Individual Details

Birth

Village of Amykles, Laconia; family #123

Town Register (Dimotologion) of Amykles, Laconia
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Digital image taken by Carol Petranek in July 2014
Date of Registration: September 18, 1955
Family #123

#517 - Zarafonitis, Vasiliios, father: Georgios; mother: Aikaterini; born 1870 in Amykles, permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox by birth; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 173 or 193; removed from record on Sept. 18, 1955 due to death.

#518 - Zarafonitis, Amalia Vlachogiannis; born 1885 in Arkasa (village in Faridos), occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox by birth; citizen of Amykles by marriage

#519 - Zarafonetis, Konstandinos; father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1908 in Amykles; permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: professor; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 903; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage; household #124

#520 - Zarafonitis, Panagiotis, father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1914 in Amykles; permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: farmer; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 1006; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage; household #125

#521 - Zarafonitis, Vasiliki; father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1915 in Amykles; permanent residence: America; occupation: housework; citizen of Amykles by birth; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1899-Sept 1907; Year: 1899, Entries: 426-449
Entry #426
License Date: October 22, 1899
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Vaselios Zarafonitis; father: G., village: Machmoutbei
Bride: Marigo Stavropoulos; father: Fotinos; village: Machmoutbei
Church Name: not given
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

Sparta Marriages 1835-1935 on MyHeritage
Marriage License Date: Oct 22 1899

Marriage: Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom: Name: Βασίλειος Ζαραφονίτης (Vasileios Zarafonitis), Birth: Μαχμούτμπεϊ(Machmoutmpei)
Father: Γ Ζαραφονίτης (G Zarafonitis)
Bride: Name: Μαριγώ Σταυροπούλου (Marigo Stavropoulou)
Birth: Μαχμούτμπεϊ(Machmoutmpei)
Father: Φωτίνος Σταυροπούλου (Fotinos Stavropoulou)
Ordinal Number: 426

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1907-1921; Page: 6; Year: 1908 , Entries: 89-133
Entry #114
License Date: April 19, 1908
Marriage Date: April 20, 1908
Groom: Vasilios Zarafonitis; father: Georg., village: Machmoutbei
Bride: Amalia Vlachogianni; father: Petr; village: Arkasades
Church Name: Agios Dimitrios
Second marriage for groom; first marriage for bride

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

Sparta Marriages 1835-1935 on MyHeritage
Marriage:Apr 20 1908 Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom:Name: Βασίλειος Ζαραφωνίτης (Vasileios Zarafonitis), Age 35
Birth: Μαχμούμπεϊ(Machmoumpei)
Father:Γεώ(Georgios Zarafonitis)
Bride:Name:Αμαλία Βλαχόγιαννη (Amalia Vlachogianni), age 22, Birth: Αρκασάδες(Arkasades)
Father: Πετρόπουλος Βλαχόγιαννη (Petros Vlachogianni)
Ordinal Number:114
Church: Άγιος Δημήτριος (Agios Dimitrios)

Immigration

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. Ultonia, departing Trieste October 5, 1913; arriving Ellis Island October 27, 1913

Line 11: Zarafonitis, Vassil, age 42, male, single; occupation: laborer; able to read and write; nationality: Greece; race: Greek; last permanent residence: Sparta, Greece; name of relative/friend in country from whence came: mother, Caterina Zarafonitis, Sparta, Greece; going to New York, paid for passage himself; has $80, going to nephew: J. Dounouces, 17 Roosevelt St., NY, 5'7", black hair, brown eyes, no identifying marks, born in Sparti, Greece

Line 12: Zarafonitis, Georgio, age 10, male, single; occupation: schoolboy; able to read and write; nationality: Greece; race: Greek; last permanent residence: Sparta, Greece; name of relative/friend in country from whence came: grandmother, Caterina Zarafonitis, Sparta, Greece; going to New York, paid for passage himself; has $80, going to nephew: J. Dounouces, 17 Roosevelt St., NY, 4'2", black hair, brown eyes, no identifying marks, born in Sparti, Greece

Source: MyHeritage, accessed January 8, 2022

Death

Assumption that Vasilios died in 1915, as his daughter, Vasiliki, was born in 1915 and it is uncommon for a child to be named after a parent unless the parent was dead when the child was born.

Town Register

Town Register (Dimotologion) of Amykles, Laconia
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Digital image taken by Carol Petranek in July 2014
Date of Registration: September 18, 1955
Family #123

#517 - Zarafonitis, Vasiliios, father: Georgios; mother: Aikaterini; born 1870 in Amykles, permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox by birth; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 173 or 193; removed from record on Sept. 18, 1955 due to death.

#518 - Zarafonitis, Amalia Vlachogiannis; born 1885 in Arkasa (village in Faridos), occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox by birth; citizen of Amykles by marriage

#519 - Zarafonetis, Konstandinos; father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1908 in Amykles; permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: professor; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 903; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage; household #124

#520 - Zarafonitis, Panagiotis, father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1914 in Amykles; permanent residence: Amykles; occupation: farmer; citizen of Amykles by birth; is listed in the Male Register of Amykles on line 1006; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage; household #125

#521 - Zarafonitis, Vasiliki; father: Vasilios; mother: Amalia, born 1915 in Amykles; permanent residence: America; occupation: housework; citizen of Amykles by birth; removed from record Sept 18, 1955 due to marriage