Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAlexander Constantine 'Alec' (Constantine) Ionides
Birth12 Jul 1862, Pera/Stavrodromi, Constantinople, Turkey
Death2 Nov 1931, London, England
MemoOr 1952 according to Sturdza (wrong!).
Burial5 Nov 1931, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Residence1892-1931, 34 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1887, 20 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
OccupationMerchant and engineer. Stockbroker and company director.
EducationRadley School.
OriginConstantinople. London.
Note 1Author of ‘Ion - A Grandfather’s Tale’ (1927). Produced scientific papers. A plaintiff in the 1921 Kessisoglu libel trial. Left an estate of £21,807.00 to his widow. His portrait was painted by G. F. Watts, Legros, Swan, Bellinger and painted in RI group.
Note 2Presumably the A. C. Ionides whoi was a founder of the Anglo-Hellenic League with D. J. Cassavetti in c. 1913.
Note 3In the early 1900s he became guardian and mentor to his nephew by marriage, Michel E. T. D. Vlasto, who came to loathe his bullying and constant criticism.
FlagsAvierino, Calvocoressi, Constantinople, Ionides, London, Mavrogordato, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos, Turkey
FatherConstantine Alexander (Alexander) Ionides (1833-1900)
MotherAgathonike (Constantine) Fenerlis (1841-1920)
Marriage22 Jan 1887, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
SpouseCalliope 'Opie' (Michael) Zarifi °, GG Granddaughter
Birth6 Sep 1864
MemoHer tomb says 1865.
Death18 Nov 1952, London, England
Burial1952, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Baptism27 Nov 1864, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Residence1938, 20 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1939, 30 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Residence1952, 48 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
Note 1A plaintiff in the 1921 Kessisoglu libel trial. She left an estate of £20,714.00 to her daughters Alexandra Bowhill and Nellie Demetriadi. Her portrait was painted by Swan and she appears in the RI group.
Note 2An oil on canvas portrait of her by John Macallan Swan, dated 1901, was given by her to the Salford Art Gallery in 1944.
Note 3She almost certainly attended, with her daughter Nellie, a Helen Vlasto (née Zarifi) family house party at Glenlyon House, Fortingall, Scotland in ca.1909
Marr. WitnessJohn Balli and Dorothy Manuel.
God-parentsXenophon Balli.
FlagsBoscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, OurSaviourLondonWall, Scanavi, Zarifi
FatherMichael (Ioannis) Zarifi (1818-1891)
MotherFanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu (1837-1911)
Children
1 FAgathoniki-Helen ‘Nellie’ (Alexander) Ionides °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth22 Nov 1887, London, England
Death28 Feb 1976, Sutton Waldron, Dorset, England
Burial8 Mar 1976, St Bartholomew’s Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset, England
SpouseGeorge Constantine (Constantine) Demetriadi (1876-1949)
Marriage28 Mar 1908, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenConstantine George (George) (1909-1933)
Alexander George (George) (1910-1911)
George (George) (1912-1992)
Theodore (George) (1915-1980)
Stephen George (George) (1917-1997)
Antoinette 'Netta' (George) (1918-1994)
2 MConstantine Theodore (Alexander) Ionides (Twin), GGG Grandson
Birth8 Aug 1892, London, England
MemoVassiadis says 5 Aug 1892.
Death8 Oct 1892, London, England
Burial11 Oct 1892, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
3 MMichael (Alexander) Ionides (Twin), GGG Grandson
Birth8 Aug 1892, London, England
MemoVassiadis says 5 Aug 1892.
Death8 Oct 1892, London, England
Burial11 Oct 1892, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
4 FAlexandra ‘Xanie’ (Alexander) Ionides °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth22 Sep 1895, London, England
Death1978
SpouseColonel Alexander Herriot ‘Alex’ (James) Bowhill (1893-1984)
Marriage8 Jul 1919, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
ChildrenPamela (Alexander) (1920-2004)
5 MLt Theodore (Alexander) Ionides, GGG Grandson
Birth9 Apr 1897
Death16 Nov 1916, Somme, France
Burial1916, British Commonwealth Cemetery (VlA21), Couin, Doullens, France
MemoRecorded at Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood.