Individual Details

Konstantine or Gust Dekeos

(21 Mar 1879 - 22 Mar 1929)

Kostas died a long time ago. Dimitra raised the children alone, and my grandfather (John Andrew Kostakos) helped her. Catherine Pappas Kostakos said she never met him.

His Declaration of Intention stated that he was a florist in 1910. His son, George, was also a florist - perhaps they worked the same flower shop?

Date of birth: March 21, 1879 on WWI Draft Registration Card; March 21, 1878 on Declaration of Intention (Naturalization).


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New Corporations
Date: Friday, August 23, 1912  
Paper: Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, NJ) -  Page: 7  
Passaic Flower Company, Clifton; $10,000 capital; object: general florist business; incorporators: Alfred B. Thebon, George Karras, and Costas Dekeos.
This entire product and/or portions thereof are copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society. 2004.Source: GenealogyBank.com, accessed May 8, 2013.

Events

Birth21 Mar 1879Vassaras, Lakonia, Greece
Immigration1896Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States
Occupation1907New York City, New York, United States
Residence1907443 East 147th, Manhattan And Bronx, New York, USA
Naturalization-Declaration25 Nov 1910New York City, New York, United States
News article23 Aug 1912Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Military Draft Registration1917 - 1918New York City no 25, New York, United States
Military12 Sep 1918New York City, New York, United States
MarriageMay 1919New York City, New York, United States - Dimitra G. Aridas
Marriage License20 May 1919New York City, New York, United States - Dimitra G. Aridas
Death22 Mar 1929Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Burial25 Mar 1929Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States
Alt nameGust
FamilySearch IDL4QP-XCN

Families

SpouseDimitra G. Aridas (1891 - 1977)
ChildGeorge Dekeos (1921 - 1994)
ChildHelen Dekeos (1928 - 2016)
ChildBaby Dekeos ( - )
MotherMary (1859 - )

Notes

Immigration

Immigration year from Declaration for Naturalization

Occupation

U.S. City Directories
Publication: Manhattan and Bronx, 1908; Publisher: Trow Directory
Manhattan And Bronx, New York, USA
1907
Dekeos Constantine, cleaner, 408 Willis Av., home: 443 E. 147th
Source: MyHeritage; accessed September 15, 2020; image 219 of 1045

Residence

1907 City Directory gives residence as: 443 East 147th, Manhattan

Naturalization-Declaration

Name: Constantain Dekeos; Declaration 50; Declaration page 271 (found on www.ancestry.com)

Declaration of Intention, No. 22571
State and County of New York: In the Supreme Court of New York County
I, Constantain DeKeos, aged 32 years, occupation Florist, do declare on oath that my personal description is: color White; complexion Dark; height 5'8"; weight 140 pounds; color of hair Black, color of eyes Brown; other visible distinctive marks: none. I was born in Varara Greece on the 21 day of March 1878; I now reside at 256 Willis Ave, New York City, NY. I emigrated to the United States of America from Havre on the vessel LaTouraine; my last foreign residence was Vasara Greece. It is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to George I, King of the Greeks, of which I am now a subject. I arrived at the port of New York in the State of New York, on or about the 23 day of November, 1896. I am not an ararchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein: So Help Me God.
Signed: Constantain DeKeos.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at New York City, this 25 day of November 1910. William F. Schneider, Clerk of the Supreme Court.
(copy of Declaration of Intention in our files)
NOTE: The only day that LaTouraine arrived in NYC in 1896 was November 14. There was no one on that ship with the name Konstantine Dekeos or any derivative thereof (www.ancestry.com - searched on April 29, 2009)


NOTE: I could not find a Petition for Naturalization for DeKeos.
On www.italiangen.org I found a Kastantinas Dekeris, petition #202131; petition volume 694; year 1935. I wrote to the NYC archives and received his record, but it is not my Constantain DeKeos. (I discarded the record).
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Constantain Dekeos
New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980
Name: Constantain Dekeos

Event Type: Naturalization
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: New York, United States
Age: 32
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1878
Birthplace: Varara, Greece
Certificate Number: 22571
Volume: Declarations of intention 1910 vol 50, no 22301-22780
Citation
"New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKP-NQML : 20 August 2019), Constantain Dekeos, 1910; citing Naturalization, New York, United States, citing multiple County Clerk offices of New York; FHL microfilm 005411648.

News article

Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, New Jersey
August 23, 1912, Page 7
NEW CORPORATIONS
The following corporations have been chartered in the office of Secretary of State:
Passaic Flower Company, Clifton: $10,000 capital; object,general florist business; incorporators, Alfred B. Thibon, George Karas and Costas Dekeos.

Military

World War I Draft Registration Card:
Constantain Dekeos, 203 Sand Street, Brooklyn Kings, NY
Age in Years: 39; Date of Birth: March 21, 1879
Place of Birth: Sparta, Greece
Occupation: Waiter
Employer's name: Peter Aridas
Place of employment: 201 Sand Street, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Nearest Relative: Mrs. Dimitra Dekeos, 202 Sand St, Brooklyn, NY
Height: medium; Build: small; color of eyes: light__; color of hair: black
Date of Registration; Sept. 12, 1918
Source: Ancestry.com

Marriage

New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972
Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas
Marriage: 1918; Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Marriage license: May 20 1918
Groom Gust De Keos
Bride Dimitroula Aridas
License #13753
Groom volume: 6
Bride volume: 6
Source: MyHeritage; accessed August 19, 2019

Marriage License

New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972
Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas
Marriage: 1918; Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Marriage license: May 20 1918
Groom: Gust De Keos
Bride Dimitroula Aridas
License #13753
Groom volume: 6
Bride volume: 6
Source: MyHeritage; accessed August 19, 2019

Death

New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949

Name: Gust Dekeos
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Mar 1929
Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address: 15 East 199th St.
Residence Place: Bronx, N.Y.
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: florist
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Greece
Burial Date: 25 Mar 1929
Cemetery: Mount Olivet
Father's Name: Dekeos Dekeos
Father's Birthplace: Greece
Mother's Name: Mary
Mother's Birthplace: Greece
Spouse's Name: Demetro Dekeos

Reference ID: cn 7917
GS Film Number: 2057618

Citing this Record
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1R-338 : 10 February 2018), Demetro Dekeos in entry for Gust Dekeos, 22 Mar 1929; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,057,618.

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New York City Deaths, 1866-1948
Name Gust De Keos
Gender Male
Birth Circa 1882
Greece
Marital status Married
Death Mar 22 1929
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Age at death 47
Father
Name: De Keos De Keos
Birth: Greece
Mother
Name: Mary
Birth: Greece
Wife Demetro De Keos
Certificate # 7917
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Source: New York City Deaths, 1866-1948
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20808/new-york-city-deaths-1866-1948

Record:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20808-1246828/gust-de-keos-in-new-york-city-deaths

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New York City Death Index (www.italiangen.org):
DeKeos, Gust, Age 47. Death: March 22, 1929. Certificate #7917. Kings County.

Burial

Name: Gust Dekeos
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Mar 1929
Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address: 15 East 199th St.
Residence Place: Bronx, N.Y.
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: florist
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Greece
Burial Date: 25 Mar 1929
Cemetery: Mount Olivet
Father's Name: Dekeos Dekeos
Father's Birthplace: Greece
Mother's Name: Mary
Mother's Birthplace: Greece
Spouse's Name: Demetro Dekeos

Reference ID: cn 7917
GS Film Number: 2057618

Citing this Record
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1R-338 : 10 February 2018), Demetro Dekeos in entry for Gust Dekeos, 22 Mar 1929; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,057,618.

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New York City Death Index (www.italiangen.org):
DeKeos, Gust, Age 47. Death: March 22, 1929. Certificate #7917. Kings County.

Endnotes

1. World War I Draft Registration Card.

2. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization..

3. Declaration of Intention for Naturalization..

4. "New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKP-NQML : 20 August 2019), Constantain Dekeos, 1910; citing Naturalization, New York, United States, citing multiple County Clerk offices of New York; FHL microfilm 005411648..

5. World War I Draft Registration Card.

6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXY4-XQL : 12 August 2019), Constantain Dekeos, 1917-1918; citing New York City no 25, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,754,137..

7. “Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas - New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972 - MyHeritage.” https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10459-618345-S/gust-de-keos-and-dimitroula-aridas-in-new-york-city-marriage-license-index?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000086. Accessed 19 Aug. 2019..

8. “Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas - New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972 - MyHeritage.” https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10459-618345-S/gust-de-keos-and-dimitroula-aridas-in-new-york-city-marriage-license-index?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000086. Accessed 19 Aug. 2019..

9. “Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas - New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972 - MyHeritage.” https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10459-618345-S/gust-de-keos-and-dimitroula-aridas-in-new-york-city-marriage-license-index?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000086. Accessed 19 Aug. 2019..

10. “Gust De Keos & Dimitroula Aridas - New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972 - MyHeritage.” https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10459-618345-S/gust-de-keos-and-dimitroula-aridas-in-new-york-city-marriage-license-index?s=210681471&indId=individual-210681471-10000086. Accessed 19 Aug. 2019..

11. Death certificate or recorded in book of deaths.

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14. "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3F3-S46Z : 23 November 2022), Gust Dekeos, ; Burial, Maspeth, Queens, New York, United States of America, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 197907703, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..