Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameLeonidas (Zanni) Chryssoveloni
Birth7 Mar 1854, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoSturdza says 7 Apr 1854.
Death1945, Johannesburg, South Africa
Note 1Or Chrissoveloni. He and Alexandra were spendthrifts. When the money ran out, Léonidas left his wife for South Africa.
Note 2His gambling was subsidised by his brother Nicolas and nephew Zanni. When Zanni withdrew funding, Leonidas moved to South Africa, becoming a mounted ‘money courier’.
Note 3He was apparently ambushed and killed (at the age of 90?). A Leonidas Chryssoveloni held the long-jump record for South Africa.
FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Chryssoveloni, Sevastopoulos
FatherZannis (Manoli) Chryssoveloni (1805-1887)
MotherChriséis ‘Chryssie’ Lascarakis (1809-1879)
Marriage26 Nov 1885, Braïla, Romania
Divorce?
SpouseAlexandra (Theodore) Sechiari, 4C6R
Birth29 Jan 1866, Marseille, France
Death1951, Paris, France
Note 1Like her husband, a spendthrift. She brought up the children after her divorce from Leonidas with financial support from Leonidas’ brother Nicolas who felt responsible and later Jean & Sybille.
Note 2Sybille continued the payments to Alexandra after Jean’s death until the two had a row. She was then supported by her son-in-law George.
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
Birth19 Aug 1887, Braïla, Romania
Death15 Sep 1976, St Malo, Bretagne, France
SpouseGeorges (Pericles) Sugdury (1879-1949)
Marriage31 Jul 1911, Greek Church, Paris, France
ChildrenMarie-Yvonne (Georges) (1912-)
Jean (Georges) (1922-)
Birth11 May 1889, Braïla, Romania
Death20 Aug 1920, Câmpeni, Romania
MemoSturdza says 21 Aug 1920.
BurialGhidigeni, Moldavia (Romania)