Individual Details

Birth

Birth year of 1832 is calculated from 1856 Farmer's Census; he was age 24 [Note: Don't know if this is my Dimitrios as he was not married until 1869, but there is no other Dimitrios N. Zacharakis in Theologos that I have found]

Alternate Birth

Birth year of 1844 estimated as 25 years prior to marriage in 1869

Census

1856 Farmer's Census for Agios Ioannis, Theologos
General State Archives of Greece, Central Office
Archive of the Secretariat / Ministry of Finance
National Lands, 1833-1869, 1.8.1 #764
Digital Files; Folder 238; Image 0632; Lines 304-331
Line 328
Dimitrios Zacharakos, father: N., age: 24; occupation: farmer; married; nativity: resident since birth (native); number of people in family: 3; village: Agios Ioannis Theologos, Sellasias, Lakonia.
accessed from Greek Ancestry.net, Record ID FCO56994; Image ID FCO0632, February 16, 2021

[Note: Don't know if this is my Dimitrios as he was not married until 1869, but there is no other Dimitrios N. Zacharakis in Theologos that I have found]

Marriage

In July 2014, Carol Petranek and Gregory Kontos went to the Metropolis of Sparta and photographed the following marriage record:
Book of Marriages, Sparta, Laconia 1866-1872
Page 14, Line #89 – 1869, April 18. Dimitrios Zaharakis, resident of Theologos, Sellasias, married Giannoula, daughter of P. Zarafonitis from Sklavahori, Sparta. Priest: Panagiotis Zographos. Witnesses: P. Anagnostakis and P. Liopilis. Photographed at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sparta, July 2014.
(image DSC00312).
Copy of record in Greek Surname folder, Zaharakis and Zarafonitis.

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book
Book: Sparta, 1866-1872; Year: 1869; Entries: 88-94
Entry #89
License Date: April 18, 1869
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Dimitrios Zaharakos, no father listed; residence: Theologos
Bride: Giannoula Zarafonitou; father: P., residence: Sklavochori
Church Name: not given
First marriage for both bride and groom

Image DSC_0173
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

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Sparta Marriages 1835-1935 on MyHeritage
Γιανούλα Ζαραφωνίτου (Gianoula Zarafonitou)
Marriage: Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom: Name: Δημήτριος Ζαχαράκος (Dimitrios Zacharakos)
Birth: Θεολόγος(Theologos)
Father: Ζαχαράκος ( Zacharakos)
Bride Name: Γιανούλα Ζαραφωνίτου (Gianoula Zarafonitou)
Birth: Σκλαβοχώρι(Sklavochori)
Father: Π Ζαραφωνίτου (P Zarafonitou)
Ordinal Number: 89
Marriage License Date: Apr 18 1869

Translation of marriage letter:
Marriage letter
Metropolis of Sparta and Monemvasia
Marriage #89
The consent of the parents and the other relatives of thefuture groom and bride, Dimitriou Zacharakis of the village, Theologos of Dimos Sellasias, and Giannoula daughter of Panagiotou Zarafonitou of the DImos Sparta and village Sklavochori, consent that there is no kinship between the future couple nor any other impediment for them to join in matrimony, both for the first time, with the signature of two guarantors and two witnesses.
In Sklavochori 18 April 1869

Signatures, left side:
Relatives of the groom:
N. Papastratis
Priest, S. Dimitropoulos
For the bride:
P. G. Zarafonitis

Signatures, right side:
Guarantors:
P. Anagnostakos
P. Iliopoulos
Witnesses:
M Michalalopoulsos
Ioannis Chatzikos
Translated by Gregory Kontos
Source: Metropolis of Sparta
accessed from MyHeritage on February 16, 2021