Individual Details

Birth

Birth year estimated at 25 years prior to marriage in 1870

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta, 1866-1872; Year: 1870, Entries: 303-310
Entry #305
License Date: October 24, 1870
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Georgios Stratigopoulos of Agios Ioannis
Bride: Giannoula Limperopoulou of Taskalali; father: D.
Church Name: not given
First marriage for both bride and groom

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


1870 - Marriage License Date Oct 24, 1870 - Sparta, Greece - Groom Name: GEORGIOS
STRATIGOPOULOS - Birth: Agios Ioannis - Father: / - Bride Name: GIANNOULA LIMPEROPOULOU -
Birth: Tsakalali - Father: D. LIMPEROPOULOU - Line 305 - Source: MyHeritage.com - Sparta Diocese,
Greek Orthodox Church Marriage Records - Greece, Sparta Marriages, 1835-1935

1884 - Marriage license July 7, 1884 - GEORGIOS STRATIGOPOULOS, resident of Agios Ioannis, Father
/, married GIANNOULA STAVRAKOU, resident of Agios Ioannis, Father VASILEIOS STAVRAKOU. Line
193 - Source: MyHeritage.com - Sparta Diocese, Greek Orthodox Church Marriage Records - Greece,
Sparta Marriages, 1835-1935 -

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta, 1884-1885; Year: 1884, Entries: 193-202
Entry #193
License Date: July 7, 1884
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Georgios Stratigopoulos of Agios Ioannis
Bride: Giannoula Stavrakou of Agios Ioannis; father; Vas. S.
Church Name: not given
Second marriage for groom; first marriage for bride
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Photographed at the Metropolis of Sparta in Sparta, Lakonia, Greece by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

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Sparta Marriages on MyHeritage
Marriage Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom
Name: Γεώργιος Στρατηγόπουλος (Georgios Stratigopoulos)
Birth: Αγ Ιωάννης (Ag Ioannis)
Father: Στρατηγόπουλος ( Stratigopoulos)
Bride
Name: Γιαννούλα Σταυράκου (Giannoula Stavrakou)
Birth: (Αγ Ιωάννης) ((Ag Ioannis))
Father: Βασίλειος Σταυράκου (Vasileios Stavrakou)
Ordinal Number 193
Marriage License Date July 7 1884
Source: Metropolis of Sparta; accessed from MyHeritage on July 12, 2022

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I assume the Priest wrote the body of the letter, naming the father of Giannoula as Vasileios Stavrakos. Now look at the bottom where her father signed the license as Vasileios Liakakos. I assume the Priest wrote the name that he “called him by” and that the father signed his legal name.
Translation of Marriage letter by Gregory Kontos of Greek Ancestry, May 15, 2022
To the Honorable Episcopal Council of Monemvasia and Sparti
It is hereby confirmed that the parents and nearest relatives of Mr. Georgios Stratigopoulos, resident of Agios Ioannis, Municipality of Sparti, and Ms. Giannoula, daughter of Vasileios S. Stavrakos, resident of Agios Ioannis of the same Municipality, approve that they join in matrimony, the former for the second time, the latter for the first.
They also are of the required age.
In Agios Ioannis, July 6th, 1884
For the groom and bride,
G. Stratigopoulos, I agree
Vasileios Liakakos
The guarantors, Io. Pappaioannis
N. Katzikis
The witnesses, G. Flogeras
Efth. Markakos [?]
I, the priest of Agios Ioannis, confirm the above signatures and understandings

Immigration

Georgia Stryker Keilman notes:
1899 Nov 19 - Arrival in U.S. - (travelled with 11 year old son, Efstratios Stratigakos)
Name: Georges Stratigacos
Gender:Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Greek
Marital status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1859
Last Known Residence: Piree
Departure Port: Le Havre
Arrival Date: 19 Nov 1899
Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA
Final Destination: Chicago, Illinois
Money in Possession: $12.00
Person in US: Nicolaos Gurnowpulos ? s/b Gianacopoulos
Person in US Relationship: Cousin
Ship Name: La Bretagne

Death

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Marriage to Giannoula Stavrakou

Sparta Marriages on MyHeritage

Marriage to Giannoula Limperopoulou