Ioannes ‘John’ (Constantine) Choremi & Marietta (---) Diamantidis

Family Group Sheet

NameIoannes ‘John’ (Constantine) Choremi, Grandson

Birth10 Oct 1827

Death1897

Residence1862, Fairfield, Liverpool, England

Residence1863, 3 Beech Terrace, Liverpool, England

OccupationMerchant.

OriginMetaxa claims his orgin was Tinos.

Note 1Established Choremi-Mellor & Co in Alexandria, 1858. Retired in 1876 and settled in Athens where his house was at the corner of Stadiou and Korai – later replaced by the Megaro Photiadou.

Note 2He had property on Chios where he housed several of his impoverished brothers, including Antonios (referred to as Andonis by Penelope Delta).

Note 3Penelope Delta says that it was fashionable in late C19th Alexandria to give English-sounding nicknames to Greek - hence John.

FlagsChoremi, LIverpool

FatherConstantine (Stamati) Choremi (1796-1878)

MotherPouloudia Louloudis (1808-1883)

Other spousesCharicleia (Stephen) Zerlendi

Marriage?

SpouseMarietta (---) Diamantidis

Birth1844

Death13 Oct 1881

Note 1Widow of (---) Mastrapas. Died of TB. According to Penelope Delta, she was a cousin of Emmanuel Benachi/Benakis and niece of Anthony M. Benachi. Was she the daughter of Markis Benachi?

Note 2Penelope Delta says that one of Marietta’s brothers married a daughter of one of the sisters rescued by Antonios Benachi after the 1822 Chios massacres.

FlagsBenachi

Father--- Diamantidis (?-?)

Mother---- (Emmanuel) Benachi (?-?)

Children

1 MGeorgios (Ioannes) Choremi, G Grandson

Birth1875

Death1876

2 MGeorgios ‘Zorzis’ (Ioannes) Choremi, G Grandson

Birth21 Apr 1876

Death1968

SpouseIda Felice (?-?)

Marriage?