Individual Details

Birth

Birth year estimated from 1920 census; he was age 54; family was from Gounari. However, a 1921 passenger ship manifest gives his birthplace as Magoula

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index Book: Sparta 1885-1899 Oct; Year: 1885, Entries: 331-346
Entry #333
License Date: October 26, 1885
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Stavros Kourabas of Gounari
Bride: Kyriakoula Katsichtis of Anavryti
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 1835-1935
Marriage Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom Name: Σταύρος Σταυράκος (Stavros Stavrakos)
Birth: Γούναρη (Gounari)
Father: Σταυράκος ( Stavrakos)
Bride Name: Πόλη Κατσίχ[] (Poli Katsich[])
Birth: Αναβρυτή (Anavryti)
Father: Γεώργιος Κατσίχ[] (Georgios Katsich[])
Ordinal Number 333
Marriage License Date Oct 26 1885
Source:
Greece, Sparta Marriages 1835-1935
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10843-37278/σταύρος-σταυράκος-stavros-stavrakos-in-greece-sparta-marriages

Immigration

Immigration year from 1920 census

Census

1920 US Census
Tompkinsville, Richmond, New York City, New York, United States
E.D. 1586, Sheet 1A
34 Arrietta Street
Lines 36-39
Kourabas, Stephen, head, rents, male, white, age 54, married, immigrated 1887, first papers filed, can read and write, born in Greece, mother tongue Greek; parents born in Greece, mother tongues Greek; cannot speak English; occupation: retail merch., fruit
Kourabas, Panagiota, wife, female, white, age 54, married, immigrated 1910; alien, cannot read or write; born in Greece, mother tongue Greek; parents born in Greece, mother tongues Greek; cannot speak English; occupation: none
Kourabas, Nicholas, son, male, white, age 25, single, immigrated 1906; first papers filed, can read and write, born in Greece, mother tongue Greek; parents born in Greece, mother tongues Greek; can speak English; occupation: boiler maker in shipyard
Kourabas, Louis, son, male, white, age 12, single, immigrated 1910; alien, can read and write, attended school; born in Greece, mother tongue Greek; parents born in Greece, mother tongues Greek; can speak English; occupation: none
"United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMF-BNG : Sun Nov 17 00:49:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Kourabas and Panageota Kourabas, 1920.

Naturalization

1920 census indicates he filed his first papers

Occupation

1920 census gives occupation as retail merchant, fruit

Residence

34 Arrietta Street from 1920 census and 1921 passenger ship manifest

Research Questions

Did he have 2 wives - Panagiota Giannopoulos & Poli Katsichtis?