Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameEmmanuel (Antonios) Benachi, G Grandson
Birth15 Nov 1843, Syros, Greece/Hellenes
Death20 Jun 1929, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
BurialFirst Cemetery, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
OccupationCotton merchant in Egypt from 1866. Founded Choremi-Benachi & Co 1876.
Note 1Or Benakis. Father of the Greek nation. Settled Athens 1910 where he was an MP and Minister. A fervent supporter of Venizelos. Founder of the Benaki Museum, Athens. Mayor of Athens 1914-16.
Note 2Forced from office in 1916 and imprisoned by the Royalists in 1917. Lived in exile in France from 1920-24. His atheism facilitated the marriage of his daughter Alexandra to an English protestant.
Note 3He built a house in the Greek district of Alexandria in 1883. He and both sons listed at (business address?) 61 Rue Porte Rosette, later Rue Fouad 1er in 1916
Note 4His house in Athens at Odos Koumbari 1 & Leoforos Vasilissis Sophias became the Benachi Museum in 1931, donated by his son Antoine.
Note 5Another house, Odos Emmanuel Benachi 38 & Odos Stephanou Delta was given to the museum by the heirs of his daughter Penelope and his grand-daughter Alexandra Delta Papadopoulou, ca. 1992.
FlagsAlexandria, Benachi, Greece, Syros
FatherAntonios (Emmanuel) Benachi (1800-1867)
MotherLoxandra Maximo (~1816-?)
Marriage1870, Saint Savvas, Alexandria
Married MemoProbably at Saint Savvas, Alexandria, married by the Patriarch Sophronios, according to daughter Penelope
SpouseVirginia (Constantine) Choremi
Birth8 Nov 1848, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death21 Aug 1928, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Note 1Perhaps the youngest of 16 children. Very religious (orthodox) unlike her atheist husband.
Note 2She spoke only Greek though her husband used English in business with Liverpool.
Note 3Her children’s governess started with Mrs Theodore Vlasto (née Despina Ralli) of Marseille, was sent to Themistocles Sinodino family in Alexandria and then Emmanuel Benachi’s family in Alexandria.
FlagsAlexandria, Chios, Choremi, Greece
FatherConstantine (Stamati) Choremi (1796-1878)
MotherPouloudia Louloudis (1808-1883)
Children
SpouseConstantine (Ioannes) Choremi (1862-1934)
Marriage1900
SpouseThomas Foulkes (Thomas) Davies (?-1899)
Marriage1889, Alexandria, Egypt
ChildrenDorothea ‘Dolly’ (Thomas) (1891-1958)
Thomas ‘Tommy’ (Thomas) (1894-1952)
SpouseAlexandra (Loukas) Benachi , GG Granddaughter (1879-1902)
Marriageabt 1898
ChildrenEmmanuel ‘Manolis’ (Antonis) (1899-1975)
SpouseEleni (Xenophon) Constantinidi (1883-1972)
Marriageabt 1904
ChildrenConstantine (Antoine) (1905-1962)
Eirene (Antoine) (1912-2001)
3 FPenelope (Emmanuel) Benachi, GG Granddaughter
Birth12 Apr 1874, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoOr the 24th?
Death2 May 1941, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
BurialKiphissia, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
MemoBuried in her garden.
SpouseStephanos (Georgios) Delta (1863-1947)
Marriage3 Dec 1895
Married MemoMarried either 3rd or 15th of December.
ChildrenSophia (Stephanos) (1896-1977)
Virginia (Stephanos) (1897-1980)
Alexandra (Stephanos) (1900-1988)
4 MConstantine (Emmanuel) Benachi, GG Grandson
Birth1875, Liverpool, England
Death1877, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoAged 15-18 months
5 MAlexander (Emmanuel) Benachi, GG Grandson
Birth1878
Death14 Apr 1922, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoOr 27th Apr.
BurialAlexandria, Egypt
SpouseMarie ‘Mary’ (Michael) Sinadino (1885-1932)
Marriageabt 1903
ChildrenVirginia (Alexander) (1904-1964)
Michael ‘Mikés’ (Alexander) (1910-1984)
Despina (Alexander) (1917-1996)
Manolis (Alexander) (1919-1991)
SpouseMiké (Constantine) Salvago (1875-1948)
Marriage27 Apr 1901, Alexandria, Egypt
ChildrenConstantine (Miké) (1902-1963)
Julia ‘Ioulia’ (Miké) (1906-2008)