Individual Details
Harry Costianes
(6 Nov 1925 - 8 Jul 1995)
Letter from Louis' daughter, Amanda, to Carol Kostakos Petranek, February 21, 1944: My father's oldest brother legally changed his name to Costas, but my father never did. My brother and I along with our cousins used the name Costas.
Events
Families
| Spouse | Irene Goranitis (1931 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Louis Anastasios Costianes (1892 - 1966) |
| Mother | Bessie or Vasiliki Eftaxias (1900 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Amanda Costianes (1924 - 2006) |
Notes
Birth
Amanda Costas (Costianes) Moore in ltr to Carol Petranek dated Feb. 1994.Census
1940 US Census, Princeton, Mercer, New JerseyS.D. 4, E.D. 11-61, Sheet 8A
8 Spring Street
Costianes, Louis, (informant) head, male, white, age 49, married, completed 4 yrs of school; born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935, owner of restaurant
Costianes, Bessie, wife, female, white, age 36, married, finished 6 hrs of school; born in Greece, alien, lived in same place in 1935
Costianes, Adamandia, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, attended school; finished 1 yr of high school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in same place in 1935
Costianes, Anastasios, son, male, white, age 14, single, attended school, finished grade 8, born Pennsylvania, lived in same place in 1935.
Additional question answered by Bessie Costianes:
father, mother born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; has a social security card, occupation: waitress in restaurant.
[Note: Louis lives next door to his brother, John]
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27895-671-70?cc=2000219 : accessed 10 Jun 2014), New Jersey > Mercer > Princeton Borough > 11-61 Princeton Borough bounded by (N) borough limits; (E) Walnut Ln, Hamilton Av, Moore; (S) Nassau; (W) Witherspoon > image 15 of 46; citing NARA digital publication of T627.
Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2357;Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 11-61
Enumeration District : 11-61; Description: PRINCETON BOROUGH BOUNDED BY (N) BOROUGH LIMITS; (E) WALNUT LN, HAMILTON AV, MOORE; (S) NASSAU; (W) WITHERSPOON
Source InformationAncestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
News article
Trenton Evening Times newspaper, page 4, September 14, 1943:The United Nations War Chest of Trenton and Mercer County, local representative of the National War Fund, will present a program of native songs and dances by representatives of several of the nationality groups participating in the United Nations War Chest at the state fair at 8:00 tonight.... [for the Greek group] Harry Costianes will carry the flag.
Source: genealogybank.com.
(A copy of this article is in our Genealogy Research digital files: Costianes)
Marriage
Residence
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 about Harry L CostasName: Harry L Costas
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1925
Phone Number: 573-7481
Address: 205 Woodchase Dr, Victoria, TX, 77904-1163 (1993)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
Description:
Death
Died of brain tumor.Social Security Death Index:
first name:Harry
middle name:L
last name:Costas
name suffix:
birth date:6 November 1925
social security number:145-12-2619
place of issuance:New Jersey
last residence:Victoria, Victoria, Texas
zip code of last residence:77904
death date:8 July 1995
estimated age at death:70
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
(familysearch.org and ancestry.com)
name:Harry Costas
titles & terms:
event:Death
event date:08 Jul 1995
event place:Victoria, Texas
gender:Male
marital status:
certificate number:
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 about Harry L. Costas
Name: Harry L. Costas
SSN: 145-12-2619
Last Residence: 77904 Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA
BORN: 6 Nov 1925
Died: 8 Jul 1995
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 145-12-2619; Issue State: New Jersey; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
Residence
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 about L H CostasName: L H Costas
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1925
Address: 123 N Vine St, Hazleton, PA, 18201-5851
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Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
Education
Graduated from Princeton University.Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index..
2. Individual - Moore-Costianes, Amanda.
3. 1940 US Census.
4. Costianes, Pauline.
5. Individual - Moore-Costianes, Amanda.
6. U.S. Public Records Index.
7. Death certificate or recorded in book of deaths.
8. Social Security Death Index..
9. Individual - Moore-Costianes, Amanda.
10. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2.

