- ARMENIAN -
Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Apack | ? | Apack House | A Catholic Armenian family of Ankara origin. |
Balladur | Fruit export, banking, cotton export, automotive | Ernest Balladur House Marcel Balladur House Nicola Aliotti House | The family of Edouard Balladur, former French Prime Minister (1993-1995). |
Spartalian | Commerce, banking, insurance | Baltazzi Mansion | Takvor Spartalian, the family that built the Gürçeşme-Buca road and repaired the Istasyon street. |
Clician | ? | Clician House | - |
Manghir | ? | ? | A Catholic Armenian family of Nakhchivan origin. |
Missir | Fruit export, insurance | Alfred Mıssır House Mıssır Mansion Remo Mıssır House Weber House | They had an ice factory in Izmir. |
Mirzan | Railway, trade | ? | Their house was on 81st street. |
- LEVANTINE -
Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Aliberti | Medicine, tobacco | Aliberti Mansion De Jongh Mansion | - |
Aliotti | Carpets, raisins, figs, tobacco | Antonio Aliotti House Aliotti Mansion Nicola Aliotti House Hasanağa Garden Aliottis' Servant Housing | In the time of Albert Aliotti, they had inns in Izmir. They had large lands in various places in the Aegean region. |
Arachtingi | ? | ? | The family also has Greek origins. The famous tenor Mihali Arachtingi must belong to this family. |
Ashe | Priest | Bliss Mansion Priest Tower | The family of the pastor of the Buca Protestant Church between 1898-1925. |
Baltazzi | Trade, archeology | Baltazzi Mansion | With 247,000 hectares of land, the Baltazzis are by far the most owned family in Buca. At the same time, a Levantine family of Greek origin. The family to which Sultan Abdulaziz was a guest in 1863. |
Barff | Cotton trade | Barff Mansion | - |
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, built in 1855. |
Bliss | Trade | Bliss Mansion | - |
Boddington | Consul | ? | - |
Borghese | ? | Borghese House | It is doubtful whether they lived in Buca permanently. |
Cadoux | Journalism, business | ? | - |
Camilieri | Priest | ? | M. Camilieri was a pastor of the Buca Protestant Church. |
Canale | Lawyer, trade | ? | - |
Cassar | ? | Cassar House | - |
Clarke | Automotive | ? | They owned 72,000 hectares of land. |
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 Mansion De Jongh Mansion Buca Tennis Club | One of the two families with the most graves in the Buca Protestant Cemetery. The oldest tomb (1821) also belongs to this family. |
De Portu | ? | ? | Their house was on Istasyon street. |
Dermond | Printing, manufacture of liquor | ? | - |
Dracopoli | Cotton trade, brokerage | ? | - |
Falbo | Health products | Francis Blackler House | - |
Farkoh | Sea passenger transport | Davut Farkoh Mansion Stephanie Farkoh House | An Arab Christian family originally from Syria, though Greekized. |
Filipucci | ? | Filipucci House | - |
Forbes | Liquorice trade | Forbes Mansion Mıssır Mansion | - |
Fraser | Brokerage | ? | - |
Freres | Pharmacy | ? | - |
Giudici | Brokerage, clerk | ? | - |
Gordon | Trade | Bliss Mansion | - |
Gout | Carpet export, cotton export | Gout Mansion Fred Gout House | The famous Scottish poet Lord Byron stayed in the house of Gout family in 1810. The Gouts are one of the oldest Levantine families of Buca. |
Griffitt | Wool trade, carpet manufacturing | Griffitt House | They had a wool factory in Darağaç. |
Guiffray | Textile | Guiffray House | - |
Hanson | Insurance | Hanson Mansion | - |
Heginbotham | Trade, tobacco farming | Heginbotham House | - |
Hitchens | Pastor, education | ? | Arthur Hitchens ran a school between 1908 and 1912. One of the two English schools in Buca. |
Holton | Aidin-Smyrna Railway, education | Holton House | Mrs. Holton established a school in Buca in 1894. One of the two English schools in Buca. The school had its own stadium. Most of the students were Greek. |
Horeti | Medicine | ? | - |
Icard | Pharmacy | Icard House Doctor Varda House | - |
Joly | Sea passenger transport | ? | - |
Karakulak | church attendant | Karakulak House | - |
Keun | Opium trade, consul, carpet production | Borghese House | - |
Keyser | Banking | ? | - |
Lee | Trade | Rivens House | They had 12,000 hectares of land in Aydın. |
La Fontaine | Trade, banking | ? | - |
Langdon | Trade | ? | - |
Lipovatz | Tahini, oil, soap production | Lipovatz Mansion | They had a tahini factory in Darağaç and a soap and oil factory in Mersinli. |
Magnifico | Engineering, tailoring | ? | - |
Maltass | Trade | ? | One of the oldest families of Buca. It is also one of the two families with the most graves in the Buca Protestant Cemetery. |
McVittie | Trade | Werry Mansion | - |
Micaleff | Printing | Micaleff House Renda Mansion | - |
Mulino | Painting, clerk, carpentry | ? | - |
Ospie | Consul | ? | - |
Pasquali | Fruit export | ? | - |
Pengelley | Tobacco trade, clerk | Gavrili Mansion | - |
Purser | Aidin-Smyrna Railway | ? | They had 2,000 hectares of land in Aziziye. |
Rees | Shipping agency, trade | Alparslan House Rees Mansion | They had 30,000 hectares of land in various places. |
Rivens | Lawyer | Rivens House | - |
Roels | ? | Roels House | - |
Roboly | Aidin-Smyrna Railway, gas company | Caporal House | - |
Rose | Soap production | ? | They had a soap factory in Izmir. |
Routh | Insurance | ? | - |
Russo | ? | Christian Russo Mansion Gabriel Russo Mansion | - |
Sperco | Shipping agency | De Jongh Mansion | - |
Sponza | Jewelry | Sponza House | The last Levantine family still living in Buca. |
Stevenson | Trade | Weber House | - |
Werry | Consul | Werry Mansion | - |
Weber | Archeology, Education | Weber House | Prof. Georg Weber, a member of Smyrna Evangelical School, who had done extensive research on the Kızılçullu aqueducts, belongs to this family. |
Whittall | Trade | Forbes Mansion | Although they are known as a family from Bornova, they had individuals who lived in Buca for a short time. |
Wilkin | Cotton production, banking | ? | They owned 130,000 hectares of land in various places. They had cotton mills in Bayındır. |
Wilkinson | Diplomacy | ? | - |
Williamson | Flour trade, nursing | ? | They had flour factories in Izmir. |
Families with only known names: Belhomme, Borrell, Braggiotti, Bruffel, Brusick, Corsi, Dromocaiti, Fisher, Fonton, Gesmundo, Honisher, Issaverdens, Leydon, Mainetti, Petrini, Prelorenzo, Privileggio, Reggio, Rossi, Ruegg, Sayoglu, Schiffmann, Summa, Topuz, Warren, Webb, Vickers, Zipcy.
- JEWISH -
Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Golbert | ? | ? | They immigrated to Israel. |
Rapoport | Trade | ? | - |
- MUSLIM -
Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Arslan | ? | Alparslan House | The family of Alparslan Bey, the son of Rahmi Bey, the former Governor of Izmir. |
Evliyazade | ? | Evliyazade House | Perhaps the first Muslim family that contributed to horse races at Şirinyer Racecourse. |
Şit | Farmer | ? | The oldest known Muslim family in Buca. |
Zülfüoğlu Mehmet | Blacksmith | ? | - |
- GREEK -
Name | Profession | Property | Add. Info |
Alevra | Shipping agency | William Blackler Mansion | - |
Amira | Lawyer | ? | - |
Apergis | Pharmacy | ? | The clinic (or pharmacy) of Miltiadis Apergis was in the lower quarter, close to the station. |
Arealis | Lawyer | ? | - |
Athinogenis | Lawyer, Education, Banking | ? | The founders of New Buca, founded in 1952. One of the leading Greek families of Buca. They were also the founders of Buca Girls' School (Parthenogogio) with Markopoulos family. |
Baptou | Shopkeeping | ? | Georges and Basile brothers owned a cafe near the station. |
Boudjalis | Tinsmith, merchant | ? | They had a shop at number 7 on Kalovolo street (probably in Izmir). Michalis, from the same family, owned a vegetable shop on the "big tavern street" probably in Izmir. |
Carer | Insurance | ? | - |
Chorafa | ? | Borghese House | - |
Defterego | Accommodation, tavern | Manoli Hotel | The oldest building in Buca with the date of 1838 belongs to this family. |
Diogenis | Shopkeeping | ? | - |
Dubrovich | ? | ? | Due to strong kinship ties, they can also be classified as Levantines. |
Gavrili | Patisserie | Gavrili Mansion | They had a patisserie called Kafe Kosti in Izmir. They also had a cafe in Kızılçullu Hippodrome. |
Georgalos | ? | Heginbotham House | The family of the penultimate mayor of Buca. |
Georgios | Cafe | ? | Raptis Georgios' cafe, called "kryoneri", was in the lower quarter, close to the station. |
Georgiadis | Distillery | ? | The grocery store and distillery of Nikolas Georgiadis was at number 20 "calopazar" street. |
Giovanof | Lawyer, insurance | ? | - |
Gritziotis | Restaurant | Brasserie of Gritziotis | It was across the Forbes Mansion. |
Fotiadi | Lawyer, journalist, education | ? | - |
Hadjiantoni | Trade | Hadjiantoni Tower | The Hadjiantoni family had flour mills near Darağaç and Prophet Elijah Monastery. |
Hors | Medicine | ? | A Greekized family of Bavarian origin. |
Issigonis | Trade | ? | Alec Issigonis of the Issigonis family was probably the most famous Greek of Buca. |
Kaburopoulo | Distillery | ? | They had distilleries in Izmir. |
Kikiras | Architect | ? | - |
Kokkinos | Bakery | ? | - |
Lorendo | Pharmacy, Medicine | ? | As of 1920, one of the two pharmacist families in Buca. Possible former owners of Buca Pharmacy in Heykel Square. |
Maganioti | Distillery | ? | They had distilleries in Izmir. |
Maltezos | Food shop | ? | The shop of Stelios Maltezos was in the street of "calopazar". |
Markopoulos | Education, banking, flour trade | ? | They had joint flour mills with the Hadjiantonis in Darağaç. They were also one of the founding families of Buca Girls' School (Parthenogogio) with the Athinogenis family. |
Martakis | Butchery | ? | Theodore Martakis' butcher shop was in the street of "calopazar". |
Manicopoulos | Medicine, pharmacy | ? | As of 1920, they had one of the two pharmacies of Buca. The shop of Vasilios Manikopulos was in the lower quarter, close to the station. |
Mazarakis | Grocery store, food shop, shoe shop | ? | In the lower quarter, close to the station, there had both grocery and food shops. Dimitrios Mazarakis was a shoemaker. |
Mavrocordato | Sea trade | ? | - |
Nicolaides | Fruit trade | ? | - |
Onassis | Cotton export | ? | According to Edward de Jongh, Aristotle Onassis himself said that he was from Buca, although it is not mentioned in the book of Kararas. |
Pandaleon | Sea passenger transport | ? | Panayotis Pandaleon donated 2,000 liras to the construction of the Buca Evangelistria Church. |
Pirokakou | Fruit export | ? | They had large orchards in Buca. |
Sevastopoulos | Trade | Sevastopoulos Houses | The family that founded the Evangelical School and Greek Hospital in Izmir during the time of Pandeli Sevastopoulos. They also had inns in Izmir. |
Solomonidis | Journalism | ? | - |
Stamadiadis | Bakery | ? | - |
Stilianoudis | Shoemaker | ? | Stilianos Stilianoudis' shop was in "Amira" street. |
Tarlatzis | ? | ? | The family of the last Greek mayor of Buca. |
Theodore | Barber | ? | Scout Theodore's shop was in the lower quarter, near the station. |
Theodoros | Butchery | ? | The butcher shop of Martakis Theodoros was in the "calopazar" street. |
Timoyannakis | Distillery | ? | The workshop of Theodoros and Georgios brothers was in the street of "calopazar". |
Vafiadis | Architect | ? | The family of the architects of many houses and mansions in Buca. |
Vidori | Printing, tavern | Tavern of Vidori | According to Kararas, the tavern of the Vidori family was in Dokuzçeşmeler. |
Voutsinas | Shipping agency, trade | ? | One of the influential Buca families of Syros island origin. |
Families with only known names: Adamopoulos, Anastasiadis, Andreopoulo, Angelinou, Apostolaki, Aronis, Avgerou, Axarli, Baldji, Bafea, Bahadori, Blisidi, Buyuka Suloutji, Dalla, Delimousakis, Desipri, Georgoleon, Giorgaki, Falkou, Fatsoa, Fotoglou, Frangia, Hadji-Yanakou, Haralambaki, Iosif, Kalothi, Kiriakidi, Kirli, Komnino, Konstantinidi, Kontoleous, Koutsika, Kulakau, Kulalaou, Lamarinidi, Lola, Makridi, Maravelidi, Megalomikonomou, Mersa, Marselos, Moraitini, Paleologou, Papamihali, Pigidi, Paterakis, Pazaropulos, Pesmazoglou, Raptaki, Saveli, Savera, Skaba, Stamnaki, Tsamouzaki, Tsausopoulu, Tselebi, Tsichlakis, Tsitsas, Tsivoglou, Vafias, Valtsis, Zeibekou.
Note 1: The fact that the families are on the list does not mean that the entire lineage of the family is from Buca. There are many families with one branch of the family living in Buca and another branch living outside of Buca. In addition, some families who lived in Buca for a short time may have been included in the list, although there were exceptions.
Note 2: As property, the structures that the family resides and owns, albeit for a while, are meant. Some families rent to these structures, etc. may have had situations.
Note 3: Families in Buca have established intense kinship relations with each other. Therefore, it is possible to define some families as both Levantine and Greek families.
Note 4: Many families in Buca have engaged in different jobs. It is obvious that they have dealt with many other jobs apart from the ones mentioned in the list.
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