Vasilleios ‘Vassilaki’ K (Constantinos) Sgouta & Marie K ‘Magna’ (Constantine) Mavrogordato

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NameVasilleios ‘Vassilaki’ K (Constantinos) Sgouta, 7C5R

Birth1 Jan 1861, Constantinople, Turkey

Death3 Nov 1940, 38 Rue Théophile Gautier, Paris, France

MemoGeorge L Zarifi says he died 1941

Residence1940, 38 Rue Théophile Gautier, Paris, France

Memo“Vassilaki paid for his indiﬀerence: a bicycle knocked him down and broke his leg. At the time he was over eighty years old and never recovered from the accident. He died in 1941, but because of the war his death did not become known until several months later.” - GZ

Residence1927, 28 Rue des Belles Feuilles, Paris, France

OccupationRentier.

Note 1Also known as Vasilakis (diminutive of Vasilios/Basil). Became an indispensable deputy to Leonidas Zarifi and the Zafiropoulo-Zarifi Bank in Constantinople.

Note 2“Her second son, Vasilleios, was a real phenomenon. Without being gifted with great-intelligence, he was an example of someone completely devoted to their work, and formality personified.” - GZ

Note 3“... he was separated from his mother at an early age, becoming attached to his aunts. First he was his aunt Erifyli-Vernoudaki’s companion, escorting her everywhere and always holding some item of hers: overcoat, umbrella or fan.” - GZ

Note 4“Later he attached himself to his other aunt, m grandmother, and I must say that his devotion was unheard-of for a nephew. There was no Sunday, no day oﬀ, no holiday, no pleasure for Vassilaki.” - GZ

Note 5“Every evening he would leave the oﬃce and come straight to my grandmother’s house, where he would read to her, write letters for her and keep her accounts. Then he would oﬀer her his arm to go down to dinner.” - GZ

FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Mavrogordato, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos, Zafiropoulo

FatherConstantinos (Lucas) Sgouta (1812-1865)

MotherAikaterini ‘Katingaki’ (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo (1830-1922)

Marriage22 Jan 1896, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

SpouseMarie K ‘Magna’ (Constantine) Mavrogordato, 4C4R

Birth8 Sep 1871, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Death17 Jul 1948, Paris, France

Residence1927, 28 Rue des Belles Feuilles, Paris, France

OccupationRentier.

Note 1Or Mavrocordato.

FlagsArgenti, Calvocoressi, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Vouro

FatherConstantine (Nicolas) Mavrogordato (1808-1893)

MotherAtalanta (Frangoulis) Petrocochino (1829-1901)

Children

1 MConstantine (Vasilleios) Sgouta, 5C3R

Birth6 Mar 1897, Constantinople, Turkey

Death?

SpouseFoffy (Alcibiades) Nicolaidis (1913-?)

Marriage7 Jul 1932, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

ChildrenVasilaki (Constantin) (1934-?)

Manya (Constantin) (1935-)

Nella (Constantin) (1937-)

2 MGeorge (Vasilleios) Sgouta, 5C3R