Individual Details

Birth

Birth year estimated at 20 years prior to marriage in 1888

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1885-1889; Year: 1888, Entries: 43-53
Entry #45
License Date: February 27, 1888
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Efthymios Makrakos; no father listed; village: Katsaros
Bride: Eleni Lerikou; father: Nikolaos; village: Agios Ioannis
Church Name: not given
Second marriage for groom; first marriage for bride

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

Alternate Birth

On her Alien Registration Form, Helen gave her birthdate as Sept. 20, 1895 in "Ayanei" Sparta Greece

Alien Registration

Alien Registration Form
US Department of Justice
Immigration and Naturalization Service

Name: Helen Lerikou Markos
I entered the US under the name of Helen Lerikou Markos
I have also been known as Helen Lerikou
I live at 7 Park Ave., Madison, Morris, N.J.
I was born on September 20, 1895 in Ayanei, Sparta, Greece
I am a citizen or subject of Greece
Female - Widow, White, 5'6" tall, weight: 140 pounds, gray hair and brown eyes
I last arrived in the US at N.Y. on August 12, 1915 on the S.S. King Constantine as a passenger
I entered the U.S. as a permanent resident
I first arrived in the U.S. on August 18, 1915
I have lived in the US a total of 25 years
I expect to remain the US permanently
My usual occupation is housewife; my employer is self, whose address is 7 Park Ave., Madison, N.J.
I have not applied for first citizenship papers in the U.S.
I have the following specified relatives living in the US: widowed [no husband] 3 children
I have not been arrested
Within the past 5 years, I have not been affiliated or active in any organizations devoted to political activities of a foreign government.
December 24, 1940

Source:
National Archives, Kansas City, Missouri Office
Personal research by Carol Kostakos Petranek, May 19, 2016

Death

Assume that Eleni moved to her husband's village of Katsaros after their marriage