Individual Details

Marriage

Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage Index
Book: Sparta,1899-Sept 1907; Year: 1900, Entries: 37-72
Entry #37
License Date: January 29, 1900
Marriage Date: not given
Groom: Panagiotis Stavrakos; father: Stavros; village: Gounari
Bride: Antonitsa Kostakou; father: Andreas; village: Alaimbey
Church Name: not given
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
Marriage Sparta, Greece (Σπάρτα, Ελλάδα)
Groom Name: Παναγιώτης Σταυράκος (Panagiotis Stavrakos)
Birth: Γούναρης (Gounaris)
Father: Σταύρος Σταυράκος (Stavros Stavrakos)
Bride Name: Αντωνίτσα Κωστάκου (Antonitsa Kostakou)
Birth: Αλαΐμπεη (Alaimpei)
Father: Ανδρέας Κωστάκου (Andreas Kostakou)
Ordinal Number 37
Marriage License Date Jan 29 1900
Source: Metropolis of Sparta, accessed from MyHeritage on November 15, 2022

Immigration

Passenger Ship Record, S.S. Themistocles
sailing from Piraeus 17 November 1916, arriving New York December 12, 1916
Line 11: Stavracou, Antonia, age 40, female, married, housewife, cannot read or write; Greek; last residence: Gounari, Greece; leaves nobody in her country; final destination New York; has a ticket to destination; paid for passage by herself; has $30; has not been in US previously; going to her husband, Panagiotis Stavracos, 268 Broadway, Brooklyn; [dis to husband - written on manifest]; 5'9", dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; no identifying marks; born in Agios Ioannis, Greece.
Line 12: Stavracou, Marigo [Mary]; age 12, female, single, housewife, cannot read or write; Greek; last residence: Gounari, Greece; leaves nobody in her country; final destination New York; has a ticket to destination; mother paid for passage; has not been in US previously; going to her father as above; , dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; no identifying marks; born in Gounari, Greece.
Line 13: Stavracos, Ioannis; age 9; male, single, scholar; can read and write; Greek; last residence: Gounari, Greece; leaves nobody in his country; final destination New York; has a ticket to destination; mother paid for passage; has not been in US previously; going to his father as above; dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; no identifying marks; born in Gounari, Greece.
Line 13: Stavracos, Andreas; age 5; male, single, baby; [notation 2-6-5537 11/10/38] cannot read and write; Greek; last residence: Gounari, Greece; leaves nobody in his country; final destination New York; has a ticket to destination; mother paid for passage; has not been in US previously; going to his father as above; dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; no identifying marks; born in Gounari, Greece.

Source: Ancestry.com
Description Ship or Roll Number : Roll 2505, Image 181-182 of 683
Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls.
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Census

1920 US Census
Queens, New York
94 Sedgwick Street
Line 88-94:
Stavracos, Peter, head, male, white, age 45, married, immigrated 1911; naturalized in 1918; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: proprietor restaurant
Stavracos, Ettine, wife, female, white, age 42, married, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: none
Stavracos, Stephen, son, male, white, age 17, single, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: helper in restaurant
Stavracos, Pauline, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: none
Stavracos, Marie, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: none
Stavracos, John, son, male, white, age 12, single, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: none
Stavracos, Andrew, son, male, white, age 8, single, immigrated 1911; naturalized; can read and write; born in Greece; mother tongue: Greek; parents born in Greece; can speak English; occupation: none

"United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11569-107689-36?cc=1488411 : accessed 19 June 2015), New York > Queens > Queens Assembly District 6 > 0416 > image 8 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Death

Death Certificate, Baltimore City Health Department
50-10981
Antonia P. Stavracos
Date of death: 12-24 4 AM
Place of death: Baltimore City, Maryland
Usual Residence: Maryland, Baltimore, 411 Patapsco Ave.
Street address or location [of death] 411 Patapsco Ave.
Length of stay in Baltimore: 5 years
Sex: F
Color: W
Widowed
Date of birth [blank]
Age: 78
Occupation: Housewife
Birthplace: Greece
Father's name: Andreas Kostakos
Mother's maiden name [blank]
Informant: Pauline Kourabas
Cause of death: decompressed heart failure, pulmonary edema
Interval between onset and death: 3 months
Burial: 12/27/50 - Mt. Olivet, Brooklyn, New York
Funeral Director, Lambros, Inc. 440 E. North Ave

[copy in Stavracos digital file]

Burial

October 2024: Carol Kostakos Petranek and husband, Gary, went to Mt. Olivet Cemetery and could not find a headstone for Peter and Antonia. They are buried in West Lawn 5645.

FindAGrave
Antonia A. Kostakos Stavracos
Birth 10 Nov 1874
Gounaris, Regional unit of Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
Death May 1972 (aged 97)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot
West Lawn 5645 - No Headstone
Memorial ID 275427903
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275427903/antonia-a-stavracos

Story

Story from Antonia's grandson, Jim Stavracos, to Carol Kostakos Petranek, December 21, 2014:
I remember my grandmother. She was very tough. I have a picture of her at her home in Greece, holding a shotgun to keep intruders out. She went to live with her son in Baltimore and died there, but is buried in Long Island.