Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameDimitrios Sophocles (Sophocles) Constantinidi
Birthabt 1860
Death1936
Burial1936, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoPresumably
OccupationMerchant.
OriginZagora. A Dimitrios Sophocles Constantinidi takes British citizenship when resident in London and ‘of Greece’ on 9 Jan 1890.
Note 1His mother apparently died in 1896. He was granted £1-2,000 pa for life from his wife following a sensational divorce in which neither was blameless - her conduct being much criticsed by the court.
FlagsConstantinidi 2, London
FatherSophocles CONSTANTINIDI (1817-1899)
MotherJosephine [Constantinidi] (~1831->1900)
Other spousesEleanor Jessie Baker
Marriage31 Oct 1889, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Divorce1901
SpouseJulia (Stephen) Ralli, 11G Granddaughter
Birth2 Aug 1869, London, England
Death25 Aug 1953, London, England
Baptism23 Oct 1869, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Marr. Witness1st marriage: Alex S. Constantinides and M. J. Ralli.
God-parentsEustratius S. & Maria Ralli.
Note 1(Chaviara-Axeskoufotos) Argenti, Sturdza and Burke’s do not record her marriage to D. S. Constantinidi. Greek Church records give Constantinides’ wife as Julia (Stephen D.) Ralli then aged 20.
Note 2At the time of her first marriage her father’s allowance of £2-3,000 pa was 10 times that of her husband. In June 1896 she met Dr Lance who was caring for her sick father in Kent.
Note 3In 1901 she travelled to Dakota, USA, to acquire American nationality and the dissolution of her first marriage. A British court ordered her to pay £25,000 damages to Dimitrios.
FlagsArgenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, OurSaviourLondonWall, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Ralli(Pitsis), Ralli(Spechlis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro
FatherStephen (Augustus) Ralli (1829-1902)
MotherMarietta Antoniou Theodorou (Antonios) Ralli (1838-1922)
Other spousesHenry William (Frederick) Lance