Individual Details
Lewnidas Athanasios Eftaxias
(9 Sep 1914 - 14 May 1985)
Lewnidas' son, Peter Eftaxias to Carol Petranek, November 24, 2015:
Lewnidas was left an orphan after his mother died when he was about 4 years old. At age ??, he went to Athens and becaame good friends with Panagiotis Kerasiotis. After the war, they were asked to operate the airport in Athens. Lewnidas was married with a wife and child in Magoula; he said no and returned to Mistra where he had a wife and child. Kerasiotis operated the airport and became very wealthy. Leonidas emigrated to Canada in 1956.
Peter's father said the original spelling of the name was Eftaxas and that the family originated in Kalamata. He said the name changed because the Ottomans tried to wipe out history books and convert people to Muslim; the name was changed when a clerk recorded it in a register.
Story that Peter Eftaxias told to Carol Petranek, April 20, 2017: My father and a friend hid in Anavriti when the Germans were bombing Sparta during World War II. They found a secluded place in the ruins of an old church. Despite all the destruction, Peter's friend, Papagoranitis found an icon of the Virgin Mary in perfect condition - even the glass was not broken. He swore that if he lived, he would rebuild the church. In a trip to Greece in 1968 or 1969, Peter took a box of cigars to give to Papagoranitis. Peter rode a donkey up the trail from Agios Ioannis to Anavriti. He found that Papagoranitis had rebuilt the church almost like a monastery.
Lewnidas was left an orphan after his mother died when he was about 4 years old. At age ??, he went to Athens and becaame good friends with Panagiotis Kerasiotis. After the war, they were asked to operate the airport in Athens. Lewnidas was married with a wife and child in Magoula; he said no and returned to Mistra where he had a wife and child. Kerasiotis operated the airport and became very wealthy. Leonidas emigrated to Canada in 1956.
Peter's father said the original spelling of the name was Eftaxas and that the family originated in Kalamata. He said the name changed because the Ottomans tried to wipe out history books and convert people to Muslim; the name was changed when a clerk recorded it in a register.
Story that Peter Eftaxias told to Carol Petranek, April 20, 2017: My father and a friend hid in Anavriti when the Germans were bombing Sparta during World War II. They found a secluded place in the ruins of an old church. Despite all the destruction, Peter's friend, Papagoranitis found an icon of the Virgin Mary in perfect condition - even the glass was not broken. He swore that if he lived, he would rebuild the church. In a trip to Greece in 1968 or 1969, Peter took a box of cigars to give to Papagoranitis. Peter rode a donkey up the trail from Agios Ioannis to Anavriti. He found that Papagoranitis had rebuilt the church almost like a monastery.
Events
| Male Register | 1914 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | |
| Birth | 9 Sep 1914 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Christen | 23 Nov 1914 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Residence | 1918 | Athens, Attika, Greece | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1943 | Eleni S. Laliotis | | ||
| Occupation | 1950 | Chef - Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | ||
| Emigration | 1956 | Canada | | ||
| Town Register | 1956 | Family #102 - Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Death | 14 May 1985 | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | | ||
| FamilySearch ID | L6QQ-NZ1 | ||||
| Burial | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Families
| Spouse | Eleni S. Laliotis (1917 - 2008) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Athanasios Panagiotis Eftaxias (1881 - 1942) |
| Mother | Panagiota I. Liakea (1883 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Kyriakos Athanasios Eftaxias (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Georgios Athanasios Eftaxias (1909 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Ioannis Athanasios Eftaxias (1910 - ) |
| Sibling | Dimitrios Athanasios Eftaxias (1918 - 1919) |
Notes
Male Register
Mitroon Arrenon 1824-1915 - Male Register of Mystras, LakoniaGeneral State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Village: Mystras; Years 1913-1915
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Village
1914, Line 6 - Eftaxias - Leonidas - Athanasios - Mystras
Photographed by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
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Mitroon Arrenon - Male Register 1824-1915, Mystras
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Village
1914 - Line 6 - Eftaxias - Lewnidas - Athanasios - Mystras
Received from Theodore Karounos, 2011
Birth
Mystras, Sparta, Laconia, GreeceAgios Georgios and Agios Spyridon Churches
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1913-1972; page 3-4; Year: 1914; Line: 8
Name: Lewnidas Eftaxias
Sex: Male
Born: September 9, 1914
Baptized: November 23, 1914
Residence: Mystras
Father: Athanasios P. Eftaxias
Mother: Panagiota Ioannou [no surname given]
Godparent: Lewnidas N. Manousakos of Mystras; occupation: doctor
Church: Agios Spyridon
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019
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Village of Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Book Name: Mystras Birth-Marriage-Death 1906-1914
Image number: 45
Year: 1914
Entry #8
Name of Child: Lewnidas Eftaxias
Birth date: September 8, 1914
Baptism date: November 23, 1914
Father: Athanasios P. Eftaxias
Mother: Panagiota
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019
Christen
Mystras, Sparta, Laconia, GreeceAgios Georgios and Agios Spyridon Churches
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1913-1972; page 3-4; Year: 1914; Line: 8
Name: Lewnidas Eftaxias
Sex: Male
Born: September 9, 1914
Baptized: November 23, 1914
Residence: Mystras
Father: Athanasios P. Eftaxias
Mother: Panagiota Ioannou [no surname given]
Godparent: Lewnidas N. Manousakos of Mystras; occupation: doctor
Church: Agios Spyridon
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019
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Village of Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Book Name: Mystras Birth-Marriage-Death 1906-1914
Image number: 45
Year: 1914
Entry #8
Name of Child: Lewnidas Eftaxias
Birth date: September 8, 1914
Baptism date: November 23, 1914
Father: Athanasios P. Eftaxias
Mother: Panagiota
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019
Residence
Lewnidas' son, Peter Eftaxias to Carol Petranek, November 24, 2015:Lewnidas was left an orphan after his mother died when he was about 4 years old. At age ??, he went to Athens and became good friends with Panagiotis Kerasiotis. After the war, they were asked to operate the airport in Athens. Lewnidas was married with a wife and child in Magoula; he said no and returned to Mistra where he had a wife and child. Kerasiotis operated the airport and became very wealthy. Lewnidas emigrated to Canada in 1956.
Marriage
Marriage year estimated at one year prior to birth of son in 1944.Occupation
Email from Peter Eftaxias to Carol Petranek, November 15, 2016:My father worked as a chef at Marmara Restaurant in Mystra in the early 1950's. The King of Greece visited Mystra at that time and my father actually cooked a special meal for the King.
Emigration
Lewnidas' son, Peter Eftaxias to Carol Petranek, November 24, 2015:Lewnidas emigrated to Canada in 1956.
Town Register
Town Register - DimotologionMystras, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: November 16, 1956
Family #102
Eftaxias, Lewnidas; father: Athanasios; mother: Pota; born 9 September 1914 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: servant; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 1143/1914
Eftaxias, Eleni; father: Sarantos Laliotis; born 30 December 1917 in Magoula, Lakonia; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by marriage
Eftaxias, Athanasios; born 6 July 1944 in Magoula, Lakonia; permanent residence: Mystras; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 7/1944
Digital image in Eftaxias surname file.
Digital image taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek in July 2014
Death
Lewnidas' son, Peter Eftaxias to Carol Petranek, November 24, 2015, provided death year and place.Birth record of Agios Spyridon Church in Mystras has a notation that he died in Toronto on May 14, 1985.
Endnotes
1. Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register-Greece), Mystras, Laconia, Greece; Year: 1914.
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3. Mitroon Arrenon (Male Register-Greece).
4. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos), Mystras, Laconia, Greece Family #102.
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6. Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
7. Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
8. Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
9. Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
10. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos), Mystras, Laconia, Greece Family #102.