Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAlexander (Ioannis) Zarifi, G Grandson
Birthca 1812
Deathaft 1872, Odessa, Ukraine
OccupationMerchant & Banker (Zarifi & Zafiropoulo), Odessa, Ukraine.
Note 1Established in Odessa ca. 1830. Became a Russian citizan in Odessa in 1841. Mentioned as a guild member in 1844 and 1856. Sturdza says a son, a Russian officer, died 1905 in combat against the Japanese, while another died destitute in Paris.
Note 2Known as the ‘Diamant Bleu’ according to G. M. ‘Boysie’ Zarifi. ‘Zarifi & Zafiropoulo had a bank in Odessa which was directed ca. 1830 by Alexander Zarifi’.
Note 3Profligate... allowed his Russian business to fail, squandered a fortune and made an unwise second marriage. Ended his days on a small family pension in Russia.
Note 4Apparently had many children with his second wife.
FlagsKaplanoglou, Zarifi
FatherTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi (1780-ca1850)
MotherKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou (~1780-1850)
Other spousesEuphrosyne [Zarifi]
Marriage?
SpouseEvanthia ‘Eva’ Doukaki
Birth?
Deathbef 1923
Note 1According to George L Zarifi, she was not of Alexander’s class. They had ‘many’ children and their sons were educated at George Zarifi’s expense at the Greek Commercial School of Chalki, but they did not like Constantinople and returned to Russia.
Children
1 MNicholas (Alexander) Zarifi, GG Grandson
Birth7 Aug 1872, Odessa, Ukraine
Death17 Jan 1923, 6 Rue Piccini, Paris 16ème, France
Burial22 Jan 1923, Père Lachaise, Paris, France
SpouseLaure Lerche (?->1923)
2 MGeorges (Alexander) Zarifi, GG Grandson
Birth13 Apr 1868, Odessa, Ukraine
Death22 Jan 1929, 206 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris 8ème, France