Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameSpyridon (Nicolas) Metaxa
Birth10 Feb 1849, Cephalonia, Greece/Hellenes
Death19 Jul 1923, London, England
Residence1901, 57 Cleveland Square, Westminster, London W, England
Residence98 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London, England
OccupationMerchant.
Note 1Church records say he was aged 24 at his marriage.
Note 2Agelasto questions the identity of his father because Spyridon signs himself ‘Sp Metaxa Zanni’. The only Zanni Metaxa we know of lived in the C16th.
Note 3In the 1901 Census for 57 Cleveland Square there is: Spiro & Calliope and children George, Calliope, Emily and Alex +
FatherNicolas G. (Zorzis) Metaxa (1824-1907)
MotherEmilia Corgialegnio (?-?)
Marriage16 Jan 1886, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
SpouseCalliope (Alexander) Vlasto, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth1 Jun 1862, Hyde Park Gardens, Westminster, London, England
Death22 Nov 1933, London, England
Baptism10 Jul 1862, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Residence1881, Craven House (Chios House), Grove Road, Clapham Park, London, England
Residence1933, 98 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London, England
MemoAccording to probate record.
Note 1She is almost certainly the lady pictured left (beside Netta Zarifi, née Vlasto, and her baby daughter Helen) at Helen Vlasto’s summer house party at Saltmarsh Castle in 1911?
Marr. WitnessM. J. Ralli and George Metaxa.
God-parentsMarigo E. Ralli.
Note 2Her executors were Augustus Alexander Vlasto (merchant) and Sir Strati Ralli – the alternating chairmen and managing directors of Ralli Brothers.
Note 3She left estate of over £10,000 in 1933.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro
FatherAlexander Anthony (Antony) Vlasto (1833-1899)
MotherCalliope (Eustratios) Ralli (1836-1907)
Children
1 MGeorge (Spyridon) Metaxa, 5G Grandson
Birthabt 1889, India
SpouseIlse (Hermann) Baraballe (?-?)
Marriage10 Aug 1927, Greek Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, Austria
2 FCalliope ‘Poppy’ (Spyridon) Metaxa, 5G Granddaughter
Birth11 Nov 1890, Calcutta, India
Death15 Jul 1974, Lausanne, Switzerland
SpouseAlexander Agamemnon ‘Alex’ (Agamemnon) Pallis (1885-1963)
MarriageJan 1921, Paddington, London, England
ChildrenChristopher (Alexander) (1923-2005)
Stephen (Alexander) (1925-)
3 FEmilie (Spyridon) Metaxa, 5G Granddaughter
Birth25 Oct 1893, 6 Boulevard du Parc, Marseille, France
Death25 Sep 1980, The Priory, Romford Road, Pembury, Kent, England
Burial2 Oct 1980, Tunbridge Wells Crematorium, Kent, England
4 MAlexander (Spyridon) Metaxa, 5G Grandson
Birth27 Nov 1895, 6 Boulevard du Parc, Marseille, France
MemoCertificate reads: “Alexander Metaxas Zani”.
Death8 Nov 1962, St Mary Abbot’s Hospital, Kensington, London
SpouseKathleen Mary (William) Maxwell (1903-~1975)
Marriage2 Mar 1921, Calcutta, India
Divorce1934
ChildrenAnthony Michael (Alexander) (~1922-1941)
Patrick Alexander (Alexander) (?-?)
SpouseUrsula Mary (Herbert) Gillman (1904-1980)
Marriage1 Aug 1936, Chelsea, London, England
ChildrenJohn Alexander (Alexander) (1943-~2004)