 In 1847, he married Mary Grant, the sister of the English consul to Bucharest, Effingham Grant.The consul was married to Zoia Racoviţă, the daughter of Alexandru Racoviţă; the "Grant Bridge" ("Podul Grant") near Gara de Nord in Bucharest is named after him.It is initiated in masonry in 1844, in the Masonic lodge "The Rose of the Perfect Silence" in Paris, receiving all grades, up to the 18th degree in 1847, also in this lodge.