Stephanos (Georgios) Delta & Penelope (Emmanuel) Benachi

Family Group Sheet

NameStephanos (Georgios) Delta

Birth16 Feb 1863

MemoOr 28th?

Death20 Jun 1947

BurialFirst Cemetery, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

Residence1916, 38 Odos Emmanuel Benachi, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece

OccupationBanker & financier.

Note 1First worked for the Thessaly railway, then for Choremi-Benachi & Co. Settled in Athens by 1916 and served as the first president of the Agrotike Trapeza.

Note 2A Benachi house in Odos Emmanuel Benachi 38 & Odos Stephanou Delta, in Kiphissia, was given to the Benachi Museum by Penelope’s daughter Alexandra Delta Papadopoulou.

Note 3Spoke Greek at home and learnt English from nurses and French from governess, Victorine Dfuay. Spoke no Arabic despite living in Alexandria.

FlagsCalvocoressi, Caradja, Caratheodori, Ghika, Giustiniani Pi, Greece, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Mourouzis

FatherGeorgios (---) Delta (?-?)

MotherSophia (Stephanos) Caratheodori (1843-1863)

Marriage3 Dec 1895

Married MemoMarried either 3rd or 15th of December.

SpousePenelope (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.

OccupationWriter.

Marr. WitnessDemosthenes Choremi (uncle).

God-parentsDemosthenes Choremi (uncle).

Note 1Poisoned herself on the day Nazi armies entered Athens and died a few days later. Buried in her garden. Gifted author of stories for children. Friend of the poet Constantine Cavafy.

Note 2Diagnosed with polio in 1925 and increasingly handicapped. Passionately involved with the Greek republican MP and diplomat Ion Dragoumi (opposed to Venizelos) until his assassination after which she only ever dressed in black.

Note 3Her delightful house in Kiphissia, Athens, was presented in 1977 to the Benachi Museum by her daughter Alexandra who, following Penelope’s death had shared ‘Sovirale’ with her sisters Sophia and Virgina.

Note 4Spoke Greek at home and learnt English from nurses and French from governess, Victorine Dfuay. Spoke no Arabic despite living in Alexandria.

FlagsAlexandria, Benachi, Choremi, Greece

FatherEmmanuel (Antonios) Benachi (1843-1929)

MotherVirginia (Constantine) Choremi (1848-1928)

Children

1 FSophia (Stephanos) Delta, GGG Granddaughter

Birth4 Oct 1896, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

MemoArgenti says 29 Sep 1896, Athens.

Death30 Aug 1977

SpouseMichael ‘Mikes’ (Jacob) Mavrogordato (1891-1972)

Marriage25 Sep 1917, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

No Children