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Joseph A. Iasigi

Massachusetts, 1848 - 1917, Massachusetts

BiographyOn March 16, 1881, 245 Beacon was purchased from the Boardmans by Joseph A. Iasigi. He lived at 43 Mt. Vernon with his mother, Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi, the widow of Joseph A. Iasigi. In April of 1881, he married Marie P. Homer and they made 245 Beacon their home.

Joseph Iasigi was a merchant in the Mediterranean trade. After the death of his brother, Oscar, in 1884, he assumed his brother’s role as Turkish Consul General in Boston. He also succeeded him as the trustee for the American properties of several European estates.

The Iasigis continued to live at 245 Beacon during the 1896-1897 winter season. In March of 1897, Joseph Iasigi was indicted for embezzling about $200,000 from two European estates. He was found guilty in November of 1897 and sent to prison.

On May 22, 1897, 245 Beacon was acquired from Joseph Iasigi by Henrietta Goddard (Wigglesworth) Holmes Fitz, the widow of Edward Jackson Holmes, Sr., and the wife of Walter Scott Fitz. W. Scott and Henrietta Fitz lived at 75 Beacon (W. Scott Fitz previously had been married to Henrietta Wigglesworth’s sister, Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth, who died in September of 1878, four months after their marriage). https://backbayhouses.org/245-beacon/ [DJackson 7/1/2021]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84434170/joseph-iasigi [DJackson 7/1/2021]

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