Theodore (Paul) Rodocanachi^[1]

1797 - 1882  (85 years)

• Name	Theodore (Paul) Rodocanachi
  Birth	1797	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	1882	Odessa, Ukraine
  	His 10-page will, in Russian, which is kept in the State Archive of Odessa, left the bulk of his estate to his surviving son. Kardasis comments: "His displeasure with the first daughter of the family is obvious. Was this an old quarrel? Fear of squandering the inheritance on unsound economic ventures by the family of P. Agelasto and Iphigenia Rodocanachi? According to the letter of the will, Pericles gained most. All the property (plots of land, houses, bills of exchange, bonds, and cash) were bequeathed to him. In this way Theodoros affirmed the traditional concept of transferring the property to the son in order to secure the continuity of the family..." [2]
  Notes	He was in the partnership when Michel Emanuel Rodocanachi, effective 31 Dec 1853, resigned his partnership as Merchants, at Odessa, St. Petersburgh, Marseille, Leghorn, and Taganrog, under the firm of Rodocanaclii, Sons, and Co., and at Constantinople, under the firm of P. Rodocanachi and Co., with Matteo Mavrogordato [probably Matteo (Zorzis) Mavrogordato], Ambroise P. Mavrogordato, Theodore Pandia Rodocandchi, Paul Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Michele Petrocochino [possibly either Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino or Michael (Dimitrios) Petrocochino], Demetrius N. Petrocochino, Georges M. Mavrogordato, and Pandely Rodocanacchi [probably either Pandia (Miké) Rodocanachi or Pandely (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi]; they all terminated the partnership Rodocanachi, Sons and Co., doing business in London and Liverpool, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co. (London Gazette18 Apr 1854). Effective 31 Mar 1860 Stephen Paul Rodocanachi, Theodore Pandia Rodocanachi, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi, Theodore Matteo Mavrogordato, Ambrosio Mavrogordato, and Constantine N. Mavrogordato quit the several partnerships as Merchants, operating at St. Petersburgh, under presumably his firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at Liverpool and New York, under the firm of Peter Pandia Rodocanachi; and at Constantinople, under the firm of Paul [Saul Emmanuel] Rodocanachi and Co; at Paris, under the firm of Peter [Emmanuel] Rodocanachi; at Odessa and Taganrog, under presumably his firm of Theodore Paul Rodocanachi; at London and Leghorn, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co.; and at Marseilles, under the firm of Paul [Emmanuel] and Theodore [Emmanuel] Rodocanachi. Partners who signed the legal statement in addition to those mentioned above included M. E. Rodocanachi, D. N. Petrocochino, Th. Rodocanachi, Georges M. Mavrogordato and Pandely Rodocanachi. (London Gazette 3 July 1860). John Theodore Rodocanachi, 43 Palmerston Buildings, London; Pandia Rodocanachi, Alexandria; Theodore Rodocanachi, Marseille; and Theodore Paul Rodocanachi, Odessa, all merchants, were investors in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). Th.P. Rodocanachi was partners with P.P. Rodocanachi, John F. Paspatti, Pandely A. Mavrogordato, M.E. Rodocanachi, C.N. Mavrogordato, E. Ckarilaos, A. Mavrogordato, and Theod. Mavrogordato as merhants, at London under the firm of P.P. Rodocanachi and Co.; at St. Petersburg under the firm of Th.P. Rodocanachi and Co.; at Odessa and Nicolaief under the firm of Th. Mavrogordato and Co.; at Rostoff under the firm of C. N. Mavrogordato; and at Marseilles under the firm of M.E. Rodocanachi and Co. (London Gazette 6 Jan 1874). He is also on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree as is his nephew Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi. Th.P. Rodocandchi was in various partnerships with M.E. Rodocanachi and Constantine Theodore Rulli (sic) at London, Marseilles, Leghorn, Odessa, and Taganrog, under the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons, and Co.; and at Constantinople under the firm of P. Rodocanachi and Co. until the latter left them at the end of 1849 (London Gazette 1 Jan 1850). Th. Rodocanachi served as the General Consul of Tuscany in Odessa, 1830s-1860s (Harlaftis, A History of Greek-owned Shipping, p. 56). Residence: -1819, Greece; 1819-, Odessa, Russia; 1869, bd Longchamp 20, Marseille, France. Kardasis says about Theodore: The youngest male of nine children, seeing his prospects limited, at age 22 he settled in Odessa. [3] Trade volume in rubles among Odessa merchants, 1833: Th. Rodocanachi ranked #3: 427,351 imports & 379,111 exports; 1834, #2: 403,053 imports & 198,987 exports. [4]
  Person ID	I344	Agelasto
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2010

  
  

  Family	Oriettou (Toumazis) Galati,   b. 1806, Chios, Greece d. 1887, Odessa, Ukraine (Age 81 years)
  Notes	The Galatti-Rodocanachi alliance strengthened with this marriage. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Iphigenia (Theodore) Rodocanachi,   b. 31 May 1834, Odessa, Ukraine d. 26 Jul 1895, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2011

  
  

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  Birth - 1797 - Chios, Greece Death - 1882 - Odessa, Ukraine  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Theodoros Rodocanachis (1797 - 1882) From the website: Greek and linked European Families

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Gelina Harlaftis, Manos Haritatos, Helen Beneki, Ploto: Greek Shipowners from the Late 18th Century to the Eve of World War II, (Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive, Athens, Greece 2003 ISBN 960-201-165-3), 230. [S27] Vasiles A. Kardases, Diaspora Merchants in the Black Sea, (Lexington Books, 2001), 158,176. [S27] Vasiles A. Kardases, Diaspora Merchants in the Black Sea, (Lexington Books, 2001), 156, 176. [S27] Vasiles A. Kardases, Diaspora Merchants in the Black Sea, (Lexington Books, 2001), 183,184. [S99] Michel Calapodis, LA COMMUNAUTÉ GRECQUE À MARSEILLE, (L'Harmattan (link)), 205, note 535.