Individual Details

Effrosyni M. Aridas

(3 Mar 1908 - 11 Dec 2009)

"My mother, Frosine Aridas Revelos, is 101 years old and unfortunately had a stroke in 1997 and suffered both short and long term memory loss. She does not remember her parents and siblings." AND
"The records in Sparta and now in Mistra are all messed up. They didn't show my mother as Michael's daughter nor did they show he was married twice.  We, just this summer, corrected that.  We sent Mistra a copy of my mother's Greek marriage certificate that lists her as a
daughter of Michael Aridas." Source: George N. Revelos, letter to Carol Petranek, October 5, 2009.

"My sister Lula (Zaharoula) was the first of the children in our family to visit Agios Ioannis in the 1950's and meet my grandparents. My mother also went over in 1949 to visit her parents for the first time since her marriage in 1929. It may be mistaken as to the death in the family at my mother's wedding. It could have been Panagiotis and to Vasiiis after seeing the Dimotologion. It lists his residence as Agios Ioannis. If that is true, then he returned to Greece with grandfather when they left Golfo in Springfield. I had always assumed that he stayed on with Golfo, which may account why I can't find a death certificate for him in Ohio." George N. Revelos, email to Carol Petranek, October 8, 2009.

NOTE: Greek Ancestry in Middletown Ohio website has information on the Revelos family:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohgaim/index.htm

Events

Alternate Birth1904Alaimbey, Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Birth3 Mar 1908Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
School1924Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Marriage3 Mar 1929Agios Nikolaos, Sikaraki, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece - Nicholas George Revelos
Immigration8 Aug 1929Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Census1930Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Residence1930Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Residence1935Same House
Census1940Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Residence1940Middletown City, Middletown City, Ward 3, Butler, Ohio
News article15 Mar 1950Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Travel30 Jun 1950Piraeus, Attika, Greece
Arrival17 Jul 1950New York City, New York, United States
Residence1959Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Naturalization1971Common Pleas Court, Butler, Ohio, United States
News article15 May 1971Hamilton Journal and Daily News - Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States
Burial2009Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Death11 Dec 2009Hospice of Butler and Warren Counties, Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Obituary13 Dec 2009Hamilton Journal-News - Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States
Burial16 Dec 2009Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Alt nameFrances or Frosine
Alt nameΑριδάς
FamilySearch IDL8WC-T1K
Photos

Families

SpouseNicholas George Revelos (1887 - 1941)
ChildGeorge Nicholas Revelos (1930 - 2012)
ChildMichael Nicholas Revelos (1931 - 2020)
ChildZacharoula N. Revelos (1933 - 2010)
ChildChristos Nikolaos Revelos (1935 - 2020)
ChildConstantine Nikolaos Revelos (1938 - 2007)
FatherMichail Christos Aridas Michalakakos (1867 - 1959)
MotherEleni V. Karteroulis (1878 - 1959)
SiblingEvangelos Michail Aridas (1903 - 1912)
SiblingVasileios Michail Aridas (1905 - 1929)
SiblingPanagiotis Michail Aridas (1910 - 1928)
SiblingKonstantinos Michail Aridas or Michalakakos (1912 - 1958)
SiblingIfigenia M. Aridas (1914 - 1914)
SiblingAnastasia Aridas Michalakakos (1918 - 2000)

Notes

Alternate Birth

Marriage record dated 1929 gives her age as 25.

School

School Records
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta, Greece 
Digital images taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July  2016

Book E.K.P.2.1.2 ? females    Year: 1924    Page #      Line #57

Marriage

"My mother married on March 3, 1929 in Sparta." Source: George N. Revelos, email to Carol Petranek dated October 7, 2009.

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book
Book: Sparta, 1866-1872; Year: 1929; Entries: 70-92
Entry #92
License Date: March 2, 1929
Marriage Date: March 3, 1929
Groom: Nikolaos Rembelos; age 44; father: Georgios; residence: Kosmou
Bride: Efrosini Arida; age 25; father: Michail residence: Alaimbey, Sparta
Church Name: Agios Nikolaos in Sikaraki
First marriage for both bride and groom

Image DSC_0040
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Immigration

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. Vulcania sailing from Patras July 27, 1929, arriving New York August 8, 1929
Lines 6 & 7
Revelos, Efrosini; age 21, female, married, housewife, can read Greek, can write Greek; nationality: Greece; Race: Greek; Place of Birth: Agios Ioannis, Greece; Immigration Visa Number: non-quota 2175; issued at Athens on 25 June 1929; last permanent residence: Ag. Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative in country from whence alien came: Eleni Arida, mother, Agios Ioannis, Greece; final destination: Middletown Ohio; does not have ticket to final destination; has not been in US previously; going to join: accomp. by husband Nick Revelos, 1804 Central Ave, Middletown, Ohio; intends to be permanent resident; good health, no deformities; 5'4:, light complexion; fair hair, light brown eyes, no marks of identification.

Revelos, Nick; age 41, male, married, American citizen; Passport No. 613, Athens, 22 June 1929; going to my home; 1804 Central Ave, Middletown, Ohio.

Source Citation:
Ship or Roll Number: Roll 4530
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. NAI: 6256867. 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.

Census

1930 US Census
Lemon Township, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio
Enumerated April 19, 1930
Lines 41-43
205 Harrison Street
Revelos, Nick, head, owns home, worth $5000, male, white, age 42 married; was 41 at first marriage, not in school, can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; immigrated 1906, naturalized, speaks English, owner of restaurant.
Revelos, Francis, wife, female, white, age 22, married, was 21 at first marriage, not in school, cannot read or write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; immigrated 1929, alien, no occupation.
Revelos, George, male, white, age 4/12, born in Ohio, parents born in Greece

[NOTE: Living next door is son, Charles, with his family]

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22785-2277-70?cc=1810731 : accessed 17 March 2016), Ohio,; Butler,; Middletown,; ED 37 ; image 59 of 64; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

Census

1940 US Census
Middletown, Butler, Ohio
Enumeration District 9-64, Sheet No. 24A
enumerated May 20, 1940
Lines 37-40
201 Harrison Street
Revelos, Nick, head, male, white, age 52, married, not in school, highest grade completed: 1, born in Greece, lived in same house in 1935, at work 60 hours in week, occupation: manager, ice cream
Revelos, Frances, wife, white, age 32, married, not in school, highest grade completed: 8, born in Greece, lived in same house in 1935, not at work; housewife
Revelos, George, son, male, white, age 10, single, at school, finished 2nd grade; born in Ohio, lived in same house in 1935
Revelos, Michael, male, white, age 8, single, in school, finished 1st grade; born in Ohio, lived in same house in 1935

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6M-RG4 : accessed 1 April 2015), George Revelos in household of Nick Revelos, Ward 3, Middletown City, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-64, sheet 24A, family 532, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3035.

News article

15 March 1950 The Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio 
News of Society
Mrs. Nick Revelos of Harrison St. is in New York where she will leave Friday for Sparta, Greece.  She will leave on the tourist ship Nea Hellas which is arranged for by the Ahepans and Daughters of Penelope for members to tour the old country.  Mrs. Revelos will visit her family Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mihalakakos of St. John, Sparta Greece.  She will be gone for three months.  Bill Revelos will take the same trip and visit his family.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohgaim/OldNewspapers.htm
Accessed November 1, 2015

Travel

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
List of In-Bound Passengers, US Citizens and Nationals
Class: Cabin; from Piraeus-Greece, June 30, 1950 on "Nea Hellas" arriving at port of New York July 17, 1950
Line7: Revelos, Efrosini, ae 42, female, white, 205 Harrison St., Middletown, Ohio
Passport #189565, Place of Birth: Greece

Source Citation Year: 1950; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957;Microfilm Roll: Roll 7860; Line: 1; Page Number: 211
Description Ship or Roll Number : Roll 7860 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.

Naturalization

Hamilton Journal and Daily News
Saturday, May 15, 1971, page 28
New Citizens Reminded of Orderly Change Process
[Article about people receiving citizenship in a naturalization process the previous Monday]. "Receiving Amrican citizenship during the ceremonies were...Euphrosyne Michelle Revelos, 705 Trafalgar Court, Middletown (Greece) and Nikolaos Revelos, also of 705 Trafalgar Court (Greece)...

Source: MyHeritage.com; Newspaper Archive, Hamilton Daily News Journal Hamilton, Ohio - May 15 1971, page 28. Accessed October 27, 2015.

News article

News article, The Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
15 March 1950
News of Society, by Peg Rosing
 Mrs. Nick Revelos of Harrison St. is in New York where she will leave Friday for Sparta, Greece.  She will leave on The tourist ship Nea Hellas which is arranged for by the Ahepans and Daughters of Penelope for members to tour the old country.  Mrs. Revelos will visit her family Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mihalakakos of St. John, Sparta Greece.  She will be gone for three months.  Bill Revelos will take the same trip and visit his family.
Source: website, Greek Ancestry in Middletown, Ohio, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohgaim/index.htm
News article source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohgaim/OldNewspapers.htm


Hamilton Journal and Daily News
Saturday, May 15, 1971, page 28
New Citizens Reminded of Orderly Change Process
[Article about people receiving citizenship in a naturalization process the previous Monday]. "Receiving American citizenship during the ceremonies were...Euphrosyne Michelle Revelos, 705 Trafalgar Court, Middletown (Greece) and Nikolaos Revelos, also of 705 Trafalgar Court (Greece)...

Source: MyHeritage.com; Newspaper Archive, Hamilton Daily News Journal Hamilton, Ohio - May 15 1971, page 28. Accessed October 27, 2015.

Burial

Find-A-Grave:

Birth: Mar. 3, 1908, Greece
Death: Dec. 11, 2009
Middletown
Butler County
Ohio, USA

Frosine Revelos, 101, Of Middletown, died Friday,December 11, 2009, at Hospice of Butler and Warren Countries. She was born in Greece on March 3, 1908 to parents Michael and Eleni (Karteroulis) Aridas.
She came to Middletown as a bride to Nicholas G. Revelos, one of the founders of Elite Ice Cream Co., in 1929. When he preceded her in death in 1941, she was left to raise her five children, aged 3 to 11 alone. She obtained her American Citizenship and went to work at Elite's to support them. She sold her interest in Elite's after a year and a half to devote her full time to care for her children. Trying to do both took a toll on her health. She was very active in her church and was a charter member of the Philoptochos, a church organization to help the poor. During World War II she and other ladies sent clothing in the Bundles for Britain program. In her later years she worked at the Revelos Confectionery on Central Ave.
Mrs. Revelos is survived by her sons, George N. Revelos, Mike (Katina) Revelos, Chris (Elaine Renee) Revelos and daughter, Lula Poulias and grandsons, Nicholas M. Revelos, Alcibiades Poulias and Nicholas C. (Victoria) Revelos: granddaughters, Euphrosyne (Rick)Eccher, Mary(Adam)Knecht, Jamie(Vernon)Beatty, Francine(James)Ulrich and Chrisanne(Jeffery)Heisey: 7 great grandchildren.
Frosine was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Nicholas G. Revelos; son, Constantine "Charles" Revelos, 6 brothers and sisters, and 2 step sisters and a step brother.

Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:00 Noon at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2500 Grand Ave., Middletown with Fr. Bill Cassis officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service at the church from 10:00am - 12:00pm. Interment will be at Woodside Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2500 Grand Ave., Middletown, OH 45044. 

 Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Nickolaos G. Revelos (1887 - 1941)*
  Children:
  George N. Revelos (1930 - 2012)*
 *Calculated relationship
 
Burial:
Woodside Cemetery 
Middletown
Butler County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Sec. 18 Lot: 270_B sp 4
 
Created by: SMH
Record added: Feb 08, 2012 
Find A Grave Memorial# 84681290


Death

Funeral Record Book, Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Middletown, Butler, Ohio
Page 15, Year: 2009, Line 259
Frosine Revelos born Saint John, Sparta, Greece; age 101; widow; of Middletown, Ohio, died Dec. 11, 2009; buried December 16, 2009 at Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio

Digital image in Revelos file.
Copy obtained from Website: Greek Ancestry In Middletown, Ohio 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohgaim/Church%20Registry.htm



Social Security Death Index:
Frosine Revelos
Age101
Given Name Frosine
Surname Revelos
Birth Date 3 March 1908
State Ohio
Last Place of Residence Butler, Ohio
Previous Residence Postal Code 45042
Event Date 11 December 2009
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J556-FT1 : accessed 17 March 2016), FROSINE REVELOS, 11 Dec 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Obituary

Obituary, Journal-News Obituaries
Published in Journal-News from Dec. 13-Dec. 14, 2009
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hamilton/obituary.aspx?n=frosine-revelos&pid=137232013

Frosine Aridas Revelos

Birth: Mar. 3, 1908, Greece
Death: Dec. 11, 2009
Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Frosine Revelos, 101, Of Middletown, died Friday,December 11, 2009, at Hospice of Butler and Warren Countries. She was born in Greece on March 3, 1908 to parents Michael and Eleni (Karteroulis) Aridas.
She came to Middletown as a bride to Nicholas G. Revelos, one of the founders of Elite Ice Cream Co., in 1929. When he preceded her in death in 1941, she was left to raise her five children, aged 3 to 11 alone. She obtained her American Citizenship and went to work at Elite's to support them. She sold her interest in Elite's after a year and a half to devote her full time to care for her children. Trying to do both took a toll on her health. She was very active in her church and was a charter member of the Philoptochos, a church organization to help the poor. During World War II she and other ladies sent clothing in the Bundles for Brittain program. In her later years she worked at the Revelos Confectionery on Central Ave.
Mrs. Revelos is survived by her sons, George N. Revelos, Mike (Katina) Revelos, Chris (Elaine Renee) Revelos and daughter, Lula Poulias and grandsons, Nicholas M. Revelos, Alcibiades Poulias and Nicholas C. (Victoria) Revelos: granddaughters, Euphrosyne (Rick)Eccher, Mary(Adam)Knecht, Jamie(Vernon)Beatty, Francine(James)Ulrich and Chrisanne(Jeffery)Heisey: 7 great grandchildren.
Frosine was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Nicholas G. Revelos; son, Contantine "Charles" Revelos, 6 brothers and sisters, and 2 step sisters and a step brother.
Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 12:00 Noon at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2500 Grand Ave., Middletown with Fr. Bill Cassis officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service at the church from 10:00am - 12:00pm. Interment will be at Woodside Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2500 Grand Ave., Middletown, OH 45044. 
 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Nickolaos G. Revelos (1887 - 1941)*
 
 Children:
  George N. Revelos (1930 - 2012)*
  Zaharula Lula Poulias (1933 - 2010)*
  Constantine Nick Revelos (1938 - 2007)*

Burial:
Woodside Cemetery Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Sec. 18 Lot: 270_B sp 4
Created by: SMH
Record added: Feb 08, 2012 
Find A Grave Memorial# 84681290












 

Burial

Find A Grave Memorial# 84681290

Burial:
Woodside Cemetery 
Middletown
Butler County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Sec. 18 Lot: 270_B sp 4




Photos

See Revelos digital folder for photos of family

Endnotes

1. Revelos, George N..

2. findagrave.com.

3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6M-RGW : accessed 1 November 2015), Frances Revelos in household of Nick Revelos, Ward 3, Middletown City, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-64, sheet 24A, family 532, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3035..

4. "Hamilton Daily News Journal - NewspaperARCHIVE.com - MyHeritage." Hamilton Daily News Journal - NewspaperARCHIVE.com - MyHeritage. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. ..

5. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957for Efrosini Revelos . N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2015...

6. .

7. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4SD-6DJ : accessed 21 March 2016), Francis Renelos in entry for Nick Renelos, 1930..

8. School Archives of General State Archives of Greece, Agios Ioannis - St. Johns, Sparta, Laconia.

9. Revelos, George N..

10. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZTH-ML1 : accessed 1 November 2015), Frances in entry for Nicholas Revelos, 29 Mar 1941; citing Middletown, Butler, Ohio, reference fn 15102; FHL microfilm 2,023,894..

11. Greek Orthodox Church - Marriage Record..

12. .

13. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4SD-6DJ : accessed 21 March 2016), Francis Renelos in entry for Nick Renelos, 1930..

14. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957.

15. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 for Efrosini Revelos." New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 for Efrosini Revelos. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2018. ..

16. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4SD-6DJ : accessed 21 March 2016), Francis Renelos in entry for Nick Renelos, 1930..

17. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6M-RGW : accessed 1 November 2015), Frances Revelos in household of Nick Revelos, Ward 3, Middletown City, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-64, sheet 24A, family 532, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3035..

18. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6M-RGW : accessed 1 November 2015), Frances Revelos in household of Nick Revelos, Ward 3, Middletown City, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-64, sheet 24A, family 532, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3035..

19. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6M-RGW : accessed 1 November 2015), Frances Revelos in household of Nick Revelos, Ward 3, Middletown City, Middletown City, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-64, sheet 24A, family 532, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3035..

20. Newspaper article, 15 March 1950 The Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio .

21. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957for Efrosini Revelos . N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2015...

22. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1950; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 7860; Line: 7; Page Number: 211.

23. Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

24. "Hamilton Daily News Journal - NewspaperARCHIVE.com - MyHeritage." Hamilton Daily News Journal - NewspaperARCHIVE.com - MyHeritage. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. ..

25. Hamilton Journal and Daily News, May 15, 1971.

26. Hamilton Journal and Daily News, May 15, 1971.

27. findagrave.com.

28. .

29. Greek Orthodox Church Funeral Record, Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Middletown, Butler, Ohio.