Nicolas (Zanni) Chryssoveloni & Calliroi (Dimitrios) Economo

Family Group Sheet

NameNicolas (Zanni) Chryssoveloni, 6G Grandson

Birth1838, Constantinople, Turkey

Death14 Oct 1913, Bucharest, Romania

ResidenceBucharest, Romania

OccupationBanker in Romania.

Note 1Officer of the Order of The Saviour. He and/or his father went from Constantinople to Romania and founded an eponymous bank from which the family made its fortune. Had an estate called Guidigne in Moldavia which became a hospital in WWl.

Note 2He allegedly acquired the property at Ghidigeni as a wager in a game of cards with a Greek called Alexandru Mavrocordatu though this has been disputed. He built a new house adjacent to the existing Turkish dwelling.

Note 3A later extension built on to the back of the house was used as a hospital during the 1916-1918 war and as an orphanage during Communist times. He also constructed a distillery and a railway link across the River Bărlad to the main line.

Note 4The property covered 22,000 hectares, of which 11,000 were arable.

Note 5Or Chrissoveloni.

FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Chryssoveloni, Constantinople, Prassacachi, Romania, Sevastopoulos, Turkey

FatherZannis (Manoli) Chryssoveloni (1805-1887)

MotherChriséis ‘Chryssie’ Lascarakis (1809-1879)

Marriage12 May 1878, Paris, France

SpouseCalliroi (Dimitrios) Economo

Birth24 Apr 1857, Trieste, Italy/Austria

MemoSturdza says 17 Oct 1862, Trieste.

DeathJul 1949

OriginOf Trieste where her family were bankers.

Note 1Or Economou.