John Theodore (Theodore) Kessisoglu & Penelope Mistrodachi

Family Group Sheet

NameJohn Theodore (Theodore) Kessisoglu, GGG Uncle

Birthabt 1827, Turkey / Asia Minor

Death8 Jan 1903

Burial12 Jan 1903, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England

Residence1881, London, England

Residence1903, 38 Kensington Park Road, Kensington, London, England

OriginGreece. British citizenship 25 Mar 1881 when in London.

Note 2The first person among the London Anglo-Greek community to be described as ‘Greek’ in the death register.

Note 1He was aged 37 when his daughter Calliope was born. They may have had another child A. Kessisoglu b. 1860.

FlagsBoscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Scanavi

FatherTheodore KESSISOGLU (1800-?)

MotherAngeliki (Giovanni) Boscovic ! (1805-?)

Marriage?

SpousePenelope Mistrodachi

Birthabt 1838

Death8 Jun 1879

Burial12 Jun 1879, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England

Residence1879, 62 Westbourne Park Road, Bayswater, London, England

OriginCairo.

Note 1The name Penelope appears in church records. A photograph from the Demetriadi album describes her as Mme J. Kessisoglu (almost certainly J...).

Note 2She was 26 when her daughter Calliope was born.

Children

1 FAngeliki (John) Kessisoglu, 1C3R

BirthFeb 1852, Russia

Death20 Sep 1949, NYC, USA

Burial1949, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England

SpousePaul Stephanos (Stephanos) Galati , 5C5R (1839-1914)

Marriage30 Aug 1884, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England

ChildrenStephen (Paul) (1888-1964)

John Paul (Paul) (1886-1956)

2 FCalliope (John) Kessisoglu, 1C3R

Birth1863, Berdians'k, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

Death1950

Burial1950, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England

MemoPresumably

SpouseAlexander (Sophocles) Constantinidi (1856-1916)

Marriage15 Dec 1888, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England

3 FEsther (John) Kessisoglu, 1C3R

Birthabt 1866

MemoAnother source says 1862.

SpousePericles (George) Zoukas (~1859-)

Marriage15 Jan 1894, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England

4 FFanny (John) Kessisoglu Croix de Guerre (2). L’Ordre de l’Armée (2)., 1C3R

BirthJan 1874, Berdiansk, Ukraine

MemoAnother source says 1866.

Death14 Aug 1917, Zuydcoote, France

MemoFirst buried in a temporary military grave at Zuydcoote, France.

Burialabt 1920, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England

MemoRepatriated and recorded on Paul Galati’s tomb at West Norwood Cemetery. Her body was moved to West Norwood after the war. (29 Aug 1950}