Stephanos (George) Ziffo

Notes:

For convenience sake Stephanos (George) Ziffo is also listed on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree, where his brother Ambrose (George) Ziffo is an ancestor of the Negroponte-Agelasto bloodline.

Family/Spouse: Franga (Stamati) Avierino. Franga was born in 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pandely (Michael) Agelasto. Pandely (son of Michael (Pandelis) Agelasto and [Agelasto]) died on 23 Apr 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ralli & Agelasto operated in the silk trade in Marseille in 1860-61. See, Gregorii Valerianovich Melgunof, Das südliche Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres oder die Nordprovinzen Persiens (Adamant Media Corporation, 2004), p. 286.

He is the "Mr Agelasto" referred to in the following anecdote. According to John (Matthew) Ziffo, his father Matthew Alexander Ziffo "was born in the Island of Chios about 2 1/2 years before the Massacre. On that terrible day his Mother with her two daughters, and a young maid, carrying my Father, took to the mountains to cross the island; following a long trail of refugees and guided by shepherds over mule paths. The maid soon got tired, left the child on the mountain side and fled. A Mr Agelasto, the father of John Agelasto whose firm (Frangopulo Agelasto & Co of London and Liverpool) [Theodore (Matthew) Ziffo] joined when he came to London, was following and recognizing the child picked him up and took him to the island of Syra. By a fortunate coincidence his mother and sisters also landed in Syra. One can imagine her joy at being re-united with her boy whom she had feared lost."

He is the distinguished gentleman whose portrait is omnipresent at the top right of these webpages.

Parker Agelasto has found four copies of a photo taken in Marseille that is believed to be Michael Pandely Agelasto, same as the portrait miniature. There are a lot of similarities to the portrait miniature, but the two pictures are separated by about 20 years. Similarly, one is a real photo the other an artist likeness of the sitter.

He was in partnership as merchants, at Marseilles, under the firm of Petrocochino, Agelasto & Co.; at Constantinople, under the firm of E. M. Vuro and Co.; at Galatz [sic], under the firm of D. C. Climi and Co.; at Ibraila and Bucharest, under the firm of Parembli and Climi; and at London, under the firm of Petrocochino and Co., until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1861. The other partners included George Petrocochino, Michael Vuro, M. Parembli, Anthony Vlasto, J. M. Agelasto, A. D. Syngros and A. N. Damiano (London Gazette 28 Mar 1862). An earlier notice appeared 18 Mar 1862 with the typo M. P. Agelasts.).

Michel Agelasto, 55, merchant, allees des Capucines 15, was a signatory witness to the marriage of Michel Parembli and Aspasia Dromacaiti, 4 Jun 1857.

He was a signatory witness to the 1849 marriage of Antoine Nicholas Petrocochino and Euthalie George Petrocochino.

Michael Agelasto signed a letter to the provisory Greek Parliament in 1825 demanding it include a Chiot deputy. This suggests he lived briefly in Syros after fleeing Chios in 1822 and before settling in Marseille.

27 Nov 1834: Michael Agelasto, 32, married, born Chios, merchant, arriving Syros 1824, swore allegiance to the government at the Syros tribunal (before the town hall was built). Stephen Agelasto [possibly his third cousin Stephanos (Augustis) Agelasto], who arrived on Syros also in 1824, took the oath the same day.

M.P. Agelasto was among the 327 Chiot refugees in Syros who signed a letter dated 10 Jul 1829 to the Governor of Greece.

M. P. Agelasto was co-administrator of the will [see source] of a parish priest who set up scholarships for young Marseille Chiots in 1861.

P.P. Negroponte and M. Agelesti, both with the firm Negroponte & Agelastl (sic) were among the more than thirty merchants, "citizens of New Orleans and inhabitants of Louisiana," who signed an open letter written under the seal of the City of New Orleans to Dr. John E. E. Ealino in The Charleston Mercury 19 Jan 1860, p 2, praising the physician's skills as his former patients and welcoming him as a winter resident of New Orleans. This man's son, Alexander M., settled in New Orleans after an 1860 visit on which, perhaps, he was accompanied by his father.

"Brig Walter Scott, Leighton, Matamoras 30 ds., with cotton to Negreponte & Agelasto. Oct. 18 [1863], off Tortugas, was boarded by U.S. gunboat Clyde" (New York Times 6 Nov 1863, p 8.

Michel Agelasto is referenced as one of the 1822 massacre refugees who arrived in Marseille (Echinard); This Michel fled to Syros and didn't arrive in Marseille until at least after 1835.

1871 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by J M Agelasto, 35, merchant, b. Syros, Greece; wife Aglaia, 29, b. Marseille; sons Michel, 5; Pendley, 4; daughters Katherine, 3; Mary, 2 mos., Alexandra, 11 months; all b. London; father Michael P., 68, retired merchant; mother Marie M., 57, both b. Chios [Scio, Turkey]; & 6 servants.

Philanthropy: in 1867 M(ichael) P. Agelasto donated 100 Francs to Chios Schools; Michael Agelasto & Son donated 250 Francs and M(ichael) P. Agelasto 100 Francs to the Chios Hospital according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. In 1972 Michael P. Agelasto again gave 200 Francs to the hospital. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, he contributed to the hospital in various years from 1874-1880.

M. Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 300 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Petrocochino-Agelasto, Marseille, is listed among the diaspora Greeks donating 250 fr. to a fund for the Thebes earthquake in 1853.

Died:
Argenti incorrectly says 20 Oct 1886.

Buried:
Cemetery 1886 register line entry 9141 midi carré 1, ter grec, no. 2, residence rue de la Biblioteque 24. Register notes: 15 Oct 1894 [year after his wife's death] he was moved to carré 1, ter grec, 3d rue, no. 11.

Michael married Maria (Ioannis) Parembli on 12 Mar 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Maria (daughter of Ioannis Parembli and Arghyro Damiano) was born in 1811 in Chios, Greece; died on 18 Feb 1893 in quartier Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; was buried on 19 Feb 1893 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence, England: 1851, The Cliff, Broughton, Manchester, with 3-month-old Angelica and her mother Maria Parembli Agelasto; 1861, "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; 1880, ten years after her husband's death, she lived with her children: Angeliki, a married daughter, and George, then still probably a bachelor (Address was given as Stoneleigh, Aigburth Road, Liverpool (Lancs), England in the notice of the Frangopulo & Agelasto bankruptcy, London Gazette, 14 Sep 1880); 1895, a L.S. Frangopulo had a phone in Wakefield, Liverpool, Lancs; 1900, Mrs. Lucy Frangopulo lived at 45 Ullet Rd., Aigburth Rd. S, Liverpool; 1901, the census lists her birthplace as "Assyria Greek subject Turkey", living with her grand-daughter, Marigo J. Maximos, age 14; 1921-29, Mrs. L.S. Frangopulo had a phone at 45 Ullet Rd; 1929, 45 Ullet Road, Liverpool.

Liverpool Electoral Registers, 1899-1910, 1904-1905, 1909-1910, 1914-1915: Lucy Frangopulo, 45 Ullet Road (house); 1920, 1925: Lucy Frangopulo and Nicholas Frangopulo, 45 Ullet Road.

1861 England census for "Highfield," Bury New Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, household headed by Stamati Frangopulo, 45, b. Greece, Mediterranean merchant, naturalized British subject; wife Lucia Frangopulo, 28, b. Syria [Syros]; children Angelica Frangopulo, 10; Nicholas Frangopulo, 8; Michael Frangopulo, 6; James Frangopulo, 4; George Frangopulo, 2; John Frangopulo, 7 months, all b. Manchester, Lancashire; 6 domestic servants.

1871 England census for 'Stone Lea', Aigburth Road, Liverpool: Lucy S. Frangopulo, 37, head, widow, b. Berout, Turkey; sons Nicolas S., 18; James S., 14; George S., 13; John, 10; daughters Maria S., 8; Argyri S., 6; all scholars born Manchester; 8 servants; Demetrios Galatti, 28, head, general merchant, b. Smyrna, Turkey; wife Angelica, 20, b. Manchester; sons Augustus, 2, and Stamati, 8 months; both b. Liverpool, and 4 servants.

1881 census: "Stoneleigh," Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, widow, 48, b. Beyrout, Syria; unmarried sons, Nicholas, 27, merchant - Gen. Broker; George, 22, merchant - Gen. Broker; Johnny, 20, apprentice merchant; daughters Marigo, 18; Argyri, 16; Angelica Galatti, married, 30; all born Manchester; son-in-law L [D] A. Galatti, 39, b. Asia Minor Sanyrini; grandsons Augustus Galatti, 11; Stamati Galatti, 10; granddaughters Lucy, 8; and Zenobia, 5, all scholars b. Liverpool & 7 servants.

1911 England census for 45 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, household headed by Lucy S. Frangopulo, 77, b. Turkey, naturalized Brit, widow, 6 children still living; John C Maximos, 65, b. Greece, son-in-law, widower, married 3 years, two children, one still living, retired cotton broker, USA citizen; Marigo Maximos, 24, b. Virginia, USA, grandaughter, single; 5 servants.

She appears on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.


Listed as Merchant and Partner in Frangopulo & Agelasto, 1880.

She was God-mother to her grandson Stamati D. Galati.

The Liverpool Mercury, 29 Jan 1880, apparently starved for news, reports on Lucy Frangopulo's carriage accident.

The Frangopulo contingent at the mayor's fancy dress ball, Liverpool, Jan 1883 included: Miss A. (pecheuse Napolitaine), Mrs. (Espagnole), John (Chef de Cuisine) and Miss (Satanella) (Liverpool Mercury 27 Jan 1883).

Mrs. S.N. Frangopulo, Bankside, Higher Broughton was among members of the Manchester Shaksperian Society involved in a fundraising event (Manchester Times 22 Mar 1851); this was about the time of the birth of their first child.

Either she or one of her daughters-in-law attended a ball given in the Manchester Assembly Rooms by Mrs. and Mrs. John Ambrose Negroponte to honor the coming out of their daughter Maria in 1900. She wore a "beautiful dress of pink accordinan-pleated chiffon, the [?] draped half-way with Brussels lace" ("Mrs. Negroponte's Ball," Manchester Times, 12 Jan 1900).

At one social event Mrs. Frangopulo "was in black trimmed with sequined net" ("Mrs. Alfred Charlton's Garden Party" Manchester Times, 19 Jul 1895).

At the Western Club Ball, "As usual Mrs. Negroponte and Mrs. Frangopulo were very strikingly gowned" (Manchester Times, 29 Apr 1898).

Jean Parembli, Greek citizen, died 4 Apr 1927 at Leipzig, Germany, and left his estate to Lucy Stamaty Frangopoulo, Liverpool. He is referred to as Mr. Johannes Parembli and is perhaps Lucy's cousin, she being his closest living kin.

Lucia Frangopoulos gave an icon of Archangel Michael to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1860-1863.

Name:
Known as Lucia Stamatio Frangopulo.

Birth:
The 1871 census says she was born in Berout, Turkey.

Died:
DOD given in Probate.

Will proved 13 Mar 1929 by Frank Deeks Sharples, solicitor, and Herbert Henry Girardet, cotton merchant, executors. Estate valued at £23087 8s 3d, resworn at £23425 2s 1d, administered at Liverpool (London Gazette 5 Apr 1929).

Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 8 Feb 1929.

Buried:
Folio Entry C/N Section Grave Class
2135 42670 N O 50 352 CEM 9/2/8

Loukia married Stamatios Nicolas (Nicolas) Frangopulo on 13 Sep 1849 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Stamatios (son of Nicolas Frangopulo and Angeliki (Perris) Maximo) was born on 10 Aug 1815 in Chios, Greece; died on 16 Mar 1870 in allées des Capucines 17, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Education: Smyrna and Athens

Alex. Agelasto, 32, East 10th St., New York, merchant, white, unmarried, born Greece, is registered in the consolidated list of persons eligible for military service, enumerated May-June 1863, Eighth Congressional District, New York. [The draft was initiated by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and reformed in March 1863. All men between 20 and 45 years of age were required to register. This included non-citizens. With news of the Battle of Gettysburg, the draft resistance in July 1863, primarily from Irish immigrants, caused riots in New York. Parker Agelasto]

1900 US Federal Census for 54 York Street, Norfolk City, Virginia, headed by Alex M Agelasto, 67, b. Feb 1833, Greece; naturalized, parents b. Greece, Cotton Buyer, own home, Married 1866 (34 years); wife Polyrene M Agelasto, 53, b. Jan 1847, Greece; parents b. Greece, both immigrated 1859, 41 years in US; sons Peter A Agelasto, 31, b. Mar 1869, India, lawyer; Michael A Agelasto, 29, b. Apr 1871, Greece, electrical engineer, both immigrated 1877, naturalized, 23 years in the US; Alex M Agelasto Jr, 26, b. Dec 1873, Louisiana, all single, cotton buyer; and one servant.

Name:
His marriage certificate lists his mother as Maria Negroponte.

Birth:
The 1900 Norfolk, Va. census gives his birth date as Feb 1833. Extrapolation of data from the 1869 Syros voter register (in the Greek national archives) and the digitized oath of Syros citizenship register suggest the birth year to be about 1831. The baptism registers of the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ, Syros, available for the years 1831-1834, 1835-1851, 1852-1860 and 1897-1912, but have been examined for only for 1835, the year his brother John was born and baptized.

His passport application and naturalization papers do not give a birth date.

Died:
Cause of death: pneumonia

Buried:
Lot 15, 7th A. East Elm.

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

Alexander married Polyxene (Alexander) Mavrogordato on 02 Feb 1866 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Polyxene (daughter of Alexander (Michael) Mavrogordato and Polunia (Pandias) Ralli) was born on 05 Jan 1846 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 01 Sep 1934 in 4-C Hague Apartments, Norfolk, Virginia USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1934 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The New York Times, 20 Jul 1878 reports as passengers on the Germanic sailing for Liverpool, A. Paterachi and Mrs. Paterachi.

Family/Spouse: Aristides Pateraki. Aristides was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

UK Naturalisation: John Michael Agelasto, Greece, 7 Apr 1881, residence London; home office paper A2284; certificate A3449.

1911 England Census: Mr. Agelasto headed the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Kensington, which included 1 male and 4 females

Philanthropy: John Michael Agelasto is listed in 1870 among the founders of the Greek School in London according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

The 1911 England census, London, includes John M Agelasto, b. abt 1836; daughter Lucy, b. abt 1875.

1911 England census for the household at 25 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill W, Kensington, London, headed by John M Agelasto, 75, b. Greece, widowed, stock exchange agent, naturalized Brit; daughter Lucy, 36, single; 3 servants.

John Mitchell Agelasto [22 Pembridge Crescent] appears on the 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907; [John Michael Agelasto, 25 Lansdowne Road] 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 electoral register, Kensington North parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea/borough electoral lists, Great Britain; 1918, 1919 Kensington/Kensington and Chelsea.

Agelasto, John Michael, 25 Lansdowne Road, Holland park W, appears in Royal Blue Book (London, May 1911).

Birth:
Argenti incorrectly reports 26 Sep 1835.

Christened:
God-parent: Marouko [Maria] Theodore Ralli [wife of Theodore Ralli, probably Marouko Alexander Ziffo].

Entry #589, 1835 register

The church register does not give the exact date of baptism, but rather the date of registration of the certificate with civil authorities (24 November), which is perhaps 1-2 days after baptism (George Agelastos). The archives registers gives the date 18 Jul 1835.


Died:
His death announcement appeared in The Times (London), 12 Nov 1919, p 1.

Buried:
burial plot no. 8641

John married Aglaïa (Ioannis) Baltazzi on 01 Mar 1862 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Aglaïa (daughter of Ioannis (Evangelos) Baltazzi and Aikaterine (George) Petrocochino) was born on 23 Nov 1841 in rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?], Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France; died on 09 Dec 1877 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]