Individual Details

Panagiotis G. Zarafonitis

(1821 - )

Name from marriage record of daughter, Giannoula.

Note about the name, Zarafonitis, from a post on the HellenicGenealogyGeek Facebook page, August 2015:
from Vasilis Stamatakos:
The origin of Zarafonitis family name is a village in mountain Parnonas called Zarafona. When people from this village come in Amykles take as surname the name of the village.
Zarafonitis = someone from village Zarafona . Some Zarafonitis from Amykles have the surname Maltezos(a common surname at Parnon) before they come at Amykles and change it to Zarafonitis.
[My note: The village Zarafona is now part of Kallithea which is east from Sparta in the Parnon mountains.]

July 2017 – Visit with Popi Zarafonitis of Amykles. FromZarafonitis there were 2 families: Mazis and Tounda. They came to Amykles. Popi is from the Tounda family. She thinks I am from Mazis because there is no Giannoula in her family that anyone knows of. So I may be of Mazis. The Mazis was the Chios name. There is a book about the soldiers from 1940 and who they were and who died.
She told me that Speros Eliopoulos has done a family tree and I sent him a FB message.

Events

Birth1821Sklavochori now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
MarriageAbt 1848Sklavochori now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece - Mrs. Panagiotis Zarafonitis
Census1856Sklavochori now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Election Register1872Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Alt name Παναγ Ζαραφωνίτης - Ζαραφωνιάκος
DeathOf Sklavochori now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
FamilySearch IDLX75-BGG

Families

SpouseMrs. Panagiotis Zarafonitis (1829 - )
ChildGiannoula P. Zarafonitis (1849 - )
FatherG. Zarafonitis (1796 - )

Notes

Birth

IF this is the correct record for Panagiotis, it would put his birth year at 1821: This Panagiotis was from Machmoutbei, not Sklavochori. I don't know if it is for this Panagiotis.
General State Archives of Greece
File 25: Election Rolls, Municipality of Sparta
Village of Machmoutbei
Year 1872: File 25, Image 439, Line 2287:
2287 - Παναγ Ζαραφωνίτης - 51 - _____ - γεωργός
2287 - Panag Zarafonitis - 51 - _____ - farmer



Marriage

Marriage year estimated at one year prior to birth of daughter, Giannoula, about 1849,
Assumption that marriage place was Sklavochori, now Amykles.

Census

1856 Farmer’s Census
Sklavochori, Lakonia, Greece
General State Archives of Greece, Ministry of Finance, National Estates
Folder 238, Image 619, Line 362
Name: Panag. Zarafoniakos
Father: Not given
Age: not given
Occupation: farmer
Marital Status: married
Nativity: native
Number of people in family: 4
Village:Sklavochori
Source: Record kept at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia. Greece; accessed from GreekAncestry.net; Record ID: FCO56537, accessed June 23, 2022

NOTE: I cannot be certain this record is for this Panagiotis. From Giannoula's marriage, we know this was her village of origin, and this census record is from Sklavochori. The Panagiotis in this record had to have had 2 children born before 1856 for them to be counted in this census. I cannot find another Panagiotis Zarafonitis in Sklavochori who meets these criteria, so I am attaching this record to this person.

Election Register

This Panagiotis was from Machmoutbei, not Sklavochori. I don't know if he is my Panagiotis.
But there is no Paanagiotis in this Election Register from Sklavochori who could be mine.

General State Archives of Greece, Election Material from the Collection of Vlachogiannis (1864-1925)
Central Services Archives: File 25 - Electoral Rolls 1872-1873, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Village: Machmoutbei, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Yr 1872: Image 25_439 ; Line: 2287, Name: Panag Zarafonitis, Age: 51, Occupation: farmer, Father: not given
Yr 1873: Image 25_ 489 ; Line: 2482, Name: Panag Zarafonitis, Age: 52, Occupation: farmer, Father: not given




Alt name

Ζαραφωνιάκος is the spelling on the 1856 Farmers' Census

1872-73 Election Register, File 25

1872 Greek Electoral Rolls for this community begins on page 437

Endnotes

1. Election Material from the Collection of Vlachoyiannis (1864-1925); File #025 - General Election Lists of Region of Lakedaimona (Electoral Rolls 1872-1873, Sparta, Laconia, Greece), Year 1872: File 25, Image 439, Line 2287.

2. Election Material from the Collection of Vlachoyiannis (1864-1925); File #025 - General Election Lists of Region of Lakedaimona (Electoral Rolls 1872-1873, Sparta, Laconia, Greece), Year 1872: File 25, Image 439, Line 2287..

3. Record kept at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia. Greece; accessed from GreekAncestry.net; Record ID: FCO56537, accessed June 23, 2022.

4. Election Material from the Collection of Vlachoyiannis (1864-1925); File #025 - General Election Lists of Region of Lakedaimona (Electoral Rolls 1872-1873, Sparta, Laconia, Greece), Year 1872: File 25, Image 439, Line 2287..

5. Record kept at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia. Greece; accessed from GreekAncestry.net; Record ID: FCO56537, accessed June 23, 2022.