Tselebis Iordanis ‘Iordanaki’ KAPLANOGLOU

Family Group Sheet

NameTselebis Iordanis ‘Iordanaki’ KAPLANOGLOU, GGGG Grandfather

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Deathbef 1825, Constantinople, Turkey

Note 1A Greek diamond merchant in Constantinople and a native of Caesarea, Cappadocia. “Kaplanoglou, who traded diamonds wholesale... also played a role as banker and financier.” - GZ

Note 2“Kaplanoglou had many children, boys and girls... One of his daughters married a merchant called Nikolaidis whose son became a cousin by marriage of our grandmother... Another daughter-married Samatas, who was briefly Ioannis Zarifi’s colleague...

Note 3... The third daughter-married Scarlatos Sevastopoulos, from whom the Sevastopoulos families of Russia and Livorno are descended...

Note 4... and Iordanis Kaplanoglou’s youngest daughter, who-was called Tarsi, married Ioannis Zarifi. She was considered a ‘rich match’...” - GZ

Note 5“A trustee of the Monastery of Mount Athos and of the Patriarchal Academy. He was a guardian of the Holy Waters of the Life-Giving Spring (at Baloukli) and the Virgin’s Belt (at Blachernae).” - GZ

Note 5His greatest achievement was the restoration and rejuvenation of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary-on Halki [now Heybeliada].

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