Individual Details

Birth

Town Register - Anavriti, Vryseon
(digitized July 2014, trip to Greek Archives in Sparta)
husband: Nikolaos, his father: Georgios; mother: Athanasia[error – should be Vivian], born 1892 in Anavriti
wife: Eleni, father: Ioannis Gavaris
children:
Vasiliki, born 1921
Kanella, born 1923
Georgios, born 1924
Aikaterini, born 1928
Panagiotis, born 1932
Ioannis, born 1934

Alternate Birth

Alternate birth year 1898 is on her tombstone

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1907-1921; Page: 196; Year: 1921, Entries: 1-23
Entry #9
License Date: January 9, 1921
Marriage Date: January 10, 1921
Groom: Nikolaos Morfogenis; father: not listed; village: Anavryti
Bride: Eleni Gavaris; father: Ioan., village: Anavryti
Church Name: Agios Nikolaos
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
Marriage: Jan 10 1921  Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom Name: Νικόλαος Μορφογέννης (Nikolaos Morfogennis), age 28
Birth:  Αναβρυτή(Anavryti)
Father:Μορφογέννης ( Morfogennis)
Bride Name:Ελένη Γάβαρη (Eleni Gavari), age 23
Birth:  Αναβρυτή(Anavryti)
Father:Ιωάννης Γάβαρη (Ioannis Gavari)
Ordinal Number:9
Church: Άγιος Νικόλαος (Agios Nikolaos)
Source: Metropolis of Sparta
Accessed from MyHeritage on January 4, 2021

Immigration

New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957
S.S. City of Athens, sailing from Piraeus, arriving Port of New York on March 28 1947
Lines 9-12
Morfogen, Katherine, age 19, female, single, school girl, able to read Greek, able to write; Nationality: Greek; Race: Greek; Place of birth: Anavriti, Sparta, Greece; Immigration Visa, Passport Visa or Reentry Permit No.: NQIV11158 Sec. 4(a); issued: Athens 3/3/47; last permanent residence: Anavryti, Sparta; name and address of relative or friend in country whence alien came: sister, Morfogeni, Vassiliki, Anavryti, Sparta, Greece; final destination, NY, NYC; has ticket to destination; passage paid by father; has $50; has not been in US previously; going to join Father: Nicolas Morfogen, 254 W 14th St, NYC, NY; intent to stay permanently; intent to become citizen: yes; 5'4" tall, medium complexion, fair hair, brown eyes; scar on left side of forehead.

Morfogen, Helen, age 52, female, married, housewife, able to read Greek, able to write; Nationality: Greek; Race: Greek; Place of birth: Anavriti, Sparta, Greece; Immigration Visa, Passport Visa or Reentry Permit No.: NQIV11157 Sec. 4(a); issued: Athens 3/3/47; last permanent residence: Anavryti, Sparta; name and address of relative or friend in country whence alien came: daughter, Vassiliki Morfogeni, Anavryti, Sparta, Greece; final destination, NY, NYC; has ticket to destination; passage paid by husband; has $50; has not been in US previously; going to join husband as above Nicolas Morfogen, 254 W 14th St, NYC, NY; intent to stay permanently; intent to become citizen: yes; 5'7" tall, medium complexion, grey/brown hair, blue eyes; mole between eyes another on chin


Morfogen, Ioannis; age 16, male, single, school boy; able to read Greek, able to write; Nationality: Greek; Race: Greek; Place of birth: Anavriti, Sparta, Greece; Immigration Visa, Passport Visa or Reentry Permit No.: NQIV11160 Sec. 4(a); issued: Athens 3/3/47; last permanent residence: Anavryti, Sparta; name and address of relative or friend in country whence alien came: sister, Morfogeni, Vassiliki, Anavryti, Sparta, Greece; final destination, NY, NYC; has ticket to destination; passage paid by father; has $50; has not been in US previously; going to join Father: Nicolas Morfogen, 254 W 14th St, NYC, NY; intent to stay permanently; intent to become citizen: yes; 4'7" tall, medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes; scar on forehead.

Morfogen, Panagioti, age 13, male, single, school boy; able to read Greek, able to write; Nationality: Greek; Race: Greek; Place of birth: Anavriti, Sparta, Greece; Immigration Visa, Passport Visa or Reentry Permit No.: NQIV11159 Sec. 4(a); issued: Athens 3/3/47; last permanent residence: Anavryti, Sparta; name and address of relative or friend in country whence alien came: sister, Morfogeni, Vassiliki, Anavryti, Sparta, Greece; final destination, NY, NYC; has ticket to destination; passage paid by father; has $50; has not been in US previously; going to join Father: Nicolas Morfogen, 254 W 14th St, NYC, NY; intent to stay permanently; intent to become citizen: yes; 5' tall, medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes; no scars

"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24P8-27F : 15 March 2018), Helen Morfogen, 1947; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Death

Death year from tombstone

Burial

FindAGrave
Helen (Eleni) N. Morfogen
Birth 1898
Death 1971 (aged 72–73)
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot 1921 Area X-Edgewood
Memorial ID 276260479
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275449581/eleni-i-morfogen

Social Security Application & Claims Index

Named as mother:
Elena Gavaris Morfogen
in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Name: Elena Gavaris Morfogen
[Elena Gavaris Gavaris]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: Jan 1895
Birth Place: Anavriti Spa, Greece
Father: John Gavaris
Mother: Kanella Marinos
SSN: 091387556
Notes: Nov 1963: Name listed as ELENA GAVARIS MORFOGEN
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Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.

Social Security Applications

Named as mother of Peter

Social Security Application & Claims Index

Also names Eleni's parents