Individual Details

Male Register

Mitroon Arrenon - Male Register
General State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia,  Sparta Office
Village:  Agios  Ioannis
Year - Line # - Surname - First Name - Father's Name –Village
Year 1907; Line 8: Papagiannakos, Spyridon; father: Nikolaos; born 1907 in Agios Ioannis 
Digital photograph by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2017

Birth

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Church: Koimisi tis Theotokou
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1878-1973; page 58-59; Year: 1907 Line: 30
Name: Spyridon Papagiannakos
Sex: Male
Born: November 2, 1907
Baptized: February 7, 1908
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Father: Nik. Papagiannakos
Mother: Georgitsa
Godparent: Konstantina Argyropoulou

Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019

Christen

Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece
Church: Koimisi tis Theotokou
Book: Births and Baptisms, 1878-1973; page 58-59; Year: 1907 Line: 30
Name: Spyridon Papagiannakos
Sex: Male
Born: November 2, 1907
Baptized: February 7, 1908
Residence: Agios Ioannis
Father: Nik. Papagiannakos
Mother: Georgitsa
Godparent: Konstantina Argyropoulou

Digital image taken at the Metropolis of Sparta by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 2019

School

School Records
Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Laconia, Greece
General Archives of Greece, Sparta, Greece 
Digital images taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek, July  2016

Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1916-1917    Page #      Line #29
Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1914-1915    Page #  41    Line #95
Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1915-1916    Page #      Line #46
Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1917-1918    Page #      Line #74
Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1918-1919    Page #      Line #75
Book E.K.P.2.1.1    Year: 1919-1920    Page #      Line #121

Immigration

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. Megali Hellas, sailing from Piraeus on November 8, 1920, arriving New York on November 25, 1920
Lines 25, 26, 27
Papayiannakou, Georgitsa, [m = mother] age 40, female, housewife, cannot read or write, nationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came: her husband, Nikolaos, Ag. Ioann.; final destination: New York, NY; has ticket to destination; paid for ticket by self; has $100. has not been in U.S. previously; going to her sons, Pappas Brothers, 248 8th Avenue, 254 West 14th Street, NYC; does not intent to return to country where came; length of time intends to remain in US: durably; intends to become U.S. citizen: yes; height: 5'1", dark complexion; brown hair and eyes; no marks of identification; place of birth: Agios Ioannis, Greece.

Papayiannakou, Spyros her son; [ch = child], age 13, male, single, pupil, can read and write Greek; nationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came: father as above; final destination: New York, NY; has ticket to destination; paid for ticket by his mother; has no money; has not been in U.S. previously; going to his brother as above; does not intent to return to country where came; length of time intends to remain in US: durably; intends to become U.S. citizen: yes; height: 4'5", dark complexion; brown hair and eyes; no marks of identification; place of birth: Agios Ioannis, Greece.

Papayiannakou, Leonidas her son; [ch = child], age 10, male, single, pupil, can read and write Greek; nationality: Greek; race: Greek; last permanent residence: Agios Ioannis, Greece; name of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came: father as above; final destination: New York, NY; has ticket to destination; paid for ticket by his mother; has no money; has not been in U.S. previously; going to his brother as above; does not intent to return to country where came; length of time intends to remain in US: durably; intends to become U.S. citizen: yes; height: not given, dark complexion; brown hair and eyes; no marks of identification; place of birth: Agios Ioannis, Greece.

Source informationPassenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957 (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, roll 2880); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85. Accessed at MyHeritage.com, October 25, 2018

Census

1940 US Census
New York City, New York
Assembly District 23, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States
45 Post Avenue
Lines 68-70
Pappas, Spero, head, male, white, age 33, married, not in school, finished 3rd grade, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935, occupation: restaurant manager
Pappas, Effie, (informant), wife, female, white, age 23, married, not in school, finished 8th grade, born in New York, lived in same place in 1935
Pappas, Nicholas, son,male, white, age 1, born in New York
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 9
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Household ID: 251
Line Number: 68
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 2672
Digital Folder Number: 005458644
Digital Folder Number: 005458644
Image Number: 01076


Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQSB-C97 : 15 December 2019), Spero Pappas, Assembly District 23, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1988, sheet 9B, line 68, family 251, 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 2672.

Hobby

From Spyridon's grandson, Gregg Pappas, to Carol Kostakos Petranek, March 29, 2019: My grandfather, Spero, was a mason. I did call the Parthenon lodge in Long Island, where he was a member. They told me that there are two other Pappas that are members of the lodge but won’t tell me if they are related to us.
Initiation 02/20/1946
Passing 03/20/1946
Raised. 06/05/1946
Master Mason for 72 years
Grand lodge No 836729