Individual Details
Ioannis Konstantinos Eftaxias
(Mar 1876 - 2 Mar 1960)
In June 1996, Carol Petranek went to Mystra, Greece and found the Eftaxas family in the town records.
Birth and death dates from town records. Verified again in June 16, 2006 letter from Mayor of Mistras.
Wife's name from town records.
Marriage date from town records.
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From Bertha Pappas Pouletsos, letter to Carol Kostakos Petranek, November 28, 1988:
"My mother's stepbrother, John Eftaxas, was married and had a daughter. His wife died when he was about 75 years old. After a few years he remarried his maid's daughter, who was 18 years old or younger. His daughter ran away from home because she didn't want to live with a girl her own age to tell her what to do. My grandmother got very sick after that because her granddaughter ran away, which in those days was shameful. Grandmother Stathoula died shortly after that. I think the girl is living in Athens. I wonder if she married. In the meantime John Eftaxas had a son by this woman and inherited the olive farm and everything else. I think he still lives in Mistra. I don't know if his mother is still living. You should look them up when you go to Greece."
(copy of letter in Pappas-Eftaxas History digital folder)
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(July 2014 - I met Tina Manokas (related through Kakaletris family) when we were staying at the Divani Palace Hotel in Athens. She called me and told me that she just learned from a relative that John Eftaxias had a gift of healing people who had problems with their spleen. He would say a prayer over them and they would recover. People came from all around, over the mountains, to be healed by him. His family asked if he would write the prayer down and put it in a trunk, so when he died, his children could know the prayer and continue the healing, but he refused.}
Birth and death dates from town records. Verified again in June 16, 2006 letter from Mayor of Mistras.
Wife's name from town records.
Marriage date from town records.
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From Bertha Pappas Pouletsos, letter to Carol Kostakos Petranek, November 28, 1988:
"My mother's stepbrother, John Eftaxas, was married and had a daughter. His wife died when he was about 75 years old. After a few years he remarried his maid's daughter, who was 18 years old or younger. His daughter ran away from home because she didn't want to live with a girl her own age to tell her what to do. My grandmother got very sick after that because her granddaughter ran away, which in those days was shameful. Grandmother Stathoula died shortly after that. I think the girl is living in Athens. I wonder if she married. In the meantime John Eftaxas had a son by this woman and inherited the olive farm and everything else. I think he still lives in Mistra. I don't know if his mother is still living. You should look them up when you go to Greece."
(copy of letter in Pappas-Eftaxas History digital folder)
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(July 2014 - I met Tina Manokas (related through Kakaletris family) when we were staying at the Divani Palace Hotel in Athens. She called me and told me that she just learned from a relative that John Eftaxias had a gift of healing people who had problems with their spleen. He would say a prayer over them and they would recover. People came from all around, over the mountains, to be healed by him. His family asked if he would write the prayer down and put it in a trunk, so when he died, his children could know the prayer and continue the healing, but he refused.}
Events
| Male Register | 1876 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | |
| Birth | Mar 1876 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Immigration | 28 Oct 1907 | S.S. Europa, New York City, New York, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 1920 | New York City, New York, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1920 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece - Giannoula D. Vachaviolos | | | |
| Immigration | 1 Sep 1921 | S.S. Themistocles, New York City, New York, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1937 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece - Niki G. Kakaletris | | | |
| Town Register | 1956 | Family #103 and #99 - Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Death | 2 Mar 1960 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Burial | 2 Mar 1960 | Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Alt name | John | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | 9J3Z-F3Y | ||||
| Occupation | farmer and landowner - Mystras, Lakonia, Greece | | |
Families
| Spouse | Giannoula D. Vachaviolos (1900 - 1937) |
| Child | Anastasia I. Eftaxias (1921 - 1995) |
| Child | Panagiota I. Eftaxias (1923 - 1923) |
| Spouse | Niki G. Kakaletris (1920 - 2000) |
| Child | Andreas Ioannis Eftaxias (1938 - 2016) |
| Father | Konstantinos Ioannis Eftaxias (1840 - 1943) |
| Mother | Anastasia S. Filippakis (1856 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Kanella K. Eftaxias (1878 - 1936) |
Webtags
Notes
Male Register
Mitroon Arrenon - Male RegisterMystras, Laconia Greece
Page 11; Line 422: Eftaxias, Ioannis; father: Konstandinos born 1876 in Mystras.
From Sparta Archives, July 2017. Photo by Carol Kostakos Petranek
Birth
1840 birth year came from the 1872 electoral rolls from Sparta/ Mystras: line 573; age 32/ occupation was shepherd; his father was Ioannis. (digital copy in our files.)1873: Mystras, File 25, Image 455, Line 670: Konstantinos Eftaxias, age 33, shepherd (digital copy in our files)
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Town Register - Dimotologion
Mystras, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: November 16, 1956
Family #103
Eftaxias, Konstandinos; father: Ioannis; mother: Panagiota; [no birthdate] born in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Anastasia; father: [no first name] Pavlakos; born 1856 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias; Ioannis; born 1876 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 284/1876; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to marriage on April 26, 1920; moved into household #99; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Kanella; born 1878 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Stathoula; father: Dimitrios Zacharakis; born 1870 in Theologos, Lakonia; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by marriage; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Katigo; born 17 January 1893 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Aggeliki; born 19 September 1896 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Vasiliki; born 25 October 1900 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
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Town Register - Dimotologion
Mystras, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: November 16, 1956
Family #99
Eftaxias, Ioannis; father: Konstandinos; mother: Anastasia; born 1876 in Mystras, permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 284/1876; removed from records 18 May 1961 due to death; died 2 March 1960; entry #46 in the year 1961; moved from household #103.
Eftaxias, Giannoula; father: Dimitrios Vachaviolos; born 1900 in Mystras, permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record May 18, 1961 due to death; died 19 June 1937; entry #61 in the year 1961; notation: married 26 April 1920.
Eftaxias, Tasia; born June 29, 1927 in Mystras ; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record due to marriage 14 October,1937; entry #61 in the year 1961
Eftaxias, Niki; father: Georgios Kakaletris; born 14 September 1920; in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; moved from household #130; notation: married 11 November 1937.
Eftaxias, Andreas; born 22 August 1938; born in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; no occupation given; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 9/1938
Immigration
S.S. Europa, sailing from Napoli 4 October 1907, arriving New York October 28, 1907Line 15: Jean [John] Eftaxias, age 25,male, single, workman, able to read and write, nationality & race: Greek, last permanent residence: Sparta; name and address of nearest relative in country whence alien came: father: Constantinos Eftaxias; has a ticket to final destination; has $15; has not been in US previusly; going to: cousin, ? Filhiotis? 214 Seventh Avenue; height: 5'7", black hair and eyes; place of birth: Sparta.
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Occupation
From Catherine Pappas Kostakos personal memories: John Eftaxias owned a small restaurant in New York City. He went back to Greece after he accomplished his obligation of marrying off his sisters and he married Niki, and they had one son, Andrew.Marriage
Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage IndexBook: Sparta,1907-1921; Page: 182; Year: 1920, Entries: 139-161
Entry #152
License Date: April 22, 1920
Marriage Date: April 26, 1920
Groom: Ioannis Eftaxias; no father listed; village: Mystras
Bride: Giannoula Vachaviolos; father: D., village: Pikoulianika
Church Name: Agios Spyridon
First marriage for both bride and groom
Image DSC_0196
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
In July 2014, Carol Petranek went to the Greek Archive Office in Sparta and found the Dimotologion (Town Register) for the Eftaxias Family living in Mistras.
Mistras Dimotologion Record Family 99, recorded November 1956
Eftaxias, Giannoula; father: Dimitrios Vachaviolos; born 1900 in Mistras, residence: Mistras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox by birth; removed from record May 18, 1961 due to death; died 19 June 1937; married 26 April 1920.
Immigration
Ship Manifest: Arrived in Ellis Island Nov. 11, 1910 on SS Athinai. Ellis Island website, pg. 0389, line 8.Ellis Island Ship Manifest, S.S. Themistocles, saling from Patras on August 27, 1921; arrival New York 1 (or 4) September 1921. (ancestry.com; 1921, September 15, Themistocles, image 33 of 50)
Line 8: Eftaxias, John, age 46, male, married, farm laborer, can read Greek, can write, citizen of Greece, last permanent residence - Mistra; name of nearest relative in home country his mother, Stathou Eftaxia, Mistra, Greece; final destination, New York, NY. Going to his brother in law, Ant. Theodosiou, 421 31st St, NY.; intends to remain in U.S. for 10 years; intends to become a citizen; in good health, 5'5", brown hair and eyes, no marks of identification; born in Mistras, Greece.
Line 9: Eftaxias, Vasiliki (sister), age 21, female, single, housekeeper, [same info as John]
Both John & Vasiliki were in the hospital at Ellis Island before released.
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Marriage
Mystras, Lakonia, GreeceChurch Marriages 1913-2019
Page Number: 15-16
Line Number: 9
License Number: 343
License Date: November 8, 1937
Marriage Date: November 8, 1937
Groom’s Name: Ioannis Konstantinos Eftaxias
Groom’s Residence: Mystras
Groom’s Age: 60
Bride’s Name: Niki Kakaletris
Bride’s Father: Georgios
Bride’s Residence: Mystras
Bride’s Age: 18
Image number: 12
Mystras Church books are kept at Agios Spyridon Church in Mystras, Sparta, Greece and were photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2018
Town Register
Town Register - DimotologionMystras, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: November 16, 1956
Family #103
Eftaxias, Konstandinos; father: Ioannis; mother: Panagiota; [no birthdate] born in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Anastasia; father: [no first name] Pavlakos; born 1856 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias; Ioannis; born 1876 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 284/1876; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to marriage on April 26, 1920; moved into household #99; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Kanella; born 1878 in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Stathoula; father: Dimitrios Zacharakis; born 1870 in Theologos, Lakonia; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by marriage; removed from record November 16, 1956 due to death; entry #61 in the year 1956
Eftaxias, Katigo; born 17 January 1893 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Aggeliki; born 19 September 1896 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
Eftaxias, Vasiliki; born 25 October 1900 in Mystras; permanent residence: United States; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth
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Town Register - Dimotologion
Mystras, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: November 16, 1956
Family #99
Eftaxias, Ioannis; father: Konstandinos; mother: Anastasia; born 1876 in Mystras, permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 284/1876; removed from records 18 May 1961 due to death; died 2 March 1960; entry #46 in the year 1961; moved from household #103.
Eftaxias, Giannoula; father: Dimitrios Vachaviolos; born 1900 in Mystras, permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record May 18, 1961 due to death; died 19 June 1937; entry #61 in the year 1961; notation: married 26 April 1920.
Eftaxias, Tasia; born June 29, 1927 in Mystras ; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record due to marriage 14 October,1937; entry #61 in the year 1961
Eftaxias, Niki; father: Georgios Kakaletris; born 14 September 1920; in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; occupation: housework: Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; moved from household #130; notation: married 11 November 1937.
Eftaxias, Andreas; born 22 August 1938; born in Mystras; permanent residence: Mystras; no occupation given; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Mystras 9/1938
Death
Civil Register of DeathRegistry Office of Magoula, Sparta, Lakonia, July 2019
Mystras Death Book
Page 34 ; Number: 3, 1960
Name of Deceased: Ioannis Konstandinos Eftaxias
In Mystras, today, Thursday, March 3, 1960 at 9:00 p.m. in the Registrar's office for Mystras appeared before me, Dimitrios Dimitrakakis, Registrar of municipality of Mystras of Dimos Sparta of Eparhias Lakedaimonos, Nikolaos D. Kakaletris, age 34, farmer, resident of Mystras and known to me,, and announced that in the house of the deceased in Mystras on Wednesday, March 2, 1960 at 3:00 p.m., died Ioannis Eftaxias, resident of Mystras, born in Mystras, age 84, farmer and landowner, Christian Orthodox, Greek citizen, written in the Mitroon Arrenon of Mystras, son of Konstandinos Eftaxias, deceased, and of Anastasia; spouse of Niki of the family G. P. Kakaletris.
The death was certified by Doctor T. Goutos; cause of death: broncho-pneumonia.
Joint and present, we have read and verified this statement of the declarant, Nikolaos D. Kakaletris.
Signature of declarant
Signature of registrar
[record extracted and digital photo by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019]
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Agios Spyridon Church Book of Deaths, 1913-2016
Village: Mystras
Page 49-50 ; Year: 1960; Line: 3
Name: Ioannis Eftaxias
Died: March 2, 1960
Buried: March 2, 1960
Residence: Mystras
Age: 82 years
Occupation: landowner
Marital Status: married
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece; digital image taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Burial
Civil Register of DeathRegistry Office of Magoula, Sparta, Lakonia, July 2019
Mystras Death Book
Page 34 ; Number: 3, 1960
Name of Deceased: Ioannis Konstandinos Eftaxias
In Mystras, today, Thursday, March 3, 1960 at 9:00 p.m. in the Registrar's office for Mystras appeared before me, Dimitrios Dimitrakakis, Registrar of municipality of Mystras of Dimos Sparta of Eparhias Lakedaimonos, Nikolaos D. Kakaletris, age 34, farmer, resident of Mystras and known to me,, and announced that in the house of the deceased in Mystras on Wednesday, March 2, 1960 at 3:00 p.m., died Ioannis Eftaxias, resident of Mystras, born in Mystras, age 84, farmer and landowner, Christian Orthodox, Greek citizen, written in the Mitroon Arrenon of Mystras, son of Konstandinos Eftaxias, deceased, and of Anastasia; spouse of Niki of the family G. P. Kakaletris.
The death was certified by Doctor T. Goutos; cause of death: broncho-pneumonia.
Joint and present, we have read and verified this statement of the declarant, Nikolaos D. Kakaletris.
Signature of declarant
Signature of registrar
[record extracted and digital photo by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019]
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Agios Spyridon Church Book of Deaths, 1913-2016
Village: Mystras
Page 49-50 ; Year: 1960; Line: 3
Name: Ioannis Eftaxias
Died: March 2, 1960
Buried: March 2, 1960
Residence: Mystras
Age: 82 years
Occupation: landowner
Marital Status: married
Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece; digital image taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Occupation
In July 2014, Carol Petranek went to the Archives in Sparta and found the following Dimotologion Record.Dimotologion of Mistras, taken November 16, 1956
Family #103
Eftaxias, Ioannis; born 1876 in Mistras; permanent residence: Mistras; occupation: farmer and landowner; Christian Orthodox by birth; death April 23, 1943; name removed from record November 16, 1956 because of marriage.
Ellis Island arrival 1907 page 1
Endnotes
2. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos), Mystras, Laconia, Greece Family #103 and 99.
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4. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
5. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
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7. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
8. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
9. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos), Mystras, Laconia, Greece Family #103 and 99.
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11. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
12. Lixarheion (Civil Registry Office), Magoula, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.
13. Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
14. Book kept at Agios Spyridon Church, Mystras, Lakonia, Greece.
15. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).