Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameGiovanni Sareyanni
Birth?
Deathabt 1885
ResidenceNaples, Italy
MemoFor a long time before his marriage.
OccupationCotton merchant at Birket el-Sag.
Note 1Or Sarigiannis. Had an illegitimate son Alexander born before his marriage who was subsequently recognised. He married Mérope Benachi relatively late in life.
Note 2It was Mérope’s family which encouraged him to treat his son Alexander kindly as a member of the family (rather than as a small slave).
Note 3He seems to have made bad business decisions, leaving the family in difficulty. He died of a perforated intestine.
Marriage?
SpouseMéropi (Antonios) Benachi, G Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?
Note 1Penelope Delta (née Benachi) says she had eight children. After her husband’s death she moved to Alexandria where she was housed by her brother Emmanuel who supported the children.
Note 2She had more children after Marietta.
FlagsBenachi
FatherAntonios (Emmanuel) Benachi (1800-1867)
MotherLoxandra Maximo (~1816-?)
Children
1 MOdysseus ‘Ulysse’ (Giovanni) Sareyanni, GG Grandson
Birth?
Death1892
2 FEleni (Giovanni) Sareyanni, GG Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?
3 FSophia (Giovanni) Sareyanni, GG Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?
4 FMarietta (Giovanni) Sareyanni, GG Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?
5 MAntonios (Giovanni) Sareyanni, GG Grandson
Birth?
Death?
SpousePenelope (Demosthenes) Choremi (1878-?)
Marriage?
ChildrenIoannes (Antonios) (1898-1962)
Demosthenes (Antonios) (1899-?)