Individual Details

Residence

Town Register - Dimotologion
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta office
Date of Registration: September 11, 1955

Family # 44:
Gavakos, Stavros; father: Ioannis; mother: Stamatiki; born 1874 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox-Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 171/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955
Gavakos; Ioanna, father: Georgios Aridas; born 1876 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence Agios Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 28, 1958 due to death on February 22, 2958; entry #52 in the year 1958
Gavakos, Ioannis, born 1901 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; Registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 561/2; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Gavakos, Georgios, born 1902 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Stamatiki, born 1907 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Ag. Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record due to marriage; moved into household 319.
Vasileios, born 1912 in Ag. Ioannis, permanent residence: Athens, no occupation listed; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 746/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to marriage; entry #63 in the year 1955. Note: ; Μετ. (=Μεταδημότευση) εἰς Δῆμον Ἀθηναίων (moved to Dimos of Athens)

Birth

Male Register - Mitroon Arrenon
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Year: 1874; Line 3: Gavakos, Stavros; father: Ioannis; born 1874 in Agios Ioannis; notation of death

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Town Register - Dimotologion
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta office
Date of Registration: September 11, 1955

Family # 44:
Gavakos, Stavros; father: Ioannis; mother: Stamatiki; born 1874 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox-Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 171/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955
Gavakos; Ioanna, father: Georgios Aridas; born 1876 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence Agios Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 28, 1958 due to death on February 22, 2958; entry #52 in the year 1958
Gavakos, Ioannis, born 1901 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; Registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 561/2; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Gavakos, Georgios, born 1902 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Stamatiki, born 1907 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Ag. Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record due to marriage; moved into household 319.
Vasileios, born 1912 in Ag. Ioannis, permanent residence: Athens, no occupation listed; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 746/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to marriage; entry #63 in the year 1955. Note: ; Μετ. (=Μεταδημότευση) εἰς Δῆμον Ἀθηναίων (moved to Dimos of Athens)

Male Register

Male Register - Mitroon Arrenon
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Year: 1874; Line 3: Gavakos, Stavros; father: Ioannis; born 1874 in Agios Ioannis; notation of death

Alternate Birth

Death record gives his age as 65; which would give an alternate birth year of 1876

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1899-Sept 1907; Year: 1900, Entries: 49-84
Entry #54
License Date: February 5, 1900
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Stavros Gavakos; father: Ioannis; village: Agios Ioannis
Bride: Giannoula Arida; father: Georgios; village: Alaimbey
Church Name: not given
First marriage for both bride and groom

Image DSC_0017
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Immigration

DO NOT THINK THIS IS THE CORRECT PERSON

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
SS: Hohenzollern from Naples August 14, 1903, arriving at New York City August 26, 1903
[Note: Ancestry lists arrival date as August 25]
Z List No. 26 (Ancestry.com - image 32)
Line 7:
Gavacos, Stavros J., age 29, male, married, farmer; unable to read or write; race: Greek; last residence: Sparta, Greece; final destination: New York, NY; passage paid by himself; was not in U.S. previously; going to: his brother-in-law Wm. Michell, Snorfew Opera House, Coney Island, NY.

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Ship or Roll Number : Hohenzollern
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 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.Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957.Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. 
http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYT715_386-0500_2?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7488%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=NYT715_386-0531_2

Immigration

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
SS: Athinai from Piraeus to New York City April 17, 1914
www.ancestry.com

Line 21:
Gavacos, Stavros, age 40, male, married, workman; unable to read or write; race: Greek; city/town: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name & address of nearest friend or relative in country from where came: his wife, Giannoula, Agios Ioannis, Greece; final destination: New York, NY; had a ticket; passage paid by himself; was in U.S. previously 1904/1906 in New York; going to his brother-in-law Panag. Aridas, 201 Sands Street, Brooklyn, N.Y; 5'7", black hair, brown eyes; place of birth: Agios Ioannis.

NOTE: School record for son, Georgios, states that Stavros is "in America" in 1914

Source: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-62203637/stavros-gavacos-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000270

Parish Voter Lists

Parish Voter Lists
Village: Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Year: 1939
Name: Stavros Gavakos
Father’s Name: not given
Age: 65
Serial Number: 27
Record ID: MS9943
Image ID: MS0285
Record Type: Parish Voter Lists
Source: Metropolis of Sparta and Monemvasia, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece Licenses Folder, accessed from GreekAncestry.net on August 15, 2020. Digitized in June 2020 by Gregory Kontos.

Parish Voter Lists

Parish Voter Lists
Village: Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Year: 1940
Name: Stavros Gavakos
Father’s Name: Ioannis
Age: 66
Serial Number: 42
Record ID: MS9772
Image ID: MS0282
Record Type: Parish Voter Lists
Source: Metropolis of Sparta and Monemvasia, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece Licenses Folder, accessed from GreekAncestry.net on August 15, 2020. Digitized in June 2020 by Gregory Kontos.

Burial

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Agias Triadas Church, Book of Deaths 1913-1980
Page 49-41; Year: 1941-1942; Line: 5
Name: Stavros Io. Gavakos
Died: July 3, 1941
Buried: July 4, 1941
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Age: not given
Occupation: farmer
Marital Status: married
Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2018

Death

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Agias Triadas Church, Book of Deaths 1913-1980
Page 49-41; Year: 1941-1942; Line: 5
Name: Stavros Io. Gavakos
Died: July 3, 1941
Buried: July 4, 1941
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Age: not given
Occupation: farmer
Marital Status: married
Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2018

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Civil Register of Death
Registry Office of Magoula, Sparta, Lakonia, July 2019
Book B, Agios Ioannis Deaths
Page 43 ; Number: 6
Name of Deceased: Stavros Gavakos

In Agios Ioannis, today, Friday, July 4, 1941 at 2:00 p.m. in the Registrar's office for Agios Ioannis appeared before me, Ioannis Katsikopoulos, Registrar of town of Agios Ioannis of Dimos Sparta of Eparhias Lakedaimonos, Ioannis Stavropoulos, age 35, occupation:__ , resident of Agios Ioannis, and announced that in Agios Ioannis on Thursday, July 3, 1941 at 2:00 p.m., died Stavros Gavakos, resident of Agios Ioannis, born in Agios Ioannis, age 65, farmer, Christian Orthodox, Greek citizen, written in the Mitroon Arrenon of Sparta, son of Ioannis, farmer, resident of Agios Ioannis and of Stamata; spouse of Giannoula of the family of Aridas.
The death was certified by Doctor Dimitrios Geroulakos; cause of death: __
Joint and present, we have read and verified this statement of the declarant, Ioannis Stavropoulos

Signature of declarant
Signature of registrar
[record extracted and digital photo by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019]

Town Register

Town Register - Dimotologion
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta office
Date of Registration: September 11, 1955

Family # 44:
Gavakos, Stavros; father: Ioannis; mother: Stamatiki; born 1874 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox-Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 171/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955
Gavakos; Ioanna, father: Georgios Aridas; born 1876 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence Agios Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 28, 1958 due to death on February 22, 2958; entry #52 in the year 1958
Gavakos, Ioannis, born 1901 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; Registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 561/2; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Gavakos, Georgios, born 1902 in Ag. Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; occupation - farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to death; entry #63 in the year 1955.
Stamatiki, born 1907 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Ag. Ioannis; occupation - housewife; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record due to marriage; moved into household 319.
Vasileios, born 1912 in Ag. Ioannis, permanent residence: Athens, no occupation listed; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 746/3; removed from record September 11, 1955 due to marriage; entry #63 in the year 1955. Note: ; Μετ. (=Μεταδημότευση) εἰς Δῆμον Ἀθηναίων (moved to Dimos of Athens)

NY Passenger Lists, Aug 25 1903

Line 7 - Do not think this is the right Stavros

NY Passenger Lists, arrival 1914

This is the correct person