Individual Details

Immigration

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 for Constantina A Gavari

Anchor Line, S.S. Alsatia, sailing from Patras Greece May 15, 1901, Arriving at Port of New York
June 11, 1901
Line 26: Constantina A. Gavari, age 16, female, no occupation, cannot read or write, nationality: Greek, last residence: Sparta; final destination: New York; paid for passage: herself; amount of money: none; going to join her father, A. Gavaris,

Also on this ship is her brother, Panagiotis.

Source: Ancestry.com
Source Citation
Year: 1901; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 0204; Line: 1; Page Number: 230
Description
Ship or Roll Number: Roll 0204

Census

New York State Census, New York, New York: A.D. 06, E.D. 10, page 27, image 14 of 45
59 Avenue B
Doukas, John, Head, white, male, age 40, nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 18, citizen; occupation: owner, confectionary store
Doukas, Constantine, wife, white, female, age 35, born Greece; # of yrs in US: 18, citizen; occupatin: housework
Doukas, Nicholas, son, white, male, age 10, born U.S., occupation: school
Doukas, Thomas, son, white, male, age 8, born in U.S., occupation: school
Doukas, Angelus, son, white, male, age 6, born in U.S., occupation: school
Doukas, Katie, daughter, white, female, age 4, born in U.S.
Doukas, George, son, white, male, age 2, born in U.S., occupation: school
Carvellas, George, cousin, white, male, age 20, born in Greece, # of yrs in US: 3, alien; occupation: soda dispenser
Garvaris, Harry, brother-in-law, white, male, age 35, nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 3, alien; occupation: soda dispenser
Mavroukas, Louis, cousin, white, male, age 17, nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 16, alien; occupation: soda dispenser
Heliotis, Nicholas, cousin, white, male, age 35, nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 16, alien; occupation: soda dispenser
Gavaris, Tomaso, father-in-law, white, male, age 60; nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 20, alien; occupation: cigarette maker
Mavroukas, Mary, cousin, white, female, age 20, nativity: Greece; # of yrs in US: 2, alien; occupation: cigarette maker

Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 10; Assembly District: 06; City: New York;County: New York; Page: 26 DescriptionDistrict : A·D· 06 E·D· 10 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: State population census schedules, 1915. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.

Census

1925 New York State Census
New York, New York, Assembly District 6, Block 2, Election District 12, page 27, image 14 of 38
Address: 59 Avenue B
Doukas, John, head, white, male, age 49, born Greece, number of years in US: 30, citizen,naturalized Sept 23, 1913, S.D. [Southern District of NY] occupation: confectionary store
Doukas, Constance, wife, white, female, age [unreadable, perhaps 40] born Greece, number of years in U.S. 23; citizen, First papers, housewife
Doukas, Nick, son, white, male, age 20, born U.S., citizen, occupation: soda dispenser
Doukas, Thomas, son, white, male, age 18, born U.S., citizen, occupation: soda dispenser
Doukas, Angelo, son, white, male, age 14, born U.S., citizen, occupation: school
Doukas, Catherine, daughter, white, female, age 12, born U.S., citizen, occupation: school
Doukas, Leo, son, white, male, age 11, born U.S., citizen, occupation: school
Doukas, William, son, white, male, age 10, born U.S., citizen, occupation: school
Doukas, Philip, son, white, male, age 4, born U.S., citizen, occupation: school
Carvellas, George, cousin, white, male, age 20, born Greece, in US 3 years, alien, occupation: soda dispenser
Gavaris, Harry, brother-inlaw, white, male, age 35, born Greece, in US 16 years, alien, occupation: soca dispenser
Mavroukas, Louis, cousin, white, male, age 17, born Greece, in US 3 years, alien, occupation: soda dispenser
Heliotis, Nicholas, cousin, white, male, age 35, Greece, in US 3 years, alien, occupation: soda dispenser
Gavaris, Thomaso, father-in-law, white, male, age 60, born Greece, in US 20 years, alien, occupation: cigarette maker
Mavroukas, Mary, cousin, white, female, age 20, Greece, in US 2 years, alien, occupation: cigarette maker

Source CitationNew York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 12; Assembly District: 06; City: New York;County: New York; Page: 26DescriptionDistrict : A·D· 06 E·D· 12Source 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

1940 US Census, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Enumeration District 24-528-B, enumerated April 15, 1940
18 3rd Avenue
Lines 54-58
Doukas, Constance (informant), Head, female, white, age 56, widow, not in school, highest grade completed: 0, born in Greece; Naturalized, lived in same house in 1935, not at work; no income; no occupation
Doukas, Angelo, son, male, white, age 26, single, not in school, completed 1 yr high school, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, was at work, occupation: counterman in restaurant, number of weeks worked in 1939 - unreadable; income in 1939: $1,040
Doukas, William, son, male, white, age 24[?], single, not in school, completed 1 yr high school, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, was at work, occupation: counterman in restaurant, number of weeks worked in 1939 -26; income in 1939: $182.00
Doukas, George, son, male, white, age 22, single, not in school, completed 8th grade, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, was at work, occupation: counterman in restaurant, number of weeks worked in 1939 - 52; income in 1939: $760.00
Doukas, Phillip, son, male, white, age 20, single, in school, finished 3rd year of high school, single, not in school, completed 1 yr high school, born in New York, lived in same house in 1935, was not at work, no occupation

Source: Ancestry.com; accessed January 21, 2015

News article

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
April 5, 1946, p. 14
bklyn.newspapers.com (Brooklyn Public Library)
URL: http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52894362
accessed January 20, 2015

Aphrodite Semetis Honored at Shower
Mrs. George P. Semetis of 300 Washington Ave. honored her sister-in-law, Miss Aphrodite Semetis, also of Brooklyn, at a shower at her home on Sunday. Miss Semetis is the fiancee of George John Doukas of Brooklyn and Patchogue. Their wedding will take place April 28 in St. Constantine's Greek Orthodox Church. Among the guests were Mrs. Aspasia Semetis, mother of the bride-elect; Mrs. Constance Doukas, mother of the bridegroom-elect; Mrs. John Gabriel, Mrs. George Cassos, Mrs. Nicholas Aridas, Mrs. Nicholas Laricos, Mrs. Chris Aridas, Mrs. George Vassar, Mrs. Nicholas Kasivardas, Mrs. Lee Kajouras, Mrs. Louis Pappas, Mrs. Harry Francis, the Misses Irene Doukas, Katherine Maras, Helen Doukas, Bertha Pappas, Harriet Semetis, Tula Vassar, Katherine Pappas, Georgia Kostakos, Mary Vassar, Mary Vichenchos, Alice Kostakos, Stella Zakas and Helen Vassar.

Research Questions

The Gavaris family was from Anavriti - at some point, I need to find her family.