Individual Details

Birth

Birth year from 1932 Canada Border Crossing

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1907-1921; Page: 182; Year: 1920 , Entries: 139-161
Entry #144
License Date: April 18, 1920
Marriage Date: April 19, 1920
Groom: Ioannis Zarafonitis; father: Geor., village: Sklavohori
Bride: Georgia Vlahakos; father: G. V., village: Paleopanagia
Church Name: Koimisi tis Theotokou
First marriage for both bride and groom

Image DSC_0196
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Immigration

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
S.S. Megali Hellas, sailing from Piraeus, March 18, 1921; arriving New York April 1, 1921
in transit - on way to Canada
Line 3 - Zarafonitis, Ioannis, age 28, male, married, worker, can read and write Greek, last permanent residence Sklavohori, Greece; name and address of nearest relative in country from whence alien came: his mother, Paraskevi, Sklavohori Gr., final destination: Ont., Brandfort, R.R. 9
Line 4 - Zarafonitis, Georgia, his wife, age 26, female, married, housewife, can read and write Greek, last permanent residence Sklavohori, Greece; as above., final destination: Ont., Brandfort, R.R. 9

Citation Information
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 , Year: 1921; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2945; Line: 3; Page Number: 194

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Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14920
New York, New York, USA 1921 April
Line 3 - Zarafonitis, Ioannis, age 28; Do You Intend to Permanently Reside in Canada? Yes; can read and write Greek; country of birth: Sparti; destination: 12 Calbern Street, Brandfort, What Was Your Occupation in the Country from which You Came? Farmer; What is Your Intended Occupation in Canada? Worker; Religious Denomination: Orthodox
Line 4 - Zarafonitis, Georgia, his wife, age 26, Do You Intend to Permanently Reside in Canada? Yes; can read and write Greek; country of birth: Sparti; destination: 12 Calbern Street, Brandfort, What Was Your Occupation in the Country from which You Came? Farmer; What is Your Intended Occupation in Canada? Worker; Religious Denomination: Orthodox

Citation Details:
Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14920

Border Crossing

U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960
Manifest, Buffalo, New York; Visitor Only
Date: July 25, 1940
Zarafonitis, Georgia; accompanied by husband, John
Place of birth: Palaiopanagia, Greece
Age: 45
Female, married, no occupation, cannot read or write
Race: Greek
Nationality: Canada
Last permanent insurance: 17 Avenue Place, Welland, Ontario
Name and address of nearest relative or friend in country from whence alien came: son, George [same address]
Ever in U.S.: yes, in transit to Canada
Destination, and name and address of relative or friend to join there: Cousin, John Yeastro, S. 1444 Broadway, Buffalo, NY
Ever arrested and deported, or excluded from admission: no
Purpose in coming and time remaining: visit, 2 days
Height: 5' 6-1/2", Complexion: dark, hair: black; eyes: brown
Seaport and date of landing and name of steamship: New York, August 5, 1921, Megali Hellas
Arrived by: ferry
Born: May 29, 1895
Remarks: Canada, P.P. A33518 valid to 7/24/41

Source:
U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004
Ancestry.com; accessed March 12, 2020

Death

Her husband's Town Register shows that he was living in Canada; assume Georgia was in Canada with him.