Individual Details

Birth

Birthdate from LaDonna Wright, October 2016 - FB message to Carol Petranek with link to her tree on Ancestry.
Birthplace of Sklavohori from Passenger Ship Record of 1934

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta, 1921-1937; Page: 135; Year: 1925, Entries: 433-450
Entry #436
License Date: September 10, 1925
Marriage Date: September 13, 1925
Groom: Panagiotis Iliopoulos; father: Ilias; village: Machmoutbei
Bride: Maria Minakaki; father: Efstr., village: Soha
Church Name: Eisodia tis Theotokou
First marriage for both bride and groom

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

Travel

List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States
S.S. Conte Di Savola
Departing Naples November 13, 1934; arriving NY November 21, 1934
Line 10:
Eliopoulos, Marika; age 27; female, married, housewife, able to read and write Greek; nationality: Greece; race: Greek; place of birth: Sklavohori, Greece, Visa/passport: 935979/939532; issued Sept.5, 1933 in Washington; last permanent residence: USA, Savannah, Ga.; name and address of nearest relative or friend in country from whence came: Panagiotis - Sklavohori; final destination: Georgia, Savannah; does not have ticket, paid forpassage herself had been in US Previously, 1920-33 in Georgia; going to residence: 722 Habershaw, Savannah, GA.

Source Citation
Year: 1934; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 5577; Line: 10; Page Number: 120
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 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.

Census

1940 US Census
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia
720 Habersham Street
Lines 79-80 and 1-4
Leopold, Peter, head, male, white, age 49, married, not in school, finished 8th grade, born in Greece, Naturalized citizen, lived in same place in 1935, owner, confectionary
Leopold, Marika, wife, female, white, age 33, not in school, finished 8th grade, born in Greece, alien, lived in same place in 1935,
Leopold, Louis, son, male, white, age 13, single, in school, finished 7th grade, born in Georgia, lived in same place in 1935
Leopold, Vasiliki, daughter, female, white age 11, single, in school, finished 5th grade, born in Georgia, lived in same place in 1935
Leopold, George, brother, male, white, age 53, single, not in school, finished 5th grade, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935; part owner, confectionary
Leopold, Basil, brother, male, white, age 47, single, not in school, finished 5th grade, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935; part owner, confectionary

Source: Ancestry.com, accessed September 9, 2019

Death

In 1995, Stratton moved back to Savannah from L.A. shortly after his mother died