George (Zannis) Coronio

Notes:

According to the eyewitness chevalier Edouard Graziani, recounting in 1922, the first game of bridge was played at Buyukdere, Turkey in August 1873 at the Villa Coronio. The players were himself and "M. Serghiadi, a financier of Romanian origin...M. Georges Coronio, director of the Bank of Constantinople; M. Eustache Eugenidi." Gwen Morgan, "So That's Why...We Play Bridge, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov 1966, p b2. [In fact, the first bridge game in Constantinople, winter 1873, involved English players; see website of Philippe Bodard, historian of the game of bridge.]

George Coronio is among the 15 bankers who signed an agreement with the Ottoman government in Nov 1879 to ensure sufficient capital, A. Du Velay, Essai sur l'histoire financière de la Turquie : depuis le règne du sultan Mahmoud II jusqu'à nos jours, Paris, 1903, p. 400.

Died:
Estate valued at £1962 10s. administered to his widow.

George married Marietta (Nicolas) Sevastopoulos on 18 Dec 1871 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. Marietta (daughter of Nicolas (Dimitrios) Sevastopoulos and Caterina (Theodore) Ralli) was born on 28 Oct 1842 in Trieste, Italy/Austria; died on 30 Jul 1924 in 60 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16ème, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]