Angheroussa (Zorzis) Rodocanachi

Notes:

The 1860 Census for Ermoupolis, Syros reports a household consisting of Nicolas Calvocoressi, 55, male, married, parent, merchant; his wife Angherou Calvocoressi N., 40, and their sons Demetrius (22, clerk, single) and Anthony (14, pupil).

Family/Spouse: Nicolas (Dimitrios) Calvocoressi. Nicolas was born in 1807 in Chios, Greece; died before 1876 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Calvocoressi family arrived in Marseille in 1855. Demetrius was 40 years old in 1876, living on the Boulevard de la Liberte, then rue du Theatre francais (quartier du Chapitre). He ran the commercial house Calvocoressi & Co. and owned a residence and three rural properties, all forming a capital in excess of 400,000 francs. He was naturalized French in 1879.

Birth:
DOB on marriage certificate.

Christened:
Baptism registered on Syros

Demetrius married Maria (Michael) Zygomala on 13 Dec 1876 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Maria (daughter of Michael (Georges) Zygomala and Maria Metaxa) was born on 27 Oct 1854 in rue Senac 12, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died in 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on him from the 1876 Marseille census.

Birth:
Birth/baptism registered on Syros (no date given)

Died:
DOD by Syros death certificate. 13 Aug 1900 is DOD on death certificate transcription registered in Marseille. Argenti says 31 Jul 1900.

Antonios married Marigo (George) Calvocoressi on 10 Jan 1872 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Marigo (daughter of George (Ioannis) Calvocoressi and Loula (Zorzis) Rodocanachi) was born on 31 Jul 1848 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 12 May 1893 in Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
This is not in the Index to birth registers, Marseille, for the years 1863-1882. Her marriage certificate says 11 Jan 1869, Marseille.

Name:
Calapodis says that Nicolas Antoine and Helene Marie were orphans adopted by Demetrius in Marseille.

Hélène married Gustave Francois (Nazaire) Guiol on 20 Feb 1894 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France, and was divorced on 07 Mar 1899 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Gustave (son of Nazaire Désiré (Patthagan) Guiol and Marie Clémentine (Etienne) Rouquet) was born on 28 Feb 1871 in boulevard Notre Dame 4, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died after 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: 1908, accountant

Residence: 1908, Lyon, France.

Birth:
DOB from birth certificate. Argenti says 28 Aug 1872, which is also DOB on his marriage certificate.

Name:
Calapodis says that Nicolas Antoine and Helene Marie were orphans adopted by Demetrius in Marseille.

Nicolas married Marguerite Anna (Pierre) Casassa on 9 Jun 1901 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France, and was divorced on 13 Apr 1905 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Marguerite (daughter of Pierre Antoine Cassase and Henriette Antoinette Bonduel) was born on 8 Mar 1873 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicolas married Alexandrine Louise Augustine (Rambert) Leroux on 07 Sep 1908 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France. Alexandrine (daughter of Rambert Leroux and Marie Victoire Catasse dit Chambard) was born on 6 Mar 1875 in Faubourg des Blanchisseries 88, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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6 Mar 1898: Michael Demetrios Calvocoressi, 20, unmarried, born Ermoupolis, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Town Hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Calvocoressi, Michael, from Greece. Resident in London. Also Marseille. UK naturalization certificate 12103 issued 18 May 1925 (National Archives)

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi translated documents from French into English (UK National Archives).

Occupation: writer

Michel Calvocoressi [with Ethel Calvocoressi, 6 Paultons Square] appears on the 1926, 1927, [with Michel Calvocoressi, 5 Bramerton Street] 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, [hereafter only Ethel] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 electoral register, Chelsea parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough.

His wikipedia page.

He met Ravel in 1898 and, after an initial period of mutual suspicion, they became lifelong friends. It was Calvocoressi who provided Ravel with the folk texts for his Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques. Educated in France, Calvocoressi was a skilled linguist and wrote in several languages. He published books on Liszt (1906), Moussorgsky (1908), Glinka (1911), Schumann (1912), as well translations into English. After WWI, he moved to England. On Musical Criticism was published in 1923 (OUP), and Musicians Gallery in 1933. In his Miroirs Ravel dedicated to him Alborada del Gracioso [Morning Song of the Jester]. Worked for the War Office in London during WWI, dealing with postal censorship when he joined British Intelligence (presumably MI5 or, more likely, MI6). He is referred to in Alan Judd’s The Quest for C - Mansfield Cumming and the foundation of the Secret Service. (Christopher Long)

Residence: at DOD, 5 Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London, England UK

1921 England and Wales Census lists: Michael Calvocoressi, b. 1877, France; Ethel Calvocoressi, b. 1895, London, London, for a household in Chelsea, London.

Birth:
Argenti says 21 Oct 1877, Marseille, France.

Michael married Ethel (Gabriel) Silverman on 24 May 1916 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Ethel (daughter of Gabriel Silverman and Bertha [Silverman]) was born about 1889 in London, England UK; died on 2 Dec 1957 in London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
DOB from the transcription of his marriage.

Birth certificate not found in Marseille registers.

Nicolas married Perdica (Nikiphoros) Georgiadis on 15 Jun 1900 in Church of St Nicolas, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Perdica (daughter of Nikiforos (Constantinos) Georgiadis and Aetolia K. Voikli) was born about 1878 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 30 Jan 1942 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: at DOD, 6 Neophytou-Douka St, Athens, Greece

She is the Aunt Julia of the emponymous chapter title of Nikos Dimou's autographical work My Streets, pp. 63 ff. Her special relationship with Stephanos Scouloudi (1838-1928), banker and politician, is discussed.

Family/Spouse: Ambrosios (Pandely) Avierino. Ambrosios (son of Pandely (Ambrosios) Avierino and Calliope G. Fachiri) was born on 13 Oct 1865 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 21 Jun 1916 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; was buried in St George's Cathedral Cemetery, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Calvocoressi appointed temp. 2nd Lt., whilst empld. as an Interpreter, 4 May 1916 (London Gazette 12 May 1916); Temp. Lt. G. A. Calvocoressi, Gen. List., (Graded for purposes of pay as Staff Lts., 3rd Cl.) 1 Nov. 1917 (London Gazette 8 Jan 1918); Temp. Lt. G. Calvocoressi, Gen. List., from Cl. II., 25 Feb 1919 (London Gazette 3 Jun 1919). Special Appointment, Gl. FF. Temp. Lt. G. A. Calvocoressi, Gen. List, from Cl. II., and to be temp. Capt. whilst so empld., 15 June 1919 (London Gazette 10 Oct 1919); Temp. Lt. G. Calvocoressi relinquishes his commn on completion of service, 22 Oct. 1919 and retains the rank of Lt. (London Gazette 21 Nov 1919).

Died:
It is possible his DOD is incorrect and that he served in WWI (see below).

Notes:

Birth:
Born 1906 according to death certificate

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Lysander (Lysander) Rovolopoulos on 02 Mar 1924 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece, and was divorced before 1981. Lysander (son of Lysander Rovolopoulos and Angeliki Charokopou) was born in 1900 in Athens, Attica, Greece; died on 25 Sep 1943 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
"Tolia Calvocoressi, Athens, 31/7/24" is inscribed in a copy of Stendhal's On Love, inherited by her son Nikos Dimou, mentioned in a 2006 posting.

Family/Spouse: Gregorios Dimou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]