Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameNicolas (Ioannis) Zarifi, Grandson
Birth1820, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium
Death22 Aug 1895, Prinkipos, Sea of Marmara
BurialSisli, Constantinople
ResidencePrinkipos, Sea of Marmara
MemoAt some stage.
OccupationBanker, Constantinople.
Note 1When his parents and siblings fled Constantinople in 1821, he and his nanny were separated from his family in the chaos at the port. Forced to set sail without him, he was brought up for several years by his nanny on the island of Tinos
Note 2A family story that another child was fraudulently passed off as the long-lost son of Ioannis & Tarsi Zarifi may not be true. Reports say that he was not as bright as his siblings and readapted with difficulty to his true family.
Note 3Apparently he left a large bequest to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the bulk of his considerable fortune to the children of his wife’s sisters (per G. Vassiadis).
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)
Flags***, Kaplanoglou, Zarifi
FatherTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi (1780-ca1850)
MotherKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou (~1780-1850)
Marriage?
SpouseEleni 'Elengaki' (Emmanuel) Theodoridi
Birthabt 1825
Death1905, Paris, France
MemoOr 1906
BurialSisli, Constantinople
Note 1Aged 80 at the time of her death. Obituary in Ekklesiastike Aletheia
FatherEmmanuel Theodoridi (?-?)
MotherRallou Chatzi Pananou