Nikiforos (Constantinos) Georgiadis

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According to his great granddaughter Angela Abell, he was "a self-made man who became a very successful merchant. He owned two large properties on Syros which you will no doubt see when you go. The town house was in Vaporia, it is now the de luxe Melathron Hotel; in 1905 Nikiforos built a villa in Dellagrazia, with two towers, one round and one square, just opposite the church of St John. This house was requisitioned in the war as an orphanage and continued to be used as such until the early 60s. It was then in a very dilapidated state and was sold by the family, I believe to a daughter of the ship-owner, Nomikos, who restored the house to its former glory. The family believed that Nikiforos' father, Constantinos, had fled from Chios to Syros in a boat with other lads all in their late teens. Indeed the mausoleum which has a bust of Nikiforos which had previously stood in the garden of the Dellagrazia villa, has 'from Chios' within the inscription. However, when my husband and I were in Syros researching the family history we found onstantinos' 'Application for Citizenship of Ermoupolis' which clearly stated that he came to Syros in 1832, from Cyprus, and that he was 60 when he signed the document (1835). So it remains a family mystery - it would have been a great advantage, both socially and commercially, to be thought to have come from Chios, even if he was not of the elite Chiotis!

He and several school mates gave an icon, Zoodochos Pighi, to Agios Athanassios (abt 1859) and this has been celebrated ever year since - on the first First Friday after Greek Easter. According to his great granddaughter, "Until he died my great uncle used to attend this, and when he died his daughter (who herself died earlier this year [2010]) gave money for this service and the obligatory refreshments after to be carried on in perpetuum. We attended a couple of years ago, the church was packed for the 3 hr service and Father Sirigos recited the history of the icon. It was a very special occasion for us and we got talking to a lot of lovely people."

Nikiforos K. Georgiadis, 32, b. Ermoupolis, married, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 20 May 1875 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

Nikiforos married Aetolia K. Voikli on 06 Apr 1874. Aetolia was born about 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

Family/Spouse: Constantine (Emmanuel) Zervoudachi. Constantine (son of Emmanuel (Constantine) Zervoudachi and Mimina (Stephanos) Galati) was born about 1873 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1879 Syros census lists household of Nikiforos Georgiadis, 38, merchant; wife Aetolia, 21; daughter Maria, 3; Perdica, 8.

Name:
or Perdika

Died:
DOD from death certificate

stomach ulcer

Died in the Elpis Hospital, Athens.

Her Athens death certificate (transcription by George Agelastos).

Perdica married Nicolas (Antonios) Calvocoressi on 15 Jun 1900 in Church of St Nicolas, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Nicolas (son of Antonios (Nicolas) Calvocoressi and Marigo (George) Calvocoressi) was born on 27 Aug 1872 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 22 May 1927 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jason Nik. Georgiadis, 22, b. Ermoupolis, unmarried, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 4 Jan 1907 at the town hall, Ermoupolis, Syros.

Died:
He died in the flu pandemic, according to his grand-daughter Angela Abell.

Family/Spouse: Hypatia (Theodore) Scanavi. Hypatia (daughter of Theodore (Laurentius) Scanavi and Elpiniki (Dimitrios) Demetriadi) was born on 17 Oct 1892 in Alexandria, Egypt; died on 28 Jun 1968 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK; was buried on 04 Jul 1968 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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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]

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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 2 Park House, Kendal St, Paddington, London, lists Helle E Georgiadis, b. 7 Nov 1916, Science Student; Aitolea Georgiadis, b. 13 May 1915, Medical Student, both Single; and Hypatia Caridia, b. 12 Oct 1892, Widowed, private means.

Died:
Aitolia English (née Georgiadis) Former principal physician for child health Worcerstershire (b 1915; q University College Hospital, London, 1940; DCH), d 18 September 2010. Born in the Greek island of Syros, Aitolia English (née Georgiadis) ('Tolia') came to London after her father died in the 1918 flu pandemic because her mother wanted a better education for her daughters. After qualifying in 1940, Tolia worked first at UCH in obstetrics, and her call-up to the Royal Army Medical Corps was deferred until she gained her DCH at Birmingham Children's Hospital. After the war and marriage she worked in child health in Cheshire while bringing up three children. She moved to Alvechurch in 1969, specialising in child development. After retirement she helped to establish the Scott Atkinson Development Unit in Redditch for children with disabilities. She leaves a husband, Wilfrid; three children; and six grandchildren. Gill Haggie.

Obituary appeared in BMJ, 11 Dec 2010, v. 341, p. 1271.

Aitolia married Wilfrid Elliott (Wilfrid) English in Spr 1944. Wilfrid (son of Wilfrid (Joseph) English and Alice Elliott (Matthew) Snowdon) was born on 02 Jul 1916 in Lanchester, Durham, England UK; died on 17 Jul 2015 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Occupation: physicist

Residence: England

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 2 Park House, Kendal St, Paddington, London, lists Helle E Georgiadis, b. 7 Nov 1916, Science Student; Aitolea Georgiadis, b. 13 May 1915, Medical Student, both Single; and Hypatia Caridia, b. 12 Oct 1892, Widowed, private means.

Notes:

unknown to Argenti. Information from Angela Abell.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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