Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari^[1]

1817 - 1885  (68 years)

• Name	Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari
  Birth	1817	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Feb 1885	cours Pierre Puget 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  Burial	22 Feb 1885	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  	Cemetery 1885 register line entry 1305 midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 5, residence cours Pierre Puget 55.
  Notes	Occupation: merchant Residence: Marseille, France: 1850-56, allees des Capucines 20; 1868, cours Boneparte 45; 1872, cours Pierre Puget 43; 1884, cours Pierre Puget 35. He co-signed the birth certificates of Arghyro (Ambrose) Sechiari and Marie (Pericles) Zarifi. He signed the death certificate of Vierou (Leonidas) Argenti. According to the 1856 Marseille census he, his wife and their first children, Arghyro, 5; Fanny, 3; and Paraskeva (2 months old) were living at allees des Capucines 20, along with: his mother-in-law Fanny Mavrogordato, property-owner, widow, 55 [Emmanuel Paul Rodocanachi (1789-1855) was her late husband]; Alexandra Petrocochino, widow, 85 [Fanny's mother, Theodore (Matthew) Mavrogordato was her late husband]; Marie Ralli [Fanny's daughter-in-law, wife of Pierre Emmanual Rodocanachi]; and four domestic servants. He was among the signatory witnesses to the Emmanuel Rodocanachi - Marie Rodocanachi 1869 wedding in Marseille. French naturalization (see particulars) [2] Theodore Sechiari participated in Marseille's Greek church deliberations in 1876 (Calapodis). [3]
  Person ID	I1333	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari,   b. 1766   d. 27 Aug 1841, allées de Meilhan 80, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Arghyro (George) Ralli,   b. 1775, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 23 Sep 1863, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 88 years)
  Notes	Another son may be Georges (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1803-1884).
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi,   b. 02 Jul 1830, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 14 Mar 1909, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	01 Sep 1849	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  Notes	Witnesses included Etienne Rodocanachi, 55, merchant, groom's uncle, allees de Meilhan 24; Theo Rodocanachi, 32, merchant, brother of bride, Boulevard Dugommier, n. -; Georges Sechiari, 45, groom's brother, merchant, allees de Meilhan 4; Ambrose Sechiari, 33, merchant, Boulevard Dugommier 5.
  Children	+ 1. Fanny (Theodore) Sechiari,   b. 08 Feb 1854, allées des Capucines 20, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 18 Nov 1920, London, England UK (Age 66 years)
  Documents		Sechiari - Rodocanachi 1849 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille
  		Sechiari - Rodocanachi 1849 marriage Marseille, France
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1817 - Chios, Greece Marriage - 01 Sep 1849 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 20 Feb 1885 - cours Pierre Puget 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Burial - 22 Feb 1885 - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		cours Pierre Puget 35, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		cours Pierre Puget 35, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		allées Léon Gambetta 20, Marseille, France Theodore and Marie Sechiari lived at 'allees des Capucines 20' where Fanny was born in 1854; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.

  
  

  Documents		Theodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari death certificate
  		Theodore Sechiari French Naturalization Source: BAS NET searchable database

  
  

  Headstones		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Paraskeva Augustus Sechiari, his wife Arghyri Paraskevas Sechiari; Theodore Paraskeva & Maria Sechiari; Maria George Sechiari; cemetery records suggest Ambrose and Penelope Sechiari are also here.
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Theodore Paraskeva Sechiari & Maria Th. Sechiari

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] 1856 Marseille Census. [S77] BAS NET. [S87] Michel Calapodis, Les Grecs a Marseille: Minorité ethnique ou nation en diaspora?, (Paris, L’Harmattan. 2012), 177, ISBN : 978-2-296-56823-5.