Zannis ‘John’ (Stephanos) Ralli & Lucia (Giuseppe) Storni

Family Group Sheet

NameZannis ‘John’ (Stephanos) Ralli, GG Grandson

Birth3 Nov 1785, Chios, Greece/Hellenes

Death8 Oct 1859, Paris, France

BurialMarseille, France

OccupationFounding director of Ralli Brothers, London

Note 1(Chaviara-Axeskoufotos) Also known as Ivan/John/Johann. Merchant of Odessa, Ukraine. Founder of Ralli Brothers. US consul in Odessa 1831-61. Honoured in Odessa in 1840 and 1852.

Note 2Founder of Ralli & Petrocochino, 1818, London, England. Founder of Ralli Brothers, 1826, London, England. Apparently spoke English with difficulty.

Note 3Credited with being the real founder of the firm Ralli Brothers when he noted that the majority of his Livorno clients were English traders. However it was Pandias ‘Zeus’ Ralli who developed it into London’s trading giant.

Note 4Presumably he was the owner of the Ralli house on Sofieskaya Street, Odessa, in which jewellery was being made and sold in 2005.

Flags***, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Scaramanga, Sechiari

FatherStephanos (Zannis) Ralli (1755-1827)

MotherLoula 'Julia' (Augustus) Sechiari (1768-1848)

Marriage1820, Odessa, Ukraine

SpouseLucia (Giuseppe) Storni

Birth1797, Pisa, Italy

Death24 Dec 1873, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Note 1Depicted on a photo (in possession of Alix Vlasto in 2000) of a portrait owned by Despina Vlasto in 2001. Their marriage may have been Catholic in accordance with her beliefs. However Catsiyannis says she became Greek Orthodox in Marseilles in 1838.

FatherGiuseppe Storni (?-?)

Children