Individual Details

Birth

Birth year and place from 1940 Census and tombstone

Census

1940 US Census
Queens, New York
502 63rd Drive

Lines 19-24
Kreteras, John; head; male, white, age 41, married, not in school; completed 5th Grade; born in Greece, citizenship: filed first papers; residence on April 1, 1935: Manhattan, New York City; worked 40 hours; occupation: waiter in restaurant
Kretaras, Anna [informant] - wife; female, white, age 35, married; not in school; finished 5th grade; born in Greece; alien; residence on April 1, 1935: Manhattan, New York City
Kretaras, Virginia, daughter; female, white, age 17, single, not in school; finished 8th grade; born in New Jersey; residence on April 1, 1935: Manhattan, New York City
Kretaras, Mary, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, in school, finished 1 year of high school; born in New York; residence on April 1, 1935: Manhattan, New York City
Kretaras, Bessie, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, in school, finished 8th grade, born in New York; residence on April 1, 1935: Manhattan, New York City
Kretaras, Terry; daughter, female, white, age 3, single, not in school, born in New York

Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Queens, New York; Roll: T627_2723; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 41-168
Description
Enumeration District : 41-168; Description: NEW YORK CITY, QUEENS BOROUGH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 2 (TRACT 745)
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

Marriage

New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995
Name: Nicholas C Pappas
Gender: Male
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1949
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Bessie Kreteras
Certificate Number: 4438
Volume Number: 7
Source Citation
New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Indexed Number: 20
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York City, Marriage Indexes, 1907-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

Burial

FindAGrave
Bessie Kretaras Pappas
Birth 1928
New York County, New York, USA
Death Jun 2017 (aged 88–89)
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Memorial ID 275430941
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275430941/bessie-pappas

Death

Laurie Pappas Facebook message to Carol Petranek: I just spoke to my cousin Chris Pappas and John Pappas, who are Nick Pappas sons.. their mom Bessie just passed away.. I need to ask them her maiden name I'm not sure of it but she's also one hundred percent Greek