Individual Details

Alternate Birth

Alternate Birth year of 1892 from tombstone

Birth

Birth year calculated from 1920 marriage record; she was age 26

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book: Sparta 1907-1921 February; Page: 176; Year: 1920, Entries: 1-23
Entry #2
License Date: January 3, 1920
Marriage Date: January 12, 1920
Groom: Nikolaos Karteroulis of Anavryti; father: P.
Bride: Georgis Karounou of Anavryti; father: Theod.
Church Name: Agios Theodoros
First marriage for both bride and groom

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

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Sparta Marriages 1835-1935 on MyHeritage
Marriage: Jan 12 1920, Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom Name: Νικόλαος Καρτερούλης (Nikolaos Karteroulis), age 27
Birth: Αναβρυτή (Anavryti)
Father: Π Καρτερούλης (P Karteroulis)
Bride Name: Γεωργία Καράκου should be Καρουνου (Georgia Karounou), age 26
Birth: Αναβρυτή (Anavryti)
Father: Θεόδωρος Καράκου (Theodoros Karakou)
Ordinal Number 2
Church: Άγιος Θεόδωρος (Agios Theodoros)

Source:
Greece, Sparta Marriages 1835-1935
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10843-26818/νικόλαος-καρτερούλης-nikolaos-karteroulis-in-greece-sparta-marriages
Accessed October 24, 2024

Census

1940 US Census
Bronx, New York
Sheet 9A, ED 544B
Lines 7-12
959 Jackson Avenue
Karter, Georgia, head, female, white, age 49, widow, not in school, finished 8th grade; born in Greece, Alien; 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ; occupation: houseworker
Karter, Bertha (informant), daughter, female, white, age 18, single, in school; finished 3 yrs high school; born in Illinois; 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ, no occupation
Karter, Peter, son, male, white, age 17, single, in school; finished 4 yrs high school; born in Illinois; 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ, no occupation
Karter, Theodore, son, male, white, age 15, single, in school; finished 2 yrs high school; born in New York; 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ, no occupation
Karter, Andrew, son, male, white, age 14, single, in school; finished 1 yr high school; born in New Jersey; 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ, no occupation
Karter, Thomas, son, male, white, age 12, single, in school, finished 8th grade, born in Greece, Alien, 1935 residence: Kearny,Hudson, NJ, no occupation

"United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQMW-Y6Y : Sat Jul 06 14:01:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Georgia Karter and Bertha Karter, 1940.

NaturalizationPetition

Petition for Naturalization
No. 376888
US District Court of Southern District of New York
Name: Georgia Karter formerly Georgie Karteroulis, Georgia Karounos
Address: 959 Jackson Ave., Bronx NY
Occupation: housewife
Age: 50, born on April 23, 1891 in Anabuty, Greece
Sex: F; color: W, complexion: dark, eyes: brn; hair: black-grey; height: 5 feet; weight: 115 pounds; marks: ears pierced; race: Greek; nationality: Greece
I am married. name of my husband was Nicholas; we were married on February 1920 at Anabuty, Greece; he was born at Anabuty, Greece on 1893 and entered the US at New York on 1920 and now resides at: died, Aug. 19, 1935, N.J., and was naturalized on May 26, 1927 at Kearney, N.J., certificate 2404350.
I have 5 children, names, sex, births:
Bertha (f) May 31, 1921, Chicago, Ill.
Peter (m) August 14, 1922, Chicago, Ill.
Theodore (m) November 3, 1924, New York, NY
Andrew (m) March 13, 1926, Kearney, NJ
Thomas (m) July 31, 1927, born in Greece
All residen with me.
My last place of foreign residence was Anabuty, Greece
I emigrated to the US from Athens Greece
My lawful entry was at New York, NY under the name of Georgie Karteroulis (Karter) on October 1, 1931 on the SS Edison
I have resided continuously in the US for 1 year since October 1, 1931
I have not heretofore made petition for naturalization.
Signed, Georgia Karter
Witnesses:
Bertha Pontikas, 3186-31st St., Astoria, L.I.
Helen Gabaris, 894 Forest Ave., Bronx, NY
Signed: April 29, 1941

Certificate of Arrival, No. 2 748545
Georgie Karteroulis (Karter)
Port of entry: New York, N.Y.
Date: Oct. 1, 1931
S.S. Edison
Issued Jun 10, 1940

Oath of Allegiance
Signed by Georgia Karter on May 3, 1943
Certificate No. 5315757 issued

"New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71XH-GWW2 : Sun Mar 10 23:04:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Georgia or Georgie Karteroulis or Karter or Karounos and Nicholas, 1931.

Burial

FindAGrave
Birth 1892
Death 1983 (aged 90–91)
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot Pine Slope 3124
Memorial ID 275848153
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275848153/georgia_karteroulis_or_karter