Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAlexandre (Ioannis) Zarifi, 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’.
Flags***, Kaplanoglou, Zarifi
FatherTselebis Ioannis ‘Ianko’ (Zarifis) Zarifi (1780-ca1850)
MotherKokona Tarsitsa ‘Tarsi’ (Iordanaki) Kaplanoglou (~1780-1850)
Other spousesEuphrosyne [Zarifi]
SpouseEvanthia [Zarifi]
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.