Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAnton ‘Antoine’ Dimitri (Dimitri) Vlasto
BirthNov 1853, Galatz/Galati, Romania
Memo18 Oct 1858 according to Argenti. In fact 1853 according to the French web site of Evelyne RENAULT.
Death30 Jun 1942
MemoAccording to the French web site of Evelyne RENAULT.
Residence1894, 146 Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris, France
Residence1900, 104 Avenue de Malakoff, Paris 16ème, France
Residence1932, Villa Lonkiani, Beaulieu, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Residence1883, Rue de Naples, Paris 8ème, France
OccupationBanker.
OriginRomanian and took French nationality in 1905.
Note 1Officier de la Légion d’Honneur. Director of the Banque de Constantinople. One of the great financiers of his era in Constantinople and Paris.
Note 2He does not share his wife Tarsi’s grave at Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris.
Note 3Not buried in any of three adjacent plots at Boulogne-Billancourt: one bought for Ernest Michel Vlasto, a second presumably bought by or for his brother Antoine and a third (between them and also registered to the Vlasto family) still unused in 2013.
Note 4According to Evelyne Renault’s web site, he had a second marriage with Angèle Augustine Louise Lucienne GAMET.
Note 5His divorce or separation from Tarsi Zarifi seems to have caused a complete rupture in relations between the families and descendants of Anton and his brother Ernest-Michel. This must have been instigated by Ernest-Michel’s wife/widow, Helen Zarifi.
Note 5“George Zarifi appointed as assistant director a young, handsome, clever man newly arrived from France, with all the charm of a refined Parisian upbringing. He had been born in Romania to a Polish mother and his name was Antonios Vlastos.” - GZ
FlagsArgenti, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Dwerniki, Giustiniani Fi, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Romania, Scanavi, Vlasto
FatherDimitri (Michael) Vlasto (1820-1863)
MotherNathalia (Antonio) Winkler de Dwernicka (1826-1915)
Other spousesAngèle Augustine Louise ‘Lucienne’ (Louis) Gamet
Marriage19 Jun 1881, Paris, France
Married MemoArgent says 27 Jun 1882, Paris.
SpouseTheresa ‘Tarsi’ (George) Zarifi, GG Granddaughter
Birth26 Nov 1860, Constantinople, Turkey
MemoGeorge Zarifi says she was born 1863. Simeonoglou says she was born 1847.
Death27 Sep 1919, Mayence, France
MemoKilled in collision between her car and a tram. Argent says 26 Sep 1919.
Burial20 Oct 1919, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
MemoFuneral at Greek Church, Rue Georges Bizet, Paris. Mourners were her husband and sons and her brother and nephews Negroponte and Eugenidi. Attended by the Greek Foreign Affairs minister, M. Politis and M. A. Romanos.
Residence1883, Rue de Naples, Paris 8ème, France
Note 1She appears in a 1905 photograph with her mother and sister-in-law (Akylas Millas ‘E Prinkipos’ Athens 1988). Does she also appear in a group photo from the collection of Sonia Simeonoglou (née Zarifi)?
Note 2Strangely, there is no evidence that this branch of the Vlasto/Zarifi family ever kept in touch with their close Vlasto/Zarifi cousins in England or France.
Note 3She died three days after her car (travelling from Mayence to Wiesbaden) was in collision with a tram. The Comtesse Jacques d’Aramon who was travelling with her was unhurt.
Note 4She maintained an important literary and artistic salon in Paris. She had a still-born daughter on 17 Apr 1894 at home in Paris 9 death registered by Antoine).
Note 5“After their marriage the young couple remained in the French capital. My grandfather gave his daughter a small hôtel particulier on rue de Naples.” - GZ
Note 5She is buried in one of three adjoining plots at Boulogne-Billancourt: one bought for Ernest Michel Vlasto, a second probably bought by or for his brother Antoine and a third (between them and also registered to the Vlasto family) still unused in 2013.
God-parentsMisé Giannis Psycharis.
FlagsConstantinople, Kaplanoglou, Turkey, Zafiropoulo, Zarifi
FatherGeorge (Ioannis) Zarifi (1807-1884)
MotherEleni (Dimitrios) Zafiropoulo (1817-1910)
Children
1 MConstantin Georges Antoine Demetre ‘Kostia’ (Anton) Vlasto, GGG Grandson
Birth17 Oct 1883, Rue de Naples, Paris 8ème, France
Death28 Oct 1967, Bourron-Marlotte, Seine-et-Marne, France
Burial1967, Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Paris, France
SpouseLudmila de Nittey (1902-1989)
Marriage7 Jul 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland
Married MemoMarried very discreetly.
2 MStéphane Antoine Démètre Georges (Anton) Vlasto, GGG Grandson
Birth27 Sep 1885, Rue de Naples, Paris 8ème, France
Death26 May 1960, Lausanne, Switzerland
Burial1 Jun 1960, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France