Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameMatthew (Zannis) Calvocoressi
Birth10 Apr 1799, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death5 Mar 1891, Constantinople, Turkey
OccupationMerchant of Chios.
Note 1(Muzzala) According to David Calvocoressi and his father Peter, Matthew was briefly taken into slavery and was either redeemed or escaped following the Massacres of Chios. Argenti records his mother as Angerou (no surname).
Note 2According to Matthew, recorded by his grandson Pantias (John) Calvocoressi some 60 years later, Matthew was about 15 years old in 1822 and referred to a half-brother Pandely and younger siblings: Mavroudi, Zambelou, Zorzis and Argentou.
Note 3Matthew, on his deathbed, dictated his memories of the Chios Massacres to his grandson Pantias, published in Greek, by his son Leonis in 1902 as: ‘Grandfather’s Story’.
Flags+1822, Calvocoressi, Chios, Constantinople, Greece, London, Mavrogordato, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Turkey
FatherZannis (Zorzis) Calvocoressi + (1776-1822)
MotherBattou [Calvocoressi] (?-1853)
Marriage10 Nov 1841, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
SpouseArghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi, 9G Granddaughter
Birth? , Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death13 Apr 1891, Constantinople, Turkey
Note 1(Merele) Catsiyannis says she spent most of her married life in Constantinople.
Marr. WitnessStephen and Maria S. Franghiadi.
FlagsCantacuzene, Chios, Constantinople, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Greece, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Rodocanachi, Turkey
FatherZannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi (1775-<1831)
MotherDespina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli (?-?)
Children
1 MJohn (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 10G Grandson
Birth19 Nov 1842, Manchester, England
Death22 Jun 1843, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
2 FEleni (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 10G Granddaughter
Birth30 Nov 1843
3 MJohn (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 10G Grandson
Birth28 Aug 1846, Constantinople, Turkey
Death21 Feb 1919, Constantinople, Turkey
SpouseArghyro (Pandia) Sechiari , 10G Granddaughter (1847-1932)
Marriage23 Mar 1871, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
ChildrenMatthew John (John) (1873-1939)
Pantias John (John) (1874-1965)
Hypatia (John) (1876-1939)
Leonidas ‘Leoni’ (John) (1878-1952)
George John (John) (1880-1937)
Stephen (John) (1882-1966)
4 FHypatia (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 10G Granddaughter
Birth31 Jul 1848, Constantinople, Turkey
Death21 Jul 1876, Liverpool, England
MemoSturdza says 1879.
SpouseTheodore (Zannis) Ralli , 9G Grandson (1841-1904)
Marriage14 Feb 1869, Constantinople, Turkey
Married MemoAnother source says 14-11-1869. Ralli family tree says 1878.
ChildrenCornelia (Theodore) (1870-1903)
Arghyro (Theodore) (1871-1913)
Despina (Theodore) (1872-?)
5 MLeonidas M. ‘Leonis/Leone’ (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 10G Grandson
Birth19 Aug 1851, Constantinople, Turkey
Death18 Feb 1930, Athens, Greece/Hellenes