Individual Details
Christina G. Morfogen
(1897 - 2 May 1970)
Nicholas J. Pappas Personal History, January 1999, in possession of Carol Kostakos Petranek.
Email from Spyridon (Don) Marinos to Carol Petranek, April 22, 2011: (NOTE: full text of email is in Spyridon's notes):
I grew up in a two family house on East 5th street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. My parents (Anthony Marinos and Pauline Moundas) and us kids lived upstairs. Yaiyai Christina Morfogenis Marinos lived downstairs with Aunt Mary Marinos, her husband Petro Neckles and their children Peter and Spero.
Email from Spyridon (Don) Marinos to Carol Petranek, April 22, 2011: (NOTE: full text of email is in Spyridon's notes):
I grew up in a two family house on East 5th street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. My parents (Anthony Marinos and Pauline Moundas) and us kids lived upstairs. Yaiyai Christina Morfogenis Marinos lived downstairs with Aunt Mary Marinos, her husband Petro Neckles and their children Peter and Spero.
Events
Families
| Spouse | Spyros Marinos (1900 - ) |
| Child | Mary Marinos (1918 - ) |
| Child | George Spyros Marinos (1921 - 1957) |
| Child | Anthony Spyros Marinos (1925 - 2001) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Georgios Nikolaos Morfogenis (1869 - ) |
| Mother | Eleni E. Sakka (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | James George Morfogen (1899 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Pauline G. Morfogen (1903 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna G. Morfogen (1908 - ) |
| Sibling | Panagiotis George Morfogen (1910 - ) |
| Sibling | Theodore George Morfogen (1913 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Stavroula Morfogenis (1915 - ) |
| Sibling | Konstantinos Georgios Morfogenis (1917 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Town Register, Anavriti, Vryseon, Laconia, Greece(digitized July 2014, trip to Greek Archives in Sparta; copy in Greek Archives file)
husband: Georgios, father: Nikolaos; mother: Athanasia, born 1869 in Anavriti
wife: Vasiliki, father: Apostolos Alatsas; born 1870 in Anavriti
children (all born in Anavriti):
Nikolaos,born 1892
Apostolos,born 1893
Stylianos,born 1895
wife: Eleni, daughter of Efthymios Sakka, born 1875 in Anavriti
children (all born in Anavriti):
Christina, born 1897
Dimitrios, born 1899
Poletimi, born 1903
Anna, born 1908
Panagiotis, born 1910
Theodore, born 1913
Stavroula, born 1915
Konstandinos, born 1917
Ellis Island Ship Manifest, Themistokles, departing Piraeus Oct 21, 1913 arriving New York on November, 11, 1913: page 52 stamped on bottom; page 112 stamped on top, line 20:
Morfogenis, Christina, age 17, female, single, housekeeper, cannot read or write, last permanent residence: Anavriti, nearest relative in country from whence came: her father, Georgiou from Anavirit. Final destination: New York. Going to her brother, Apostolos Morfoginis, 254 W. 14th Street, New York.
Morfogenis, Nicolaos, age 25, male, single, workman, can read and write Greek, same info as above.
Source: EllisIsland.org.
1930 Census gives age as 32
Immigration
Ellis Island Ship Manifest, Themistokles, departing Piraeus Oct 21, 1913 arriving New York on November, 11, 1913: page 52 stamped on bottom; page 112 stamped on top, line 20:Morfogenis, Christina, age 17, female, single, housekeeper, cannot read or write, last permanent residence: Anavriti, nearest relative in country from whence came: her father, Georgiou from Anavirit. Final destination: New York. Going to her brother, Apostolos Morfoginis, 254 W. 14th Street, New York.
Morfogenis, Nicolaos, age 25, male, single, workman, can read and write Greek, same info as above.
Source: EllisIsland.org.
1930 Census gives age as 32
Census
1925 New York State CensusBrooklyn, Kings, New York
Block 14, A.D. 01, Election District 8, page 38
Enumerated June 1, 1925
Image 21 of 26
238 Pearl Street
Marinos, Spiro, head, white, male, age 48, nativity: Greece, 17 years in U.S., citizen, naturalized 1917, place unknown, occupation: pool parlor
Marinos, Christina, wife, white, female, age 27, born in Greece, 11 years in U.S., citizen; if naturalized, when and where 'blank', occupation: housewife
Marinso, Mary, daughter, white, female, age 7, nativity, U.S., at school
Marinos, George, son, white, male, age 4, nativity U.S., at home
Marinos, Anthony, son, white, male, 90 days, nativity: U.S.
Marinos, Andre, brother, age 32, nativity: Greece, in U.S. 12 years, citizen, naturalized at, S.D. Ct. June 10, 1920, occupation: lunch room
Marinos, James, brother, male, white, age 29, nativity: Greece, 12 years in U.S., citizen, naturalized Mineola L.I. 1924, occupation: lunch room
Source CitationNew York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 08; Assembly District: 01; City: Brooklyn;County: Kings; Page: 37DescriptionDistrict : A·D· 01 E·D· 08Source 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 US CensusBrooklyn, Kings, New York, 16 A.D., Block J, Enumeration District 24-1358, Supervisor's District No. 32, Sheet 13A, enumerated April 9-10, 1930
1673 West 10 Street
Marinos, Spero, head, male, white, age 43, married, age at first marriage: 30, did not attend school since Sept. 1929, born in Greece, parents born in Greece, immigrated 1907, Naturalized, can speak English; occupation: operator of pool room
Marinos, Christiane, wife, female, white, age 32, married, age 19 at first marriage, did not attend school since Sept 1929, born in Greece, parents born in Greece, immigrated 1914, Naturalized, can speak English; no occupation
Marinos, Mary, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, attended school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece, can speak English, no occupation
Marinos, Georgie, son, male, white, age 9, single, attended school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece, can speak English, no occupation
Marinos, Anthony, son, male, white, age 5, single, did not attend school, can read and write, born in New York, parents born in Greece, can speak English, no occupation
Marinos, Andrew, son, male, white, age 2
Marinos, Helen, daughter, female, white, age 1
Source CitationYear: 1930; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1522; Page: 13A;Enumeration District: 1358; Image: 343.0; FHL microfilm: 2341257DescriptionEnumeration District : 1358; Description: BROOKLYN BOROUGH, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 16 (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) AVE. "P"; (E) W. 9TH; (S) HIGHLAWN AVE.; (W) W. 12TH, KINGS HWY., BAY PKWY.Source InformationAncestry.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.
Town Register
Town Register (Dimotologion) of Anavryti, Lakonia, GreeceGeneral State Archives of Greece, Archives of Lakonia, Sparta Office
Digital image taken by Carol Kostakos Petranek in July 2014
Family Number 211
Date of Registration: September 1, 1955
Morfogeni, Georgios; father: Nikolaos, mother: Athanasia, born: 1869 in Anavryti; permanent residence: New York; occupation: illegible; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 419/1869; removed from record 1955 due to death
Morfogeni, Vasiliki; father: Apost[olos] Alatsas; born 1870 in Anavryti; permanent residence: New York; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: wife
Morfogeni, Nikolaos; father: Georgios; born 1892 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1128-1892
Morfogeni, Apostolos; father: Georgios; born 1893 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1177-1895
Morfogeni, Stylianos; father: Georgios; born 1895 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1244-1895
2nd wife:
Morfogeni, Eleni; father: Efthymios Sakka; born 1875 in Anavryti; permanent residence: Sparta; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: wife
Morfogeni, Christina; father: Georgios; born 1897 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: daughter
Morfogeni, Dimitrios; father: Georgios; born 1899 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1358-1899
Morfogeni, Politimi; father: Georgios; born 1903 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: daughter
Morfogeni, Anna; father: Georgios; born 1908 in Anavryti; permanent residence: Anavryti; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: daughter
Morfogeni, Panagiotis; born 1910 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1695-1910
Morfogeni, Theodoros; born 1913 in Anavryti; permanent residence: America; occupation: worker; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1762-1913
Morfogeni, Stavroula; born 1915 in Anavryti; permanent residence: Anavryti; occupation: housework; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: daughter
Morfogeni, Konstantinos; born 1917 in Anavryti; permanent residence: Sparta; occupation: illegible; religion: Christian Orthodox; Greek citizenship by birth; citizen of this community: son; registered in the Male Register (Mitroon Arrenon) of Anavryti 1854-1917
Death
email from George Marinos to Carol Petranek, May 2013: Christina Morfogen Marinos Died on May,2 1970email from George Marinos to Carol Petranek, May 2013: Christina Morfogen Marinos Died on May,2 1970
Endnotes
1. Nicholas J. Pappas Personal History, January 1999, in possession of Carol Petranek..
2. NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
3. 1930 Federal Census.
4. Town Register-Greece (Dimotologion Koinotikos).
5. 1930 Federal Census.
6. Census, New York State 1925.
7. 1930 Federal Census.
8. General State Archives of Greece, Sparta Office; Sparta, Lakonia, Greece.
9. Individual - Marinos, George.

