Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameMichael (Ioannis) Zarifi, GG Grandfather
Birth1818, Constantinople, Turkey
MemoAnother source says 1819 but perhaps even 1920 - in 1881 he claimed he was 60.
Death24 Sep 1891, 2 Third Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England
Burial29 Sep 1891, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence1851, 8 Blomfield Street, City of London, England
MemoLiving there with a cook and housemaid.
Residence1871, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
MemoCensus. He is head of household with his wife, four children and five servants living in. Servants mostly local.
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1891, Office: 21 Great Winchester Street, City of London, England
Residence1891, 2 Third Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England
MemoThis house appears to exist in photographs.
OccupationBanker and founder of Zarifi Brothers & Co., London, England, ca. 1850.
OriginConstantinople. Took British nationality on 22 Aug 1862. First record of his presence in London is the baptism his son John in 1856.
Note 1Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris. Trustee and generous sponsor during the construction of St Sophia Church, London.
FatherTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi (1780-ca1850)
MotherKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou (~1780-1850)
Spouses
1Fanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu, GG Grandmother
Birth1837, Kurucesme, Bosphorus, Turkey
MemoAlso known as Bithias or Bythias, Kalamos, Amopolos, Bytharia.
Death12 Dec 1911, London, England
Burial1911, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence29 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1891, 2 Third Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England
OriginBorn near Constantinople on the Bosphorus but almost certainly with family origins in Smyrna.
Note 1Her oil portrait almost certainly by Victor Mottez (1809-97) if not Bernard Amiconi. Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris.
Marr. WitnessXenophon & Calliope Ballis.
FatherTheodore KESSISOGLU (1800-?)
MotherAngeliki (Giovanni) Boscovic ! (1805-?)
Marriage15 Feb 1855, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Married MemoMarried by Archimandrite Narcissus Morphinos at 49 Inverness Terrace, the home of Xenophon Balli.
ChildrenJohn Michael (Michael) (1856-1919)
Theodore Michael (Michael) (1858-1910)
Helen (Michael) (1860-1946)
Calliope 'Opie' (Michael) (1864-1952)