George (Athanasios) Nicolopoulo & Athina (Ioannis) Psomiadis

Family Group Sheet

NameGeorge (Athanasios) Nicolopoulo, 4C4R

Birth?

Deathabt 1897

ResidenceYeni Çarşı, Pera, Constantinople, Turkey

MemoAt one stage he rented a house in this street from Eryphili Zafiropoulo. “Once considered an aristocratic address. Now the neighbourhood is assiduously avoided by every good family” - GZ

OriginThe family came from Epirus.

Note 1His identity comes from ‘The Bank, The Money Lenders... of Pera & Beyoglu” (Kentbank 2000).

Note 2A press announcement describes Phrosso as having a brother, Jean, who arrived from Paris on the eve of her silver wedding celebrations in 1904.

Note 3He met the Zarifi family while sailing from Alexandria to Nafplio, along with Dimitrios Levides - all of whom had sought refuge in Odessa during the Greek Revolution.

Note 4He comforted his worried friend George Zarifi during the birth of George’s first-born son Leonidas - who was later to become his son-in-law.

Note 5They had seven children + two (the first and last) who died in infancy: “Froso Nikolopoulou was the fourth of seven children of Georgios and Athinas Nikolopoulou (née-Psomadi).” - GZ

FlagsGiustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Ralli(Chaviara), Scanavi, Vouro

FatherAthanasios (Nikolaos) Nicolopoulo (?-?)

MotherEuphrosyne (Nicolas) Mavrogordato (?-?)

Marriage?

SpouseAthina (Ioannis) Psomiadis

Birth?

Death?

Note 1Or Psomadis? “...this grandmother [Athina] was born into the Psomadis family from Chios, a branch of the famous Agelastos family, who were given the nickname-Psomas (“bread-seller”) because they worked in grain.” - GZ

Note 2“In 1821, my grandmother’s grandfather Antonios and his wife Eleni had two children, Ekaterini and Ioannis. During the Chios Massacre of 1822, the parents were the first victims of the Turks’ atrocities.” - GZ

Note 3“Athina was the eldest child of Ioannis Psomadis. She grew up in Beşiktaş, Byzantine ‘Diplokionion’” - GZ

Note 4Had just one day of formal education but in later life taught herself to read and write.

FatherIoannis (Antonios) Psomiadis (~1811-?)

MotherSmaragda (Giannis) Tapeinos (?-?)

Children

1 MAthanasios (George) Nicolopoulo, 5C3R

Birthbef 1855

Death?

2 MIoannis (George) Nicolopoulo, 5C3R

Birth1855

Deathabt 1938

3 MNicolaos (George) Nicolopoulo, 5C3R