Individual Details
Panagiotis Michail Aridas
(1910 - Abt 1928)
Aridas, Panagiotis; Father - Mihail, born 1910 in Agios Ioannis; death recorded in 1976.
Received from General Archives of Greece, Laconia (Sparta Office) - May 2009. Town Register (Dimotologion Koinothtos)
Family Number 6:
Aridas Mihail M (father) Christos (mother) Gkolfo born: 1867, Agios Ioannis; death recorded March 24, 1959
“ Eleni F Dimitrios Leakakos, born: 1866 Agios Ioannis; death recorded March 11, 1959
“ Christos M born 1900; lived in Russia; death recorded Sept 11 1955
“ Eleni F father: Vasileos Karteroulis, born 1877 Agios Ioannis
“ Vasilios M born: 1905 Agios Ioannis; death recorded Sept 11 1955
“ Panagiotis M born: 1910 Agios Ioannis; death recorded Sept 11 1955
Mihalakakos, *Konstantinos M born: 1912 Agios Ioannis death December 12, 1968
Aridas Anastasia F born: 1918 Agios Ioannis married Dec 27 1959
*Note: Received a copy of Family Register from Mystras, from George Revelos in October 2009. That family register had Konstantinos listed. George said the following: "As for Kosta Mihalakakos, that is Kosta Aridas. My uncle wrote my mother back in the late 940's that he had uncovered the real name for Aridas as Mihalakakos. He said that one of the ancestors had long legs which is what Aridas translates to from arida (leg). It was a nickname that stuck. So, there for a while we were saying that mom was a Mihalakakos. It didn't take long for tht to disappear. I think my uncle Kosta had that put in. Maybe the note after his name references that. I can't make out what it says."
"Grandfather brought Golfo and his son Panagiotis, his son from his second wife to Springfield to live
with Katina in 1921. Golfo married a Pappas from Columbus and died there in childbirth in 1929. The baby died also. My mother, Frosine visited her in Columbus that year. I think Panagiotis lived with her and died
from the Flu prior to my Mother coming to America." Source: George N. Revelos email to Carol Petranek, October 5, 2009.
From George N. Revelos, as he wrote in website, Family Trees of Southern Parnon (http://karitsa.tribalpages.com): "On 30 March 1921, Michael Aridas, 54, with children Golfo, 20, and Panagiotis, 11, arrived in the United States aboard the “Belvedere” with a combined total of 280 dollars. Their closest relative in Greece was Michalis’ wife, Eleni, in Agios Ioannis. They were all arriving in America for the first time, and in the US they were going to stay with Michalis’ brother-in-law Philip Vlachos at 31S Limestone Street in Springfield, Ohio. Michalis was described as a literate workman, 5 feet 8 inches tall, of dark complexion, grey hair and brown eyes. Golfo was described as an illiterate housmaid, 5 feet 4 inches tall, of fair complexion, with brown hair and eyes. Panagiotis was described as a literate pupil, 4 feet 9 inches tall, of dark complexion, brown hair and eyes."
www.ancestry.com; New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; Aridas, Michael, Golfo, Panagiotis. National Archives Microfilm serial: T715, Roll 2943; Line 3, Page #114.
Birth year of 1909 given by George N. Revelos, his uncle.
Town Register had a birth year of 1910.
Information from Mitroon Arrenon; received from General Archives of Greece, Dimos Lakonia, Office in Sparta - May 2009. On same page: Panos Lerikos (father Ioannis)
Aridas, Panagiotis (father Mihail)
Born 1910 in Agios Ioannis; death recorded 1976.
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Received from General Archives of Greece, Laconia (Sparta Office) - May 2009. Town Register (Dimotologion Koinothtos) Family Number 6: Town Register, Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
Family #6
Line 1: Aridas, Michail; father: Chirstos; mother: Gkolfo; born 1867 in Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: landowner; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis, #89/2; removed from Dimotologion on December 27, 1959 because of death on March 24, 1959; this is entry #53 made in the year 1959.
Line 2: Aridas, Eleni; father: Dimitrios Leakakos; born: 1866 Agios Ioannis;resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: housework; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death on March 11, 1959; this is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 3: Aridas, Christos, born 1900 in Agios Ioannis; resides in Russia; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis #546/1; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry 63 in the year 1955.
Line 4: Aridas, Eleni; father: Vasileos Karteroulis, born 1877 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: housework; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth
Line 5: Aridas, Vasilios, born: 1905 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 623/2; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 6: [Managakos? name unreadable on record - I had been told it was Panagiotis] born: 1910 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 712/2; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 7: Michalakakos, * Konstantinos born: 1912 Agios Ioannis, lived in Athens; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 744/1; removed from record on September 28, 1958 due to death on December 12, 1958; is entry #52 in the year 1958
Line 8: Arida, Anastasia born: 1918 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 712/2; removed from record on July 23, 1961 due to marriage on Dec 27 1959; moved into family #388; this is entry #34 in the year 1961
*Konstantinos Michalakakos -- 2 different theories as to why he has a different name: (1) George Revelos said his mother, Effrosyni Aridas, learned when she was in Greece in the 1950's that the original family name was Michalakakos, but an ancestor had long legs and he got the nickname "Arida" (long leg or big foot); (2) George Aridas said the original family name was Aridas, but Kostandinos was a minister in Athens and he didn't like the name Aridas so he took his father's name, Michail, and called himself Michalakakos
Events
Families
| Father | Michail Christos Aridas Michalakakos (1867 - 1959) |
| Mother | Eleni V. Karteroulis (1878 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Evangelos Michail Aridas (1903 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Vasileios Michail Aridas (1905 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Effrosyni M. Aridas (1908 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Konstantinos Michail Aridas or Michalakakos (1912 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Ifigenia M. Aridas (1914 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Anastasia Aridas Michalakakos (1918 - 2000) |
Notes
Birth
Birth year of 1909 given by George N. Revelos, his uncle.Town Register had a birth year of 1910.
Mitroon Arrenon - Male Register
General State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia, Sparta Office
Village: Agios Ioannis
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name – Village
Year: 1910 - Line 2 - Aridas - Panagiotis - Michail - Agios Ioannis
Digital photograph by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
School
School RecordsAgios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta, Greece
Digital images taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2016
Book E.K.P.2.1.1 Year: 1917-1918 Page # Line #22
Book E.K.P.2.1.1 Year: 1919-1920 Page # Line #26
Book E.K.P.2.1.1 Year: 1920-1921 Page # Line #75
Book E.K.P.2.1.1 Year: 1918-1919 Page # Line #11
Book E.K.P.2.1.1 Year: 1916-1917 Page # Line #131
Book E.K.P.2.1.2 Year: 1920-1921 Page # Line #75
Male Register
Mitroon Arrenon - Male RegisterGeneral State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia, Sparta Office
Village: Agios Ioannis
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name – Village
Year: 1910 - Line 2 - Aridas - Panagiotis - Michail - Agios Ioannis
Digital photograph by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Immigration
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957NARA Roll T715, 1897-1957, 2001-3000, Roll 2943, List 52, Image 851 & 852 of 1145
S.S. Belvedere, sailing from Patras on 12 March 1921, arriving New York on 30 March 1921
Line 1: Aridas, Michael, age 54, male, married, occupation: laborer, able to read and write Greek; Nationality: Greek, last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country when alien came: Helen Arida, wife in Agios Ioannis, Greece; final destination: Springfield, Ohio; does not have ticket to final destination; passage paid by self; possession of $100; has not been in US previously; going to join Filipa Vlachon, 31 S. Limestone Street, Springfield, Ohio, brother in law; intends to remain in U.S.; in Good health, 5'8", dark complexion, gray hair, brown eyes, no distinguishing marks; born in Agios Ioannis, Greece.
Line 2: Aridas, Golfo , age 20, female, single, occupation: housework, cannot read or write,
"going with father", Nationality: Greek, last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country when alien came: Helen Arida, mother in Agios Ioannis, Greece; final destination: Springfield, Ohio; does not have ticket to final destination; passage paid by father; possession of $50; has not been in US previously; going to join Filipa Vlachon, 31 S. Limestone Street, Springfield, Ohio, uncle; intends to remain in U.S.; in Good health, 5'4", fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, no distinguishing marks; born in Agios Ioannis, Greece.
Line 3: Aridas, Panagiotis, age 11, male, single, pupil can read and write Greek, Nationality: Greek, last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country when alien came: Helen Arida, mother in Agios Ioannis, Greece; final destination: Springfield, Ohio; does not have ticket to final destination; passage paid by father; possession of $50; has not been in US previously; going to join Filipa Vlachon, 31 S. Limestone Street, Springfield, Ohio, uncle; intends to remain in U.S.; in Good health, 4'9", fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, no distinguishing marks; born in Agios Ioannis, Greece.
Description Ship or Roll Number : Roll 2943
Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. ARC ID: 3887372. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at New York, New York, May 1917-Nov. 1957. Microfilm Publication A3417. ARC ID: 4497925. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Passenger Lists, 1962-1972, and Crew Lists, 1943-1972, of Vessels Arriving at Oswego, New York. Microfilm Publication A3426. ARC ID: 4441521. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Death
Town Register lists him as deceased, entry of Sept. 11, 1955.George N. Revelos said he was living with his sister, Golfo, in Ohio and died of the flu prior to his mother visiting the U.S. in 1929.
Town Register
Town Register (Dimotologion Koinothtos)Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
Date of Registration: September 11, 1955
General Archives of Greece, Laconia (Sparta Office)
Family #6
Line 1: Aridas, Michail; father: Christos; mother: Gkolfo; born 1867 in Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: landowner; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis, #89/2; removed from Dimotologion on December 27, 1959 because of death on March 24, 1959; this is entry #53 made in the year 1959.
Line 2: Aridas, Eleni; father: Dimitrios Leakakos; born: 1866 Agios Ioannis;resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: housework; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death on March 11, 1959; this is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 3: Aridas, Christos, born 1900 in Agios Ioannis; resides in Russia; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis #546/1; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry 63 in the year 1955.
Line 4: Aridas, Eleni; father: Vasileos Karteroulis, born 1877 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; occupation: housework; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth
Line 5: Aridas, Vasilios, born: 1905 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 623/2; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 6: [written as Managiotis] Panagiotis born: 1910 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 712/2; removed from record on November 9, 1955 due to death; is entry #63 in the year 1955.
Line 7: Michalakakos, * Konstandinos born: 1912 Agios Ioannis, lived in Athens; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 744/1; removed from record on September 28, 1958 due to death on December 12, 1958; is entry #52 in the year 1958
Line 8: Arida, Anastasia born: 1918 Agios Ioannis; resides in Agios Ioannis; religion: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; resident of this village by birth; registered in the Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register) of Agios Ioannis 712/2; removed from record on July 23, 1961 due to marriage on Dec 27 1959; moved into family #388; this is entry #34 in the year 1961
*Konstandinos Michalakakos -- 2 different theories as to why he has a different name: (1) George Revelos said his mother, Effrosyni Aridas, learned when she was in Greece in the 1950's that the original family name was Michalakakos, but an ancestor had long legs and he got the nickname "Arida" (long leg or big foot); (2) George Aridas said the original family name was Aridas, but Kostandinos was a minister in Athens and he didn't like the name Aridas so he took his father's name, Michail, and called himself Michalakakos
Endnotes
1. Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register-Greece).
2. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
3. Revelos, George N..
4. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, NARA Roll T715, 1897-1957, 2001-3000, Roll 2943, List 52, Image 851 & 852 of 1145..
5. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office.
6. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.
7. School Archives of General State Archives of Greece, Agios Ioannis –St. Johns digital images by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2016. Source details in notes..
8. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office.
9. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office.
10. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, NARA Roll T715, 1897-1957, 2001-3000, Roll 2943, List 52, Image 851 & 852 of 1145.
11. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, NARA Roll T715, 1897-1957, 2001-3000, Roll 2943, List 52, Image 851 & 852 of 1145..
12. “New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 for Golfo Aridas.” https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7488/NYT715_2943-0851/4025235512?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 17 Aug. 2019..
13. Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register-Greece).
14. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
15. Revelos, George N..
16. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.

