Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameScarlatos Themistocles ‘Charles’ Mavrocordato !!!
Birthabt 1827, Constantinople, Turkey
Death20 Jan 1894, Workhouse Infirmary, Chelsea, London, England
MemoDied destitute in a Chelsea work house.
Burial25 Jan 1894, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoCharles Themistocles Mavrocordato was buried in a public unmarked grave (No 23194 Square 28) at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, on 25 Jan 1894. Plot 23194/28/154 CG
Residence1871, 35a Russell Road, Chelsea, London, England
MemoAccording to the 1871 Census the family has three servants: Elizabeth Day, 27, cook, Emily Mellor, 21, nurse, and Louisa Farsdike, 20, housemaid.
Residence1881, Little Winchester Street, City of London, England
OriginConstantinople
Note 1Appears to have moved with his wife and two elder children from Alexandria to Britain in 1859-60. The family had three servants in 1871 but their fortunes appear to have collapsed in the 1870s. Scarlatos was declared a bankrupt on 16 Jul 1880.
Note 2C. Mavrocordato, according to the 1881 Census was aged 54, born Constantinople and registered as at ‘the Greek priest’s house, Little Winchester Street, London’ – perhaps in receipt of charity?
Note 3Died destitute in a Chelsea work house and buried in a pauper’s grave in the Greek cemetery at West Norwood. At death recorded as ‘Carolos J Mavrogordato’.
Note 4A great-granddaughter married the principal of the University of London in the 1940s. George Vassiadis believes that he was the son of a Nicholas Mavrogordato (Vitella branch). We are not convinced.
Note 5In 1881 he is described as of no occupation, living with his wife and daughter Josephine (aged 23 and a civil service telegraphist) and his 14 year-old and 18 year-old sons are both working as junior clerks.
FlagsConstantinople, London, Turkey
Marriage1858, Constantinople, Turkey
SpousePolyxene (Dimitrios) Calvocoressi, 7G Granddaughter
Birth3 Jan 1832, Constantinople, Turkey
Death17 Nov 1908, Camberwell, London, England
Memo‘17th November 1908 at 24 Winterbrook Road’. Entry 288 in the Registration District of Camberwell, Sub District of Camberwell South, County of London.
Burial21 Nov 1908, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoGrave No. 32320, Square 27/72
Residence1908, 24 Winterbrook Road, Herne Hill, London, England
Note 1‘She was 75, the widow of Charles Nicolas Mavrocordato, a Retired Cotton Merchant’. Cause of death was ‘Senile decay ? Months Passive congestion of lungs 7 days, Syncope, Certified by C.H. McIbraith, M.A.’
Note 2Her daughter Christina appears to have been living with her mother and to have been unmarried at the time of her mother’s death. She also appears to have reported the death and to have bought the unmarked grave plot for her destitute parents.
Note 3In the 1891 Census she and her husband Charles (their name spelt Warwcordats) are of 14 Brampton Street, Chelsea, he aged 65 and no occupation listed, and she aged 57; both born in Constantinople.
Note 4In the 1901 Census she and her daughter Christina are in the household of Issac Cohen, a theatrical Manager, in Camberwell, Dulwich. Christina is a housekeeper and her mother Polyxene is a visitor, a widow aged 66, of Greek birth and nationality.
FlagsCalvocoressi, Constantinople, London, Mavrogordato, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Turkey
FatherDimitrios (Zannis) Calvocoressi (1798-1863)
MotherSmaragda [Calvocoressi] (?-?)
Children
1 FJosephine Carlotta (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Granddaughter
Birthabt 1858, Alexandria, Egypt
Deathaft 1916
2 MThemistocles (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Grandson
Birthabt 1859, Alexandria, Egypt
Death?
3 MDemetrius Gulielmus (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Grandson
Birth1860, Salford, Manchester, England
MemoBorn in the 2nd quarter of the year.
Death?
MemoPresumably in infancy.
4 MAlexander Henry (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Grandson
Birth1861, Salford, Manchester, England
MemoBorn in the 3rd quarter of the year.
Death22 Oct 1906, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland
5 MGeorge Albert (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Grandson
Birth1862, Salford, Manchester, England
MemoBorn in the 4th quarter of the year.
Deathaft 1871
MemoAppears in the 1871 Census and presumably died young since no other mention of him is known.
SpouseMabel Julia W. (George) Burlinghame (~1880-?)
Marriage16 Jun 1901, Berrien, Michigan, USA
6 FChristina Esmeralda Polyxene (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Granddaughter
Birth1865, Salford, Manchester, England
Death27 Oct 1916
7 MJohn Antonio (Scarlatos) Mavrocordato, 8G Grandson
Birth19 Apr 1866, 6 Mount Broughton, Salford, England
Death19 Jul 1896, Koshah, Sudan
SpouseAlice (Mark) Stevens (~1875-1919)
Marriage1893, The British Consular Office, Alexandria, Egypt
ChildrenEmma Polyxene ‘Billie’ (John) (1895-1943)