Pandely (Leonidas) Condostavlo / Contostavlos

Family/Spouse: Loula (Linardis) Sgouta. Loula died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residence: 1825, Office: 37 Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane, City of London, England

Owner of Condostavlo & Co. Merchants, London. Played an important role during the Greek War of Independence and later in Greek politics after the founding of the Greek state. (Christopher Long)

Member of the Philiki Hetairai of Trieste. In 1818 he was corresponding from London with Adamantios Koraïs. Raised funds in London for the Greek cause and provided ammunition, etc.

In 1826 he oversaw the controversial construction of Greek warships in the USA. The two frigates generated substantial cost overruns and the matter went to arbitration, which he largely lost. He published a widely-distributed account of the events: A narrative of the material facts in relation to the building of the two Greek frigates, which generated a lot of press coverage in both the USA and Europe. In 1828 Capodistrias appointed him to acquire a mint for coin production (Malta). In 1856 he was Greek Finance minister and in 1857 President of the Greek parliament.

Alex. Contostavlo was in partnership with Stephen Franghiadi, as Contostavlo & Co., merchants, until 31 Aug 1824 and then continued the business alone (London Gazette 28 May 1825).

Family/Spouse: Angeliki (Zannis) Rodocanachi. Angeliki (daughter of Zannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Despina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli) was born on 11 Jul 1803 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Jun 1870 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander Contostavlos, 20, born Athens, attended the University of Heidelberg, 1846, along with Pantaleion Constostavlos, 18, born Chios, a law student, presumably his brother. (Google book search).

Alexander A. Contostavlos, "De jure civitatis expellendi peregrinos" (G. Schade, 1849)

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1876.

Greek Envoy to the Court of St. James, 1880. Previously Deputy for Euboea, until he failed to be re-elected (Manchester Guardian 8 May 1880 p 7.)

Alexander Kontostavlos, Athens, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Family/Spouse: Calliope (George) Coundouriotis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1846 Pantaleon Contostavlos, 19, Chios, Eigenthümer [proprietor], Athens, Gr. studied law, according to: Universität Heidelberg, Die Matrikel der Universität Heidelberg, v 6, 1906. His brother Alexander is also listed.

Pantaleon Contostavlos authored De legitima portione viduae inopis: Dissertatio inauguralis (G. Schade, 1849)

1861 England census: Claremont Terrace, Bury New Road, Broughton [Near Salford] household headed by Pantaleon Contostavlos, 32, East India merchant, b. Athens; wife Julia, 24, b. Syros & 2 servants.

1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

1871 Liverpool directory lists Pandaleon Contostavlos, Brunswick buildings, 7 Brunswick St W.

1881 England census [West Derby (rural) Dist. 25]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon Contoslavlos, 50; merchant; wife Julia, 40, both b. Greece; & 2 servants. Located next to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

Pandely married Julia (Emmanuel) Psiachi on 30 Oct 1858 in Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England UK. Julia was born about 1836 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; was christened on 11 Apr 1836 in The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1851 England census: Bury New Road, Salford, Broughton [Manchester] household headed by John Contostavlos, 21, merchant of silk & cotton goods; brother Leonard, 18, his apprentice; Theodore Coronio, 23, cousin, merchant of silk & cotton goods, all b. Greece; nephew Constantine Lambrenad, 24, merchant of silk & cotton goods, b. Turkey; & 2 servants.

Entry in the 1872 NYC directory: Contostavlos, John, cotton, 5 S. William, h 843 Fifth Ave; 1877 directory, 446 Lexington Ave.

John Kontostavlos, established 1871, is on Contopoulos' list of principal Greek commercial houses in New York City. Between 1870-1910 John Contostavlos was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange.

John Contostavlo contributed £1 to the Relief Fund for the Wounded Danes (Daily News & The Morning Post [London], 16 Mar 1864).

Not to be confused with Jean (Alexander) Condostavlo (18 Oct 1891 - 10 Aug 1926), son of Alexander (Jean) Condostavlo and Mina (Pandia) Ralli.

Family/Spouse: Erato (Emmanuel) Franghiadi. Erato was born about 1837 in Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

1851 England census: Bury New Road, Salford, Broughton [Manchester] household headed by John Contostavlos, 21, merchant of silk & cotton goods; brother Leonard, 18, his apprentice; Theodore Coronio, 23, cousin, merchant of silk & cotton goods, all b. Greece; nephew Constantine Lambrenad, 24, merchant of silk & cotton goods, b. Turkey; & 2 servants.

Family/Spouse: Mina (Jean) Scaramanga. Mina (daughter of Jean (Petros) Scaramanga and Argentine (George) Scaramanga) was born on 18 Nov 1844 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia; died on 14 Jan 1921 in rue Guiglia 4, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

He was a signatory witness at the 1876 Marseille marriage of Emmanuel Rodocanachi & Esmeralda Ralli.

Othon Kontostavlos, Marseille, was a donating member, Association for the Encouragement of Greek Studies, Paris, France.

Othon Kontostavlo was involved in establishing the Greek community organization Syllogue in Marseille, founded 1871.

Name:
His name on both his and his wife's death certificate reads Contostavlos.

Died:
DOD on death certificate. Argenti says 20 Jun 1886.

Family/Spouse: Mina (Pandia) Scaramanga. Mina (daughter of Pandia Petros (Petros) Scaramanga and Arghyro (Nicolas) Argenti) was born on 02 Dec 1844 in St Petersburg, Russia; died on 03 May 1870 in allées de Meilhan 25, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

Erato Contostavlos, 35, b. Greece and [daughter] Angelica, 10, arrived New York City aboard the Scotia from Liverpool on 17 Sep 1872.

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Domicile: at DOD Athens, Greece

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Twenty beds in La Vieille-chapelle, villa 'Le Ruisselet,' were endowed by the Fondation de la Colonie Grecque de Marseille, of which A-O Contostavlos was listed as an honored member, Livre d'or / de l'Assistance aux convalescents militaires, rattachée au Ministère de la guerre, XVe région, 1916, Marseille, p. 210.

Residence: 1902, allées des Capucines 18, Marseille, France.

Birth:
A birth certificate could not be found in the Marseille registers/index.

Buried:
Cemetery 1918 register midi carré 2, ter grec, no. 2, 52 years old, bd Sevier, '27/10/1984' date given without explanation.

Alexander married Julie (Ioannis) Scaramanga on 30 Sep 1897 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Julie (daughter of Ioannis (Eustratius) Scaramanga and Julie (Andreas) Argenti) was born on 25 Jul 1872 in allées des Capucines 18, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1871 England census [West Derby]: household at 'Athenian Villa,' Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, was headed by Pantaleon A. Contoslavlos, 43; merchant; wife Julia, 33; brother Leonard A., 38, retired merchant; Erato J., sister-in-law, 34; Angelica, 7, niece, all b. Greece; nephews Alexander, 5, and Pandia A., 4; niece Angelica A., 2, all b. France; brother Athont [Ashorite], 36, widower, merchant, b. Greece, & 5 servants. Located next to the Negroponte family's 'The Ferns' and close to the Rodocanachi family's 'Hawthorn House.'

Birth:
A signatory witness to his birth was his uncle Pierre Scaramanga, 30, merchant, rue de la grande armee 11, Marseille, France.

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Residence: at DOD 19 Academy Street, Athens, Greece.

Birth:
A signatory witness to her birth was Miltiade Psichi, 45, rentier, boulevard du Nord 22, Marseille, France.

Angeliki married Etienne (Pandia) Ralli on 08 Jun 1894 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Etienne (son of Pandia (Antonios) Ralli and Jenni (Stephanis) Rodocanachi) was born on 22 Dec 1867 in allées de Meilhan 21, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 03 Oct 1922 in 3 Zalokosta St, Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]