Individual Details
George Basil Zarafonetis
(15 Aug 1903 - 1 Oct 1987)
Events
| Birth | 15 Aug 1903 | Machmoutbei now Amykles, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | |
| Male Register | 15 Aug 1903 | Line 1 - Amykles, Lakonia, Greece | | | |
| Immigration | 27 Oct 1913 | Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1925 | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Naturalization | 1925 | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Occupation | 1926 | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Draft Registration | 15 Oct 1942 | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Burial | Oct 1987 | Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Death | 1 Oct 1987 | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Georgios Vasileios Zarafonitis | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | L1KD-BF5 | ||||
| Draft Registration |
Families
| Spouse | Mary G. Carellas (1906 - 1966) |
| Father | Vasileios Georgios Zarafonitis (1870 - 1915) |
| Mother | Marigo F. Stavropoulos (1879 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Ioannis Vasileios Zarafonitis (1905 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Birth date and place from Declaration of IntentionMitroon Arrenon - Male Register
Village: Amykles (may also include Sklavachori and Machmoutbei)
Entries handwritten at the Sparta Dimarheion (Town Hall) by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2018. No photos permitted.
Village. Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Death.
Amykles. Year: 1903 - Line 1 - Zarafonitis - Georgios - Vaselios
Male Register
Mitroon Arrenon - Male RegisterVillage: Amykles (may also include Sklavachori and Machmoutbei)
Entries handwritten at the Sparta Dimarheion (Town Hall) by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2018. No photos permitted.
Village. Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Death.
Amykles. Year: 1903 - Line 1 - Zarafonitis - Georgios - Vaselios
Immigration
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957S.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
Residence
Was in Baltimore City at the time he signed his Declaration of IntentionNaturalization
Declaration of Intention, No. 9742State of Maryland, City of Baltimore, in the Court of Common Pleas
I, George B. Zarafonitis, aged 22 years, occupation clerk, do declare on oath that my personal description is: color white, complexion dark, height 5'6", weight 185 punds, color of hair dark, color of eyes brown, other visible distinctive marks, none.
I was born in Machmoubae, Sparta, Greece on the 15 day of August 1903; I now reside at 5107 York Road, Baltimore, Md. I emigrated to the US from Patras, Greece on the vessel Panonia; my last foreign residence was Sparta, Greece; I am not married...
...renounce allegiance to the present government of Greece, of whom I am now a subject. I arrived at the port of New York in the State of New York on or about the 1st day of January, 1921....
Signed: George B. Zarafonitis
Date: 17 September 1925
Volume 20, page 242, Book of Declaration of Intentions, Numbers 501-10,000
Source: Maryland Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
Digital image taken by Carol Petranek, March 4, 2016
Occupation
Founding member of the Laconian Society in Baltimore, MD. Photo of this group in Nicholas Prevas' book, House of Glory, House of God, page 59Draft Registration
Maryland, World War II Dr...stration Cards, 1940-1945Maryland
Serial Number 85
Name: George Baisle Zarafonepis
Order #: T-12,560
Residence: One South Green Street, Balto, Md.
Mailing Address: same
Telephone: None
Age: 38
Place of Birth: Sparta, Greece
Date of Birth: August 15, 1903
Name and address of person who will always know your address: Anthony Synodinas, 2356 E. North Ave, Balto, Md.
Employer: same
White, 5'6", 210 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, fair complexion
Signed: October 15, 1942
Source: FamilySearch
"Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS7H-M9S4-C?cc=2568865&wc=JHT1-GP8%3A1589462408%2C1589462517%2C1589462518 : 3 March 2020), Maryland > Z > Zablocki, John - Zelinski, Edward > image 512 of 928; extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing NARA NAID 5752907. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. (National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.).
Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore, MarylandZarafonetis, Mary, June 7, 1906; Oct. 11. 1966
Zarafonetis, George B., Aug. 15, 1903; Oct 1, 1987
George B Zarafonetis
Birth: Aug. 15, 1903
Death: Oct. 1, 1987
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary G Carellas Zarafonetis (1906 - 1966)*
Burial:
Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Woodlawn
Baltimore County
Maryland, USA
Created by: donss
Record added: Jul 13, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 149168859
Endnotes
1. MyHeritage.com.
2. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-16MG : 19 July 2020), George B Zarafonetis, 1987; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
3. "Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SX-HWT5 : 3 March 2021), George Baisle Zarafonepis, 15 Oct 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Baltimore, , Maryland, United States, NARA NAID 5752907. Record of Selective Service System, 1926 – 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri..
4. Male Register - Mitroon Arrenon, Sparta Dimarheion, Amykles. Year: 1903 - Line 1.
5. MyHeritage.com.
6. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization., Volume 20, page 242, Book of Declaration of Intentions, Numbers 501-10,000.
7. "Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SX-HWT5 : 3 March 2021), George Baisle Zarafonepis, 15 Oct 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Baltimore, , Maryland, United States, NARA NAID 5752907. Record of Selective Service System, 1926 – 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri..
8. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-16MG : 19 July 2020), George B Zarafonetis, 1987; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
9. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-16MG : 19 July 2020), George B Zarafonetis, 1987; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..