Individual Details

Antonios Georgios Stakis

(6 Sep 1916 - 22 Feb 2008)

Father: George Stavroulakis
Mother: Maria Skilourakis
Tony shortened his name to STAKIS in 1961.

From Tony's son, John Stakis to Carol Kostakos Petranek, July 24, 2021:
Tony was a seaman in the Greek Merchant Marines. When he was 16 years old, he began to work on ships in Crete. He got his engineering degree. In 1939, he immigrated to the U.S. He worked on ships during World War II, ferrying troops back and forth. His ships were torpedoed three times, and he was rescued from the water, once in the Caribbean. After World War II, he settled in Brooklyn. When he was in the U.S., he lived with Melakis. His brother, Zachary, came to the U.S. from Cuba. He was a ship engineer and a machinist. During the Greek Civil War in the 1950s, Tony told his brother not to return. Zachary had been in Cuba and in the Caribbean.

Dimitra, also known as Taki, was Tony's sister. She lived in Athens in 1971. She had an adopted daughter.

Dimitry

Events

Male Register1916Kastelli, Kissamos, Crete
Birth6 Sep 1916Kastelli, Kissamos, Crete
Occupation1940
Immigration21 Dec 1940Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel23 Dec 1940Aliens Held for Special Inquiry - Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Draft Registration1941Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Travel1943Crew List - Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel1943Crew List, Voyage 8 - Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel29 Jul 1943Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel27 Nov 1943Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel2 Aug 1944Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel15 Nov 1944Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel1945Crew List - Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel1945Discharged Seamen - Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel5 Aug 1945Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Travel11 Dec 1945Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Marriage12 Sep 19543 Hierarchs Ch, Brooklyn, New York, United States, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - Aphrodite Kostakos
ResidenceFrom 1 Sep 1987 to 29 Oct 2007Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Burial2008Parklawn Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Death22 Feb 2008Wheaton, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Alt nameStavroulakis
FamilySearch IDKW5-Q1P

Families

Notes

Male Register

General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archives of Crete, Male Registers
Folder 141, Image # 398, Line 289: Stavroulakis, Antonios; father: Georgios; born 1916 in Chania.
URL: http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr/browse/resource.html?page=21&tab=tab02&id=173240&start=380

Birth

General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archives of Crete, Male Registers
Folder 141, Image # 398, Line 289: Stavroulakis, Antonios; father: Georgios; born 1916 in Chania.
URL: http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr/browse/resource.html?page=21&tab=tab02&id=173240&start=380

Occupation

From Tony's son, John Stakis to Carol Kostakos Petranek, September 2021:
Tony was a seaman in the Greek Merchant Marines. When he was 16 years old, he began to work on ships in Crete. He got his engineering degree. In 1939, he immigrated to the U.S. He worked on ships during World War II, ferrying troops back and forth. His ships were torpedoed three times, and he was rescued from the water, once in the Caribbean. After World War II, he settled in Brooklyn. When he was in the U.S., he lived with Melakis. His brother, Zachary, came to the U.S. from Cuba. He was a ship engineer and a machinist. During the Greek Civil War in the 1950s, Tony told his brother not to return. Zachary had been in Cuba and in the Caribbean.

Dimitra, also known as Taki, was Tony's sister. She lived in Athens in 1971. She had an adopted daughter.

Dimitry

Immigration

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 
S.S. Carolina Thardin, sailing from Middle Atlantic on November 25, 1940, arrive Ellis Island on December 21, 1940
Page 112
List 1 - Castaways
Line 11: Head Tax Status: Exempt; Stavroulakis, Antonios, age 24, male, single, occupation: greaser, can read and write Greek; race: Greek; country: Greece: city: Crete; last permanent residence: Piraeus, Greece; name and address of nearest relative or friend in country from whence came: Georghios Stavroulakis, Chimaras 15, Piraeus; final destination: New York; does not have a ticket to destination; does not have $50; been in U.S. previously? No; joining a relative or friend in US? No; height: 5'7"; complexion: fair; black hair, brown eyes; no marks of identification

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1940 December 23, Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. Carolina Thorden
Line 25
Stavroulakis, Antonios, age 24, Group 1, Number 11, 1 Person; No CIV-not fingerprinted. Greek; Appeal 12/26; Admitted 12/31/40 at 4:15 to continue calling as a seaman. Meals: breakfast 8, lunch 8, dinner 8.

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 21, 2021

Draft Registration

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Serial Number 3641
Antonios George Stavroulakis
Address: 1316 Avenue U., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Telephone: Es 6-873
Age: 24 years
Date of Birth: September 6, 1916
Place of birth: Crete, Crete
Country of Citizenship: Greece
Name of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address:
Mr. Spiros James Spirakis, uncle
Address: 1316 Avenue U, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Employer's Name: Chief Diner, 2012 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Race: white
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Complexion: light brown
Birth mark - right wrist.Date of Registration: July 1, 1941
Source: Ancestry.com; accesssed July 20, 2021

Travel

1943 Crew List, Voyage 9
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Panamanian S.S. North King, Voy. #9
Line 21: Stavroulakis, Antonios, Nationality: Greece, Age: 27, Capacity: 4th Ast. Eng.; Next of Kin: Aunt: Argiro Sarakis, 1316 Avenue U, Brooklyn

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1943 Crew List, Voyage 8
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Panamanian S.S. North King, Voyage #8
Line 21: Stavroulakis, Antonios, Nationality: Greece, Age: 26, Capacity: 4th Asst. Eng.; Next of Kin: Aunt: Argiro Spirakis, 1316 Avenue U, Brooklyn

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1943 July 29 Statement of Master of Vessel Regarding Changes in Crew
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York, July 29, 1943
S.S. North King
Line 15 - Antonios Stavrolakis, age 26, Greece

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 21, 2021

Travel

1943 - Tony worked as seaman in the Greek Merchant Marines and is found in many passenger ship records as an alien employed on vessel as crew.

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. North King, sailing from Bahia November 2, 1943 arrived Ellis Island November 27, 1943
Name: Antonios Stavroulakis
Member of Crew on Last Voyage to U.S.: Yes
Length of Service at Sea: 8
Position in Ship's Company: 4th Asst.
Shipped or Engaged: When: 9-12-43; Where: New Jersey
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: Yes
Able to read: Yes
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Race: Greek
Nationality: Greece
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 142
Physical Marks: Birth mark on right arm
Remarks:
Action of Immigrant Inspector:

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021


Travel

1944 August 2
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. North King, sailing from Swansea, Wales July 16, 1944; arrived Ellis Island on August 2, 1944
Line: 22
Name: Antonios Stavroulakis
Length of Service at Sea: 6 years
Position in Ship's Company: 4th Asst.
Shipped or Engaged: When: 5/18/44; Where: Boston
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: No
Able to read: Yes
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Race: White
Nationality: Greece
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 155

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1944 - Tony worked as seaman in the Greek Merchant Marines and is found in many passenger ship records as an alien employed on vessel as crew.

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. North King, sailing from Cardiff October 29, 1944; arrived Ellis Island on November 15,1944
Line: 22
Name: Antonios Stavroulakis
Member of Crew on Last Voyage to U.S.: Yes
Length of Service at Sea: 4 years
Position in Ship's Company: 3rd A Eng.
Shipped or Engaged: When: 8/17/44; Where: N.Y.
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: No
Able to read: Yes
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Race: White
Nationality: Greece
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 142
Physical Marks: Birth mark on right arm
Remarks:
Action of Immigrant Inspector:

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1945 Crew List
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Panamanian S.S. North King, Voy. #15
Line 22: Stavroulakis, Antonios, Greece, 28, 2nd Ast. Eng.; Aunt: Argiro Sarakis, 1316 Avenue U, Brooklyn

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1945, August 5 List of Aliens Employed as Crew
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. North King, sailing from Trinidad on July 28,1945 arrived Ellis Island August 5, 1945
Name: Antonios Stavroulakis
Length of Service at Sea: 5
Position in Ship's Company: 2nd Asst.
Shipped or Engaged: When: 5/26/45: New York
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: No
Able to read: Yes
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Race: Greek
Nationality: Greece
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 148

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Travel

1945 - Tony worked as seaman in the Greek Merchant Marines and is found in many passenger ship records as an alien employed on vessel as crew.

Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
S.S. North King, sailing from Antwerp December 11, 1945 arrived Ellis Island December 29, 1945
Line: 20
Name: Antonios Stavroulakis
Member of Crew on Last Voyage to U.S.: Yes
Length of Service at Sea: 5
Position in Ship's Company: 2nd. A/Engr.
Shipped or Engaged: When: 11/7/45; Where: New York
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: Yes
Able to read: Yes
Age: 29
Sex: Male
Race: Greek
Nationality: Greece
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 148
Physical Marks:
Remarks:
Action of Immigrant Inspector:

Source: MyHeritage, accessed October 15, 2021

Marriage

New York City Marriage Indexes 1907-1995
Name Frieda Kostakos
Gender Female
Record Type Marriage License
Marriage License Date 1954
Marriage License Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse Anthony Stavroulakis
Certificate Number 12731
Source: Ancestry.com
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New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995,
Name Anthony Stavroulakis
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Frieda Kostakos
Spouse's Sex Female
Marriage Date 1954
Marriage Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Marriage Place (Original) Manhattan, New York City
Anthony Stavroulakis's Spouses and Children
Frieda Kostakos
Wife
F

Name Anthony Stavroulakis
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Frieda Kostakos
Spouse's Sex Female
Marriage Date 1954
Marriage Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Marriage Place (Original) Manhattan, New York City
Source: "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-8V5B : 19 June 2017), Anthony Stavroulakis and Frieda Kostakos, 1954, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.



Pauline Stavracos Kourabas introduced Tony & Frieda. She arranged for them to sit together at a dance. When Tony courted Frieda, he would come to the Kostakos home with a delicious cake from George’s Bakery in Rockville Center, Long Island. After they got engaged, he stopped bringing cakes and I was very disappointed - memory of Georgia Kostakos Doukas to Carol Petranek, June 12, 2016

Burial

12800 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville, MD 20853
Block 28A, Unit 415, Levels A&B

FindAGrave
Anthony Georgios “Tony” Stakis
Birth 6 Sep 1916
Kastelli, Regional unit of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Death 22 Feb 2008 (aged 91)
Wheaton, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Plot Block 28a Unit 415
Memorial ID 276558729
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/276558729/anthony-georgios-stakis

Death

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 about Anthony Stakis
Name: Anthony Stakis
Last Residence: 20902  Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland
BORN: 6 Sep 1916
Died: 22 Feb 2008
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

Source Citation: ; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Tony died of an apparent heart attack on February 22, 2008. He was at his home in Wheaton, Maryland, and told his son, George, that he was not feeling well. George called an ambulance and he died on the way to the hospital, or at the hospital. The funeral was held at St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church at 4115 16th Street, Washington DC on Thursday, February 28, 2008.

Alt name

Stavroulakis was the original Greek surname; it was changed to Stakis in the U.S. Name shortened to Stakis in 1961

Endnotes

1. General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archives of Crete, Male Registers Folder 141, URL: http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr/browse/resource.html?page=21&tab=tab02&id=173240&start=380.

2. General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archives of Crete, Male Registers Folder 141, URL: http://arxeiomnimon.gak.gr/browse/resource.html?page=21&tab=tab02&id=173240&start=380.

3. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-20539212/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists#fullscreen. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021..

4. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-142311319/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

5. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820." 1957 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-34910399/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

6. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-34368410/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

7. "Anthony Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820." 1957 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-34694072/anthony-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021..

8. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-33834437/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

9. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-33978078/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072%23fullscreen. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021..

10. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-36444492/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

11. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-36444492/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000072. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

12. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-35662274/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists#fullscreen. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021..

13. "Antonios Stavroulakis - Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957." MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-36444522/antonios-stavroulakis-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021..

14. "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-8VRK : 19 June 2017), Anthony Stavroulakis and Frieda Kostakos, 1954, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office. .

15. Personal Knowledge of Carol or Gary Petranek.

16. Social Security Death Index..

17. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB82-ZP2 : 12 January 2021), Anthony Stakis, 22 Feb 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

18. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB82-ZP2 : 12 January 2021), Anthony Stakis, 22 Feb 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..