Matthew (Zannis) Calvocoressi

1799 - 1891  (91 years)

• Name	Matthew (Zannis) Calvocoressi
  Birth	10 Apr 1799	Chios, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	05 Mar 1891	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  Notes	Occupation: Merchant of Chios According to David Calvocoressi and his father Peter, Matthew was briefly taken into slavery and was either redeemed or escaped following the Massacres of Chios. Argenti records his mother as Angerou (no surname). According to Matthew, recorded by his grandson Pantias (John) Calvocoressi some 60 years later, Matthew was about 15 years old in 1822 and referred to a half-brother Pandely and younger siblings: Mavroudi, Zambelou, Zorzis and Argentou. He, his son Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and Ambrose Paul Rodocanachi traded as merchants, at 95 Bishopsgate Street, London, as L. Rodocanachi and Co.; and at Constantinople, as M. Z. Calvocoressi, until dissolved 15 Mar 1885 (London Gazette 2 Jun 1885) He and his sons Leonidas Matthew Calvocoressi and John Matthew Calvocoressi were partners as L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants, Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street. London, until dissolved 1 Jan 1881 (London Gazette 7 Jan 1881). M. Kalvo-doresis is listed among twenty individuals or businesses who met 26 Apr 1843 to write the Constitution of the Greek Community of Manchester. [1]
  Person ID	I529	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	Zannis (Zorzis) Calvocoressi,   b. 1776, Chios, Greece d. 1822, Chios, Greece (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Battou [Calvocoressi]   d. 1853
  Family ID	F869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi,   b. Abt 1820, Chios, Greece d. 13 Apr 1891, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1841	Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: Stephen and Maria S. Franghiadi; Narkissos Morphinos presiding; entry 6. [2]
  Children	1. John (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 19 Nov 1842, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK d. 22 Jun 1843, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK (Age 0 years)   2. Eleni (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 30 Nov 1843 + 3. John (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 28 Aug 1846, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 21 Feb 1919, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (Age 72 years) + 4. Hypatia (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 31 Jul 1848, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. Abt 19 Jul 1875, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 26 years)   5. Leonidas M. (Matthew) Calvocoressi,   b. 19 Aug 1851, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 18 Feb 1930, Grand Hotel d'Angleterre, Athens, Greece (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Apr 1799 - Chios, Greece Marriage - 10 Nov 1841 - Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK Death - 05 Mar 1891 - Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Bishopsgate Street, London, England One of The City's main commercial streets. L. Rodocanachi and Co., Merchants operated from Crosby House, 95 Bishopsgate Street (1881-1885).
  		Crosby Hall, 95 Bishopsgate Street, London
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Crosby Hall

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3). [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Feb 1977, 12. Records of Marriages from the Church of Our Saviour [London]