Individual Details
Louis Vasileios Kavakos
(22 Mar 1873 - 18 Feb 1941)
Events
| Male Register | 1873 | Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1873 | Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Census | 1920 | Washington D.C., United States | | ||
| Naturalization | 10 Jun 1923 | Washington D.C., United States | | ||
| Burial | 1941 | Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince Georges, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Residence | 2 Feb 1941 | Washington D.C., United States | | ||
| Death | 18 Feb 1941 | Washington D.C., United States | | | |
| Obituary | 20 Feb 1941 | Washington D.C., United States | | | |
| Alt name | Ilias Kavakos | ||||
| Alt name | Ilias Vasileios Gavakos | ||||
| Alt name | Γκαβάκος | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | LY9P-6MZ | ||||
| Occupation | |
Families
| Spouse | Elene Peripopoulou (1886 - 1956) |
| Child | Louise Kavakos (1906 - 1998) |
| Child | Peter Louis Kavakos (1908 - 1933) |
| Child | William L Kavakos (1910 - 1971) |
| Child | Mary L. Kavakos (1912 - 1998) |
| Child | Rose L. Kavakos (1914 - 1932) |
| Child | John L Kavakos (1916 - 1972) |
| Child | George Louis Kavakos (1917 - 1987) |
| Child | Marion Kavakos (1918 - 1981) |
| Father | Vaselios Panagiotis Gavakos (1840 - 1914) |
| Mother | Stavroula I. Neofotistos (1841 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Katerina V. Gavakos (1866 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Anastasia V. Gavakos (1867 - ) |
| Sibling | Panagiotis Vasileios Gavakos (1871 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Stamata or Stella V. Gavakos (1875 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Dimitroula V. Gavakos (1876 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Stavros Vaselios Gavakos (1878 - ) |
| Sibling | Konstantina V. Gavakos (1883 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Efrosyni V. Gavakos (1880 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Aikaterini Gavakos (1886 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Georgitsa Gavakos (1886 - 1886) |
Notes
Male Register
Mitroon Arrenon - Male RegisterGeneral State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia, Sparta Office
Village: Agios Ioannis
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name – Village
Year 1873 - Line 3 - Gavakos - Ilias - Vasileios - Agios Ioannis
Digital photograph by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Birth
Mitroon Arrenon - Male RegisterGeneral State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia, Sparta Office
Village: Agios Ioannis
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name – Village
Year 1873 - Line 3 - Gavakos - Ilias - Vasileios - Agios Ioannis
Digital photograph by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017
Census
United States Census, 1920617 7th Street, Washington, D.C.
Name: Louis Kavakos
Sex: Male
Age: 46
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Event Place (Original): Washington, ED 76, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Immigration Date: 1899
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birthplace: Greece
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Greece
Mother's Birthplace: Greece
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 6
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Louis Kavakos Head Male 46 Greece
Ellene Kavakos Wife Female 38 Turkey
Lula Kavakos Daughter Female 14 Pennsylvania
Pete Kavakos Son Male 12 District of Columbia
William Kavakos Son Male 10 District of Columbia
Mary Kavakos Daughter Female 8 District of Columbia
Rose Kavakos Daughter Female 5 District of Columbia
John Kavakos Son Male 3 District of Columbia
George Kavakos Son Male 1 District of Columbia
Kavakos Daughter Female 0 District of Columbia
Source: FamilySearch
Naturalization
Evening StarWashington, District of Columbia
10 Jun 1923, Sun • Page 22
AMERICANIZATION SCHOOL. The Americanization School has been greatly aided in the evening classes by the volunteer workers from the Civitan Club. Among those who have been regularly assisting are Leonard F. Ruoff. Odell L. ‘Whipple. Charles G. Stott, jr.. Ralph Graves and J. Raymond Hoover.
The following men and women of the Americanization classes were naturalized in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy June 4: James Alexander. Joseph Baranek. Anna Bear. Antonio Branca. Sol Freedman. Josephine Gray. Sadie Goldberg. Genevieve Galeotoflore. Giovanni Afalaspina, Abram Non. Benjamin Port. Vollarlo. Ben- Jamlne Weitzman, James Witt, August Kampfert. Leventakey Nekolas and Louis Kavakos.
Source: Newspapers.com, accessed March 9, 2020
Burial
Find A Grave IndexName: Elias Vasilios Kavakos
Alias: Louis
Death or Burial Place: Brentwood, Prince George's, Maryland, United States of America
Cemetery: Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Death Date: 18 Feb 1941
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1875
Memorial ID: 225673219
Residence
Restaurant in Northeast WashingtonDeath
ObituaryEvening Star, Washington DC
February 20, 1941
Louis Kavakos Dies, DC Restaurant Owner
Louis Kavakos, 67, northeast DC restaurant operator, died Tuesday at Sibley Memorial Hospital as the result of a heart attack suffered February 2. He will be buried tomorrow at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery. Two funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for Mr. Kavakos, both attended by members of the Washington chapter of Ahepa, to which he belonged. Services at the Deal Funeral Home, 816 H Street, N.E., will begin at 1:30 p.m. and services at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, Eighth and L Streets, N.E. at 2 p.m.
Born in Sparta, Greece in 1874, Mr. Kavakos had lived in America for 39 years, 35 of which were spent operating restaurants in Washington. For the past 12 years, he had owned and operated a grill at 737 H Street, N.E.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Helen Kavakos, he is survived by three sons, John, George, and William Kavakos and three daughters, Mrs. Louis Moritza, Mrs. Mary Pappas, and Miss Marion Kavakos, all of Washington.
Source: Genealogy Bank accessed from FamilySearch, July 16, 2020
Obituary
ObituaryEvening Star, Washington DC
February 20, 1941
Louis Kavakos Dies, DC Restaurant Owner
Louis Kavakos, 67, northeast DC restaurant operator, died Tuesday at Sibley Memorial Hospital as the result of a heart attack suffered February 2. He will be buried tomorrow at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery. Two funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for Mr. Kavakos, both attended by members of the Washington chapter of Ahepa, to which he belonged. Services at the Deal Funeral Home, 816 H Street, N.E., will begin at 1:30 p.m. and services at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, Eighth and L Streets, N.E. at 2 p.m.
Born in Sparta, Greece in 1874, Mr. Kavakos had lived in America for 39 years, 35 of which were spent operating restaurants in Washington. For the past 12 years, he had owned and operated a grill at 737 H Street, N.E.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Helen Kavakos, he is survived by three sons, John, George, and William Kavakos and three daughters, Mrs. Louis Moritza, Mrs. Mary Pappas, and Miss Marion Kavakos, all of Washington.
Source: Genealogy Bank accessed from FamilySearch, July 16, 2020
Occupation
Owned the Kavakos Club in DC. From Elaine Sullivan, Sept 28 2018Endnotes
2. 1920 U. S. Federal Census.
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4. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-HGGP : 18 March 2020), Louis Kavakos, 1941..
5. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-VJN6 : 18 March 2020), Mr Louis Kavakos, 1941..
6. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZRM-2D15 : 10 June 2021), Louis, ; Burial, Brentwood, Prince George's, Maryland, United States of America, Fort Lincoln Cemetery; citing record ID 225673219, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
7. Joanna Lynard Burstein, jcburst1@gmail.com. Imported on Oct 14, 2015..
8. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-HGGP : 18 March 2020), Louis Kavakos, 1941..
9. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-VJN6 : 18 March 2020), Mr Louis Kavakos, 1941..
10. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZRM-2D15 : 10 June 2021), Louis, ; Burial, Brentwood, Prince George's, Maryland, United States of America, Fort Lincoln Cemetery; citing record ID 225673219, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
11. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-HGGP : 18 March 2020), Louis Kavakos, 1941..
12. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53J-VJN6 : 18 March 2020), Mr Louis Kavakos, 1941..