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Emmanuel George (Zorzis) Franghiadi[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1813 - 1891  (77 years)


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  • Name Emmanuel George (Zorzis) Franghiadi 
    Birth 23 Nov 1813  Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Aug 1891  Piraeus, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Athens tombstone reads: born in Chios 1813, died in Piraeus 1890
    • The 1890 register of deaths, Vital Statistics, Piraeus, Greece, lists Emmanuel Franghiadi, p 716.
    Burial First Cemetery, Athens, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Residence, England: 1813-1841 Syros; 1858, 9 Gloucester Square, London; 1871-74, Ilford Hall, Ilford, Essex.
    • Occupation: Merchant. Franghiadi Brothers, merchants, 18 Finsbury circus (1841 city directory)
    • He was a liquidator for the London Bank of Scotland (Limited) (London Gazette 12 Sep 1864).
    • A bankruptcy was jointly declared by two Franghiadi families in London, 1870. Their business operated as merchants, 31 New Broad Street, London, and in Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, Trieste, New York, and New Orleans. In addition to he and his son Stephen, it involved Stephen [Emmanuel] Franghiadi & his son Emanuel Stephen (London Gazette 25 Mar 1870, 13 May 1870, 6 July 1875). A third and fourth dividend paid 1s. 4d. and 10d. in the pound, respectively (London Gazette 13 Aug 1872, 24 July 1874). This involves Emmanuel George Franghiadi, Ilford Hall, Ilford, Essex; Stephen F. of 77 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park and Emmanuel Stephen F of Ilford Hall. [6]
    • Moved to Athens shortly after his bankruptcy (Christopher Long).
    • Emanuel G. Franghiadi was an investor in The Mercantiles and Exchange Bank (Limited) (London Gazette 28 Feb 1866).
    • The 1841 England Census reports the household living at 18 Finsbury Circus, London: Emanuel Franghiadi, 25, Paul Franghiadi 15; Mary Franghiadi, 20, all foreign born; George Franghiadi, 17 months; Michel Franghiadi, 7 months, both born in England.
    • The 1851 England Census reports the household living at 18 Finsbury Circus, London: Emanuel G. Franghiadi, 34, general merchant; wife Mary, 31, both born Chios; children Eliza, 8; Stephen, 5; and Semiranus, 2, all born City of London; and four domestic servants.
    • 8 Jul 1841: Emmanuel Z. Franghiadis, 28, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1830, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.
    • The 1861 England census: 9 Gloucester Square household headed by Emanuel G Franghiadi, 48, merchant, b. Greece; wife Constance, 32; son Stephen, 15; daughters Semira, 11 and Julia, 9; and son Paul, 2, all b. London; & 5 servants.
    • Emanuel George Franghiadi (1813-1891), merchant, is depicted in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, UK: Emanuel George Franghiadi, by Camille Silvy, albumen print, 23 March 1861, NPG Ax52077.
    • Emanuel G. Franghiadi, 40 Broad Street Buildings, London, is listed among the 96 Greek members of the Baltic Exchange 1860-69. At the same address are Emanuel S. Franghiadi and Stephen Franghiadi.
    • London Law case, 1864: Lane v London Bank of Scotland; plaintiffs: Richard Stuart Lane, Horace Edward Chapman and Frederick John Helbert; Defendants: The London Bank of Scotland Ltd, William Walter Cargill, Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay bart, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, George Emanuel Scaramanga, Emanuel George Franghiadi, Eugene Collins, Henry Spicer, William Julius Marshall, John Elin, Hon William Napier liquidator of the said Bank, Nathaniel Hitchin Palmer and Richard Baker. [7]
    • He escaped Chios in 1822 in a barrel hidden aboard a ship, according to his great-grandson Yannis Franghiadi.
    Person ID I1589  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2021 

    Father Zorzis (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 1774, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Zambelou (Constantine) Negroponte   d. 1856 
    Family ID F258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi,   b. 13 Jan 1821, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1856, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1838  Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This union seems unrelated to the large London firm of Rodocanachi & Franghiadi, exporters of grain and coffee, in the 1850s.
    • Witnesses/Sponsors: P.S. Ralli & Stephen Franghiadi; Dionysios Xenakis presiding; entry 2. [8]
    • "A betrothal might cement an existing collaboration between business partners from two different families, as occurred in the case of Emmanouel Frangiades, who married Marigo Rodocannachis, the sister of his buiness partner, in London in 1833 [sic]." Ioanna Pepelasis Minoglou, "Women and Family Capitalism in Greece, c. 1780-1940," Business History Review, v 81, n 3, pp 522-523.
    Children 
    +1. George (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 05 Nov 1839, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1873, South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     2. Michael (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 15 Nov 1840, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Feb 1859, Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    +3. Elizabeth (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 22 Mar 1843, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 May 1933, Crawley Down, Sussex, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +4. Stephen (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 08 May 1845, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1922, 4 Neofytou Vamva St., Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +5. Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 29 May 1849, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1927, Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Julia (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. 25 May 1851, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Paul (Emmanuel) Franghiadi,   b. Abt 1859, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1897, Romford, Essex, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2014 

    Family 2 Constance Clara (John) Harman,   b. 1829, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Apr 1891, Piraeus, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jan 1858  Saint Alfege Parish Church, Greenwich, Kent, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Any children -- Paul (1859-1897), Mary Constance (b. spr 1863-26 Nov 1926), Emmanuel (b. abt 1875) and possibly Michael (1865-1903) -- are not bloodline.
    • An orthodox wedding occurred 8 Jan 1858, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England; Witnesses/Sponsors: Sjpyros Pertesis & Euphrosyne Pertesis; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 37 [8]
    Documents
    Franghiadi - Harman 1858 Marriage
    Franghiadi - Harman 1858 Marriage
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Nov 1813 - Chios, Greece Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Jan 1838 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 02 Jan 1858 - Saint Alfege Parish Church, Greenwich, Kent, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Aug 1891 - Piraeus, Attica, Greece Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - First Cemetery, Athens, Greece Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Emmanuel George Franghiadi
    Emmanuel George Franghiadi
    Emmanuel Zorzi Franghiadi
    Emmanuel Zorzi Franghiadi
    9 Gloucester Square, London, England
    9 Gloucester Square, London, England
    photo 2009; the 1858 address of Emmanuel G and Marigo Franghiadi and family, building subsequently remodeled.
    1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England
    1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England
    Many Greek merchants traded from here. Emmanuel G Franghiadi and his family lived at 18 Finsbury Circus (1841, 1851)
    18 Finsbury Circus, London, England
    18 Finsbury Circus, London, England
    photo 2009; Finsbury Circus rebuilt
    31 New Broad Street, London, England
    31 New Broad Street, London, England
    photo 2009; the Franghiadi family merchant business operated at this address until its 1870 bankruptcy.

    Documents
    West Norwood Cemetery
    West Norwood Cemetery
    Register for plot 5001, purchased originally by Emmanuel George Franghiadi
    London Bank of Scotland liquidation
    London Bank of Scotland liquidation
    14 Dec 1869: John Contostavlos was ordered to pay £600 in the liquidation of the London Bank of Scotland Limited. Liquidators included George Emmanuel Scaramanga, Emmanuel George Franghiadi and Peter Pandia Rodocanachi (C 16/583/L161, National Archives, UK).

    Headstones
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    Sec. 1, site 80; Athens First Cemetery, Athens, Greece: Alexandra Scanavi (1855–1932), John Franghiadi (1878–1956), Maria Franghiadi (1889–1962), Pauline Franghiadi (1887–1967), George Franghiadi (1880–1970), Eustratios Franghiadi (1881–1972), Stephen Emm. Franghiadi (d. 24 May 2003), Calliope Franghiadi (1883–1978), Helen Franghiadi (1893–1982), Constantine Franghiadi (1924–1984), Calliope Franghiadi (1912–1987), Teresa Scanavi (1898–1990), Danae Franghiadi (1935–1994), Stephen Franghiadi (1928–1997), Michael Emm. Franghiadi (1841-1859), Emmanuel George Franghiadi (1813-1890), Constantia Clara Franghiadi (- 1891), Stephen Emm. Franghiadi (1845-1922), Despina S. Franghiadi (1854-1943).
    Emmanuel George Franghiadi Family Tomb
    Emmanuel George Franghiadi Family Tomb
    (detail) Sec. 1, site 80; Athens First Cemetery, Athens, Greece; Family grave of EMMANUEL GEORGE FRANGHIADI (1813, Chios- 1890, Piraeus), Constantia Clara Franghiadi (-1891, Piraeus), Stephen Emm. Franghiadi (London, 8 May 1845-Athens, 31 Dec 1922), Despina S. Franghiadi (Rostow, 1854-Athens, 1943)
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    (detail) Sec. 1, site 80; Athens First Cemetery, Athens, Greece
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    Franghiadi Family Tomb
    (detail) Sec. 1, site 80; Athens First Cemetery, Athens, Greece

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros).
      #3874 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance

    2. [S109] National Portrait Gallery, London UK.

    3. [S136] 1841 U.K. Census.

    4. [S137] 1851 U.K. Census.

    5. [S128] 1861 England Census.

    6. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Dec 1977, 28.
      Records of Bankruptcy 1851-1900

    7. [S73] UK National Archives.
      C 16/217/L128

    8. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Feb 1977, 12.
      Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]



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