Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameLewis David (David) Einstein
Birth15 Mar 1877, New York, USA
Death4 Dec 1967
OccupationUS Diplomat.
Note 1U.S. Minister to Costa Rica 1911, Czechoslovakia 1921-30. Jewish. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sons of the Revolution. See his memoirs in the 1960s: ‘A Diplomat Looks Back’. When in Turkey he served as secretary to John Leishman.
Note 2A celebrated observer and commentator on world politics who predicted WWI in a much quoted article published in Britain nearly two years before the war started. His 50-year correspondence with his friend Oliver W. Holmes has been published.
Note 3He married Hélène against his father’s wishes and, according to press reports, thus only received a $125,000 allowance instead of a ten times larger share in his father’s ca. $4 million estate.
FlagsLondon
FatherDavid L. Einstein (?-?)
MotherCatherine Fatman (?-?)
Marriage1904, St George’s Church, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England
Married MemoArgenti says 1907.
SpouseEleni (Richard) Ralli, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth1863, Kurucesme, Bosphorus, Turkey
MemoArgenti also says 1861. Ralli family tree says 1861.
Death25 Jun 1949, Florence, Italy
Note 1(Chaviara-Chatta) Argenti does not record her as having any children with Alexander or anyone else...
Note 2“That year [Leonidas Zarifi] happened to meet the two most charming-beings that Izmir ever begat: Christina and Eleni Ralli, two sisters who later made a-splash throughout the world with their beauty.” - GZ
Note 3“In 1876 Christina and Eleni were still very young, practically girls, wearing collared blouses and big straw boaters like those worn by sailors in the British navy.” - GZ
FlagsArgenti, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Turkey, Vlasto
FatherRichard (George) Ralli (1835-1903)
MotherEugénie (John) Wood (1842-1914)
Other spousesAlexander Stephen (Stephanos) Ralli, GGGG Grandson