Individual Details
Peter George Stavracos
(1880 - 1944)
Pamela Fahlund - email, through SpartanRoots, April 7, 2017 -- sent reply; waiting to hear back
Comment: Hi Carol,
I'm so thrilled to have stumbled across you and your website. For the last several months I've been on a mission to learn about my Greek heritage. My paternal grandparents (Bernard Stavracos and Frances Dukas) were from Sparta, and my maternal grandparents (Stella Strategos and John Spanos) were from Smyrna. I'm particularly interested in learning about my grandfather from Sparta, Bernard Stavracos, who died before I was born.
I've been doing research on MyHeritage and talking to family members, but seem to have hit a brick wall. I know Bernard was born in Sparta in January 1882, and from what I’ve been able to piece together, comes from “Sparta Laconia or Gounari” but I am not sure this is accurate or how these entities are related. I do see that you have roots there as well.
My grandparents had 7 children, and Bernard became a successful restauranter (proprietor of The Alps, a well-known restaurant in NYC during the 30’s and 40’s). He died in 1936, when my father was only 15…and I’ve had a hard time finding out about his life before he arrived in America. I’m guessing that “Bernard” was not his birth name. He changed the family surname from Stavracos to Stuart sometime along the way.
Bernard had an older brother, Petros (Peter George Stavracos), born in Sparta in April 1880, who emigrated in 1896, married Helen Mavrodos (b. 1906 in Greece) and was naturalized in 1923. They had 4 children: Pauline Stavracos, Diamondo P. Morfogen (born Stavracos), Olga Stavracos, Demetra Stavracos. I was able to fine Peter through this website, where he is identified as part of the Kostakos line....but I've not been able to figure out what the relationship might be.
Would love thoughts or guidance on how I might pursue my exploration. Many thanks, Pam
Events
| Birth | 1880 | Of Palaiopanagia, Faridos, Lakonia, Greece |  |  | |
| Immigration | 1890 | ||||
| Immigration | 1896 | | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1904 | New York City, New York, United States - Helen Mavrodos | | ||
| Military Draft Registration | 1917 | The Bronx, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1920 | The Bronx, New York, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1920 | Bronx Assembly District 1, Bronx, New York, United States | | ||
| Naturalization | 1923 | The Bronx, New York, United States | | ||
| Census | 1925 | The Bronx, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1930 | The Bronx, New York, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1930 | Bronx (Districts 1-250), Bronx, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Same House | |||
| Census | 1940 | | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States | | ||
| Military Draft Registration | 25 Apr 1942 | New York City, New York, United States | | | |
| Death | 1944 | Of the Bronx, New York, United States | | ||
| Burial | 1944 | Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Stuart | | |||
| FamilySearch ID | L2MS-1BH | ||||
| Occupation | Restauranteur - The Alps - The Bronx, New York, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Helen Mavrodos (1888 - 1973) |
| Child | Diamondo P. Stavracos (1907 - 1981) |
| Child | Olga Stavracos (1909 - ) |
| Child | Strates Stavracos (1910 - 1924) |
| Child | Jean Stavracos (1912 - 1993) |
| Child | Stamata Pauline Stavracos (1913 - ) |
| Father | Georgios Stavracos (1855 - ) |
| Mother | Constandina or Aida Karnakus (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Bernard Panos George Stavracos OR Stuart (1882 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Nicolaos Stavracos OR Stuart (1897 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Brother, Panos, was born in Paleopanagia -- making an assumption that Peter was, too.Immigration
Info from 1920 CensusMarriage
Marriage year estimated from age 24 given in 1930 censusMilitary Draft Registration
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918Name Peter George Stavracos
Sex Male
Birth Date 26 Apr 1880; age 38
Home Address: 898 Eagle Ave., Bronx, NY
Citizenship Place Greece
Country of Citizenship Greece
Race White
Relative's Name Helen Stavracos
Relative's Address Bronx, New York
Occupation: waiter at Burhaman Res, 65th & Broadway, NYC
Medium height, medium build, brown eyes, gray hair
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date from 1917 to 1918
Event Place New York City, New York, United States
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W74K-4Q6Z : 10 July 2024), Peter George Stavracos, 1917-1918.
Census
1920 US Census, Bronx, New York898 Eagle Avenue
Lines 44-50
Stavracos, Peter, Head, rents home; male, white, age 40, married, immigrated 1896, first papers filed, not in school, can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; can speak English; occupation: proprietor of restaurant.
Stavracos, Helen, wife, female, white, age 30, married, immigrated 1906, first papers filed, can read and write, born in Greece, mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece, can speak English, no occupation
Stavracos, Dimond, son, male, white, age 12, single, in school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece
Stavracos, Olga, daugher, female, white, age 11, single, in school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece
Stavracos, Stratus, son, male, white, age 10, single, in school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece
Stavracos, Jennie, daughter, female, white, age 8, single, in school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece
Stavracos, Pauline, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, in school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22953-662-6?cc=1488411 : accessed 23 March 2016), New York > Bronx > Bronx Assembly District 1 > ED 76 > image 25 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Census
1925 New York State Census, Bronx, New YorkStavracos, Peter, head, husband, male, age 45, born in Greece, # of years in US: 33, Citizen, if naturalized when and where? 1923, unreadable; restaurant owner.
Stavracos, Helen, wife, white, female, age 35, born in Greece, in US 19 years, citizen, housewife
Stavracos, Diamond, daughter, white, female, age 18, born in US, citizen, student
Stavracos, Olga, daughter, white, female, age 16, born in US, citizen, student
Stavracos, Demetra, daughter, white, female, age 13, born in US, citizen
Stavracos, Pauline, daughter, white, female, age 11, born in US, Citizen
Source CitationNew York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 44; Assembly District: 01; City: New York;County: Bronx; Page: 2DescriptionDistrict : A·D· 01 E·D· 44
Source InformationAncestry.com. New York, State Census, 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: State population census schedules, 1925. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
Census
1930 Federal CensuysBronx, Bronx, New York
Enumerated April 5, 1930
898 Eagle Ave.
Lines 37-41
Stavracos, Peter, head, rents home, no radio; male, white, age 49, married, age at 1st marriage 24;not in school; can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; language: Greek; immigrated 1890; naturalized; speaks english; occupation : proprietor, resturant
Stavracos, Helen, wife, female, white, age 41, Married, not in school; can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; language: Greek; immigrated 1890; naturalized; speaks english; occupation: none
Stavracos, Olga, daughter, female, white, age 21, single, not in school; can read and write, born in New York; parents born in Greece; language: Greek; immigrated 1890; naturalized; speaks english; occupation: dressmaker
Stavracos, Jennie, daughter, female, white, age 18, not in school; can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; language: Greek; immigrated 1890; naturalized; speaks english; occupation: dressmaker
Stavracos, Pauline, daughter, female, white, age 16, single; is in school; can read and write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece; language: Greek; immigrated 1890; naturalized; speaks english; occupation
Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Bronx, Bronx, New York; Roll: 1464; Page: 5A;Enumeration District: 0044; Image: 323.0;FHL microfilm: 2341199
Description
Enumeration District : 44; Description:BRONX BOROUGH, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 1 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) E. 164TH; (E) CAULDWELL AVE.; (S) E. 161ST; (W) EAGLE AVE., E. 163D, 3D AVE.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
Census
1940 US Census, Bronx, Bronx, New YorkEnumerated on April, 1940
Lines 68-72
138 Summit Avenue
Stavracos, Peter, head, male, white, age 58, married, not in school, born in Greece, highest grade: 8th, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same house in 1935, occupation: cashier, restaurant
Stavracos, Helen (informant), wife, female, white, age 50, married, not in school, born in Greece, highest grade: 8th, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same house in 1935
Stavracos, Jean, daughter, female, white, age 28, single, not in school; highest grade: 4 years high school, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, occupation: operator, dress store
Andrews, Olga, daughter, female, white, age 31, divorced, not in school; highest grade: 4 years high school, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, occupation: operator, dentalnurse
Andrews, George, grandson, male, white, age 8, single, in school, finished 2nd grade, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935
1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: T627_2468; Page: 5B;Enumeration District: 3-307
Description
Enumeration District : 3-307; Description:NEW YORK CITY, BRONX BOROUGH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 2 (TRACT 187 - PART)
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.
Military Draft Registration
World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942Name Petros G Stavracos
Sex Male
Birth Date 15 Apr 1881; age 62; place of birth: Sparta
Residence Place 90 Pinehurst Ave, New York, New York
Employer Unemployed
Person who will always know your address: Mrs. Petros Stavracos, 90 Pinehurst Ave, NYC
Race white; height 5'5", weight: 144, hazel eyes, gray hair; marks: mole near right eye, wears glasses
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date April 25, 1942
Event Place New York, New York, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York, New York, New York, United States
Affiliate Publication Title World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3H5-422 : Sat Feb 24 01:23:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Petros G Stavracos, 1942.
Burial
Tombstone: Mt. Olivet CemeteryMaspeth, Bronx, New York
Stavracos-Morfogen
John, 1906-1978 and Jean Asemakos, 1911-1993
Eleni, 1888-1973
Olga, 1908-1996
Petros, 1881-1944
Strates, 1909-1924
Sam, 1895-1979
Diamond, 1907-1981
Elaine, 1929-2013
FindAGrave
Peter George Stavracos
Birth 1880
Palaiopanayia, Regional unit of Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
Death 1944 (aged 63–64)
Bronx County, New York, USA
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot 6602X
Memorial ID 275428653
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275428653/peter-george-stavracos
Alt name
Email from Pam Stuart Fahlund: My father's surname was Stuart. He changed it legally in 1942 from Stavracos....as did all of his siblings, 3 of whom are named on the headstone. That is probably why the headstone reads Stavracos Stuart. I think the name Stuart must have been added to it later (sometime between 1966-1970) after my grandmother (Frances/Panagiota) and aunt (Aida) died.Occupation
Email from Pam Fahlund to Carol Petranek 2017 (see Person notes) -- Peter and his brother, Panos, were business partners operating The Alps restaurant.Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7DQ-PY9 : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Bronx (Districts 1-250), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 5A, line 37, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1464; FHL microfilm 2,341,199. .
2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQBG-CFM : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-307, sheet 5B, line 68, family 135, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2468. .
3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJGP-DRX : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavrocas, Bronx Assembly District 1, Bronx, New York, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 13A, line 44, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1131; FHL microfilm 1,821,131..
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W74K-4Q6Z : 10 July 2024), Peter George Stavracos, 1917-1918..
5. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJGP-DRX : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavrocas, Bronx Assembly District 1, Bronx, New York, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 13A, line 44, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1131; FHL microfilm 1,821,131..
6. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJGP-DRX : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavrocas, Bronx Assembly District 1, Bronx, New York, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 13A, line 44, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1131; FHL microfilm 1,821,131..
7. Census, New York State 1925.
8. Census, New York State 1925.
9. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7DQ-PY9 : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Bronx (Districts 1-250), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 5A, line 37, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1464; FHL microfilm 2,341,199. .
10. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7DQ-PY9 : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Bronx (Districts 1-250), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 5A, line 37, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1464; FHL microfilm 2,341,199. .
11. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQBG-CFM : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-307, sheet 5B, line 68, family 135, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2468. .
12. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQBG-CFM : accessed 22 September 2017), Peter Stavracos, Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-307, sheet 5B, line 68, family 135, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2468. .
13. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3H5-422 : Sat Feb 24 01:23:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Petros G Stavracos, 1942..
14. "Peter George Stavracos (1880-1944)." Find a Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275428653/peter-george-stavracos. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024..
15. Tombstone, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, NY.
16. "Peter George Stavracos (1880-1944)." Find a Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275428653/peter-george-stavracos. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024..