Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameMichael (Ioannis) Zarifi, Grandson
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
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Kensington, London, England
Residence1891, Office: 21 Great Winchester Street, City of London, England
Residence1891, 2 Third Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, England
MemoThis house appears to exist in photographs.
OccupationBanker and founder of Zarifi Brothers & Co., London, England, ca. 1850.
OriginConstantinople. Took British nationality on 22 Aug 1862.
Note 1Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris. Trustee and generous sponsor during the construction of St Sophia Church, London.
Note 2A director with Paraskeva G. Sechiari and Peter P. Rodocanachi of the Anglo-Foreign Banking Company, 2 Bishopgate Street, London, established in 1872.
Note 3Settled in London to establish the London end of his family’s banks run by his brother George in Constantinople and Marseilles.
Note 4On 30 June 1886 Zarifi Brother & Co (London) was dissolved (partners were: S. Zafiropulo. P. Simiriotti. N. Zarifi. Michael Zarifi. P. G. Zarifi. J. M. Zarifi. L. G. Zarifi. Theodore M. Zarifi)
Note 5He and his two sons were generally considered to be among the best and most successful of London’s private merchant bankers.
Flags***, Kaplanoglou, Zarifi
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.
SpouseFanny (Theodore) Kessisoglu
Birth1837, Kurucesme, Bosphorus, Turkey
Death12 Dec 1911, London, England
Residence29 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
Residence1885, 25 Pembridge Square, Kensington, London, England
OriginSmyrna
Note 1Her oil portrait almost certainly by Victor Mottez (1809-97) if not Bernard Amiconi. Photographed by Félix Nadar in Paris.
Note 2In 1885 Fanny and Michael applied to the Queen’s Bench of the High Court in London to have their marriage validated under English law following the introduction of the Greek Marriages Act (1884).
Note 3In Oct 1883 they learned that their Greek Orthodox marriage might be invalid in England. They were represented by Edwin Freshfield of Freshfield & Williams (Solicitors) who spoke Greek and represented many prominent members of the Anglo-Greek community.
Note 4She may be the elderly lady pictured seated in a cane garden chair at a Vlasto family house party at Saltmarsh Castle in 1911. However, this person may instead be Natalie Winkler-Vlasto.
Marr. WitnessXenophon & Calliope Ballis.
Flags***, Boscovic, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo
FatherTheodore KESSISOGLU (?-?)
MotherAngeliki (Giovanni) Boscovic ! (?-?)
Children
Birth3 Feb 1856, London, England
MemoAnother source says 2-02-1856
Death3 Apr 1919, 38 Park Street, Mayfair, London, England
MemoOr 3 Apr 1910 according to Sturdza. “At his daughter’s house”.
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Marriage27 Jan 1883, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Birth6 Feb 1858, London, England
Death9 Mar 1910, 27 Hyde Park Gardens, Westminster, London, England
MemoOr 8 Mar 1910 according to Sturdza.
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
SpouseAlexandra (Peter) Ralli (1866-1932)
Marriage19 Oct 1889, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ChildrenFanny (Theodore) (1891-?)
3 FHelen (Michael) Zarifi, G Granddaughter
Birth27 Jul 1860, London, England
Death24 Oct 1946, 29 Cleveland Gardens, Westminster, London, England
MemoCAL has a copy of her Will.
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Marriage28 Jan 1882, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Married MemoMarriage notice in the The Pall Mall Gazette, 31 Jan 1882.
ChildrenFanny Marie Nathalie (Ernest) (1884-1959)
Birth6 Sep 1864
MemoHer tomb says 1865.
Death18 Nov 1952, London, England
BurialGreek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England
Marriage22 Jan 1887, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
 Michael (Alexander) (1892-1892)
 Theodore (Alexander) (1897-1916)
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