Franga (Stamati) Avierino

Family/Spouse: Chadzi Zannis Lourenzis (Stephanis) Schilizzi Miser. Zannis was born in 1720 in Chios, Greece; died in 1800 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eldest son. Catsiyannis describes him as the richest man on Chios in 1822 and a prime target for the invading hordes seeking gold.

Family/Spouse: Hypatia (Zorzis) Calvocoressi. Hypatia (daughter of Zorzis (Zannis) Calvocoressi and Maria (Loucas) Negroponte) was born on 28 Jul 1765 in Chios, Greece; died on 25 Feb 1832 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Demogeront of Chios. Hanged by the Turks 23 Apr 1822 during the Massacres of Chios. (Christopher Long)

Family/Spouse: Vierou (Michel) Negroponte. Vierou (daughter of Michael (Loucas) Negroponte and Marigo (Paul) Rodocanachi) was born in 1770 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died aged eight. Probably born around 1780-1800.

Family/Spouse: George (Louka) Cetembesi. George (son of Louka Cetembesi and Loula [Cetembesi]) was born in 1780 in Chios, Greece; died on 09 Jan 1843 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She arrived in Constantinople on 5 Jun 1840 with her son Paul. Her brother Zannis paid 5,000 grossia each to St John's Church, Galata, and to St Victor, Chios, for masses to be read for her by a bishop every year on 30th Jan.

She was forced at knife-point to watch her husband being decapitated but escaped with her mother and son after after handing over the family's gold.

Family/Spouse: Petros Paul (Paul) Rodocanachi. Petros (son of Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi and Ioanna (George) Ralli) was born on 04 Dec 1791 in Chios, Greece; died on 23 Apr 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stefanovich, from Italy. Certificate 4876 issued 13 November 1865.

Died:
Estate valued at £203,150 9s 8d, administered at London 1 Aug 1892 by Pandely Ambroise Mavrogordato, Pandely Leonidas Argenti, Michael George Mavrogordato and Joseph Benson, esq.

Buried:
register entry A10721

D Plaisco [Archimandrite D. Plesas] presiding

burial plot no. 15803, reg. pg. 10195,no. 10721.

Family/Spouse: Alexandra (Pandely) Mavrogordato. Alexandra (daughter of Pandely (Nicolas) Mavrogordato and Zennou (Michael) Vlasto) was born on 02 Jun 1819 in Chios, Greece; died on 13 Sep 1897 in London, England UK; was buried in 17 Sep 1897 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He donated funds for the construction of the Greek church, 5-7 rue Bizet, Paris, but died before the project was finished. His son, Paul presided over the work's completion. (Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1888.)

Z. Stefanovich 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:
UK Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Constantinople, Turkey (formerly Ottoman Empire): Case Files: 1886, Faliero Paolo, late Z. Stefanovich Schilizzi: Estate.

Probate gives DOD as 14 Mar 1886.

His sons Demetrius and John handed his estate, valued at ￡502,828 3s. 11d.

Zannis married Eleni (Dimitri) Vouro on 25 Jan 1834 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Eleni was born on 13 Jan 1816 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 21 Jan 1876 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; was buried on 27 Jan 1876 in Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jean A. Proïos. Jean was born about 1791 in Chios, Greece; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1815 Vienna city directory lists Schilizzi Georg Leone, unter der Firma Sohne der Geb. Shchilizzi und Galatti.

Birth:
1788 according to his tomb in Trieste.

Family/Spouse: Maria (Zannis) Rodocanachi. Maria (daughter of Zannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli) was born on 11 Dec 1800 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Jan 1873 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nicolas (Emmanuel) Prassacachi. Nicolas was born on 18 Feb 1789 in Chios, Greece; died in 1869 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medal of the Greek War of Independence. (Christopher Long)

1815 Vienna city directory lists Joh. Leone Schilizzi with the firm G. O. Schilizzi und Galatti.

Died:
A death certificate for this event cannot be found in central Athens vital statistics bureau. What exists is a certificate for the death of: Ioannis SCHILIZZI, clergyman, from Athens, son of Miltiades and Eugenie SCHILIZZI, who died 11 June 1866 (translation by George Agelastos). This latter man was unknown to Argenti.

Family/Spouse: Catherine (Stephanos) Vlasto. Catherine (daughter of Stephanos (Zannis) Vlasto and Arghyro (Pandely) Rodocanachi) was born on 02 Jul 1815 in Chios, Greece; died on 25 Dec 1834 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zannis married Loxandre (Philip) Paspati on 18 Jul 1837 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. Loxandre (daughter of Philip (Michael) Paspati and Living) was born on 09 Aug 1817 in Chios, Greece; died on 11 Jan 1875 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Loula married Luca (Paul) Rodocanachi on 25 Jun 1826 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. Luca (son of Paul (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi and Ioanna (George) Ralli) was born on 25 Jul 1801 in Chios, Greece; died on 14 Jul 1832 in Livorno [Leghorn], Italy/Tuscany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of typhoid fever at 6 pm. His uncle Zannis Schilizzi gave 5,000 grosia to St John, Galata, for masses to be said every year on the anniversary of his birth and death. 1,000 grosia were given to St Victor's cathedral, Chios for an annual mass.

A marginal note in the diary of Zannis Schilizzi says that the family decided that the financial difficulties of St John's church in 1870 made it impossible for a bishop to celebrate the requiem mass.

Notes:

1871 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John Schilizzi, 63, retired merchant; wife Alexandra, 49, both b. Chios; son Paul J, 28, merchant, b. London; daughter-in-law Virginia, 20, b. Smyrna; daughter Fanny, 17 and granddaughter Alexandra, 1 yr, 2 ms, both b. London; & 8 servants.

Christened:
God-parents: Christos Vernoudaki representing John Vafeiadakis (of Livorno).

Birth:
Birth notice "of a son and heir" appeared in The Times (London) 2 Jun 1842, pg. 8.

Died:
Personal estate valued at under £160,000, administered at London 23 Apr 1879, and proved by John Stephen Schilizzi of 37 Finsbury Circus, father, and Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi, his cousin, of 25 Austin Friars, London, and Joseph Benson of 37 Finsbury Circus, Schilizzi & Co., executors.

Buried:
register entry 52411

Archimandrite H. Myrianthes [Archimandrite Jerome] officiating presiding

burial plot no. 15803, reg. pg. 6554, no. 52411.

Paul married Vierou (Ioannis) Sechiari on 05 May 1869 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Vierou (daughter of Ioannis (Paraskeva) Sechiari and Clementine (Nicolas) Scaramanga) was born on 05 Apr 1850 in Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey; died on 13 May 1939 in 2 Portman Court, Marylebone, London, England UK; was buried on 16 May 1939 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hypatia Schilizzi (née Schilizzi) was photographed by Camille Silvy, in 13 sittings, 1862-1866, Photographs Collection. National Portrait Gallery (UK)

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi.

Name:
Buried as Hypatia Theodore

Buried:
burial plot no. 12856, sq 28, no. 39 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 4301, no. 34385.

Hypatia married Theodore Emmanuel (Emmanuel) Schilizzi, Esq. on 28 Apr 1866 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Theodore (son of Emmanuel (Theodore) Schilizzi and Vierou (Leonidas) Argenti) was born on 14 Apr 1840 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 17 Nov 1887 in 99 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK; was buried on 22 Nov 1887 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 England census: 74 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 75, Levant East India merchant; wife Alexandra, 60, both b. Chios; son-in-law Pandely A. Mavrogordato, 29, general merchant, b. Constantinople; daughter Jeannie J., 33, b. London; & 7 servants.

Zennou ('Jenny') Mavrogordato (née Schilizzi) was photographed by Camille Silvy, in 10 sittings 1864-1865, Photographs Collection. National Portrait Gallery (UK)

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi representing Zannis Schilizzi (her uncle).

Buried:
Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 6 Feb 1931.

Funeral at St. Sophia Cathedral, 11 a.m.

Died:
Her will was proved by George Michel Mavrogordato, Leon Pandely Argenti, Pandia Peter Rodocanachi and George Eumorfopoulos (London Gazette 12 May 1931). She left estate of £214,083 to her nephews and nieces.

Zennou married Pantaleon Ambrose (Ambrouzis) Mavrogordato on 04 Jun 1867 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Pantaleon (son of Ambrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato and Loxandra (Theodoris) Ralli) was born on 04 Aug 1841 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 13 Oct 1914 in London, England UK; was buried on 16 Oct 1914 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Fanny Argenti [16 Hyde Park Terrace] appears on the 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915 UK electoral register, Paddington South parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922 Paddington and St Marylebone/Westminster 1924, 1925, 1926 Paddington/Westminster.

Christened:
God-parents: Anthony Vlasto. (Zannis Schilizzi says his wife Eleni was a godmother, represented by Matthew Schilizzi).

Buried:
buried in plot 33130, sq 43, no. 253-254 on Greek plan, reg. pg. 16662, no. 62460 with her husband Pandely Argenti.

Died:
Her estate of £94297 7s. 6d. was administered by her son Leonidas Pandely.

Fanny married Pandely Leonidas (Leonidas) Argenti on 14 Feb 1880 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Pandely (son of Leonidas (Pandély) Argenti and Julia (Augustus) Ralli) was born on 10 Nov 1853 in London, England UK; was christened on 19 Dec 1853 in Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK; died on 06 Oct 1911 in London, England UK; was buried on 11 Oct 1911 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Appears to have been known as Stephanovich-Schilizzi. His father notes that his son Stephen left Constantinople on 5 Jun 1854 to arrive in London on 8 Jul 1854 and that the journey, via Livorno, Marseilles and Paris, took 33 days.

Christened:
God-parents: Mimina Schilizzi.

Died:
His mother was with him when he died at the home of his uncle Ioannis [John] Schillizi after four months illness with rheumatic fever.

Buried:
Stephen Schilizzi was buried in 1855, grave no. 7 [no. 4584], according to the Greek Cemetery registers; reg. pg. 1149, no. 9192. Then removed to plot 15094, sq. 42, no. 2, Greek plan, in 1874; finally removed 17 Dec 1908 to grave 32308.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: His maternal grandmother.

Notes:

Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi by Camille Silvy; albumen print, 30 April 1861; NPG Ax52746; National Portrait Gallery (UK).

Christened:
God-parents: His maternal grandmother.

Died:
His estate of ￡663,159 10s. 10d. administered by Joseph Benson, Pandely Leonidas Argenti and Michel George Mavrogordato.

A death certificate for this individual was not found at the Athens central vital statistics office (Old Town Hall, June, 2012).

Notes:

UK Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stefanovich, from Italy. Certificate B.70 issued 25 January 1871. Or Naturalisation Papers: Schilizzi, John Stephen, from Italy. Certificate 4877 issued 13 November 1865.

He co-administered the estate of John Matthew Schilizzi.

John Stevanovich Schilizzi [25 Austin Friars; abode 93 Westbourne Terrace] appears on the 1893, 1894, [25 Austin Friars; abode 6 Cromwell Houses, South Kensington] 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, [25 Austin Friars; abode 31 Cromwell Road, South Kensington] 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909 England electoral register, City of London parliamentary division, City of London county/borough; Paddington North/Westminster; London/City of London.

Christened:
God-parents: Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - his aunt).

Birth:
DOB from grave marker. Argenti says 21 Aug 1840.

Died:
Will dated 21 Nov 1904. He bequeathed £1,000 to the London Hospital and £1,000 to his clerk, Mr. Thomas Ashby ("An Estate of two Millions," The Times [London] 3 Nov 1908). The article notes: "By the falling in for death duties of the estate of the late Mr. Schilizzi the Exchequer benefits to the extent of about £286,000, duty being payable on the property at the rate of 10 per cent on the first million and 13 per cent on the balance, in addition to legacy duties."

Buried:
register entry A41313

Archimandrite Agathangelos Moschovakis presiding

burial plot 14564, mortuary chapel, reg. pg. 14019, no. 41313; then removed to plot 32308.

John married Virginia (Pandia) Sechiari on 18 Apr 1871 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey. Virginia was born on 05 Sep 1849 in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey; died on 20 Jul 1929 in Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece; was buried on 08 Aug 1929 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul Stephanovok Scolitsi gave a priest's mourning vestment to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1861.

A 1911 discussion in the British House of Commons referred to the Imperial Ottoman Bank group as including Theodore Mavrogordato, Ulysse Negroponte, Georges Zarifi, Georges Coronio, Eustache Eugenidi, Z. Stefanovich, Leonidas Zarifi, Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi [although dead for a decade] and A Vlasto.

His father donated funds for the construction of the Greek church, 5-7 rue Bizet, Paris, but died before the project was finished. Paul Stefanovich Schilizzi presided over the work's completion. (Revue des études grecques (Paris), 1888.)

Paul Stefanovich-Schilizzi 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.

Christened:
God-parents: Matthew Schilizzi representing Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi - who was absent on Chios).

Died:
DOD on tombstone. Argenti says 23 May 1901.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Zennou Mavrogordato (née Vlasto) representing her daughter Alexandra Schilizzi (who lived in London).

Died:
Died on meningitis which began on the 19th June.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Franga Rodocanachi (née Schilizzi).

Died:
DOD from death certificate. The family was staying in the Hotel de Bade [now apparently the Inter-Hotel London]; the manager of this hotel, Edward Ziegler, was one of the signatory attestants on her death certificate.

Buried:
There is no record in the cemetery office of her tomb, nor of a Greek section.

Notes:

Christened:
God-parents: Ioannis 'John' Schilizzi (his uncle).

Notes:

Listings in the 1855 Slater's Directory for Liverpool, England: Proi Stamati, 23 Brunswick buildings (p 291); Proi Stamati G. merchant, Brunswick buildings, 11 Brunswick St. (p 223).

The 1851 England census lists Stamati Provanni Proi, 37, unmarried, merchant, b. Greece, living with two other Greek merchants at 48 Canning St., Liverpool.

Namesake: born 21 May 1889, Berberato, Chios; inducted US Army 22 May 1918; died 6 Jan 1919, lobar pneumonia.

Died:
29 Nov 1884 according to UK probate.

Vierou married Stephanos (Zorzis) Galati on 04 Feb 1840 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Stephanos (son of Zorzis (Stephanos) Galati and Mimina (Pandely) Condostavlo / Contostavlos) was born on 17 May 1808 in Chios, Greece; died on 04 Aug 1875 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Constantine (Toumazis) Galati. Constantine (son of Toumazis (Andreas) Galati and Angeliki (Michael) Negroponte) was born in 1817 in Chios, Greece; died on 17 Dec 1897 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

E Prassacachi participated in Marseille's Greek church deliberations in 1875 (Calapodis).

E. Prassacachi, commission merchant, allee des Capucines 35, Marseille, is listed in the commercial directory, 1864.

Buried:
interieur carré 1, ter grec J° rang n°11 (angle)

Emmanuel married Maria (Alexander) Galati on 11 Sep 1842 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emmanuel married Catherine Notaras on 19 Sep 1846 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Phenarete on birth certificate.

Died:
DOD from death certificate; Argenti says 01 Dec 1822.

Notes:

Consul General of Greece at New York, 1852-1857.

1846: first resident manager of Ralli Bros., 11 S. William, 59 Stone St., 21 Beaver St., New York, New York.

Residence: 1858, allees des Capucines 35, Marseille, France; 45 9th Avenue, New York, New York; 1865, boulevard Longchamp 48, Marseille, France.

Died:
DOD according to death certificate.

28 Nov 1868, according to Argenti.

Leoni married Ioanna (Eustratius) Ralli on 15 Jul 1855 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. Ioanna (daughter of Eustratius (Theodore) Ralli and Zennou (Alexander) Vlasto) was born on 04 Jan 1837 in Trieste, Italy/Austria; died on 07 Feb 1899 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 08 Feb 1899 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the Order of The Saviour.

1881 England census: 1 Belmont, Bury New Road, Salford, Lancashire, household headed by L.J. Chrysovolini, 47, Levant merchant, b. Chios, naturalized British subject; wife Mary L., 30, b. Constantinople; sons John L., 11; Philip L., 4; Milt L., 3; daughter Fanny L., 5, all b. Constantinople; daughter Alex L., 2, b. Manchester; visitor Leonidas J. Schilizzi, 40, unmarried, retired merchant, b. Athens; & 4 servants.

Notes:

Occupation: merchant

unmarried

Died:
His Athens death certificate (transcription by George Agelastos).

Notes:

Died:
Date according to death certificate. Argenti says 08 Sep 1928.

Family/Spouse: Aristide (Charalambos) Lambros. Aristide (son of Charalambos Lambros and Catherine Chazigeorgiou) was born on 01 Jul 1834 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 19 Feb 1880 in Alexandria, Egypt; was buried on 20 Feb 1880 in Greek cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1881 England census: 1 Belmont, Bury New Road, Salford, Lancashire, household headed by L.J. Chrysovolini, 47, Levant merchant, b. Chios, naturalized British subject; wife Mary L., 30, b. Constantinople; sons John L., 11; Philip L., 4; Milt L., 3; daughter Fanny L., 5, all b. Constantinople; daughter Alex L., 2, b. Manchester; visitor Leonidas J. Schilizzi, 40, unmarried, retired merchant, b. Athens; & 4 servants.

Died:
Death certificate for this date not found in central Athens Vital Statistics Bureau (2011).

Maria married Leonidas John (Zannis) Chryssoveloni on 15 May 1869 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Leonidas (son of Zannis (Andreas) Chryssoveloni and Franga (Michael) Mavrogordato) was born on 04 Mar 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 22 Jul 1900 in Piraeus, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]