George (Pandely) Psycha^[1]

1836 - 1889  (52 years)

• Name	George (Pandely) Psycha
  	or Psicha, Psikas.
  Birth	03 Nov 1836	Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Apr 1889	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Notes	1871 England census: 38 Beech St., West Derby, Lancashire household headed by George P. Psicha, 34, Egyptian cotton merchant, b. Smyrna; wife Zemplia, 20, b. Syros; daughter Julia, 1, b. Liverpool; & 3 servants. George Psicha, Ralli and Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant and George Panteleon Psicha, 27, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant, were investors in The Commercial Bank Of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 28 Feb 1877). Georges Pantaleone Psicha, Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, merchant, invested in the Bank of Alexandria Limited (London Gazette 27 Feb 1873). George Pandely Psicha was partners with Constantine Michel Salvago and Pandely Michel Salvago in the firm G. P. Psicha and Co., Merchants, Liverpool, and at Alexandria, as M. C. Salvago and Fils until he retired 1 June 1881 (London Gazette 10 June 1881). C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879). G.P. Psicha contributed £100 to The Chio Earthquake Relief Fund (Liverpool Mercury 20 Apr 1881). George Psicha contributed £2 2s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871). Merchant, Marseille (1869) Residence: 1874, Allees des Capucines 28, Marseille, France. Geo. Psicha attended the Sep 1897 Liverpool funeral of Ambrose Anthony Vlasto (Liverpool Mercury, 28 Sep 1897). Ralli & Psicha was among the two dozen Liverpool merchant enterprises which signed a letter stating how they would deal with, as importers of Egyptian cotton, regulations concerning bagging that put "unnecessary burden on the trade" (Manchester Guardian, 29 Jul 1870, p 2). George Pant. Psycha, 59, b. Ermoupolis, married, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 17 Jan 1896, presumably at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros (or perhaps in Athens). [2] Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1868-1870: George Psicha, Cretan House, Oakhill Park, Broad Green Road (abode); 13 & 14 Brunswick Buildings, 7 Brunswick Street (counting house).
  Person ID	I959	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Pandely George Psycha,   b. Abt 1801, Chios, Greece d. Bef 1869, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Loula (Michalis) Ralli,   b. 1818, Chios, Greece d. 12 Jun 1889, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1831	Chios, Greece
  Family ID	F405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Zenobie (Michel) Salvago,   b. 15 Apr 1851, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 05 Jul 1918, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1869	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Signatory wedding witnesses included Auguste Salvago, 36, merchant, allees des Capucines 2; Demetrios Nicolopulo, 45, merchant, Boulevard LongChamp 72; Hector Psicha, 35, merchant, Boulevard Longchamp 48; and Antoine Rall[i], 56, merchant, Boulevard Longchamp 22. Information on the offspring provided by Richard Anthony Ralli.
  Children	1. Ioulia (George) Psycha,   b. Abt 1870, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 1950 (Age 80 years)   2. Julia (George) Psycha,   b. 17 Mar 1872, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 04 Feb 1946, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 73 years)   3. Pantelis (George) Psycha,   b. 17 Mar 1874, allées des Capucines 28, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 09 Oct 1924, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 50 years)
  Documents		George (Panteleon) Psikas and Zenovie (Michel) Salvago Marriage Certificate
  		Psikas - Salvago 1869 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille, France
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 03 Nov 1836 - Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey Marriage - 20 May 1869 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Death - 01 Apr 1889 - Paris, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		allées Léon Gambetta 28, Marseille, France George and Zenobie Psycha lived at 'allées de Meilhan 28,' when their son Pantelis was born in 1874; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
  		Beech Street, Sefton Park, Liverpool George P. Psichia lived with his wife Zenobia and daughter Julia in 1871 at 38 Beech Street, Sefton Park, Liverpool; The even numbered addresses (left in photo) are now a park and industrial buildings; photo 2009.
  		7 Brunswick Street West (at Castle), Liverpool, England photo 2009; approximate location of the Brunswick Buildings, the first purpose-built office block in Britain (1841). "A speculative development, Brunswick Buildings off Castle Street (1840s, now demolished) pioneered a new direction for this 'display': a lavish Italian Renaissance palazzo style redolent of Renaissance merchant princes, which not surprising found great favour in Liverpool's business community." (Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, p 68). Georges Pantaleone Psicha was officed in the Brunswick Buildings (1873)

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] 1871 England Census. [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros).