Individual Details
Pepecha Zarafonitis
( - )
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.
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 | Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | ||
| Death | Of Texas, United States | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | LKBV-T83 | ||||
| Emigration | | |
Families
| Spouse | Georgios Vlachakos ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Georgios Zarafonitis (1843 - ) |
| Mother | Aikaterini P. Kargakou (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Georgios Zarafonitis ( - ) |
| Sibling | Garifalia Zarafonitis ( - ) |
| Sibling | Vasileios Georgios Zarafonitis (1870 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Panagiota G. Zarafonitis (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | James George Zarafonitis (1876 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Charles Apostolos Zarafonitis (1878 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Nikolaos Georgios Zarafonitis (1881 - ) |
| Sibling | Eleni G. Zarafonitis (1885 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Email of August 26, 2015 Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek;Emigration
Email, Nicole Zarafonetis to Carol Petranek, August 26, 2015All the children [of Georgios & Katherine], except for one daughter, immigrated. [did not indicate which daughter]
Endnotes
1. Zarafonetis, Nicole.
2. Zarafonetis, Nicole.