Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJohn (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 7G Grandson
Birth28 Aug 1846, Constantinople, Turkey
Death21 Feb 1919, Constantinople, Turkey
Residenceabt 1882, San Stefano, Constantinople, Turkey
Residence1873, Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, England
OccupationMerchant.
OriginChios. A John Calvocoressi took British citizenship 2 Feb 1863.
Note 1(Muzzala) Took citizenship of the USA on 28 Feb 1871 in NYC. In an application for US citizenship, he swore he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida.
Note 2He was confined, from about 1880, to a ‘lunatic asylum’, Constantinople, according to US passport applications filed by his wife and sons.
FlagsCalvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Constantinople, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Greece, LIverpool, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Turkey
FatherMatthew (Zannis) Calvocoressi (1799-1891)
MotherArghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi (?-1891)
Marriage23 Mar 1871, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseArghyro (Pandia) Sechiari
Birth27 Apr 1847, Constantinople, Turkey
Death26 Dec 1932, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Note 1Her family had a property in San Stefano on the Bosphorus.
Note 2She stated four times when applying for US passport renewals that she was born 15 Apr 1848.
FlagsArgenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Constantinople, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Greece, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Ralli(Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Turkey
FatherPandia (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1816-1880)
MotherHypatia ‘Batou’ (Emmanuel) Schilizzi (1819-1889)
Children
1 MMatthew John (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Grandson
Birth4 Feb 1873, Liverpool, England
Death4 Nov 1939, Hove, Sussex, England
SpouseAgnes Hermione (Robert) Melville ° (1881-1968)
Marriage21 Dec 1914, Bombay, India
ChildrenIon Melville (Matthew) (1919-2007)
2 MPantias John (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Grandson
Birth6 Apr 1874, Nice, France
Death18 Jul 1965, London, England
MemoListed in the 1939 Royal Blue Book
Burial22 Jul 1965, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
SpouseIrene (Ambrose) Ralli (1882-1937)
Marriage12 Nov 1910, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenPeter John Ambrose (Pantias) (1912-2010)
Veronica Mary (Pantias) (1914-?)
Norma Daphne (Pantias) (1919-1983)
3 FHypatia (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Granddaughter
Birth15 Sep 1876, Brighton, Sussex, England
MemoChurch record says 15 Nov.
Death18 Jun 1939, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseAdmiral Stephanos (Constantine) Paparigopoulos , 10G Grandson (1871-1940)
Marriage12 May 1903, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
4 MLeonidas ‘Leoni’ (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Grandson
Birth9 May 1878, London, England
Death17 Apr 1952, NYC, USA
Burial1952, Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut
SpouseEugenia 'Mimi' (Theodore) Ralli (1885-1967)
Marriage25 Jun 1910, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenHelen (Leonidas) (1912-2003)
John (Leonidas) (1917-2002)
5 MGeorge John (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Grandson
Birth12 May 1880, London, England
Death16 Mar 1937, London, England
Burial1937, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoHis son Roy had the coffin moved to Brookwood Cemetery, England, to join his wife in the 1960s.
SpouseJulia ‘Queenie’ (Pandely) Argenti , 8G Granddaughter (1893-1963)
Marriage5 Nov 1927, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenYolanda (George) (1928-2005)
Roy St George (George) (1930-2012)
6 MStephen (John) Calvocoressi, 8G Grandson
Birth6 Apr 1882, San Stefano, Constantinople, Turkey
Death2 Jan 1966, London, England
Never married