Individual Details

Birth

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
Church: Koimisi tis Theotokou
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1878-1973; page 38-39; Year: 1897 Line: 19
Name: Christina Gavakos
Sex: Female
Born: May 18, 1897
Baptized: November 23, 1897
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Father: Panagiotis Gavakos
Mother: Panagiota
Godparent: Theodoros Kalamas

Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019

Alternate Birth

Town Register of Agios Ioannis Family #369 gives birth date as May 28, 1897

Christen

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
Church: Koimisi tis Theotokou
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1878-1973; page 38-39; Year: 1897 Line: 19
Name: Christina Gavakos
Sex: Female
Born: May 18, 1897
Baptized: November 23, 1897
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Father: Panagiotis Gavakos
Mother: Panagiota
Godparent: Theodoros Kalamas

Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019

Immigration

"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
List 19
S.S. King Alexander
Sailing from Piraeus April 15, 1921, arrival Ellis Island May 2, 1921
Line 6: Gavacou, Panagiota; age 45, female, married; housewife; cannot read or write, nationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: St. Ioannis, Greece; name and address of nearest relative/friend in country from whence came: none given; final destination: Baltimore, MD; paid for passage by self; has $350; has not been in US previously; going to: husband, Peter Kavacos, 511-513 W. Sarato St., Baltimore; does not intend to return to home country; will remain in US durably; good health; 5'4", brown hair and eyes, no identifying marks; born in St. Ioannis, Greece

Line 7: Gavacou, Stavroula; age 25, female, single, housewife, can read and write Greek, ationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: St. Ioannis, Greece; name and address of nearest relative/friend in country from whence came: none given; final destination: Baltimore, MD; paid for passage by self; has $150; has not been in US previously; going to: same as above; oes not intend to return to home country; will remain in US durably; good health; 5'6", brown hair and eyes, no identifying marks; born in St. Ioannis, Greece

Line 8: Gavacou, Frossini; age 23, female, single, housewife, can read and write Greek, ationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: St. Ioannis, Greece; name and address of nearest relative/friend in country from whence came: none given; final destination: Baltimore, MD; paid for passage by self; has not been in US previously; going to: same as above; oes not intend to return to home country; will remain in US durably; good health; 5'6", brown hair and eyes, no identifying marks; born in St. Ioannis, Greece

Note: admi. to husb. & father


Source: "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6JS-738 : 2 March 2021), Stavroula Gavacou, 1921.
Affiliate Film Number: T715-2960
Digital Folder Number: 007658668
Microfilm Number: 1754698
Image Number: 00304
Indexing Batch: P00017-7
Affiliate Film Number: 2960

Town Register

Town Register - Dimotologion
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Date of Registration: March 22, 1959

Family #369
Gavakos, Panagiotis; father: Vasileios; born 1871 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; registered in the Male Register of Agios Ioannis 2/1871; removed from record March 22, 1959 due to death; entry #5 in the year 1959

Gavakos, Panagiota; father: Theodoros Papastrantos; born 1875 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: Agios Ioannis; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth; removed from record March 22, 1959 due to death; entry #5 in the year 1959

Gavakos, Stavroula; father: Panagiotis; mother: Panagiota; born 9 September 1895 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: America; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth

Gavakos, Christina; father: Panagiotis; mother: Panagiota; born 28 May 1897 in Agios Ioannis; permanent residence: America; Greek Orthodox, Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this municipality by birth

Burial

FindAGrave
Christina Papageorgiou
BIRTH 1900
Agios Ioannis, Regional unit of Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
DEATH 27 Dec 1966 (aged 65–66)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
BURIAL
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
PLOT Section: I; Lot: 28; Site: 2
MEMORIAL ID 178640185

Obituary

The Evening Star
Wednesday, December 28, 1966, pg. B5
Papageorgiou (Georgiou), Christina
On Tuesday, December 27, 1966 , Christina Papageorgiou (Georgiou) of 125 4th Street, N.E., the beloed wife of John G. Pappageorgiou; mother of Mrs. Vasiliki Applebaum of College Park, Md., and George J. Georgiou of Washington, D.C.; sister of Mrs. Stavroula Lericos of Baltimore, Md. She is survived by three grandchildren. Friends may call at the Lee Funeral Home, 4th Street and Massachusetts Avenue where prayers will be said on Friday, December 30, at 12:45 p.m. Services at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 36th Street and Massachusetts Ave., N.W., at 1:30. Interment at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery.
Source: Genealogy Bank, accessed July 9, 2021

Death

FindAGrave
Christina Papageorgiou
BIRTH 1900
Agios Ioannis, Regional unit of Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
DEATH 27 Dec 1966 (aged 65–66)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
BURIAL
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
PLOT Section: I; Lot: 28; Site: 2
MEMORIAL ID 178640185