Pericles (Paul) Negroponte

Notes:

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1870 Burgess Roll: Pericles Paul Negroponte, 5 Wellesley terrace, Princes Park (house); 1875: Pericles Paul Negroponte, D 15 Exchange buildings (counting house). Also listed on another 1870 voter list is Percival Paul Negroponte, which is likely Pericles Paul Negroponte.

Birth:
The 1871, 1881 and 1891 England census say he was born in Austria.

Argenti says he was born on Chios.

Died:
Death notice in The Standard [London], 17 Dec 1900, p. 1.

Family/Spouse: Rosa [Negroponte]. Rosa was born about 1830; died about 22 May 1870 in [Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK]; was buried on 25 May 1870 in Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marigo (Pandia) Petrocochino. Marigo (daughter of Pandia (Antonios) Petrocochino and Franga (Ioannis) Caralli) was born in England UK; died after 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown to Argenti. His identity established by the register for deaths, Boston: 1 Mar 1858, Paul S. Negropont, 7, died at 210 Freemont St, b. Port Chester N.Y., parents Pericles and Rosa, cause of death: Cong. of Brain; interment Forest Hills.

Notes:

1871 England census for 5 Wellesley Terrace, Liverpool: Pericles P. Negropont, head, widow, 46, b. Austria, commission merchant; unmarried sons Paul P., 11, Pandia P., 9, both born USA; Emma Bennet, mother-in-law, married, 70; Ellen Macfarlane, sister-in-law, widow, 35, both born London; and 2 servants.

The 1881 England census shows the household living at "Melos", Lodge Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool: Pericles Negroponte, 57, head, widower, cotton and general merchant, born Trieste, Austria; Paul P. Negroponte, 21, born New Orleans, USA; Pandia Negroponte, 19, born New York; Franga Negroponte, 12, born Liverpool; Emma Bennett, 80, widow, his mother-in-law; Helen Macfarlane, 42, his sister-in-law, and 2 servants.

The 1900 US census lists a Paul P Negroponte, 38, cotton merchant, born Feb 1862, in Louisiana, married 5 years, his father born in Greece, his mother in England, and his wife Louise R., 31, born Nov 1868 in New York, her father born in England, her mother in New York, living at Apt. 90, 2131 Broadway, New York, New York.

The 1920 US census lists a Paul P Negroponte, 69, born in Louisiana, and his wife Louise, 60, born in New York, living in Hamilton, Connecticut, no occupation.

Occupation: 1900, cotton merchant. de Valliere & Negreponte, established 1890, is on Contopoulos' list of principal Greek commercial houses in New York City. Located at 17-19 William Street, it was one of two principal brokerage houses. During the middle of the 19th Century Covas & Negreponte also operated. Between 1870-1910 Paul P. Negreponte was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange, admitted as an attorney in 1890.

On July 20 1903 he filed a US passport application.

Travel: Paul P Negroponte, 20, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Umbria 28 Jun 1886. P.P. Negreponte, 34, single, merchant, USA citizen, sailed from New York on the Elbe and arrived Southampton, 23 Apr 1894(New York Times 14 Apr 1894, p 2). Paul P Negroponte, 34, merchant, US citizen, arrived New York from Liverpool on the Umbria 4 Jun 1894. Paul P Negroponte, 39, merchant, and wife Louisa, 29, arrived London, England from New York on the Staffordshire 23 May 1899. Paul and Louise Negroponte arrived New York from Liverpool on the Arabic 18 Oct 1910 and from Genoa, Italy on the Cretic 22 Jun 1909.

Addresses, New York, New York: Residence, 1884-1885, Royal [Hotel]; 1889, N. Y. Club; 1895; 1900, Apt. 90, 2131 Broadway; Business as Devalliere & Negroponte, 1885-1886, 54-56 Stone St.; 1886-1887, 17 William St.; 1887-1890, 19 William St.; 1901, 13 Old sl [as Paul P. Negroponte]. (Herman DeValliere was his partner from 1885-1890, and the latter retained the business at 17 William, residing at 471 W. 23d; 1897, Paul P. Negroponte, agent Ralli Bros. Agency, 105 1/2 Main St., Houston, TX.; 1899, agt Ralli Bros, 211 Travis St., r. 1503 Capitol ave. Also listed as vice-prest and a director, Cleveland Compress and Warehouse Co. Miltiades A. Mitaranga was also a company director; Swiss citizen, naturalized USA 21 Jul 1898, had arrived USA 21 Jan 1883.) 1912-1916, 845 Ocean Av, New London, CN; 1917 removed to Hampton Roads.

Mr. P. Negroponte attended the juvenile fancy dress ball, part of the mayoral assemblies at the town hall (Liverpool Mercury, 13 Jan 1885).

P.P. Negroponte was a new arrival at Northbrook House and is included in the Southsea Visitors' List ( Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex chronicle, 9 Jul 1892). He is included in the listing with Mrs. Macfarlane.

Paul P. Negroponte, New York, N.Y. received building patent #370,207 for weather-guard for doors (The American Architect and Building News, 1 Oct 1887, p xi); Scientific American 8 Oct 1887, p 235.

P.P. Negreponte attended the 5 Feb 1893 wedding of E. Pilalas and Catherine Elesteropoulo at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, W 53d St., New York City, along with Michel Agelasto, Theodore P. and Mrs. Ralli, and John C. Maximos.

P. Negrepontis was a lampbearer for the Sepulcher, the Greek Church of Manchester.

Died:
Death notice appeared in the New York Times 22 Sep 1927, p 29.

His estate of ￡1662 19s. 4d. in England was administered by Edward Charles Fache, attorney of Roger Wolcott Davis.

Paul married Louise R. (John) Fenwick on 25 Jun 1895 in St. George's Church, Newburgh, New York, USA. Louise (daughter of John D. Fenwick) was born in Nov 1868 in New York, New York USA; died on 15 Mar 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1911 England census for 6 Waterloo Rd, New Brighton, Cheshire, headed by Pandia Negroponte, 49, b. USA, married 16 years, cotton salesman, "American by birth, English by parentage"; wife Caroline, 54, b. Liverpool, Lancashire.

Died:
His estate of ￡4656 23s. 1d. went to his widow.

DOD from probate

Pandia married Caroline Bromley in spr 1894 in Lancashire, England UK. Caroline was born about 1857 in Lancashire, England UK; died on 24 Jun 1932 in Chester, Cheshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1881 England census shows the household living at "Melos", Lodge Lane, Toxteth Park, Liverpool: Pericles Negroponte, 57, head, widower, cotton and general merchant, born Trieste, Austria; Paul P. Negroponte, 21, born New Orleans, USA; Pandia Negroponte, 19, born New York; Franga Negroponte, 12, born Liverpool; Emma Bennett, 80, widow, his mother-in-law; Helen Macfarlane, 42, his sister-in-law, and 2 servants.

1871 Wales census finds Franga Negroponte, 3, boarding at 27 Church Street, Beaumaris, Anglesey, with the families of John W. Ambrose, 52, bookseller, his wife Elizabeth, 55; and John Barrow, 61, bookseller, his wife Julia, 40, both b. London and their daughter Rosa, 5, born New York, and borders from Chicago and Ireland and a servant.

Franga Negroponte [8 St. Mary's Road] appears on the 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, [flat 5, 9-10 Clydesdale Road] 1927, 1929, 1930, Kensington parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough electoral lists, Great Britain.

Christened:
Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating.

God-parent: Lysandros Galatis

Birth:
The baptism register gives the address as Princes Park, no. 5. This could be 5 Wellesley where the widowed father lived with his two sons in 1871.