Sophia (George) Zarifi^{[1, 2]}

1848 - 1923  (75 years)

• Name	Sophia (George) Zarifi
  Birth	24 Mar 1848	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	Death certificate says 2 Apr 1848.
  Gender	Female
  Death	07 Jun 1923	rue de la Faisanderie 106, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France
  	DOD according to cemetery records. Sturdza says 20 Jun 1893. Argenti says 07 Jul 1923. DOD 7 Jun 1923 according to her London probate, to Helen Griguesco. [3] The death notice of Mme Ulysse Negropontes appeared in Le Gaulois, 9 Jun 1923, p. 2.
  Burial	13 Jun 1923	Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100
  	Funeral at the Greek Church, 5 rue Georges-Bizet, Paris, 13 Jun 1923, 10:30 a.m.
  Notes	Residence: at DOD, 106 rue de la Faisanderie, Paris. NÉGROPONTE (Mme Ulysse), and (Mlle Hélène), 78 avenue Malakoff, Paris, were friends of the Louvre, 1910. Mme Sophie Negroponte, Mlle Negroponte, M & Mme Georges Negroponte were among the guests attending a reception in the honor of M. Venizelos on his Paris visit Le Gaulois, 17 Jan 1914, p. 2. Mme U. Negroponte gave 1000 francs to the committee for Asia-Minor refugees Le Gaulois [Paris], 8 Jul 1914, p. 2. Mme Ulysse Negroponte, née Zarifi, is among those listed in "La Colonie hellénique de Paris," Le Gaulois [Paris], 2 Nov 1917, p. 2.
  Person ID	I1218	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	29 May 2019

  
  

  Father	George (Ioannis) Zarifi,   b. 06 Sep 1807, Mega Revma, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 06 Apr 1884, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Eleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo,   b. 07 Jul 1817, Tzoubali, Phanar, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 18 May 1910, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ulysses (Zannis) Negroponte,   b. 19 Nov 1832, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 23 Mar 1914, Avenue Victor Hugo 67, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	02 Jan 1864	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	Sturdza says 1869. [4]
  Children	+ 1. Catherine (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 21 Dec 1869, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 24 May 1926, rue de la Faisanderie 92, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 56 years) + 2. George (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 08 Nov 1871, Galatz/Galati, Romania d. 05 Jan 1945, Bucharest, Romania (Age 73 years)   3. John (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 05 Mar 1874, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. Aft 1903 (Age 29 years)   4. Theodore (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 07 Dec 1875, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 15 Feb 1878, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 2 years) + 5. Eleni (Ulysses) Negroponte,   b. 23 Mar 1881, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 28 Dec 1953, Bucharest, Romania (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Mar 1848 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Marriage - 02 Jan 1864 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey Death - 07 Jun 1923 - rue de la Faisanderie 106, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France Burial - 13 Jun 1923 - Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine Paris 92100  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Sophie Negropontes 1923 probate
  		1908 Paris directory listing for Negroponte Paris-mondain. Annuaire du grand monde parisien et de la colonie étrangère, p 250
  		Mme Ulysse Negropontes death notice in Le Temps [Paris], 10 Jun 1923, p. 4
  		Mme Ulysse Negropontes funeral notice in Le Temps [Paris], 13 Jun 1923, p. 4
  		Death certificate of Sophie Zarifi 07 june 1923, Paris

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine (Paris) 92100 other photos
  		Negropontes Family Tomb Ancien cimetière de Boulogne-sur-Seine, Val de Seine, France (2014); Carré 5 Rang, Tombe 261
  		Negropontes Family Tomb detail
  		Ulysse Negropontes tomb
  		Ulysse Negropontes tomb No inscriptions, but likely Ulysses Negropontes and his wife Sophia Zarifi. Probably not their children though, all of whom seem to have settled outside France, principally in Romania.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Negroponte family tree, number 175. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 364. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 153.