Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJohn (Matthew) Calvocoressi, 3C4R
Birth28 Aug 1846, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Death21 Feb 1919, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Residenceabt 1882, San Stefano, Bosphorus, Turkey
Residence1873, Oak Hill Park, Liverpool, England
OccupationMerchant.
OriginChios. A John Calvocoressi took British citizenship 2 Feb 1863.
Note 1(Muzzala) Took citizenship of the USA on 28 Feb 1871 in NYC. In an application for US citizenship, he swore he was born 27 Aug 1846, St. Augustine, Florida.
Note 2He was confined, from about 1880, to a ‘lunatic asylum’, Constantinople, according to US passport applications filed by his wife and sons.
Flags***, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi
FatherMatthew (Zannis) Calvocoressi (1799-1891)
MotherArghyro (Zannis) Rodocanachi (?-1891)
Marriage23 Mar 1871, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseArghyro (Pandia) Sechiari, 5C4R
Birth27 Apr 1847, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Death26 Dec 1932, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Note 1Her family had a property in San Stefano on the Bosphorus.
Note 2She stated four times when applying for US passport renewals that she was born 15 Apr 1848.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos
FatherPandia (Paraskeva) Sechiari (1816-1880)
MotherHypatia ‘Batou’ (Emmanuel) Schilizzi (1819-1889)
Children
1 MMatthew John (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth4 Feb 1873, Liverpool, England
Death4 Nov 1939, Hove, Sussex, England
SpouseAgnes Hermione (Robert) Melville ° (1881-1968)
Marriage21 Dec 1914, Bombay, India
ChildrenIon Melville (Matthew) (1919-2007)
2 MPantias John (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth6 Apr 1874, Nice, France
Death18 Jul 1965, London, England
MemoListed in the 1939 Royal Blue Book
SpouseIrene (Ambrose) Ralli , 3C3R (1882-1937)
Marriage12 Nov 1910, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ChildrenPeter John Ambrose (Pantias) (1912-2010)
Veronica Mary (Pantias) (1914-)
Norma Daphne (Pantias) (1919-1983)
3 FHypatia (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth15 Sep 1876, Brighton, Sussex, England
MemoChurch record says 15 Nov.
Death18 Jun 1939, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseAdmiral Stephanos (Constantine) Paparigopoulos , 8C5R (1871-1940)
Marriage12 May 1903, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
4 MLeonidas ‘Leoni’ (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth9 May 1878, London, England
Death17 Apr 1952, NYC, USA
SpouseEugenia 'Mimi' (Theodore) Ralli , 3C3R (1885-1967)
Marriage25 Jun 1910, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ChildrenHelen (Leonidas) (1912-2003)
John (Leonidas) (1917-2002)
5 MGeorge John (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth12 May 1880, London, England
Death16 Mar 1937, London, England
BurialBrookwood Cemetery, England
SpouseJulia ‘Queenie’ (Pandely) Argenti , 3C1R (1893-1963)
Marriage5 Nov 1927, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ChildrenYolanda (George) (1928-2005)
Roy St George (George) (1930-2012)
6 MStephen (John) Calvocoressi, 4C3R
Birth6 Apr 1882, San Stefano, Bosphorus, Turkey/Byzantium
Death2 Jan 1966, London, England
Never married