Individual Details

Birth

Mitroon Arrenon - Male Register of Mystras
General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Village: Mystras
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Village
1886 - Line 637 - Kastanis - Dimitrios - Georgios - Mystras
Photographed by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Male Register

Mitroon Arrenon - Male Register of Mystras
General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office
Village: Mystras
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name - Village
1886 - Line 637 - Kastanis - Dimitrios - Georgios - Mystras
Photographed by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta, 1907-1921; Year: 1910, Entries: 189-212
Entry #192
License Date: not given
Marriage Date: July 4, 1910
Groom: Dimitrios G. Kastanis of Mystras
Bride: Maria Dimitrakakis, daughter of K.D. from Mystras
Church Name: Agios Georgios
First marriage for both bride and groom

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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
Μαρία Δημητρακάκη (Maria Dimitrakaki)
Marriage: July 4 1910 - Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom Name:Δημήτριος Καστάνης (Dimitrios Kastanis), age 25, landowner
Birth:  Μιστράς (Mistras)
Father:Γ Καστάνης (G Kastanis)
Bride Name:Μαρία Δημητρακάκη (Maria Dimitrakaki), age 22, father: Konstandinos D.
Birth:  Μιστράς (Mistras)
Father:Κ Δ Δημητρακάκη (K D Dimitrakaki)
Ordinal Number: 192
Church: Άγιος Γεώργιος (Agios Georgios)
There are 4 documents for this marriage
Source: Metropolis of Sparta, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Accessed on MyHeritage.com on June 12, 2020

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Mystras Birth-Marriage-Death Book, 1906-1914
Year: 1910
Date: July 4
Dimitrios G. Kastanis and Marigo K. Dimitrakakis
Best man: Nikolaos Chelidonis
Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019

Immigration

 Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Arrival: Nov 1 1922 - New York, New York, United States
Departure: Patras
Ship: King Alexander
Line: 27
Dimitrios Kastanis
Gender: Male
Birth: Circa 1886
Age: 36
Male - married - occupation: farmer, written also restaurant keeper; nationality: Greece; race: Greek: Last permanent residence: Mistra, Greece
Relative in country of origin: Marigi Kastani (Wife), Mistra, Greece
Going to: Chicago, Illinois
Does not have a ticket; paid for passage himself; has $40; has been in U.S. previously from 1902-21 in Illinois
Relative joined in the U.S.: Peter Castanis (Cousin), 11118 Wilson Ave., Chicago.
Plans to return to country of origin; plans to stay in U.S. indefinitely; whether plans to become a US citizen: probably; good health; 5'10", brown hair and eyes, no identifying marks; born in Mistras, Greece

Source information: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957 (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, roll 3209); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85.