Individual Details

Birth

Birth information from Toni Spanos Nordan, December 2021

Census

1920 US Census
Name Metaxia Spanos
Sex Female
Age 3
Event Date 1920
Event Place Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 30, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1917
Birthplace Oklahoma
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Father's Birthplace Greece
Mother's Birthplace Greece
Household Identifier 147
Line Number 2
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 22
Sheet Number and Letter 22A
Affiliate Film Number 1462
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Metaxia Spanos's Parents and Siblings

Name Mike Spanos
Sex Male
Age 38
Event Date 1920
Event Place Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original) Oklahoma, Haskell
Immigration Date 1903
Birth Year (Estimated) 1882
Birthplace Greece
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Father's Birthplace Greece
Mother's Birthplace Greece
Household Identifier 147
Line Number 100
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 21
Sheet Number and Letter 21B
Affiliate Film Number 1462
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Name Falothea Spanos
Sex Female
Age 29
Event Date 1920
Event Place Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 30, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Immigration Date 1915
Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Birthplace Greece
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Father's Birthplace Greece
Mother's Birthplace Greece
Household Identifier 147
Line Number 1
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 22
Sheet Number and Letter 22A
Affiliate Film Number 1462
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Brother: Name Spanos
Sex Male
Age 0
Event Date 1920
Event Place Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 30, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Birthplace Oklahoma
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Father's Birthplace Greece
Mother's Birthplace Greece
Household Identifier 147
Line Number 3
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 22
Sheet Number and Letter 22A
Affiliate Film Number 1462
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN16-4V5 : 3 February 2021), Metaxia Spanos in entry for Mike Spanos, 1920.

Burial

FindAGrave
Mae Spanos Hazapis
BIRTH 22 Dec 1916
Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 22 Apr 2003 (aged 86)
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
BURIAL
Westwood Cemetery
Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
MEMORIAL ID 164975699

Death

Death information from Toni Spanos Nordan, December 2021

Obituary

Obituary on FindAGrave:
Mae Hazapis, 86, Sarasota, died April 22, 2003. She was born Dec. 22, 1916, in McCurtain, Okla, and came to Sarasota in 1981 from Westwood, NJ.

She was a salesclerk. She was a Salvation Army volunteer. She was a member of the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church and its Philoptochos Society.

Survivors include daughters Katherine Quad of Inverness, Phyllis Gargiulo of Broken Arrow, Okla, and Elaine Viapiano of Westwood; sisters Mary Monroe of Atlanta and Kay Pitikas of Athens; brothers William Spanos of Vienna, Va, and Nick Spanos of Charleston, WVa; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Services and burial will be in New Jersey. Robarts Funeral Home, Sarasota, is in charge. Published in Herald Tribune on Apr. 24, 2003.

Story

From Antoinette Nordan, November 30, 2021 email to Lou Pouletsos and me:
Lou you got the connection. Aunt Mae is my father’s sister. As children we came to New Jersey a few times and I met many cousins. Unfortunately, we never kept up the tradition. Mike Monroe and the Atlanta cousins would visit every summer.
John, Felothea’s brother was friends with Mike Spanos, my paternal grandfather. Felothea came to the US and married Mike in Connersville. Then the 4 of them moved to Oklahoma. It was Indian territory. After some number of years, Mike moved to Florida, John moved to NJ.
Later, after graduating from high school in Orlando, my dad, Jimmie moved in with Aunt Mae and Uncle Jim Hazapis. Mike Spanos had died unexpectedly that summer. Jimmie worked at an aeronautics factory when he went into military service. He was stationed in England.
After WWII ended, Jimmie visited his sister Aunt Mary Spanos who married Sam Monroe and was living in Atlanta. Sam’s mother was a friend of my maternal grandmother (patrioti from Constantinople); they thought Jimmie should meet Smaragdi Hagefstratiou (my mom) who lived in BIrmingham. It was love at first sight. They married within months (maybe as much as 4?) and I am the third of three children.
So, at a time of year when you think so much about family, it’s a great pleasure to connect with y’all. My heart almost bursts when I think of what Felothea did. Traveling to the US. Giving birth to 7 healthy children (i was told she and her sister-in-law delivered each other’s babies when they lived in OK). Then Aunt Mae—taking my dad in so he could get a good job after graduating.

Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007

Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
Name Mae Hazapis
Name Note Name and form dates: Application: MAE HAZAPIS (Feb 1948), Death: MAE HAZAPIS (22 Apr 2003)
Alias Mae Spanos
Sex Female
Birth Date 22 Dec 1916
Birthplace Mccurtain, Oklahoma, United States
Social Program Application Date Feb 1948
Previous Residence Inverness, Citrus, Florida, United States
Previous Residence Postal Code 34452-7081
Death Date 22 Apr 2003
Race White
Father's Name Michael P Spanos
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Felothea Pouletsos
Mother's Sex Female
Additional Person's Name James Hazapis, II
Event Type Social Program Correspondence
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K9Q-ZQDV : 10 February 2023), Mae Hazapis, .

Toni Spanos Nordan - Pouletsos Tree on Ancestry

Toni (Antoinette Spanos) is connected to Lou Pouletsos through the Pouletsos line

Mae Spanos on Toni's Ancestry Tree

Toni (Antoinette Spanos) is connected to Lou Pouletsos through the Pouletsos line