loula (Augustus) Sechiari) was born on 30 Dec 1801 in Chios, Greece; died on 17 Sep 1885 in 18 Hyde Park Square, London, England UK; was buried on 22 Sep 1885 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Philanthropy: Vieroù C. Agelasto donated £10 to the Chios Hospital in 1872 according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, she contributed in various years from 1871-1882.

Buried:
burial plot no. 19794

Archimandrite Jerome officiating

Died:
Her will proved and the personalty sworn to £32,000, according to the Bristol Mercury and Daily Post 6 Nov 1885, which calls her Vleron Agelasto, formerly of Constantinople. Probate reported in Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertise, 12 Nov 1885, p 3.

Her executors were Alexander Anthony Vlasto and Stephen Augustus Ralli. She bequeathed real estate to her sons Augustus Agelasto and Stephano Agelasto; other property to son Augustus and nephew Pandeli Ralli, 17 Belgrave Square...[see her Last Will and Testament].

Death notice appeared in the Manchester Times (London) 26 Sep 1885.

Burial register entry 65855. Archimandrite N. Myriatheos officiated.

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Married:
This union is cited in a list of 13 marriage alliances that connected the Rallis with the founders of other Chiot firms in Calcutta.

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He filed for bankruptcy on 14 Aug 1862 in co-partnership with Stephanos Cosis Agelasto [his son-in-law) and Ralli Antoniadi (a Constantinople firm of Matza & Antoniadi) - bankruptcy discharged 5 Nov 1862 (London Gazette 19 Aug 1862, copied in North Wales Chronicle 23 Aug 1862; The Times (London) 20 Aug 1862).

Name:
Name is Alexandre Matza on his daughter's death certificate.

Alexandros married Marigo Kyrani. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Name is Marigo Kyriani on her daughter's death certificate.

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The original owner of St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Name:
or Augustinus

Augustis married Angeliki (Zannis) NegroponteChios, Greece. Angeliki (daughter of Zannis (Ambrosios) Negroponte) was born about 1760 in Chios, Greece; died in 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her details and ancestry are found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

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Married:
The ten year gap between the two three-child groups and the absence of female births is not explained.

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Three children of Stephanos Zannis Ralli & Julia Sechiari -- Vierou, Marigo and Eustratios -- are on the Agelasto and the Negroponte-Agelasto tree, respectively.

Occupation: merchant, Marseille.

Mentioned by Contopoulos.

Stephen Zannis Ralli operated from Livorno with alliances with other Ralli branches "qui ouvrit après 1805 un etablissement à Livourne pour contourner les difficultés liées au blocus continental affectant son commerce du blé avec la Russie. Anticipant le développement de la place économique londonienne, it va y envoyer sa famille via Marseille, notamment John et Eustratios."

Died:
One of the first entries in the death register of the Greek Orthodox church, Marseille.

Stephanos married Loula (Augustus) Sechiari. Loula was born on 2 Dec 1768 in Chios, Greece; died on 4 Oct 1848 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
This union is cited in a list of 13 marriage alliances that connected the Rallis with the founders of other Chiot firms in Calcutta.