Individual Details
Peter Stavros Stavracos
(10 Nov 1874 - 11 May 1942)
{Telephone call, Carol Petranek and Jim Stavracos, Dec 7, 2014: The Stavracos cousins still own the family home in Gounari.
I have three pages of notes about the Stavracos family that Jim gave to me in 2014. They are in the Stavracos genealogy digital album. Peter would go back and forth to Greece. He was in NY and went back to Sparta to marry.
I have three pages of notes about the Stavracos family that Jim gave to me in 2014. They are in the Stavracos genealogy digital album. Peter would go back and forth to Greece. He was in NY and went back to Sparta to marry.
Events
| Birth | 10 Nov 1874 | Gounari, Lakonia, Greece |  | ||
| Marriage | 29 Jan 1900 | Agios Ioannis, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece - Antonia A. Kostakos |  | | |
| Immigration | 1911 | | |||
| Occupation | 1911 | New York City, New York, United States | | ||
| Arrival | 4 Jun 1911 | New York City, New York, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1916 | Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States | | | |
| Draft Registration | 12 Sep 1918 | Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1920 | Queens, New York City, New York,, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1920 | Queens Assembly District 6, Queens, New York, United States | |||
| Naturalization-Declaration | 31 Aug 1922 | Eastern District of New York, New York City, New York, United States | | ||
| NaturalizationPetition | 31 Aug 1922 | Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1933 | 1900 Emmons Ave, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | 11 May 1942 | Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States | | | |
| Burial | 14 May 1942 | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States | | | |
| News article | 8 Jul 1979 | Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Panagiotis | ||||
| FamilySearch ID | M4MD-6WZ | ||||
| Social Security Application & Claims Index | |
Families
| Spouse | Antonia A. Kostakos (1870 - 1950) |
| Child | Stavros Peter Stavracos (1900 - 1986) |
| Child | Pauline P. Stavracos (1902 - 1995) |
| Child | Mary P. Stavracos (1904 - 1943) |
| Child | John Peter Stavracos (1906 - 1980) |
| Child | Florence Stavracos (1909 - 1911) |
| Child | Andrew Peter Stavracos (1911 - 2000) |
| Father | Stavros Stavracos ( - ) |
| Mother | Helen Contos (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | Constantine Stavracos (1889 - ) |
Webtags
Notes
Marriage
Metropolis of Sparta, Marriage IndexBook: 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
Image DSC_0016
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
Occupation
Remembrances of Jim Stavracos, grandson - to Carol Kostakos Petranek, December 7, 2014:Peter Stavracos came to NY in the 1880’s, according to myfather. He sold chestnuts. He traveled several times back and forth to Greece.My grandmother kept getting pregnant when he would return. She got tired of histravels and he brought her and 3 children to the U.S. He opened one of thefirst great restaurants in New York City, the Plaza Restaurant. He lost everything due to prohibition. He wouldn’t bootleg, so he emptied his liquordown the drain. He was never the same after that.
Residence
Lived at 268 Broadway - residence listed on Antonia's Passenger ship record.Draft Registration
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918Serial Number 2484; Order Number A4074
Name: Peter Stavis Stavracos
Permanent Home Address: 268 Broadway, NYC, Kings, NY
Age: 43
Date of birt: November - 1874
Race: White
U.S. Citizen: Non-declarant Alien
Citizen of Greece
Occupation: Restaurateur
Employer's name: Self
Place of employment: 268 Broadway, NYC, Kings, NY
Nearest Relative: Adonia Stavracos, 268 Broadway NYC, Kings, NY
Signed: Peter Stavros Stavracos
Medium height; stout build; grey eyes; grey hair
Date of Registration: Sept 12, 1918
"United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W2F7-1KN2 : Fri Nov 22 20:58:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Stavios Stavracos and Adonia Stavracos, from 1917 to 1918.
Census
1920 US CensusQueens, 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.).
Naturalization-Declaration
Declaration of Intention No. 45553In the District Court of the U.S., Eastern District of New York
I, Peter Stavos Stavracos, aged 44 years, occupation restaurant keeper, do declare on oath that my personal decription is: color white, complexion dark, height 5'8", weight 210 pounds, color of hair gray, color of eyes brown, other visible distinctive marks none.
I was born in Sparta, Greece on the 10th day of November 1874.
I now reside at 268 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
I emigrated to the US from Cherbourg, France on the vessel Philadelphia.
My last foreign residence was Sparta, Greece
I am married; the name of my wife in Antonicha; she was born at Sparta, Greece and now resides with me.
....renounce allegiance to Alexander King of the Hellenes.
I arrived at the port of New York on or about the 4th day of June 1911...
Signed Peter Stavos Stavracos on 7th day of April 1919.
"New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6T43-V122 : Tue Nov 26 19:31:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Stavos Stavracos, 2 Jul 1923.
Certificate of Arrival
Ellis Island, June 2, 1922
This is to certify that the following-named alien arrived at the port indicated:
Name of alien: Stavrakos, Panagiotis
Port of Entry, New York, NY
Date of arrival: June 3, 11
Name of vessel: Philadelphia
Signed at Brooklyn, NY this 7th day of April 1919
"New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6T43-V122 : Tue Nov 26 19:31:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Stavos Stavracos, 2 Jul 1923.
Oath of Allegiance
In the matter of the petition of Peter Stavos Stavracos, filed August 31, 1922
Order of Court Denying Petition
Upon consideration of the petition of Peter Stavos Stavracos and the motion of U.S. Examiner for the U.S. in open court this 2nd day of July 1923, appearing that the petitioner had failed to prosecute his petition to a final hearing. The said petition is hereby denied.
Memorandum of Continuances: continued from December 21, 1922 : resons for continuance: absent default.
"New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6T43-V122 : Tue Nov 26 19:31:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Stavos Stavracos, 2 Jul 1923.
NaturalizationPetition
Petition for NaturalizationNo. 27875
District Court of the Eastern District of New York
Peter Stavros Stavracos
Residence: 810 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
Occupation: restaurant keeper
Born: 10 November 1874 at Sparta, Greece
Emigrated to US from: Cherbourg, France on or about 26 May 1911 and arrived in US at Port of NY on 3 day of June 1911 on vessel Philadelphia
Declared my intention to become a citizen of US on 7 April 1919 at Brooklyn, NY in the District Court of Bklyn
I am married. My wife's name is Antonucha; she was born on __day of November 1874 at Greece and now resides with me.
I have 5 children:
Stavros born 30 October 1900 in Greece, resides with me
Pauline born 9 March 1902 in Greece, resides Richmond Co., NY
Marie born 17 January 1904 in Greece, resides Bklyn, NY
John born 16 June 1906 in Greece, resides with me
Andreas born 25 August 1911 in Greece, resides with me
Renounce allegiance to the present government of Greece
I have resided continuously in the US for the term of five years...since 13 June 1911 and in the State of NY since 3 day of June 1911.
Declaration of Intention No. 45553 and Certificate of Arrival No.__ filed this 31 day of August 1922
Signed: Peter Stavros Stavracos,
Witnesses:
Nicholas Stavros Kourabas, fruit dealer, 284 South 5 St., Bklyn, NY
Alfred Cox Sniffer, salesman, 553 Lincoln Place, Bklyn
attest they have known Peter Stavros Stavracos since July 1912
Signed: 31 August 1922
"New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6T43-V122 : Tue Nov 26 19:31:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Stavos Stavracos, 2 Jul 1923.
Occupation
1933 Brooklyn City DirectoryNamePeter Stavrakos
Residence 1933 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Address 1900 Emmons Avenue
Occupation Waiter
Workplace John Lerekos
Raw Record Stavrakos Peter waiter John Lerekos 1900 Emmons av
Publication Brooklyn, 1933-1934
Publisher R L Polk & Co
Source: MyHeritage, accessed June 29, 2021
Death
New York City Deaths, 1866-1948Certificate of Death, No. 9763
Bureau of Records, Department of Health, Brooklyn
Deceased: Peter Stavrakos
Social Security Number: 053-05-3526
Residence: 2769 East 15th Street, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Married
Wife: Anita Stavrakos
Born: April 15 1972
Age: 70 years, 26 days
Occupation: Restaurant Worker
Birthplace: Greece
Citizen of Greece at time of death
Not a veteran
Father: Steve Stavrakos, born in Greece
Mother: Helen Contos, born in Greece
Died: May 11, 1942 at 12:25 pm; Kings County Hospital
Informant: John Stavracos, son, 2769 E. 15th Street
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery on May 14, 1942
Source:
New York City Deaths, 1866-1948
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20808-2662282/peter-stavrakos-in-new-york-city-deaths
Peter Stavrakos
FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WTX-VLR (no image)
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
Peter Stavros Stavracos
Birth 10 Nov 1874
Gounaris, Regional unit of Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
Death May 1942 (aged 67)
Queens, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot West Lawn 5645 - No Headstone
Memorial ID 275427798
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275427798/peter_stavros_stavracos
News article
Article in the Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal about the Red Snapper Restaurant in Daytona Beach, and a history of the family in the restaurant business. Posted on the FamilySearch tree.Social Security Application & Claims Index
P S Stavracosin the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: P S Stavracos
SSN: 053053526
Birth Date: Nov 1874
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 30 Jul 1976: Name listed as P S STAVRACOS
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
No image on FamilySearchEndnotes
1. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization..
2. "United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVMD-L5X : accessed 19 June 2015), Peter Stavrcos, Queens Assembly District 6, Queens, New York, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,237..
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4. Metropolis of Sparta, Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.
5. "United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVMD-L5X : accessed 19 June 2015), Peter Stavrcos, Queens Assembly District 6, Queens, New York, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,237..
6. "Ancestry.com - Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974." Ancestry.com - Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2015...
7. Ancestry.com, New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1940 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; ARC Title: Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906; NAI Number: 5700802; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21.
8. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
9. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXYC-S78 : 30 June 2024), Peter Stavis Stavracos, 1917-1918..
10. "United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVMD-L5X : accessed 19 June 2015), Peter Stavrcos, Queens Assembly District 6, Queens, New York, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,237..
11. "Peter Stavrakos - New York City Deaths, 1866-1948." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20808-2662282/peter-stavrakos-in-new-york-city-deaths?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000053. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024..
12. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WTX-VLR : 3 June 2020), Peter Stavrakos, 1942..
13. "Peter Stavros Stavracos (1874." 1942) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275427798/peter_stavros_stavracos. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024..
14. "Peter Stavrakos - New York City Deaths, 1866-1948." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20808-2662282/peter-stavrakos-in-new-york-city-deaths?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000053. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024..
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