Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi, Son
Birth1780, Megalo Rheuma
MemoAnother source says ca. 1770
Deathca 1850, Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara
MemoSoon after 1850 according to George L. Zarifi.
BurialChurch of the Panagia, Pera, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
ResidenceArnaout-Keuï (Megalo Rema), Bosphorus, Turkey
ResidencePhanar, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
OccupationTraded in wine in Odessa and Constantinople.
Note 1Tselebis/Tselebi/Tchelebi is the Turkish title of the son (or grandson?) of a Bey and of the great grandson of a Hospodar. In the later Ottoman period Tselebis was generally used as an honorific title. According to George L Zarifi Ianko was an only child
Note 2He built two homes for his family: at Phanar and Megalo Rema (today Arnaoutkoi). In 1821, as a financial supporter of the Philiki Etairia, he fled Constantinople for Odessa, with family and friends in a chartered ship, where Tsar Alexander l welcomed him.
Note 3He owned vineyards on the island of Avlonia (today Pachalimani) along the coast of the Cyzique peninsula in the Sea of Marmara, established himself as a wine merchant first at Arnaoutkeuy (Arnavutkoy) on the Bosphorus and then at Phanar in Constantinople.
Note 4Left Constantinople in the Greek exodus the day after it was clear that his name was known to be on a list of secret financial backers of the Philiki Eteriae. Found a caïque at Galata port bound for Odessa and the family left with what they could carry.
Flags***, Zarifi
FatherGeorge ZARIFI (1750-?)
MotherSultana ‘Sultanitsa’ [Zarifi] (?-?)
Marriageabt 1805
SpouseKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou
Birthabt 1780
Death1850, Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara
BurialChurch of the Panagia, Pera, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoThe tomb disappeared during restorations.
Note 1Kokona (Ottoman title). According to Boysie Zarifi's notes (found 1999), Tarsi Kaplanoglou received as a dowry a house at Therapia.
Note 2Her son’s memoirs recount her despair at having to throw overboard a beautiful hare-skin coat when fleeing Constantinople in 1821; the sailors apparently regarded it as an ill omen.
Flags***, Kaplanoglou
FatherTselebis Iordanis ‘Iordanaki’ KAPLANOGLOU (?-<1825)
Children
Birth6 Sep 1807, Megalo Rheuma, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoOther sources say born 1806 or 1810.
Death27 Mar 1884, Pera, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoSturdza says 6 Apr 1884 at Constantinople.
BurialSisli Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Constantinople
Marriage1839, Tzoubali, Phanar, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Married Memo1839 is the date suggested by George L Zarifi
ChildrenLeonidas (George) (1840-1923)
 Sophia (George) (1848-1923)
Birth1815
MemoSturdza says 1815. Another source says 1809.
Death?
Birthca 1812
Deathaft 1872, Odessa, Ukraine
SpouseEuphrosyne [Zarifi] (?-~1859)
Marriageabt 1855
ChildrenGeorges (Alexandre) (?-?)
Birthca 1811
Deathaft 1885
Marriage?
ChildrenArghyro (Petros) (?-?)
 Nicolas (Petros) (1874-1934)
5 FSultanitsa (Ioannis) Zarifi, Granddaughter
Birth1817
MemoAnother source says ca. 1819.
Death1886
SpouseGeorge Simiriotis (~1810-?)
Marriageabt 1840
Married MemoThis marriage needs to be confirmed from other sources... and the , family names of the children similarly...
ChildrenAimilia (George) (?-?)
Birth1818, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
MemoAnother source says 1819
Death24 Sep 1891, 2 Third Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England
Burial29 Sep 1891, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
SpouseFanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu (1837-1911)
Marriage15 Feb 1855, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Married MemoMarried by Archimandrite Narcissus Morphinos at 49 Inverness Terrace, the home of Xenophon Balli.
ChildrenJohn Michael (Michael) (1856-1919)
 Helen (Michael) (1860-1946)
Birth1820, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Death22 Aug 1895, Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara
BurialSisli, Constantinople
Marriage?
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