Stamati (Michael) Agelasto^{[1, 2, 3]}

1827 - 1897  (70 years)

• Name	Stamati (Michael) Agelasto
  Birth	1827	Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  	Birth year approximated by age given on death certificate. Argenti says birth in 1822.
  Gender	Male
  Death	07 May 1897	St Dionysios parish, Athens, Greece
  	DOD from death certificate. Argenti says 20 May 1897.
  Notes	The Istanbul city directory lists a Stamati Agelasto, fabric merchant, 1881-1885, 45-46 Validé Han, Istanbul and an S. Agelasto & Co., merchants, 9G Millet Han, Galata. Residence: 1855-1867 & 1881-1885, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium; until 1897, Athens, Greece/Hellenes Based on the accounting records of St John Church, Georgiadis makes an alphabetical list of Chiot enterprises [of Constantinople] that sponsored the Church in the time from 1843 to 1880. "Stamatios M. Agelastos" is listed. In a document of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, dated 27 April 1871, Stamatios M. Agelastos is mentioned by Georgiadis as member of the Administration Board of the Panaghia Church in Stavrodromion, Constantinople. In a memorandum from a general meeting of the St John community, dated 1 Apr 1865, Georgiadis says that "S. M. Agelastos" is among the community members present. In his book George Zarifi says that Stamati helped finance the university studies of three nephews, the sons of George Nicolopoulos and Athena Psomadis. According to Zarifi the time when George Nicolopoulos sent his 3 sons to his brothers-in-law in Belgium must have been 1862-1864. That means, Stamati Agelasto had already been living there for years and went on living in Belgium, which conflicts with the information we have from Argenti, namely not only that the marriage took place in Constantinople (1855) but also that all his children were born there between 1857 and 1867. In addition, Georgiadis gives us in his book (p.216) the information: In a document of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, dated 27 April 1871, Stamatios M. Agelastos is mentioned as member of the Administration Board of the Panaghia Church in Stavrodromion, Constantinople. From Argenti and Georgiadis I would conclude that Stamati and his family actually never left Constantinople. On the other side, Zarifi knows every family, every house, nearly every stone in Constantinople so I think that the Belgium story cannot be an offspring of his imagination. (George Agelastos) Stamati Agelasto purchased 50% title to a bomb vessel named Maroukò [nickname for 'Maria'] and sailing under Ottoman flag. Price: 150 Ottoman gold pounds. Transaction date: 16 May 1860 (Melachrinoudis). Stamati Michael Agelastos & Esmeralda Agelastos are listed in the Belgium (Antwerp) Police Immigration Index, 1840-1885: file number: 45940, page 4, film number: 2234256, digital folder number: 4331460, image number: 00322. [4]
  Person ID	I62	Agelasto
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Michael (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. Abt 1780, Chios, Greece d. Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
  Mother	Hypatia (Alexander) Sevastopoulos
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine (Ioannis) Psomadis,   b. 1834, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 02 Jul 1875, Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara, Turkey (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	1855	Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey   [5]
  	In his book George Zarifi says "Catherine Psomadis married an Agelasto in Belgium". He might, though, have meant: an Agelasto [who was living and working] in Belgium. That actually leaves the question unanswered--where exactly the marriage took place--but doesn´t make things less confusing. (George Agelastos)
  Children	1. Hypatia (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. 23 Mar 1857, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 24 Oct 1862, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey (Age 5 years) + 2. John (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. 24 Jun 1859, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 24 Jan 1927, 24 Ithakis St, Gerakas, Greater Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 67 years)   3. Esmeralda (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. 11 Jun 1862, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey   4. Dimitri (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. 28 Jul 1867, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 30 Apr 1949, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 81 years) + 5. Michael (Stamati) Agelasto,   b. 26 Feb 1868, Pera, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey d. 13 Dec 1931, Brussels [Bruxelles], Belgium (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F53	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1827 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Marriage - 1855 - Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey Death - 07 May 1897 - St Dionysios parish, Athens, Greece  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Georgios Georgiadis, The Holy Church of St John of the Chiots in Galata (Constantinople, 1898), 216-217.
  		Georgios Georgiadis, The Holy Church of St John of the Chiots in Galata (Constantinople, 1898), 232-233.
  		Georgios Georgiadis, The Holy Church of St John of the Chiots in Galata (Constantinople, 1898), 248-249.
  		The announcement of the 12 Dec 1892 death of Georges Psomadès Monsieur Stamti Agelasto is listed among those making the announcement; photo courtesy Constantine Couclelis.
  		Stamati Agelasto 1860 purchase of 1/2 interest in the Maroukò He was one of three Stamati Agelastos living in Constantinople at the time.
  		Stamati M Agelasto Death Certificate 7 May 1897, Athens, Greece (death announced to the authorities by his son, John Agelasto, 38 years)

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 62. [S15] Georgios Georgiadis, The Holy Church of St John of the Chiots in Galata , (Constantinople, 1898 [in Greek]), 216, 232, 249. [S50] Dimitris Melachrinoudis, Record of Naval Sales from Chios Vessel Registry: 1857-1870, (Chios 2008), 86-87. [S92] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., The Family Search Website. Belgium (Antwerp) Police Immigration Index, 1840-1885: file number: 45940, page 4, film number: 2234256, digital folder number: 4331460, image number: 00322. [S23] George Leonidas Zarifi, My memories - A world gone forever: Constantinople 1800-1920, (George Bonanos, ed.), 2002 [written 1938].