Individual Details

Birth

Birth year of 1864 estimated as 20 years prior to marriage in 1884

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

Death

Death from Georgia Stryker Keilman's tree on Ancestry

Alt name

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.

Liakakos / Stavrakos Surname
NOTE: Regarding Surname
Some people (both male and female) were born with the surname LIAKAKOS in Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Greece. In later records, those same people use the nickname STAVRAKOS as their surname. They seem to switch back and forth between the two names (sometimes in the same document). This is not necessarily consistent within a family unit.