1846 - 1934 (88 years)
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Name |
Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato |
Born |
05 Jan 1846 |
Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece |
- The 1910 census gives her birth date as Jan 1847.
- Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given) [2]
- 14 Nov 1846, according to death certificate.
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Gender |
Female |
Died |
01 Sep 1934 |
4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA |
- Cause of death: Chalupatoaes
- 2 Sep 1934, according to death certificate.
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Buried |
02 Sep 1934 |
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
- Elmwood Cemetery record: AGELASTO, POLYXENE I28118 Section ELM, Block 7TH A E, Lot 15, Space 9 0 09/02/1934
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Notes |
- Residence: 1870, New Orleans presumably, but she is not listed with her 4-year-old son, who lived in a household headed by Ernilien Gallasta, 42, cotton broker, and her nephew Demosthenes (Aristides) Pateraki; 1880, Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin; 1900-1913, 54 York St., Norfolk, Va.; 1913-1917, 426 W York; 1918-1923, 800 Armistead Bridge Rd; 1923, Apt 206 Carenstead Court ; 1930, Hague Apts., Norfolk, Va.
- Her sister Victoria is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.
- Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Agelasto, of Norfolk, stayed at the Rennert (Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan 1906).
- 1930 US federal census: Hague Apartments, 617 Fairfax Avneue, Olney Road, Norfolk, Va. household headed by Michael Agelasto, renter, 58, single, b. Greece, parents b. Greece, arrived USA 1880, naturalized, manager cotton mill; mother Pauline [sic], 77, widow, 20 y.o. at marriage; naturalized, arrived USA 1977; Alexandria [sic], nephew, 25, single, b. Virginia, father b. India, mother b. Virginia, lawyer.
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Person ID |
I85 |
Agelasto |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2018 |
Father |
Alexander (Michael) Mavrogordato, b. 1816, Chios, Greece , d. 29 Apr 1876, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 60 years) |
Mother |
Polunia (Pandias) Ralli, b. 1819, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece , d. 17 Feb 1857, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece (Age 38 years) |
Family ID |
F175 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Alexander (Michel) Agelasto, b. 10 Sep 1833, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece , d. 01 Dec 1906, 54 York St., Norfolk, Virginia USA (Age 73 years) |
Married |
02 Feb 1866 |
Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece |
- At 6 pm, in Alexander Mavrogordato´s domicile. Date from registered marriage certificate. Argenti says 08 Nov 1865.
- Ceremony was performed by Father Ioannis Lagogiannis, priest at the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour Christ.
- Marriage Contract: Syros, Greece, 9 Feb/28 Jan 1866 (Roman/Greek calendar).
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Children |
+ | 1. Peter Alexander (Alexander) Agelasto, b. 23 Feb 1867, Malabar Hill, Bombay, British India , d. 06 Nov 1939, Warren, North Carolina USA (Age 72 years) |
| 2. Michael (Alexander) Agelasto, b. 10 Mar 1869, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece , d. 20 Sep 1949, Norfolk, Virginia USA (Age 80 years) |
| 3. Alexander Alexander [Michael] (Alexander) Agelasto, Jr., b. 14 Nov 1870, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 22 May 1947, Alexandria, Virginia USA (Age 76 years) |
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Photos
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 | Polyxene Mavrogordato Agelasto Wedding Gown Presumably made in the 1860s in Syros. This photo is from the Chrysler Museum when the dress was put on display for a private dinner in the galleries in the early 1990s. |
 | The wedding gown worn by Polyxene Mavrogordato.
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 | 353 Botetourt St, Norfolk, Virginia When they first arrived in Norfolk, Va., in 1882, the family lived at 24 Botetourt Street in a cottage on the Selden estate. Today, the house has apparently been renumbered: 353. |
 | Cottage next to Selden House photo 2011 |
 | Selden House, Norfolk, Virginia photo 2011 |
 | 2522 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans (1979) source: Jeff Lamb, Flickr |
 | 2522 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans (2009) source: Infrogmation, Flickr |
Documents |
 | Agelasto-Mavrogordato 1866 marriage
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Last Modified |
7 Jul 2011 |
Family ID |
F64 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S119] Argenti 1955, Philip P. Argenti, (London Oxford University Press).
Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 85.
- [S39] Greek State Archives (Syros).
Alphabetical Register of Births/Baptisms in Hermopolis, 1828-1858: 65/14862
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