Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePaul Zannis (Zannis) Rodocanachi
Birth7 Jan 1820, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death23 Nov 1891, Liverpool, England
Residence1881, Hawthorn House, Oakhill Park, West Derby, Lancashire, England
Memo‘Old Swan near Liverpool’.
Residence1864, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, England
Residence1855, Villa West, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, England
OccupationCotton merchant in Liverpool.
OriginChios.
Note 1(Merele) Greek church records show a son Ioannis Matthaios Rodocanachi (2nd child) baptised 7 April 1853 at home in Liverpool - but how possible? Appears to have been based largely in Liverpool.
Note 2He worked with his brother Leone and their uncle Iannis ‘John’ Rodocanchi & Sons Co. In 1990 his portrait, which once hung in his own dining-room, was in the collection of Nancy (Ambrose) Demetriadi (née Rodocanchi).
FlagsCantacuzene, Chios, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Greece, India, LIverpool, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Rodocanachi, Trieste
FatherZannis (Matthew) Rodocanachi (1775-<1831)
MotherDespina (Ioannis) Tsitsekli (?-?)
Marriage23 Feb 1851, Trieste, Italy/Austria
SpouseMarigo ‘Mary’ (Ambrouzis) Ralli, GGG Granddaughter
Birth29 Sep 1830, Trieste, Italy/Austria
Death9 Jul 1872, Liverpool, England
Burial13 Jul 1872, Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Residence1864, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, England
Note 1(Chaviara-Chatta) She may have been among the first to be buried in the cemetery of the Greek Church, Princes Road, Princes Park, Liverpool S. which was apparently consecrated in 1870.
Note 2Her Toxteth grave is shared with her son Paul, son-in-law Ambrose Vlasto and Thomas Henry Rodocanachi (b. abt 1818, buried 27 Nov 1891) plus five members of the Scott family.
Note 3Who were the Scotts?
FlagsArgenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, India, LIverpool, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos, Trieste, Vlasto, Vouro
Children
1 FAnastasia (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth20 Aug 1852, Manchester, England
MemoArgenti says 08-08-1852.
Death22 Nov 1939, Nice, France
MemoArgenti says 13 Dec 1939.
SpouseAmbrose (Anthony) Vlasto , GGG Grandson (1837-1897)
Marriage12 Sep 1874, Liverpool, England
Married Memo(See 'Libro d'Oro' 418 page 186)
2 MJohn Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Grandson
Birth15 Jan 1854, Liverpool, England
Death14 Apr 1912, Calcutta, India
MemoAccording to death notice (which calls him ‘the eldest son’) that appeared in The Times (London) 17 April 1912. Argenti says 12 Apr 1912.
SpouseNettie Eliza Reide (William) Clough (1871-1943)
Marriage1894, Calcutta, India
Married MemoOr 1896 according to British Library (India BDM) records.
ChildrenNancy Veronica Lemon Mohun (William) (Adopted) (1896-1928)
 Paul John (John) (1898-1917)
 Ambrose John ‘Joe’ (John) (1900-1983)
3 MAmbrose (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Grandson
Birth1855, Liverpool, England
MemoArgenti says 30 May 1856, which is inconsistent with both the baptism record and the fact the birth was registered in West Derby, Lancashire (Vol 8b, p 373) Jul-Aug-Sep 1855.
Death6 Nov 1922, London, England
4 MMatthew Paul (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Grandson
Birth6 Nov 1860, Liverpool, England
MemoArgenti says 30 Nov 1860.
Death18 Oct 1925, London, England
SpouseArghyri ‘Cissy’ (Theodore) Vlasto , GGGG Granddaughter (1876-1963)
Marriage9 Dec 1899, Liverpool, England
ChildrenPaul (Matthew) (1900-1930)
5 FDespina (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth23 Dec 1863, Liverpool, England
Death1954
BurialAll Saints Church, Darsham, Suffolk, England
6 FMarigo (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth15 Mar 1865, Liverpool, England
Death2 Apr 1898, Brighton, Sussex, England
Burial6 Apr 1898, Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England
7 MPaul (Paul) Rodocanachi, GGGG Grandson
Birth28 May 1867, Liverpool, England
Death19 Dec 1888, Liverpool, England
Burial24 Dec 1888, Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England
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