Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Alevras | Shipping agency | William Blackler house | - |
Aliberti | Medicine, tobacco | Aliberti house De Jongh house | - |
Aliotti | Carpet export, fruit export, tobacco | Antonio Aliotti house Aliotti house Nicola Aliotti house Hasanağa Garden Aliottis' serving house | During Albert Aliotti's time, they had inns in Izmir and extensive land holdings in various locations in the Aegean. |
Amira | Lawyer | ? | - |
Apack | ? | Apack house | A Catholic Armenian family originating from Ankara. |
Aperghis | Pharmacy | ? | Miltiadis Apergis's office (or pharmacy) was in the lower neighborhood, close to the station. |
Arealis | Lawyer | ? | - |
Arslan | ? | Alparslan house | The family of Alparslan Bey, son of former Izmir Governor Rahmi Bey. |
Ashe | Priest | Bliss house Priest tower | The family of the pastor of the Buca Protestant Church between 1898 and 1925. |
Athinogenis | Lawyer, education, banking | ? | The founder of New Buca, founded in 1952. One of Buca's leading Greek families. Also the founders of the Buca Girls' School (Parthenogogio) along with the Markopulos family. |
Balladur | Fruit export, banking, cotton export, automotive | Ernest Balladur house Marcel Balladur house Nicola Aliotti house | The family of Edouard Balladur, former Prime Minister of France (1993-1995). |
Baltazzi | Trade, archeology | Baltazzi house | The family from Buca with the most property, owning 247,000 hectares of land. The family in whose house Sultan Abdulaziz was a guest in 1863. |
Baptou | Shopkeeping | ? | The brothers Georges and Basile owned a cafe near the station. |
Barff | Cotton trade | Barff house | - |
Barfield | Railway | Evliyazade house | - |
Barker | Opium trade | Rivens house | - |
Blackler | ? | Francis Blackler house William Blackler house Blackler house | The family owns the oldest known house in Buca, dating back to 1855. |
Bliss | Trade | Bliss house | - |
Boddington | Consul | ? | - |
Borghese | ? | Borghese house | It is doubtful whether they lived in Buca permanently. |
Boutzalis | Tinsmith, merchant | ? | They had a shop on Kalovolo Street (probably in Izmir) at number 7. Michalis, from the same family, probably had a vegetable shop on "big tavern street" in Izmir. |
Cadoux | Journalism, trade | ? | - |
Camilieri | Priest | ? | M. Camilieri was one of the priests of the Buca Protestant Church. |
Canale | Lawyer, trade | ? | - |
Carer | Insurance | ? | - |
Chorafa | ? | Borghese house | - |
Clarke | Automotive | ? | They owned 72,000 hectares of land. |
Clician | ? | Clician house | - |
Cooke | ? | Clician house | - |
Corpi | Trade, negotiation | ? | - |
Corsini | Printing | ? | - |
Cumberbatch | Diplomacy | ? | - |
De Alessio | Trade | ? | - |
De Andria | Post-telegraph, trade | ? | - |
De Hochepied | Consul, education | ? | - |
De Jongh | Trade | Aliberti house De Jongh house Buca Tennis Club | They are one of the two families with the most graves in the Buca Protestant Cemetery. The oldest grave (1821) also belongs to this family. |
De Portu | ? | ? | Their house was on Station Street. |
Defterego | Accommodation, tavern | Manoli Hotel | The oldest building in Buca, dating back to 1838, belongs to this family. |
Dermond | Printing, distillery | ? | - |
Diogenis | Shopkeeping | ? | - |
Dracopoli | Cotton trade, negotiation | ? | - |
Evliyazade | ? | Evliyazade house | Perhaps the first Muslim family to contribute to horse racing at the Şirinyer Hippodrome. |
Falbo | Health products | Francis Blackler house | - |
Farkouh | Sea passenger transport | Davud Farkouh house Stephanie Farkouh house | They are an Arab Christian family originally from the Levant. |
Filipucci | ? | Filipucci house | - |
Forbes | Liquorice trade | Forbes house Missir house | - |
Fotiadis | Lawyer, journalism, education | ? | - |
Fraser | Negotiation | ? | - |
Freres | Pharmacy | ? | - |
Gavrilis | Patisserie | Gavrili house | They had a patisserie called Cafe Costi in Izmir. They also have a cafe at the Kızılçullu Hippodrome. |
Georgalos | ? | Heginbotham house | The family of the penultimate mayor of Buca. |
Georgiadis | Distillery | ? | Nikolas Georgiadis' grocery store and distillery was located at number 20, "Calopazar" street. |
Georgios | Cafe | ? | Raptis Georgios' cafe called "krioneri" is in the lower neighborhood, close to the station. |
Giovanof | Lawyer, insurance | ? | - |
Giudici | Negotiation, clerk | ? | - |
Golbert | ? | ? | They immigrated to Israel. |
Gordon | Trade | Bliss house | - |
Gout | Carpet export, cotton export | Gout house Fred Gout house | The famous Scottish poet Lord Byron stayed at the Gout family house in 1810. The Gouts are one of the oldest Levantine families in Buca. |
Griffitt | Wool trade, carpet production | Griffitt house | There had wool factories in Darağaç. |
Griziotis | Restaurant | Tavern of Griziotis | Their tavern was opposite the Forbes Mansion. |
Guiffray | Textile | Guiffray house | - |
Hadjiandoniadis | Trade | Hadjiandoniadis tower | The Hadjiandoniadis family had a flour mill near Daragac and the Prophet Elijah Monastery. |
Hanson | Insurance | Hanson house | - |
Heginbotham | Trade, tobacco | Heginbotham house | - |
Hitchens | Priest, education | ? | Arthur Hitchens ran a school between 1908 and 1912. It was one of two British schools in Buca. |
Holton | Aidin-Smyrna Railway, education | Holton house | Mrs. Holton founded a school in Buca in 1894. It was one of two English schools in Buca. The school had its own stadium. Most of the students were Greek. |
Horeti | Medicine | ? | - |
Hors | Medicine | ? | A Greek-born family of Bavarian origin. |
Icard | Pharmacy | Icard house Doctor Varda house | - |
Issigonis | Trade | ? | - |
Joly | Sea passenger transport | ? | - |
Kaburopoulos | Distillery | ? | There had liquor factories in Izmir. |
Karakulak | Church attendant | Karakulak house | - |
Keun | Opium trade, consul, carpet production | Borghese house | - |
Keyser | Banking | ? | - |
Kikiras | Architecture | ? | - |
Kokkinos | Bakery | ? | - |
La Fontaine | Trade, banking | ? | - |
Langdon | Trade | ? | - |
Lee | Trade | Rivens house | They had 12,000 hectares of land in Aydin. |
Lipovatz | Tahini, oil, soap production | Lipovatz house | There was a tahini factory in Darağaç and soap and oil factories in Mersinli. |
Lorendos | Pharmacy, medicine | ? | One of two pharmacist families in Buca as of 1920. Possibly former owners of the Buca Pharmacy in Heykel. |
Maganiotis | Distillery | ? | There had liquor factories in Izmir. |
Magnifico | Engineering, tailoring | ? | - |
Maltass | Trade | ? | One of Buca's oldest families. It's also one of the two families with the most graves in the Buca Protestant Cemetery. |
Maltezos | Food shop | ? | Stelios Maltezos' shop was on "calopazar" street. |
Manikopoulos | Medicine, pharmacy | ? | Owner of one of Buca's two pharmacies as of 1920. Vasilios Manikopulos's shop was in the lower neighborhood, close to the station. |
Marcopoulos | Education, banking, floor trade | ? | They had a joint flour mill with the Hacıandoniadis family in Darağaç. They were also one of the founding families of the Buca Girls' School (Parthenogogio), along with the Athinogenis family. |
Martakis | Butchery | ? | Theodore Martakis' butchery was on "calopazar" street. |
Mavrocordatos | Sea trade | ? | - |
Mazarakis | Grocery store, food shop, shoemaker | ? | In the lower neighborhood, close to the station, there had both grocery stores and food shops. Dimitrios Mazarakis was a shoemaker. |
McVittie | Trade | Werry house | - |
Missir | Fruit export, insurance | Alfred Missir house Missir house Remo Missir house Weber house | There had an ice factory in Izmir. |
Micaleff | Printing | Micaleff house Renda house | - |
Mirzan | Railway, trade | ? | Their house was on 81st street. |
Mulino | Dyeing, clerk, carpentry | ? | - |
Nicolaides | Fruit export | ? | - |
Onassis | Cotton export | ? | Although not mentioned in Kararas' book, according to Edward de Jongh, Aristotle Onassis himself said that he was from Buca. |
Ospie | Consul | ? | - |
Pandaleon | Sea passenger transport | ? | Panayotis Pandaleon donated 2,000 liras for the construction of the Buca Evangelistria Church. |
Pasquali | Fruit export | ? | - |
Pengelley | Tobacco, clerk | Gavrili house | - |
Pirocacos | Fruit export | ? | There had large fruit gardens in Buca. |
Purser | Aidin-Smyrna Railway | ? | They had 2,000 hectares of land in Aziziye. |
Rapoport | Trade | ? | - |
Rees | Shipping agency, trade | Alparslan house Rees house | They had 30,000 hectares of land in various places. |
Rivens | Lawyer | Rivens house | - |
Roboly | Aidin-Smyrna Railway, gas company | Caporal house | - |
Roels | ? | Roels house | - |
Rose | Soap production | ? | They had a soap factory in Izmir. |
Routh | Insurance | ? | - |
Russo | ? | Christian Russo house Gabriel Russo house | - |
Sevastopoulos | Trade | Sevastopoulos houses | During the reign of Pandeli Sevastopoulos, the family founded the Evangelical School and Greek Hospital in Izmir. They also owned an inn in Izmir. |
Solomonidis | Journalism | ? | - |
Spartali | Trade, banking, insurance | Baltazzi house | Takvor Spartali is the family that had the Gürçeşme-Buca road built and Istasyon street repaired. |
Sperco | Shipping agency | De Jongh house | - |
Sponza | Jewelry | Sponza house | The last Levantine family still living in Buca. |
Stamatiadis | Bakery | ? | - |
Stevenson | Trade | Weber house | - |
Stilianidis | Shoemaker | ? | Stilianos Stilianoudis' shop was on ''Amira'' street. |
Şit | Farmer | ? | The oldest known Muslim family in Buca. |
Tarlatzis | ? | ? | The family of the last Greek mayor of Buca. |
Theodore | Barber | ? | Scout Theodore's shop was in the lower neighborhood, close to the station. |
Theodoros | Butchery | ? | Martakis Theodoros' butcher shop was on "calopazar" street. |
Tingirian | ? | Bedros tower | - |
Timogiannakis | Distillery | ? | The workshop of the brothers Theodoros and Georgios was on "Calopazar" street. |
Vafiadis | Architecture | ? | The family of the architect of many houses and mansions in Buca. |
Vidoris | Printing, tavern | Tavern of Vidori | According to Kararas, the Vidoris family's tavern was in Dokuzçeşmeler. |
Voutsinas | Transportation, trade | ? | One of the influential Buca families originating from Sire Island. |
Weber | Archeology, education | Weber house | Prof. Georg Weber, a member of the Izmir Evangelical School who has done extensive research on the Kızılçullu aqueducts, belongs to this family. |
Werry | Consul | Werry house | - |
Whittall | Trade | Forbes house | Although they are known as a family from Bornova, they also have members who lived in Buca for a short time. |
Wilkin | Cotton production, banking | ? | They owned 130,000 hectares of land in various locations. They had cotton mills in Bayindir. |
Wilkinson | Diplomacy | ? | - |
Williamson | Flour trade, nursing | ? | They had flour factories in Izmir. |
Zülfüoğlu Mehmet | Blacksmith | ? | - |
Families only known by names: Adamopoulos, Axarlis, Anastasiadis, Andreopoulos, Angelinos, Apostolakis, Arachtingi, Aronis, Avgeris, Bafea, Bahadori, Baltzis, Belhomme, Blisidis, Borrell, Braggiotti, Bruffel, Brusick, Cassar, Corsi, Charalambakis, Dallas, Delimousakis, Desipris, Dromocaiti, Dubrovich, Falkou, Fatsoa, Fisher, Fonton, Fotoglou, Frangia, Georgakis, Georgoleon, Gesmundo, Hadjiyanakou, Honisher, Iosif, Issaverdens, Kalotis, Kiriakidis, Kirlis, Komninos, Konstantinidis, Kontoleos, Kulakas, Kulalas, Kutsikas, Lamarinidis, Leydon, Lola, Mainetti, Makridis, Manghir, Maravelidis, Marselos, Megaloikonomos, Mersas, Moraitinis, Paleologos, Papamihalis, Paterakis, Pazaropoulos, Pesmazoglou, Petrini, Pigidis, Prelorenzo, Privileggio, Raptakis, Reggio, Rossi, Ruegg, Savelis, Saveras, Sayoglu, Schiffmann, Skampas, Stamnakis, Suloutzis, Summa, Topuz, Tsamouzakis, Tsausopoulos, Tselebis, Tsichlakis, Tsitsas, Tsivoglou, Vafias, Valtsis, Vickers, Warren, Webb, Zeibekos, Zipcy.
Note 1: The inclusion of families in the list does not imply that the entire lineage of the family is from Buca. There are many families with one branch living in Buca and other branches living elsewhere. In addition, although rare, some families who lived in Buca only for a short period may also have been included in the list.
Note 2: The term “property” refers to buildings that the family resided in or owned, even if only temporarily. Some families may have occupied these buildings through rental or similar arrangements.
Note 3: The families listed have undoubtedly been involved in many other occupations besides those mentioned.
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