Despina (Zannis) Ralli

Despina married Matthew (Alexander) Ziffo on 16 Nov 1842 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Matthew (son of Alexander (Ambrosios) Ziffo and Loula (Dimitrios) Petrocochino) was born on 14 Sep 1818 in Chios, Greece; died on 17 Jun 1912 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her brother John wrote: "My sister Maria was the youngest but the gem of the family. She was good-looking, had lovely eyes, a wonderful memory and a lovely soprano voice. She could read half a page of poetry in French, German or Italian, and repeat it without a mistake. When only fourteen years of age she played at a charity concert the long and difficult Rhapsodie Hongroise of Litzt without music and in the papers next day they called her a prodigy. She married a charming and clever German-Austrian, then employed in the Post Office in Vienna. Two years after Maria's death he married again and the last I heard of him was that he had an important Government post."

Maria married Maurice Felizetti di Liebenfeld on 20 Aug 1883 in Trieste, Italy/Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
The 1917 death of a Julia Ziffo was registered in Jan-Feb-Mar, London v 1a, p 4. Certificate not examined. The birth year was given as about 1839.

Family/Spouse: Giuseppe (Giuseppe) Scarabelli. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he came to London he joined Frangopulo Agelasto & Co, according to his brother John (Matthew) Ziffo.

Died:
DOD in Probate, 1901.

Estate valued at £1945 16s 8d, administered at London 1 May 1902, went to widow.

Theodore married Clementina (Nicolas) Scaramanga on 20 Dec 1882 in Calcutta, Bengal, British India . Clementina (daughter of Nicolas (George) Scaramanga and Hypatia (Nicolas) Scaramanga) was born on 24 Feb 1862 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 10 May 1862 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK; died on 09 Mar 1921 in Naples, Campania, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Matthew Ziffo [80 Westbourne Terrace] appears on the 1910, 1913, 1915, 1918 electoral register Paddington South parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; [57 Palmerston House, abode - 80 Westbourne Terrace] 1912, 1914; [57 Palmerston House, abode - 18 Cleveland Gardens W] London/City of London 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924; [18 Cleveland Gardens W] 1918, 1919, 1921 Paddington and St Marylebone/Westminster; 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 Paddington/Westminster; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster.

1911 England census for 80 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by John Ziffo, 62, b. Athens, Greece, married 24 years, 2 children, 2 living, East India merchant, exporter cotton goods, importer jute & grain, Greek nationality; wife Argyrie, 24, b. Liverpool; daughters Dessie, 23, b. Calcutta; Olga, 21, b. London, Paddington; both single; 6 servants.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: John Ziffo, b. 1849, Greece; Arghyri Ziffo, b. 1862, Liverpool, Lancashire; Despina Ziffo, b. 1888, India; for the household in Paddington, London.

Died:
His estate was administered by Pandia Calvocoressi and Emmanuel Demetriadi.

Buried:
burial in plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8, reg. pg. 17995, no. 73124

John married Arghyri (Dimitrios) Petrocochino on 16 Oct 1886 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK. Arghyri (daughter of Dimitrios (Emmanuel) Petrocochino and Despina (Matthew) Rodocanachi) was born on 23 Jan 1861 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; was christened on 26 Apr 1861 in Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 17 Jan 1954 in Albury, London Road, East Grinstead, Sussex, England UK; was buried on 29 Jan 1954 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander Matthew Ziffo, merchant, 1 Great Winchester St. Buildings, E.C. London, was a partner in the Commercial Bank of Alexandria Ltd (The London Gazette, 28 Feb 1877).

Mrs A. Ziffo, 33 Sussex Lodge Sussex Pl W.2, Paddington, London (1939 phone listing).

His brother John wrote: "He lived in London for many years and was in the firm of Paspati & Co. When Mr Paspati died he returned to Trieste and put his savings (about £3,000) in the Scarabelli business and it was lost or rather recklessly spent by sister Julia and himself, Scarabelli being too weak to stop it. This combined, with a great shock (an English girl he was in love with in London gave him up and married another Greek young man) affected his brain and we had to put him in a private sanatorium in Monza near Milan. After 4 years he was well enough to come home and gradually he was completely cured."

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Residence: at DOD, Karachi, India.

Died:
His father petitioned the court on 5 Oct 1881 to have his estate administered by Stephen Augustus Ralli and Alexander Anthony Vlasto, both of 25 Finsbury Circus, London.

Death notice in The Times of India, 6 May 1881.

Died the residence of Mr J Fachin [Fachiri], Malabar Hill.

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According to his brother John, "His life was uneventful. He remained all his life in Trieste as a clerk in Baron Ralli's office. He died from cancer of the intestines at the age of 72."

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Residence: 1911-1916: 879 Beacon, Boston (Choremi, Benachi & Co, cotton merchant, 53 State Rm 409); 1918-1919, Anthony & Despina Benachi, 1810 Beacon, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; at DOD, 10 Fatimitos St., Alexandria, Egypt.

Anthony L. Benachi, 31, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 27; Luke A. Benachi, 5, all British nationals, Greek race, residents 879 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts, were issued US passports, 12 Sep 1919, final destination Boston.

She resided uninterrupted in the US, 1907-1919; domiciled 1810 Beacon St., Boston, ccording to her US passport application.

Anthony Benachi, 26, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 23, b. Calcutta; Luke A. Benachi, 5 months, all British nationals, last permanent address c/o M. Benachi, 6 Siebig Strasse, Frankfurt a/M, departed Bremen 8 Oct 1907 aboard Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, arriving New York City, 16 Oct 1907, final destination Boston.

The 1910 US federal census for the residence, 237 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA, included Anthony L. Benachi, 29, Greek b. England, married, b. England, father Greek b. Greece, mother Greek b. Turkey, cotton merchant; Despina, 25, Greek b. India, father Greek b. Constantinople, mother Greek b. England; Luke A., 3, Greek b. Egypt, father b. England, mother b. India, all guests [residence may be hotel], all immigrated 1907.

Anthony L. Benachi, 31, b. Liverpool, merchant, Greek; Despina A, 27, housewife; Luke A., 6, child, arrived Boston 25 Sep 1912 aboard Franconia from Liverpool, last residing 879 Beacon St., Boston, all nationality British.

Birth:
A daughter was born at Calcutta, 14 Jul 1884, to the wife of Theodore M. Ziffo according to the birth notice in The Times of India, 19 Jul 1884.

Family/Spouse: Antonios (Loukas) Benachi. Antonios (son of Luke Antonio (Antonio) Benachi) was born on 09 Oct 1881 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK; died on 7 Jan 1964 in Alexandria, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Daughters were born at Calcutta, 14 Oct 1885 and 23 Mar 1888, to the wife of Th. M. Ziffo according to the birth notices in The Times of India, 19 Oct 1885 and 29 Mar 1888.

Hypatia Ziffo, parents Theodor and Climatina Ziffo, b. 20 Oct 1885, baptized 20 Dec 1885, Calcutta, Bengal, India, according to LDS database.

Family/Spouse: Admiral Nicolas (Londo) Leondopoulos. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Daughters were born at Calcutta, 14 Oct 1885 and 23 Mar 1888, to the wife of Th. M. Ziffo according to the birth notices in The Times of India, 19 Oct 1885 and 29 Mar 1888.

Family/Spouse: Marchese Vladimir (Enrico) Imperiali. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arnaldo Dello Sbarba. Arnaldo was born about 1871 in Volterra, Tuscany Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A. Th Ziffo published The Light of Horus; a Series of Essays on the Real Origins of of Platonism (Cape Town, Unie-Volkspers, 1947)


Theodore Ziffo is listed in South Africa's Who's Who

Occupation: Greek banker and civil servant, listed in International Who's Who, 1935. Minister of the Merchant Marine, Greece.

Ambrose Theodore Ziffo, 51, company director, permanent resident South Africa, Greek national, UK address: Dorchester Hotel, London, arrived Southampton, England, 20 Apr 1948, from Cape Town, South Africa aboard Riebeeck Castle; Ambrose Th Ziffo, 50, c/o 3 Fenchurch Street, company director, Greek national, South Africa resident, departed Southampton, England, 27 May 1948 for Cape Town, South Africa aboard Capetown Castle.

Ambrosios married Calypso (Milton) Emmanuel on 19 Apr 1931 in Alexandria, Egypt. Calypso (daughter of Milton Emmanuel and Christine Vlachos) was born on 20 Jul 1909 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece; died in Feb 2001 in Wokingham , Berkshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Despina Ziffo [18 Cleveland Gardens W] appears on the 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 UK electoral register, Paddington parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough.

1911 England census for 80 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by John Ziffo, 62, b. Athens, Greece, married 24 years, 2 children, 2 living, East India merchant, exporter cotton goods, importer jute & grain, Greek nationality; wife Argyrie, 24, b. Liverpool; daughters Dessie, 23, b. Calcutta; Olga, 21, b. London, Paddington; both single; 6 servants.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Rushetts, Cuckfield, Sussex, lists Despina Ziffo, b. 9 Nov 1887, Single; and Arghire Ziffo, b. 4 Feb 1861, widowed, both Private Means.

Birth:
A daughter was born at Calcutta, 9 Nov 1887, to the wife of J. M. Ziffo according to the birth notice in The Times of India, 14 Nov 1887.

Died:
Despina Ziffo died 30 Jun 1962, spinster, Albury, London Rd, East Grinstead, Sussex. Midland Bank was the executor and Olga Rodocanachi, her sister, the personal representative (The London Gazette, 14 Aug 1962).

Buried:
burial in plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8, reg. pg. 19515, no. 85283.

Notes:

Olga Rodocanachi is listed as the personal representative regarding the estate of Despina Ziffo (her sister), who died 30 Jun 1962, spinster, Albury, London Rd, East Grinstead, Sussex. Midland Bank was the executor(The London Gazette, 14 Aug 1962).

1899 directory lists John Ziffo, 48 Lanark Villas, Clifton Rd., Maida, Vale W, London. Lanark Villas was a street that ran parallel between Maida Vale and Portsdown [now Randolph Avenue], bookended by Stranraer P. (what is now the intersection of Randolph Crescent) and Clifton Road, identified in the 1898 Charles Booth online archive.

Funeral regisger calls her Mary Olga.

Olga Rodocanachi [84 Gloucester Terrace] appears on the 1919 UK electoral register, Paddington and St Marylebone parliamentary division, Westminster county/borough; 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933 Paddington/Westminster; 1928 Paddington and Poplar/Westminster.

1911 England census for 80 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by John Ziffo, 62, b. Athens, Greece, married 24 years, 2 children, 2 living, East India merchant, exporter cotton goods, importer jute & grain, Greek nationality; wife Argyrie, 24, b. Liverpool; daughters Dessie, 23, b. Calcutta; Olga, 21, b. London, Paddington; both single; 6 servants.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Peter Rodocanachi, b.1891, London; Olga Rodocanachi, b. 1889, London; Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi, b. 1919, London; Eric Anthony Rodocanachi, b. 1915, London; for a household in Paddington, London.

The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Tiltwood, Cuckfield, Sussex, lists Olga M Rodocanachi, b. 2 Dec 1889, Divorced, Unpaid Domestic Duties; Ambrose G Scaramanga, b. 31 Dec 1869, Private Means; wife Nina Scaramanga, b. 3 Jun 1879, Married, Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Christened:
Godparent: Alexandra Argenti

Buried:
burial in plot 21775, sq 28-42, Greek plan no. 8, reg. pg. 12772, no. 7338.

Olga married Peter (Pandia) Rodocanachi on 31 Oct 1914 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK, and was divorced before 1939. Peter (son of Pandia Peter (Peter) Rodocanachi and Alexandra (Paul) Schilizzi) was born on 21 Dec 1890 in London, England UK; was christened on 29 Jan 1891 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died on 20 Apr 1952 in Uckfield, Sussex, England UK; was buried in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anthony L. Benachi, 31, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 27; Luke A. Benachi, 5, all British nationals, Greek race, residents 879 Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts, were issued US passports, 12 Sep 1919, final destination Boston.

Anthony Benachi, 26, merchant; Despina A Benachi, 23, b. Calcutta; Luke A. Benachi, 5 months, all British nationals, last permanent address c/o M. Benachi, 6 Siebig Strasse, Frankfurt a/M, departed Bremen 8 Oct 1907 aboard Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, arriving New York City, 16 Oct 1907, final destination Boston.

The 1910 US federal census for the residence, 237 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA, included Anthony L. Benachi, 29, Greek b. England, married, b. England, father Greek b. Greece, mother Greek b. Turkey, cotton merchant; Despina, 25, Greek b. India, father Greek b. Constantinople, mother Greek b. England; Luke A., 3, Greek b. Egypt, father b. England, mother b. India, all guests [residence may be hotel], all immigrated 1907.

Anthony L. Benachi, 31, b. Liverpool, merchant, Greek; Despina A, 27, housewife; Luke A., 6, child, arrived Boston 25 Sep 1912 aboard Franconia from Liverpool, last residing 879 Beacon St., Boston, all nationality British.

Birth:
His tombstone says 1907 but Choremi tree says 1914 (Christopher Long).

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

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

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

Notes:

Occupation: Professor of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Peter Milton Ziffo, 21, b. 11 Jan 1938, c/o Ralli Bros., 25 Finsbury Circus, London EC2, student, South Africa national, South Africa, former/future permanent residence, arrived Southampton, England from Durban, South Africa 24 Dec 1959 aboard Capetown Castle.

Peter married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address 69 South Avenue, Shardlow, Derbyshire, lists Eric A Rodocanachi, 26 Oct 1915, Single, Aero Engine Test Inspect.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Peter Rodocanachi, b.1891, London; Olga Rodocanachi, b. 1889, London; Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi, b. 1919, London; Eric Anthony Rodocanachi, b. 1915, London; for a household in Paddington, London.

Christened:
Godparent: Virginia Schilizzi

Died:
His estate was handled by: Janson, Cobb, Pearson & Co., 22 College Hill, London E.C.4, Solicitors, his brother Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi and Elsie Mary Rodocanachi (London Gazette 1 Oct 1965).

Eric married Hilda V. Taylor in sum 1940 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England UK. Hilda was born in spr 1920 in Fareham, Hampshire, England UK; died about Jun 1957 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eric married Elsie Mary (Percy) Hallam in Jun 1957 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England UK. Elsie was born on 28 Mar 1916 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England UK; died in Feb 1998 in Derbyshire, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Peter Rodocanachi, b.1891, London; Olga Rodocanachi, b. 1889, London; Cecil Matthew Rodocanachi, b. 1919, London; Eric Anthony Rodocanachi, b. 1915, London; for a household in Paddington, London.

Christened:
Godparent: Despina Ziffo

Died:
Estate was handled by Collyer-Bristow, 4 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4DF, Solicitor; David John Napier Edward Yorke and Katherine Daphne Waite (London Gazette 15 Nov 1983).