Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameMariora ‘Maria’ (Nicholas) Thomas
Birth28 Sep 1815
Death3 Apr 1886, London, England
Burial7 Apr 1886, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
OriginConstantinople.
Note 1God-mother to Victor Nicolas Melas, b. 1850, son of Leon, merchant of Constantinople, & Rallou, at the Greek Church, London, and to John and Julia Abrovandi on 27 Mar 1863.
Marr. WitnessSpiridion Trikoupis (Greek Ambassador).
FatherNikolaos Thomas (~1775-1839)
MotherCharitini (Ioannes) Sentoukakis (~1790-1868)
Spouses
Birth9 Feb 1806, Constantinople, Turkey
MemoOr 28 Jan. Studza says Smyrna, Turkey.
Death29 May 1891, London, England
Burial3 Jun 1891, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
OccupationMerchant in London. Clerk in his father-in-law’s firm of Thomas, Ikplitsis, Ionides and John Argenti, based in Token House Street, London. In 1829 this firm moved to Finsbury Circus and became A. A. Ionides & Co.
OriginConstantinople.
Note 1Eldest son. Settled London 1827. Founded Cavafy & Co. in 1849 with his brother Peter. See ‘Cavafy’ A Critical Biography by Robert Liddell (London 1974). They had a second son who died young.
FatherIoannis (Petros) Cavafy (1779-1842)
MotherPhevronia (Michael) Pandos (1784-1865)
Marriage18 Mar 1834, London, England
ChildrenJohn (George) (1838-1901)