Individual Details
Georgios Zarafonitis
(Abt 1843 - )
Eleni's Koniditsiotis Kostakos' grandmother, Eleni, was the daughter of George (Georgios) Zarafonitis and Kargakou (first name unknown). They were five children, Eleni, Vasilis, Apostolos, Nikos and Panagiota (Panagiotitsa). From Panorea Kostakos to Carol Petranek, September 2016
Email, Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek, August 26, 2015:
I think the Amykles my family is from is Machmoutbei; my great-great-great-grandmother (Katherine Kargakos, b. 1840s) was also from the same village. Zarafonetis is a place-name, and according to other family members, before it was Amykles/Machmoutbei, it was Zarafona.
Katherine married a Georgios Zarafonetis, though I don't have much on him yet. According to the 1872 Voting List, there are several George Z's in both Machmoutbei and Sklavahori that would fit his age.
They had seven children (I'm missing one son's name): Georgios, Charles Apostolos (b. 1878), Nicholas George (b. 1884), James D, and two daughters Garifalia and Pepecha (who married a Georgios Vlahakos). All the children, except for one daughter, immigrated. A female first cousin married a Mantzuranis and also immigrated.
My great-great-grandfather was James D. Zarafonetis, born in Amykles in 1885, immigrated with two brothers to Texas, and set up several confectioneries. James went back to Greece in 1908 and married Helen (Eleni) Skouros, but I haven't had much luck tracing her lineage. My grandfather seemed to think it was nearby Vordonia.
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Email, Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek, August 26, 2015:
I think the Amykles my family is from is Machmoutbei; my great-great-great-grandmother (Katherine Kargakos, b. 1840s) was also from the same village. Zarafonetis is a place-name, and according to other family members, before it was Amykles/Machmoutbei, it was Zarafona.
Katherine married a Georgios Zarafonetis, though I don't have much on him yet. According to the 1872 Voting List, there are several George Z's in both Machmoutbei and Sklavahori that would fit his age.
They had seven children (I'm missing one son's name): Georgios, Charles Apostolos (b. 1878), Nicholas George (b. 1884), James D, and two daughters Garifalia and Pepecha (who married a Georgios Vlahakos). All the children, except for one daughter, immigrated. A female first cousin married a Mantzuranis and also immigrated.
My great-great-grandfather was James D. Zarafonetis, born in Amykles in 1885, immigrated with two brothers to Texas, and set up several confectioneries. James went back to Greece in 1908 and married Helen (Eleni) Skouros, but I haven't had much luck tracing her lineage. My grandfather seemed to think it was nearby Vordonia.
Email, Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek, August 26, 2015:
I think the Amykles my family is from is Machmoutbei; my great-great-great-grandmother (Katherine Kargakos, b. 1840s) was also from the same village. Zarafonetis is a place-name, and according to other family members, before it was Amykles/Machmoutbei, it was Zarafona.
Katherine married a Georgios Zarafonetis, though I don't have much on him yet. According to the 1872 Voting List, there are several George Z's in both Machmoutbei and Sklavahori that would fit his age.
They had seven children (I'm missing one son's name): Georgios, Charles Apostolos (b. 1878), Nicholas George (b. 1884), James D, and two daughters Garifalia and Pepecha (who married a Georgios Vlahakos). All the children, except for one daughter, immigrated. A female first cousin married a Mantzuranis and also immigrated.
My great-great-grandfather was James D. Zarafonetis, born in Amykles in 1885, immigrated with two brothers to Texas, and set up several confectioneries. James went back to Greece in 1908 and married Helen (Eleni) Skouros, but I haven't had much luck tracing her lineage. My grandfather seemed to think it was nearby Vordonia.
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Email, Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek, August 26, 2015:
I think the Amykles my family is from is Machmoutbei; my great-great-great-grandmother (Katherine Kargakos, b. 1840s) was also from the same village. Zarafonetis is a place-name, and according to other family members, before it was Amykles/Machmoutbei, it was Zarafona.
Katherine married a Georgios Zarafonetis, though I don't have much on him yet. According to the 1872 Voting List, there are several George Z's in both Machmoutbei and Sklavahori that would fit his age.
They had seven children (I'm missing one son's name): Georgios, Charles Apostolos (b. 1878), Nicholas George (b. 1884), James D, and two daughters Garifalia and Pepecha (who married a Georgios Vlahakos). All the children, except for one daughter, immigrated. A female first cousin married a Mantzuranis and also immigrated.
My great-great-grandfather was James D. Zarafonetis, born in Amykles in 1885, immigrated with two brothers to Texas, and set up several confectioneries. James went back to Greece in 1908 and married Helen (Eleni) Skouros, but I haven't had much luck tracing her lineage. My grandfather seemed to think it was nearby Vordonia.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1843 | Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Jul 1868 | Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece - Aikaterini P. Kargakou | |  | |
| FamilySearch ID | LKBV-RVZ | ||||
| Death | Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | L5GP-BL2 |
Families
| Spouse | Aikaterini P. Kargakou (1848 - ) |
| Child | Pepecha Zarafonitis ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Georgios Zarafonitis ( - ) |
| Child | Garifalia Zarafonitis ( - ) |
| Child | Vasileios Georgios Zarafonitis (1870 - 1915) |
| Child | Panagiota G. Zarafonitis (1872 - ) |
| Child | James George Zarafonitis (1876 - 1926) |
| Child | Charles Apostolos Zarafonitis (1878 - 1975) |
| Child | Nikolaos Georgios Zarafonitis (1881 - ) |
| Child | Eleni G. Zarafonitis (1885 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Birth year estimated at 25 years prior to marriage in 1868.Marriage
Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage IndexBook: Sparta,1866-1872; Page: Year: 1868, Entries: 144-150
Entry #149
License Date: July 23, 1868
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Georgios Zarafonitis; father not listed; village: Machmoutbei
Bride: Aikaterini Kargas [Kargakos]; father: Panagiotis; village: Machmoutbei
Witnesses: Georgios Kargakos and D . Kargakos.
Church Name: Agia Paraskevi
First marriage for both bride and groom
Image DSC_0133
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Endnotes
1. Greek Orthodox Church - Marriage Record., 1868 Sparta Marriage Book; page 18; Entry 149; Sparta Mitropolis.
2. Greek Orthodox Church - Marriage Record..
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