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Emmanuel : Biographies : Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" (1829 - 1893)
Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" (1829 - 1894)
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Surname: |
Emmanuel "Nisiotis" |
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Name: |
Constantine (Costandis) |
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Middle name: |
unknown if any |
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Father: |
Emmanuel "Manolendis", Nicholas |
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Mother: |
Kiourana, unknown other names |
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Birth: |
1829 - unknown place (probably Moskhonisia, Ottoman Empire) |
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Death: |
September 13, 1893 - Tenedos, Ottoman Empire |
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Siblings: |
Michael Emmanuel "Nisiotis", unknown if any others |
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Spouse: |
Paleologou, Eleni |
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Marriage: |
circa 1853 - (probably Moskhonisia or Tenedos, Ottoman Empire) |
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Children: |
Anthi (b.1854), Nicholas (b.1855), Anna (b.1861), Afroditi (b.1866), Marigo (b.1869), Haralambos (b.1873), Gregory (b.1875), Evgenia (b.1877) |
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He is Grandfather Gregory's father. He accompanied his father in all his travels and became a very capable captain. Took over command of the family's kaiki and traded as far as Constantinople and the Black Sea. On a winter 1853 voyage towards the Sea of Marmara, due to very rough weather he sought refuge at Tenedos, where he fell in love with Eleni Paleologou. Her family did not, at first, fancy their daughter marrying a mere karavokyris (ship's master) because they had “the bee under their bonnet” that they were offshoots of the Byzantine Paleologos family. After he married Eleni they settled on Tenedos. From there he started trading the Tenedian wine to Constantinople and the Black Sea, a very lucrative business. Sometime in the 1850s he built a large house on Tenedos which stands to the present day (now it is the “Umit Otel”). Constantine Paleologos bought vineyards and launched a much larger boat, a perama named “Agia Trias”, which under the captaincy of his brother in law, carried Tenedos wine as far as Marseilles. He was well respected for his character and the charity he extended to the needy. The Tenedians showed their respect by electing him dymogeron (elder councilman) for many years. His grandchildren Dimitris G. Emmanuel and Eleni P. Lekanidou (nee Emmanuel) discovered the marble headstone from his grave on their journey to Tenedos in July 1998. To read about the derivation of his surname see the story.
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