Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameMichael (Ioannis) Zarifi, GG Grandfather
Birth1818, Constantinople, Turkey
MemoAnother source says 1819 but perhaps even 1920 - in 1881 he claimed he was 60.
Death24 Sep 1891, 2 Third Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, England
Burial29 Sep 1891, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence1851, 8 Blomfield Street, City of London, England
MemoLiving there with a cook and housemaid.
Residence1871, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
MemoCensus. He is head of household with his wife, four children and five servants living in. Servants mostly local.
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1891, Office: 21 Great Winchester Street, City of London, England
Residence1891, 2 Third Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, England
MemoThis house appears to exist in photographs.
OccupationBanker and founder of Zarifi Brothers & Co., London, England, ca. 1850.
OriginConstantinople. Took British nationality on 22 Aug 1862. First record of his presence in London is the baptism his son John in 1856.
Note 1Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris. Trustee and generous sponsor during the construction of St Sophia Church, London.
Note 2A director with Paraskeva G. Sechiari and Peter P. Rodocanachi of the Anglo-Foreign Banking Company, 2 Bishopgate Street, London, established in 1872.
Note 3Settled in London to establish the London end of his family’s banks run by his brother George in Constantinople and Marseilles.
Note 4On 30 June 1886 Zarifi Brother & Co (London) was dissolved (partners were: S. Zafiropulo. P. Simiriotti. N. Zarifi. Michael Zarifi. P. G. Zarifi. J. M. Zarifi. L. G. Zarifi. Theodore M. Zarifi)
Note 5Probate value of £466,286. He left £6,000 to each son, £3,000 to each daughter, £3,000 to his brother Peter, £2,000 to the children of his late brother Alexander, £2,000 to his grand-daughter Fanny Vlasto, £1,500 to Marie [Netta] Vlasto...
Note 5“He was a jolly old-man, small and portly with white sideburns. He had an idiosyncratic walk, with small and hasty steps...” - GZ
Note 5... £1,000 to his grandson Michael Vlasto, £1,500 to Nellie Ionides, £1,000 to Fanny [Fay] Zarifi, £1,000 to Fanny Zarifi [daughter of Theodore], £500 to each son-in-law, £100 to each of three clerks, £100 to nurse Mary McDougall...
Note 5... £300 left to London charities, £400 left to Smyrna charities, £500 to the Greek hospital in Constantinople, £500 to the Greek commercial school at Chalki near Constantinople. He left £6,000 to his wife Fanny + her jewellery + his plate, pictures...
Note 5... furniture and household effects, the income from certain property in Greece and the income for life of a sum of £100,000 with power of appointment for one-fifth thereof. The remainder was to be held in trust for each of the four children. He left...
Note 5... his share and interest in Zarifi Brothers & Co to his sons and 30% of the residue of his property to each son and 20% in trust to each daughter.
FlagsKaplanoglou, Zarifi
FatherTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi (1780-ca1850)
MotherKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou (~1780-1850)
Marriage15 Feb 1855, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Married MemoMarried by Archimandrite Narcissus Morphinos at 49 Inverness Terrace, the home of Xenophon Balli.
SpouseFanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu, GG Grandmother
Birth1837, Kurucesme, Bosphorus, Turkey
MemoAlso known as Bithias or Bythias, Kalamos, Amopolos, Bytharia.
Death12 Dec 1911, London, England
Burial1911, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence29 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1891, 2 Third Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, England
OriginBorn near Constantinople on the Bosphorus but almost certainly with family origins in Smyrna.
Note 1Her oil portrait almost certainly by Victor Mottez (1809-97) if not Bernard Amiconi. Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris.
Note 2In 1885 Fanny and Michael applied to the Queen’s Bench of the High Court in London to have their marriage validated under English law following the introduction of the Greek Marriages Act (1884).
Note 3In Oct 1883 they learned that their Greek Orthodox marriage might be invalid in England. They were represented by Edwin Freshfield of Freshfield & Williams (Solicitors) who spoke Greek and represented many prominent members of the Anglo-Greek community.
Note 4She may be the elderly lady pictured seated in a cane garden chair at a Vlasto family house party at Saltmarsh Castle in 1911. However, this person may instead be Natalie Winkler-Vlasto.
Note 5It appears that her sister, Calliope, and her brother-in-law Xenophon Balli, acted as ‘family’ and guardians in London prior to her marriage.
Note 5“... She succeeded in making all her children and grandchildren learn good Greek without any of them setting foot in their homeland...” - GZ
Note 5London probate of £106,467 1s 0d was granted to her son John Michael Zarifi and Bourchier Francis Hawksley.
Note 5“The opposite of her husband, she was tall, beautiful, and with a very grand bearing with a smile was never far from her lips...” - GZ
Marr. WitnessXenophon & Calliope Ballis.
FlagsBoscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Scanavi
FatherTheodore KESSISOGLU (1800-?)
MotherAngeliki (Giovanni) Boscovic ! (1805-?)
Children
1 MIoannis ‘John’ Michael (Michael) Zarifi, GG Uncle
Birth3 Feb 1856, London, England
MemoMetaxa says 02-02-1856
Death3 Apr 1919, 38 Park Street, Mayfair, London, England
MemoOr 3 Apr 1910 according to Sturdza. “At his daughter’s house”.
BurialHellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
SpouseMary 'Marigo' (Peter) Rodocanachi , 4C4R (1861-1947)
Marriage27 Jan 1883, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenStephanie ‘Fanny’ 'Fay' (John) (1887-1928)
2 MTheodoros ‘Theodore’ Michael (Michael) Zarifi, GG Uncle
Birth6 Feb 1858, London, England
Death8 Mar 1910, 27 Hyde Park Gardens, Westminster, London, England
Memo9th according to Argenti
BurialHellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
SpouseAlexandra (Peter) Ralli , 5C2R (1866-1932)
Marriage19 Oct 1889, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenFanny (Theodoros) (1891-?)
3 FHelen (Michael) Zarifi, G Grandmother
Birth27 Jul 1860, London, England
Death24 Oct 1946, 29 Cleveland Gardens, Westminster, London, England
MemoCAL has a copy of her Will.
Burial26 Oct 1946, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoCremated 26 Oct 1946. Commemorated on her family tomb.
SpouseErnest Michel (Dimitri) Vlasto , G Grandfather (1848-1900)
Marriage28 Jan 1882, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Married MemoMarriage notice in the The Pall Mall Gazette, 31 Jan 1882. Ernest Vlasto and Helene Zarifi announced their intent to marry on 18 Dec 1881.
ChildrenFanny Marie Nathalie (Ernest) (1884-1959)
Marie Antoinette Calliope ‘Netta' (Ernest) (1886-1989)
Michel Ernest Theodore Dimitri (Ernest) (1888-1979)
4 FCalliope 'Opie' (Michael) Zarifi °, GG Aunt
Birth6 Sep 1864
MemoHer tomb says 1865.
Death18 Nov 1952, London, England
Burial1952, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
SpouseAlexander Constantine 'Alec' (Constantine) Ionides , 8C4R (1862-1931)
Marriage22 Jan 1887, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenAgathoniki-Helen ‘Nellie’ (Alexander) (1887-1976)
Constantine Theodore (Alexander) (Twin) (1892-1892)
Michael (Alexander) (Twin) (1892-1892)
Alexandra ‘Xanie’ (Alexander) (1895-1978)
Theodore (Alexander) (1897-1916)