Zannis (Zannis) Agelasto

Notes:

One Missé Zannis Agelasto is mentioned in the 1787 Codex of Lazaretto, cited by Zolotas. This may be the basis for Argenti's placement.

One Zannis Agelasto is mentioned in the 1787 Codex of Lazaretto, according to Zolotas.

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

Notes:

The original owner of St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Name:
or Augustinus

Augustis married Angeliki (Zannis) NegroponteChios, Greece. Angeliki (daughter of Zannis (Ambrosios) Negroponte) was born about 1760 in Chios, Greece; died in 1822 in Chios, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

9 Dec 1850: Alexandros Agelasto, unmarried, born Chios, arrived Syros 1821, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Alexandros Agelastos, 54, was on the voter list for Syros, 1869 [this dating makes unlikely that this entry concerns this man].

Birth:
Argenti places him third in birth order, which may or may not be correct.

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until his 1822 death at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Birth:
Argenti places him fourth in birth order, which is incorrect. He was the eldest son.

Estimated birth year based on fact it should be before any others that are known (ie, Stephanos in 1779).

Died:
Killed by the Turks during the Massacres of Chios.

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Birth:
Argenti places him first in birth order, which is incorrect. He was second son.

Estimated birth year based on fact it should be after Tryphon and before any others that are known (ie, Stephanos in 1779).

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

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Birth:
Argenti places him fifth in birth order, which may or may not be correct.

Stephanos married Henrietta (Constantine) FranghiadiChios, Greece. Henrietta (daughter of Constantine (Emmanuel) Franghiadi and Henrietta (Cosi) Vouro) was born in Chios, Greece; died in 1867 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Philanthropy: Cozìs Agelasto bequeathed in 1860 30.000 Grosia to the National Hospital of Heptapyrgion [in Constantinople], 30.000 Gr to the Chios Hospital, 5.000 Gr to the Boys School of Stavrodromion [in Constantinople], 5.000 Gr to the Greek Literature Club [in Constantinople] and other sums to several institutions, in total 100.000 Grosia according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Birth:
birth year according to Argenti

Buried:
Georgiadis lists three Chiot graves in the St Stephen cemetery, one of which is: Cozìs A. Agelastos, 74 years, born in 1791 in Chios, died 1 Oct 1865 in Agios Stephanos [Constantinople], cited by Zolotas who names him: Cozis (or Constantinos) Agelasto.

Cosi married Vierou (Stephanos) Ralli on 22 May 1819 in Chios, Greece. Vierou (daughter of Stephanos (Zannis) Ralli and Loula (Augustus) Sechiari) was born on 30 Dec 1801 in Chios, Greece; died on 17 Sep 1885 in 18 Hyde Park Square, London, England UK; was buried on 22 Sep 1885 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably he was born on and resided until 1822 at the St. Tryphon property, Kampos, Chios.

Philanthropy: Constantine Agelasto donated 10 TL in favour of the 1881 earthquake victims on Chios according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis

Residence: 1859, Constantinople

Occupation: banker

Birth:
Birth year according to Argenti, who places him last in birth order.

Buried:
On his list of Chiot graves at the Sislí cemetery in Constantinople, Georgiadis mentions the graves of Constantinos A. Agelastos and Angeroù C. Agelastos.

Family/Spouse: Angerou Scouloudi. Angerou was born in 1812 in Chios, Greece; died on 27 Jan 1896 in 31 Aga Hamam St., Pera, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; was buried in Sislí Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

16 May 1858: Emmanuel Agelasto, 46, married, born Chios, arrived Syros 1831, commercial agent, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Emmanuel John Agelasto sold a dwelling in Chios to Ali Kavasis Hakim (presumably a Turk) 1 Sep 1834, according to Doc #840 held at the Korai Library, Chios.

[Document] No 24: A document issued by the Church Administration of Chios in 1835, related to the ownership of St Tryphon Church, by which Manuel Agelasto is acknowledged as the legal owner. Pages LII and LIII. See description of text by George Agelastos.

Died:
He was dead when his daughter Victoria died in Marseille, Dec 1874.

Family/Spouse: Alexandra Gara. Alexandra was born about 1836; died after 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

30 Jan 1844: Augustinos Jn Agelasto, 28, unmarried, born Chios, arrived Syros 1826, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Residence: bef 1922 Chios; 1826-1869 Syros.

Augustus Agelasto, 51, born 1818, voted in Syros 1869.

Name:
Augustinos I. Agelastos was presumably born between 1815 and 1820 (his wife was 52 in 1887, so I presume he must have been about 60 at the time he died). His father's "official" name was apparently Ioannis, which is the same as Zannis. So I can imagine that Augustinos (the same as Augustus or Augustís) is the son of Zannis Agelasto and grandson of Augustis Agelasto. (Georgios Agelastos, 2007)

Family/Spouse: Arghyró [Agelasto]. Arghyró was born in 1835; died on 17 Apr 1910 in [Greece]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

11 Apr 1864: Cozi John Agelasto, 48, unmarried, born Chios, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

Notes:

She also appears on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

LDS (familysearch.com) listed on 11 Mar 2001 a Marietta Agelasto birth abt 1820, Constantinople, marriage abt 1841, Constantinople.

Marietta J[ohn] Ziffo is buried in the Ziffo tomb, Sisli Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey. If her death year (1825, at the age of 25) is correct, she could be John S. Ziffo´s grandmother, which again implies that his grandfather was also a John. That is a reasonable guess but doesn´t correspond with our TNG entry (George Agelastos).

Marietta married Stephanos (Paul) Ziffo on 19 Oct 1829 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. Stephanos (son of Paul (Stephanos) Ziffo and Penelope [Ziffo]) was born in 1791 in Chios, Greece; died on 13 Sep 1889 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is also found on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree.

Occupation: merchant, 1859, 23 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool; cotton broker; Meugens & Agelasto, 2 Manchester Buildings, Tithebarn St., Liverpool (Lancs), partnership dissolved 1859; 1868, Victoria Buildings, Hackins Hey, Liverpool.

Residence: bef 1822 Chios; 1827-1840 Syros; 1851, 45 Broughton Cottage, Salford, Manchester, England; 1855-66, Grove Street, Falkner Terrace No 171, Liverpool, England; 1881, 24 Lockerby Road, Liverpool; at DOD, 15 Lockerby Road, Fairfield, Liverpool.

1851 England census: Broughton Cottage, Salford, England household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 35, unmarried, merchant, b. Cio [sic] Greece, and 1 servant.

1861 England census: 175 Grove Street, Liverpool, household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 45, cotton broker, b. Chios; wife Lucy Coronio, 30, b. Constantinople; sons Stephen, 8, b. Syros; John, 6; George, 4; daughters Despina, 5; Henrietta, 7; Hellen, 2 Mo, all b. Liverpool; & 3 servants.

1871 England census [West Derby]: 15 Locherby Road, Liverpool, household headed A. S. Agelasto, 55, cotton broker; wife Lucy, 40, both b. Chios; son Stephen, 18, b. Syros; Harriet, 17, b. Manchester; John, 15; Delphina, 14; Helen, 10, Triphon, 9; Aspasia, 7; Lucy, 5, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 5 servants. Lived adjacent to the C. T. Rodocanachi family and two doors down from the Constantine M. Ralli family.

1881 England census [West Derby rural]: Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Augustus S. Agelasto, 66, married; unmarried sons Stephen, 28, both , cotton brokesr, b. Greece; John 26, cotton salesman, b. Liverpool; Tryphon, 17; daughters Aspasia, 16; Lucie, 14, all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 2 servants.

Liverpool Electoral Registers for Augustus Agelasto: 1860, Hackin's Hey (counting house), 1860, 1865, Grove St. (house); 1868-1870, Lockerby road (house & garden); 1870, [as Augustus Stephen Agelasto], Lockerby Rd., Fairfield (abode); 1870, 1975 Victoria Buildings, 24 Hackin's Hey (counting house). He is also included, 1870, on the list of persons "objected to, as not being entitled to have their names retained in the list of persons qualified to vote."

11 Apr 1840: Augustus St. Agelasto, 23, unmarried, born Chios, merchant, arriving Syros 1827, swore allegiance to the government at the town hall, Ermoupolis.

An A.S.Agelasto is listed as the manager of the Bank of Constantinople (The Times [London], 10 Mar 1884; Pall Mall Gazette 10 Mar 1884) but this could be a misprint as his son, Stephen Augustus Agelasto, held this position.

A.S. Agelasto charity: £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850); £5 to a relief fund to aid British expatriate families suffering during political upheaval in India (Liverpool Mercury [LM] 7 Oct 1857); £2 to The Hartley Colliery Accident fund (LM 30 Jan 1862); £5 to the Cephalonia Relief Fund (LM 26 Mar 1867); £3 3s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (LM, 25 Mar 1871); £5 to The Liverpool Bulgarian Relief Fund (LM 21 Sep 1876); £5 to the Haydock Colliery Relief Fund (LM 19/20/22 Jun 1878); £50 to The Chio Earthquake Relief Fund (LM 15/20 Apr 1881).

A.S. Agelasto auctioned off 18 bales of Orleans cotton damaged by sea water (Liverpool Mercury 23 Dec 1868). On sale "at the broker's office, Victoria buildings, Hackins Hey [Liverpool], Cotton - 37 bales Egyptian, Ex-Egyptian and Dido."(Liverpool Mercury 1866) (Daphne Casdagli).

Along with other Liverpool merchants in the Levant trade, he signed a petition to the city's Dock Committee asking them to extend dock on the Liverpool rather than the Cheshire side of the Mercy (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Oct 1857).

Agelasto, gent., Greece, arrived Dover, England, aboard the Princess Alice, 28 Aug 1852, from Calais, France. A.S. Agelasto, merchant, b. Greece, arrived London aboard the Panther, 9 Apr 1853, from Ostend, Belgium. A. Agelasto, merchant, Greece, arrived Dover, England, aboard the Rubis Com Michel, 3 Mar 1858, from Ostend, Belgium.

Augustin Agelasto, b. Greece, merchant, arrived Dover, England from France, 1 Jul 1844.

Agelasto, Augustus Stephen appears on the Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Canada's List Of Shareholders, Oct 1875.

Died:
Probate says he died 25 Apr 1884.

His estate, probated in London, was handled by son Stephen, one of the executors.

Augustus married Loukia (Zannis) Coronio on 21 Aug 1851 in Manchester, Lancashire, England UK. Loukia (daughter of Zannis (Zorzis) Coronio and Despina (Theodore) Negroponte) was born on 12 Oct 1831 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 23 Dec 1912 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stephanos (unknown) Ralli. Stephanos was born in abt1815??. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
DOD on death certificate. Argenti says 5 Jun, the date certificate was registered.

Signatory witnesses to her death were Petros (Dimitrios) Schilizzi and Paraskeva Sechiari, possibly Paraskeva (Augustis) Sechiari.

Notes:

He was secretary to Pandias Ralli, the Greek Consul in London, and his uncle. Augustus had spent time in Constantinople and in London worked in his uncle's business, according to Bishop Catsiyannis. "Little before Pandias' resignation from his duties as Consul General, Augustus went to Constantinople where he married Despina Mathew Ralli."

He was a partner in Sagrandi J & Co, Manchester, with J.P. Sagrandi and the Petrocochino brothers, East India merchants: Eustratius (Emmanuel) (1822-1897) and Dimitrios (Emmanuel) (1820-1887) until it was dissolved 31 Dec 1869. On 1 Jan 1870 the company, now "in the style of" Agelasto & Sagrandi, merchants, commenced operation, with only the two principals as partners. In various forms Agelasto Sagrandi had a Calcutta office--37 Strand Road (1855/6; 1875); 6 Old Court House Street (1860-1862); 37 Strand Road North; and (after 1879) 3 Mission Row; 8 Canning Street (1888). Agelasto & Sagrandi contributed £50 on 31 May 1870 to assist Julia Lloyd whose husband died in Greece (The Times [London], 6 Jun 1870). In 1872, as a partner in Agelasto & Sagrandi, he appeared in court in the matter of Agelasto v. Rehder, a contract dispute over the quality of jute ("Action on a Contract for the Sale of Jute," Manchester Guardian, 10 Jul 1872, p 6; London Standard, 5 July 1872, p. 6 and 6 July 1872, p. 6). Agelasto and another v. Baxter: litigated Queen's Bench, Guildhall, London Standard, 9 December 1892, p. 7. The firm Agelasto & [John Pandely] Sagrandi, as Agelasto and Sagrandi at London and Calcutta and as J. Sagrandi and Co., at Manchester, was dissolved by mutual consent, 1 Jul 1873 (Liverpool Mercury 2 Aug 1873). 1875: 37 Strand Road, Calcutta, India (Agelasto & Sagrandi directory listing).

An Aug. (C.) Agelasto is mentioned as a commercial enterprise in George P. Georgiadis, The St. Ioannis Church of the Chiots in Galata, (Constantinople, 1898), as cited by George Zolotas, History of Chios (Athens, 1928), p 262.

Branch: Aug. (C.) Agelasto identified as belonging to the Saint Tryphon branch in: George P. Georgiadis, The St. Ioannis Church of the Chiots in Galata, (Constantinople, 1898), as cited by George Zolotas, History of Chios (Athens, 1928), p 264

At some time probably worked for Ralli & Agelasto, a company trading in Constantinople, Trebizond, Tabriz and Liverpool, 1837-71, cited in Stanley Chapman, Merchant Enterprise in Britain and Kardases, Diaspora Merchants in the Black Sea.

1850 city directory lists an Agelasto with Ralli & Agelasto, merchants, 3 Lloyd St., Manchester. 1853 directory lists Augustus Agelasto, merchant, residing at Cliffe Cottage, Hr. Broughton, Manchester

Presumably the Augustus Agelasto of whom Mary Ann Chadwell writes in her 1868 diary: 'On Saturday (04-04-1868) I saw Mrs Agelasto and her son Augustus. It is eighteen years since we had met'.

This is possibly the Augustís C. Agelastos mentioned by Georgiadis who, based on the accounting records of St John Church, makes an alphabetical list of Chiot enterprises [of Constantinople] that sponsored the Church in the time from 1843 to 1880. There is no mention of year/date. Included among Agelastos enterprises is: Augustís C. Agelastos. This person could also be #545.

Augustus C. Agelasto was the God-father to Maria 'Mary' (Ioannis) Negroponte, baptized 11 Feb 1882, Manchester, England.

He was one of the ten directors of the City of London Marine Insurance Corporation, Ltd. which listed an IPO (20-21 Jun 1881, The Times [London]; Belfast News Letter, 17 Jun 1881; Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 17 Jun 1881; Manchester Guardian, 18 Jun 1881, p 5). Other directors included George E. Scaramanga, Gresham House, E.C., London; and Const. G. Ralli, Esq. (late of Messrs Cassavelli and Co.), New City Chambers, E.C. The company was liquidated in 1881.

A Agelasto is listed among a delegation which met with Lord Derby of the Foreign Office to discuss the British role in and the threat to Greek merchants' interests due to strife between Greece and Turkey (The Times [London], 6 Feb 1878).

A. Agelasto charity: £2 2s. to the mayor's charitable fund (Manchester Guardian, 10 Jul 1850); £2 2s. for a subscription to aid the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital (Manchester Guardian, 28 Dec 1850, p 1; 4 Jan 1851, p 1); [following as A Agelasto & Co] £50 to aid the famine in India (The Times and Daily News [London], 28 Aug 1877); £200 to the Chios earthquake [22 Mar 1881] relief fund (The Times and Daily News [London], 8 Apr 1881]).

His portrait appears in T. Catsiyannis, Pandias Stephen Rallis 1793-1865.

Listed as a contributor toward the building of the Church of Aghia Sophia, London, January 1881.

A. Agelasto and Co. signed a petition to the Manchester and Salford Council urging them to cover over the River Irwell at Hunt's Bank (Manchester Times, 6 Aug 1881).

A.C. Agelasto, manufacturer, Manchester, was listed as bankrupt (Preston Guardian, 20 Aug 1862).

A. Agelasto and Co. of 63 George St., Manchester, merchants, received Trade Mark 137, for Class 24, cotton piece goods, Manchester Guardian, 17 Apr 1879, p 4). The Trade Marks Journal, 25 Apr 1883, announced trade mark no. 29,444, A. Agelasto and Co., claimed for Class XXIV cotton (Manchester Guardian, 26 Apr 1883, p 7). Trade marks 31.378 and 31.315-7 for A. Agelasto and Co., Manchester, were announced in cotton goods claimed in class 24 Trade Marks Journal, 6 Jun 1883 (reported in the Manchester Guardian, 7 Jun 1883, p 4). A. Agelasto and Co. registered a class XII ornamentental (sic) design (Manchester Guardian, 26 May 1879, p 4).

A. Agelasto and Co. was on the initial phone subscription list in Manchester, "The Lancashire and Cheshire Telephone Exchange Co., Ltd. [public notice]," Manchester Guardian, 11 Oct 1881, p 1.

A. Agelasto and Co. ranked 21st in volume as it imported 5,285 packages [of cotton] through the Custom House [presumably Manchester, 1874], Manchester Guardian, 13 Feb 1875, p 6. Others in the list: Ralli Brothers (2nd in volume, 29,011 packages); Argenti, Schilizzi, and Co. (7, 13,413); Petrocochino Brothers (15, 6,552); Tamvaco and Co., (17, 6,418).

1871 England census: 18 Hyde Park Square household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 48, East India merchant, b. Tinos, Greece; wife Despina, 37, b. Syros; daughters Angelica, 12, b. Constantinople; Julia, 3, b. Manchester; Despina, 1, b. London; son-in-law John Ralli, 28, East India merchant; daughter Virginia Ralli, 18, both b. London; & 9 servants.

1881 England census: 18 Hyde Park Square household headed by Augustus Agelasto, 58, East India merchant; wife Despina, 47; both b. Greece; widowed mother Virginia, 80, b. Turkey; daughters Despina, 11, b. London; Julia, 13, b. Manchester; Angelina Sordina, 22, b. Turkey; and son-in-law Andrea Sordina, 35, East India merchant, b. Greece; & 5 servants.

1864: A.K. Agelasto worked for Petrocochino Bros. according to the Thacker's Directories, Calcutta.

The third oldest Greek house in India, Agelasto Sagranti operated from 1870.

1895 Calcutta Street Directory: 8 Clive Row, Calcutta – A. Agelasto Co.

Philanthropy: Agelasto, Petrocochino & Co donated on annual basis 15 Pound Sterling (GBP) to Chios Schools (1866-1868) according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis.

Philanthropy: Agelasto & Co donated £200 to the victims of the 1881 Chios earthquake according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. Agelasto & Sagranti, Calcutta, donated 100 Rupies to the Chios Schools in 1872. According to Reports on Hygiene Institutions of Chios by the same author, he contributed to the Chios Hospital in 1871, Augustus Agelasto & Co donated to the hospital in 1879-1880, and A. Agelasto & Co, Calcutta, gave money for the same purpose in 1878.

"A good deal of interest has been taken in the announcement by Messrs A Agelasto and Co., shippers of [Manchester], that their business has been transferred to Messrs. Beith Stevenson and Co., Ltd." in Frederick W. Tattersall, "Lancashire Cotton; Position of the Industry" (The Times of India, 25 Apr 1916).

Auguste K. Agelasto, merchant, Greece, arrived Folkestone, England, aboard the Prince Ernest, 21 Jan 1846 and 28 Mar 1848, from Boulogne, France, with a Greek passport. Agelasto, gent., Greece, arrived Dover, England, aboard the Princess Alice, 28 Aug 1852, from Calais, France.

The initial London phone directory, issued April 1880, includes Agelasto and Co., merchants, as first in the list The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 28 Oct 1936, p. 8.

Buried:
Section 29, Burial Plot 19794. This appears to be the original Agelasto site purchased at West Norwood; a later site in the Ralli Chapel appears on the map displayed in the St Sophia museum. Burial records indicate plot no. 14564.

Priest: Archimandrite Jerome

Died:
His death announcement appeared in The Times (London), 11 Jul 1883, p 1, and the Manchester Times, 14 Jul 1883.

Augustus married Despina (Matheos) Ralli on 08 Jun 1851 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Despina (daughter of Matheos (Laurentius) Ralli and Loula (Paul) Rodocanachi) was born about 8 Sep 1833 in Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; was christened on 28 Oct 1833 in The Orthodox Church of Christ's Transfiguration (Metamorphosis), Ermoupoli, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece; died on 02 May 1889 in 18 Hyde Park Square, London, England UK; was buried on 08 May 1889 in Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence: Constantinople bef 1857; 1857 Syros; 1860, 1861, 1863, 1871, 1 Belmont Terrace, Salford, Manchester, England. 1866, 54 Boulevard Longchamp, Marseille, a businessman, at the time of his daughter Julia’s birth. 1876: Kersal Mount, 4 Vine St, Broughton [listed as both Higher and Lower].

Occupation: Mediterranean shipping merchant. 1862, 1863, S.C. Agelasto; 1867, 36 Cooper Street, Manchester; 1 Jan 1870, S.C. Agelasto operated with Stephen C Agelasto in Manchester, John A. Ralli in London and George Rizo & H Stazati Psycha in Calcutta; 1876, merchant with A. Agelasto & Co.; 1877-78, with Agelasto & Co., merchants, 63 George St., Manchester (company listing 1883, 1886, 1895). After Stephen Cosi's death the 1903 city directory lists Agelasto & Co, 63 George St., Manchester, "East Indies, all kinds of cotton goods." Also in Manchester the same year, there was a similar business with a slightly different name: A Agelasto & Co, run by John Emmanuel Agelasto, Aubonne House, 491 Bury New Road. Agelasto & Co. was still in business in 1909-1911, at 78 George St., Manchester, its directory listing including "East Indies, grey & white cotton goods."


Naturalization: Stephen Cosi Agelasto took British citizenship on 27 Oct 1864. He said on his Oct 1864 application for naturalization: "in business in the City of Manchester as a merchant and shipper of Manchester and other manufactured goods to India and other foreign markets." Gives his birth year as 1833 "born of Greek parents and registered as a Greek subject at the Island of Syra in the Archipelago and am now of the age of thirty one years or thereabouts." He affirms he has continually resided in Manchester for the past 4 years, ie, 1860-1864.

In the last quarter of 1860, when several Greek firms in the Levant cotton trade failed, his company's "liabilities are computed at about £60,000, but the liquidation, it is thought, will not be very unfavourable" (Daily News [London] 27 Nov 1860; The Observer, 2 Dec 1860, p 5)." The bankruptcy resulted in the payout to creditors of 14s in the pound (Daily News [London] 8 Dec 1860). He also filed for bankruptcy on 14 Aug 1862 in co-partnership with Alexander Matza [Matsas, his father in law) and Ralli Antoniadi (a Constantinople firm of Matza & Antoniadi) - bankruptcy discharged 5 Nov 1862 (London Gazette 19 Aug 1862, copied in North Wales Chronicle 23 Aug 1862; The Times (London) 20 Aug 1862). Had another firm S. C. Agelasto (1862).

His mother was a Ralli. An Agelasto living in Liverpool/Manchester in the mid 19th Century was most likely involved in one of the Ralli companies, Ralli & Agelasto, doing business in Constantinople, Trebizond, Tabriz and Liverpool, 1837-71. See chart in Chapman, p. 156.

He attended secondary school in Marseille, 1849 and had earlier lived in Constantinople.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Agelasto (attired as gentilhomme Polonais & chatelaine du moyen age, respectively), along with Mr. Agelasto (British naval officer) and Miss Agelasto (Smyrna lady), attended a grand fancy dress ball at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall given by S. Georgala, Esq., of the firm of H. Georgala & Co., Greek general merchants (Liverpool Mercury, 30 Dec 1871).

10 Apr 1857: Stephanos K [Constantine], 25, unmarried, born Constantinople, merchant, swore allegiance to the government at town hall, Ermoupolis.

Kersal Mount, Vine Street, Higher Broughton, Manchester, was advertised to be let, "immediate possession...late occupied by T. Agelasto, Esq: contains three entertaining rooms, six bedrooms, servants' rooms, with all needful offices" (Manchester Guardian, 23 Feb 1878).

Stephanos Agelastos gave two chandeliers on each side of the church to the Greek Church of Manchester, 1861.

St. Agelastos is listed as a warden for the Greek Church of Manchester, 1869-1870, 1874-1875 & 1875-1876.

UK Naturalisation: Stephen Agelasto, Greece, 27 Oct 1864; certificate 4543

Philanthropy: Stephen Agelasto is listed in 1872 among the donors to the Chios Hospital according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. In 1867 Stephen Agelasto & Son donated 250 Francs to Chios Schools; and Stephen Agelasto gave 500 Francs to the Chios Hospital.

Etienne Agelasto, 34, merchant, boulevard Longchamp 54, was a signatory witness to the 1867 Marseille birth of Eustratio Prassacachi.

Stephanos married Athena (Alexandros) Matsas on 18 Mar 1858 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey. Athena (daughter of Alexandros Matsas and Marigo Kyrani) was born on 30 Jan 1840 in Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey; died on 10 May 1898 in rue de la Sante 29, Paris 13ème, Île-de-France, France; was buried in First Cemetery of Athens, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown to Argenti.

Zolotas: Constantinos Agelasto, (1802 – 1882, died in Constantinople, citing Georgiadis, the same is mentioned ibid. in 1840). His wife was Angerou (1812 – 1896) and his son was Augustís (C.) Agelasto, citing Georgiadis 1852.

Once known to LDS (familysearch.com) which on 11 Mar 2001 listed Avgoustis (sic) marriage and Despina birth.

Based on the accounting records of St John Church, Georgiadis makes an alphabetical list of Chiot enterprises [of Constantinople] that sponsored the Church in the time from 1843 to 1880. There is no mention of year/date. Included among Agelastos enterprises is: Augustís C. Agelastos.

Calcutta Street Directory reports: 8 Clive Row – A. Agelasto Co. and E. Vassilopulo.

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

Augustus married Loula (Paul) Agelasto about 1872 in Alexandria, Egypt . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]