Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameGeorge Ambrose (Ambrose) Argenti, 5C4R
Birth31 May 1847, London, England
MemoMetaxa says 19 May 1847
Death23 Feb 1931, London, England
Burial26 Feb 1931, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
MemoService at St Sophia’s.
Baptism29 Jun 1847, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
Residence1930, 5 Pembridge Square, London, England
Residence1873, 95 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
OccupationMerchant. Head of Argenti Sechiari & Co., of Finsbury Circus, London.
OriginChios.
Note 1Described as one of the fathers of the London Stock Exchange. A copy of his Will dated 2 Sep 1930 exists. Collector of butterflies and beetles, clocks and watches. Left estate of £217,840 net.
God-parentsParaskeva Scaramanga.
Flags***, Argenti, Caradja, Casanova, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Scanavi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sechiari
FatherAmbrose Leonidas (Leonidas) Argenti (1804-1871)
MotherOriettou ‘Henrietta’ (Georges) Scaramanga (1820-1903)
Marriage4 Jun 1872, Marseille, France
SpouseArghyro (Theodore) Sechiari, 4C6R
Birth28 Aug 1851, Marseille, France
Death16 May 1919, London, England
Burial20 May 1919, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Note 1The 1856 Census records her as ‘Arriero”...
Flags***, Calvocoressi, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Vouro
FatherTheodore (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1817-1885)
MotherMarie (Emmanuel) Rodocanachi (1830-1909)
Children
1 FArietta ‘Henrietta’ (George) Argenti, 6C3R
Birth30 Apr 1873, London, England
MemoArgenti says 13 Apr 1873.
Deathaft 1935
MemoShe attended the funeral of Euphrosyne Ionides (née Spartali) in Sep 1935.
SpouseAshley Ravenscroft (Alexander) Cowan (1867-1901)
Marriage22 Oct 1900, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ChildrenAshley Argenti (Ashley) (1901-1963)
3 FEugenia ‘Jenny’ (George) Argenti, 6C3R
Birth2 May 1878, London, England
Death14 Sep 1956
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England