Ioannis (George) Negroponte & Joan Elizabeth Mary (Edwin) Boxshall

Family Group Sheet

NameIoannis (George) Negroponte, GGG Grandson

Birth3 Apr 1918, Odessa, Ukraine

Death2 Sep 1983, Canada

Note 1Romanian Calvary officer in WWII. In 1947, King Michael of Romania abdicated his throne and was given the opportunity to leave the country with an entourage, the King invited John [Ioannis] and Joan Negroponte to join him.

Note 2From Romania they travelled to Switzerland, then to England, and onto Washington, D.C..

Note 3Looking for an area similar to his home, John travelled to Alberta in 1948, at this time he purchased a parcel of farmland where he was joined by his wife and children in 1950.

Flags***, Calvocoressi, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Zafiropoulo, Zarifi

FatherGeorge (Ulysses) Negroponte (1871-1945)

MotherChariklea (Ioannis) Scanavi (1889-1978)

MarriageMar 1942, Bucharest, Romania

SpouseJoan Elizabeth Mary (Edwin) Boxshall

Birth21 Jan 1921, Bucharest, Romania

Death?

FatherLt Colonel Edwin Boxshall MBE (1897-1984)

MotherPrincess Elise (Barbu) Stirbey (1896-1986)

Children

1 MAlexander Edwin ‘Sandy’ (Ioannis) Negroponte, GGGG Grandson

Birth4 Feb 1943, Bucharest, Romania