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Etienne (Petros) Schilizzi[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1830 - 1886  (55 years)


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  • Name Etienne (Petros) Schilizzi 
    Birth 26 Dec 1830  rue Senac 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Signatory witnesses to his birth included his uncle, Auguste Ralli, 34, merchant, allees des Capucines 16, and Andreas Nicolas Argenti.
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Jun 1886  boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Personal estate valued at £223,486 11s 4d, administered 12 Jan 1887 by Stephen Augustus Ralli & Alexander Anthony Vlasto, both of 25 Finsbury Circus, London, esq. and executors. See, The Times (London) 29 Jan 1887. [5]
    • "He left £400 to the Athens Hospital Evangelismos, for two beds--one in the name of his wife and the other in his own name; £300 each to the Scio [Chios] Hospital, the Scio Public School, and the Athens Syllogus for the Propagation of Greek Letters; £200 to the Educational and Philanthropical Brotherhood of Constantinople, all free of duty; his residence, Park Point, with the furniture, plate, pictures, statuary, works of art, articles of vertu, musical instruments, and effects, to his wife...£80,000, upon trust, for his wife, for life, with an absolute power of appointment over £5,000, and subject thereto as to five-thirtieths thereof each for his sons Peter and Michel; and his daughters Marigo and Harriette; seven-thirtieths for his son Emannel; and three-thirtieths for his granddaughter Chariclea; £32,500 to his son Emanuel; £25,500 to his son Michel; £22,500 to his daughter Harriette; £15,000 each to his son Peter and his daughter Marigo; and £10,000 to his granddaughter Chariclea; and legacies to domestic servants. As to the residue of his real and personal estate, he gives four twenty-fourths each to his sons Peter and Michel, and his daughters Marigo and arriette; six twenty-fourths to his son Emanuel; and two twenty-fourths to his granddaughter Chariclea." (The Times [London] 29 Jan 1887; The Leeds Mercury 31 Jan 1887 ran the same story but lessened by £500 the bequest to son Michel).
    • English probate says he died at Park Point, Higher Broughton, nr. Manchester, Lancaster. [c.f. French death certificate and burial record].
    Burial 28 Jun 1886  St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cemetery 1886 register midi carré 1, ter grec, no. 6, residence boulevard Longchamp 54.
    Notes 
    • Residence: 1856-57, Holly Road, Liverpool, England; 1863, Lowfield House, Higher Broughton, Manchester, England; 1877-1883, Park Point, 224 Bury New Rd, Higher Broughton, Manchester; -1886, boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, France.
    • Occupation: Merchant. 1863, with E. Ralli; 1877-1883, with Ralli Bros, 37 Peter St, Manchester. He subscribed to the Manchester Royal Exchange, 1882-83.
    • He was a witness at the Maria Agelasto – Alexandre Grimanelli wedding.
    • Origin: Chios.
    • The 1851 England Census reports for 25 Finsbury Circus, London: Stephen Schilizzi, 20, unmarried, an agent/merchant, born Marseille, France, nephew [no uncle is listed, but Ambrose Ralli, 24; Nicoli Mavrogordato (possibly Nicolas [Matheos] Mavrogordato, 21; and John Mavrogordato, 36; were next door)].
    • The 1871 England Census reports that the Schilizzi household at Park Point, Salford (nr Manchester), Lancashire, was headed by Peter, 83, India merchant and included wife Marigo, 65, both born Chios; son Stephen, 40, Indian merchant, born France; granddaughters A. [Argyri], 13; Marigo, 10; and Henrietta, 2; grandson Manoli, 5, all born Manchester; and eight domestic servants. They lived next to the Coco Scaramanga family.
    • The 1881 England Census reports that the Schilizzi household at "Park Mount", 224 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester included: Peter Schilizzi, 25; Michael Schilizzi, 24, both noted as sons (no head of household), unmarried, East India merchants, born Liverpool; Harrietta, 13, scholar, born Manchester; and five servants.
    • He was a signatory witness to the Marseille 25 Apr 1870 marriage of Antonio Vouro & Marie Ralli.
    • Etienne Schilizzi was among the six Greeks born in Marseille between 1821-1830 who declared their intention to become French citizens the year following their reaching majority age. The others included Pandia Agelasto Leonidas Argenti, Demetrius Petrocochino, Pierre Rodocanachi, Aristide Dromacaiti, Etienne Ralli, Meandre Zizinia, Eustratius Petrocochino, and Laurent Dromocaiti (Echinard).
    • S. Skyliatsi is listed as a member of the Greek community of Manchester in 1876. [6]
    • Stephanos Skylitzi gave 3 silver-plated oil lamps to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1873. [7]
    • St. Skylitsi gave an icon of St. Mary to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1860-1863. [6]
    Person ID I61  Agelasto
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2021 

    Father Petros (Emmanuel) Schilizzi,   b. Abt 1791, Chios, Greece Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Apr 1877, boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Marigo (Stephanos) Ralli,   b. 1806   d. 22 Mar 1891, boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage
    • This union is cited in a list of 13 marriage alliances that connected the Rallis with the founders of other Chiot firms in Calcutta. [8]
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Despina Theano (Michael) Agelasto,   b. 06 Dec 1835, allées de Meilhan 45, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jul 1932, Avenue de la Grand Armee 22, Paris 17ème, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1854  Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Peter (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 18 Nov 1855, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 1897, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     2. Michael (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 17 Nov 1856, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1934, Hotel Lord Byron, rue Lord Byron, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +3. Argyri (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 24 Oct 1857, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1883, Park Point, Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     4. Marigo (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 24 Oct 1857, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1858, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Marigo (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 01 Nov 1860, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Sep 1940, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +6. Emmanuel (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 15 Jun 1865, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jun 1930, Avenue de la Grand Armee 22, Paris 17ème, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     7. Aryieta (Stephen) Schilizzi,   b. 08 Oct 1867, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1893, avenue de l'Alma 11bis, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Dec 1830 - rue Senac 35, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Aug 1854 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jun 1886 - boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Jun 1886 - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Stephanos Skylitsis (1830 - 1886)
    Stephanos Skylitsis (1830 - 1886)
    From the website: Greek and linked European Families
    boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, France
    boulevard Longchamp 54, Marseille, France
    After they moved from Manchester around 1866, Athena and Steven C. Agelasto lived here, presumably with all their children. Then at least from 1870-1891, the residence housed his 4th cousin, Despina Agelasto, and her husband Etienne Schilizzi, along with his parents, who both lived out their lives here; photo 2009.
    rue Sénac, Marseille, France
    rue Sénac, Marseille, France
    Petros and Marigo Schilizzi lived at number 35, where their son Etienne was born in 1830; web photo, 2009.
    rue Sénac 31, Marseille, France
    rue Sénac 31, Marseille, France
    Number 31 is the far left dwelling; photo 2009.
    1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England
    1839 Map of Finsbury Circus, London, England
    Many Greek merchants traded from here. Stephen Schilizzi lived at 25 Finsbury Circus (1851)
    220-226 Bury New Road, Salford, Lancashire
    220-226 Bury New Road, Salford, Lancashire
    photo 2009; 'Park Mount', at 224 Bury New Road in 1881, was home to various members of the Stephen Schilizzi family, some of whom also resided in Marseille.
    37 Peter St, Manchester, England
    37 Peter St, Manchester, England
    Photo 2015; the offices of Ralli Bros., Manchester; P. S. Schilizzi worked there, 1882-83; also, M. Schilizzi, 1882-83; Stephen P. Schilizzi, 1877-1883; Alexander Alexandroff, 1879-95; and George C. Scaramanga, 1879; J. A. Cronopulo (1911).

    Documents
    Michel Petrocochino's funeral announcement
    Michel Petrocochino's funeral announcement
    His and his wife's names were included in Michel Petrocochino's funeral announcement along with those of other members of the ex-pat Chiot families living in Marseille
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Etienne Schilizzi birth certificate
    Etienne Schilizzi birth certificate
    Etienne Schilizzi death certificate
    Etienne Schilizzi death certificate
    Stephen Peter Schilizzi 1887 Probate
    Stephen Peter Schilizzi 1887 Probate
    Ralli Bros Manchester
    Ralli Bros Manchester
    company label

    Headstones
    Etienne Schilizzi, Schilizzi tomb St Pierre Cemetery, Marseille.
    Etienne Schilizzi, Schilizzi tomb St Pierre Cemetery, Marseille.

  • Sources 
    1. [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press).
      Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 61.

    2. [S22] Pierre Echinard, Grecs et Philhellènes à Marseille, (Marseille: l'Institut Historique de Provence, 1973), 276.

    3. [S130] 1881 England Census.

    4. [S141] 1851 U.K. Census.

    5. [S107] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.

    6. [S70] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3).

    7. [S70] Sophocles Chr. Andreades, A Personal History of the Greek Community of Manchester and Its Church, 1843-1900., (Manchester, 2000, ISBN 0-9504097-2-3), 48.

    8. [S62] Paul Byron Norris, Ulysses in the Raj, (BACSA, 1992; ISBN 0907799469), 123.



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