Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1849 - 1927  (78 years)


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  • Name Semira (Emmanuel) Franghiadi 
    Born 29 May 1849  London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 27 Oct 1849  Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • God-parents: N. M. Mavrogordato. [5]
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Jun 1927  Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Her estate was administered by Demetrius John Cassavetti, of 7-11 Moorgate, London, E.G. 2, England (London Gazette 21 Oct 1927).
    • Death certificate for this date not found in central Athens Vital Statistics Bureau (2011).
    Notes 
    • May have moved to Athens shortly after the bankruptcy of her father's London firm.
    • Residence: at DOD 34 Academy Street, Athens, Greece (London Gazette 21 Oct 1927).
    • The 1881 British Census reports that the family living at Claremont Villas, Bury New Road, Broughton, Salford, Lancs. included: Stephen E. Petrocochino, head, 41, East Indian merchant, born Smyrna; his wife Semira S., 31, born London; children Manoli S., 7; Alexander S., 6, Marigo S., 5, all born Calcutta; Demetrius S., 2, born Ilford, England; Matthew D., nephew, 18, born Liverpool; and 4 servants.
    • 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.
    • 1871 England census: Ilford Hall, Barking, Ilford, Essex, household headed by Constance Franghiadi, 42, married, merchant's wife; daughters Semira, 21 and Julia, 18, all b. London; Mary, 8; son Emanuel, 6, both b. Ilford; & 3 servants.
    Person ID I1594  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2021 

    Father Emmanuel George (Zorzis) Franghiadi,   b. 23 Nov 1813, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1891, Piraeus, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Marigo (Michael) Rodocanachi,   b. 13 Jan 1821, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1856, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 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. [6]
    • "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.
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen (Emmanuel) Petrocochino,   b. 28 Dec 1840, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1912, Athens, Attica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1871  Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Witnesses: E. Em. Petrocochino and Despina D. Petrocochino; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 84. [7]
    • Marriage notice appeared in The Pall Mall Gazette (London) 14 Aug 1871.
    Children 
     1. Emmanuel (Stephen) Petrocochino,   b. 27 Jul 1873, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1929, rue Sainte Anne 11 bis , Paris 1er, Īle-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Alexander (Stephen) Petrocochino,   b. 11 Aug 1874, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Nov 1942, The Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +3. Maria (Stephen) Petrocochino,   b. 01 Aug 1875, Calcutta, Bengal, British India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1945, Hildasime Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Dimitrios (Stephen) Petrocochino,   b. 17 Apr 1878, Ilford, Essex, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1942, Hildasime Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2010 
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 May 1849 - London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 27 Oct 1849 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Aug 1871 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jun 1927 - Athens, Attica, Greece Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    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.
    The Stephen Petrokokkinos Family
    The Stephen Petrokokkinos Family
    including his wife Semira Frangiadi and their children Dimitrios, Manolis, Alexander and Maria; photo courtesy Greek and Linked European Families website.

    Documents
    Semina Stephen Petrocochino 1927 Probate
    Semina Stephen Petrocochino 1927 Probate

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.

    2. [S128] 1861 England Census.

    3. [S127] 1871 England Census.

    4. [S126] 1881 England Census.

    5. [S68] The Greek Gazette, Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, (London, England), 8, Mar 1974.
      Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 9 Finsbury Circus, City of London.

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

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