Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameSir Constantine (Zorzis) Zervoudachi KCMG
Birth1822, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death4 Jan 1895, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoArgenti says 4 Jnn 1895. Another source 16 Jan 1895.
Burial6 Jan 1895, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoOr 18 Jan 1895.
Note 1Created a baronet (KCMG) 9 Jul 1883 at Queen Victoria’s insistance, against the wishes of the British Foreign Office: he had allowed some of his warehouses in Alexandria to be converted to a hospital by the British army during the 1882 Urabi Uprising.
Note 2He and his wife were the object of much ridicule among the Cavafy family for their pretensions after he received his knighthood. Though they were among the social leaders of the Alexandrian community he was renowned for his meanness.
FlagsAlexandria, Chios, Constantinople, Greece, Turkey, Zervoudachi1
FatherZorzis ZERVOUDACHI (~1790-?)
MotherAngeliki Calvocoressi ? (?-?)
Marriage1855, Constantinople, Turkey
SpouseCaterno ‘Catino’ (Ambrouzis) Mavrogordato, 8G Granddaughter
Birth4 May 1839, Constantinople, Turkey
Death27 Jul 1922, 29 Boulevard Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France
MemoArgenti says 14 Jul 1922.
Note 1Three additional children died young. She was sometimes mocked for her pretentious attitides: Michael Ralli said, ‘She decks her ugly person with a good lot of gems’. R. Liddell thinks that as a Mavrogordato she should have known better!
FlagsCantacuzene, Constantinople, Coressi, Galati, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Scaramanga, Turkey, Vouro
FatherAmbrouzis (Pandely) Mavrogordato (1804-1880)
MotherLoxandra (Theodoris) Ralli (1821-1913)
Children
1 MAmbrose (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Grandson
Birthabt 1857
Deathabt 1911
SpouseMarie Kaliarchi (?-?)
Marriage?
ChildrenConstantine (Ambrose) (~1890-)
Marie (Ambrose) (?-?)
2 MGeorge (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Grandson
Birth13 Sep 1862, Alexandria, Egypt
DeathSep 1912, Prison, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoArgenti says 16 Aug 1899 which cannot be correct.
SpouseZennou ‘Jenny’ (Pandia) Rodocanachi , 9G Granddaughter (1868-1926)
Marriage30 Jan 1888, Alexandria, Egypt
ChildrenConstantine ‘Costi’ (George) (~1890->1955)
Lina (George) (?-?)
3 MEmmanuel (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Grandson
Birth18 Aug 1866, Alexandria, Egypt
MemoOr 1864?
Death1950
SpouseDespina (Pavlos) Draneht (1877-1948)
Marriage1894, Oggebbio, Italy
ChildrenVioletta (Emmanuel) (~1896-)
Aikaterini ‘Kathleen’ (Emmanuel) (1897-)
Paul Draneht (Emmanuel) (1900-1994)
Emmanuel ‘Lakis’ (Emmanuel) (1902-)
Domina ‘Domna’ (Emmanuel) (1910-?)
Peter (Emmanuel) (1921-1994)
4 FAngeliki (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Granddaughter
Birthabt 1868
Death11 Sep 1888, Paris, France
SpouseOthon (Alexander) Rizo Rangabé , 8G Grandson (1857-1915)
Marriage13 Jul 1888, Alexandria, Egypt
No Children
5 FAlexandra (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Granddaughter
Birthabt 1870
DeathNov 1930
SpouseMichel Caramano (?-<1930)
Marriageabt 4 Nov 1899, Greek Church, Paris, France
Married MemoAnnounced in ‘La Vedette’, Marseille on 4 Nov 1899.
ChildrenCatherine (Michel) (~1900-1981)
Nicholas (Michel) (?-?)
6 MNicholas (Constantine) Zervoudachi, 9G Grandson
Birthabt 1872