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Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Posted: 18 May 2010 4:33AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi I am looking to find anyone who may have information about my Grandmother's family. Her maiden name was Mary Tzanis. I think she was born in 1894. Her family was from Smyrna(the city is now called Izmir.) She had an older brother named Steve who came to the US a couple of years before her. They lived in Pittsburgh, PA. She came about 1922. Their Mother, Father and sister went to Thessaloniki Greece. I think her father's name was John. Her sister's name was Zapheritsia. Zapheritsia married Basilios Tzilikis in Thessaloniki. My Grandmother married George Athens (Athanaskis).

Re: Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 6:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Tzanis
Hello My name Is Peter Tzanis I am a Grandson of a John Tzanis who had 7 brothers who were killed by the Turks in Istambul,John was the only one who survived and lived in a town outside of Volos named neo Anxelios.His brothers must have had wives since when john fled Turkey he was the youngest and married but did not survive very long with TB.My father very rarely did he talk about his upbringing,he witnessed alot of death as a young boy,for some reason I remember Smyrna as a place where we came from.

Re: Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 2:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Peter, Thank you for responding. I am guessing you are a American Greek. Did you grandfather come to the US. The rest of my Grandmother's family lived in Thessaloniki. I found a really old picture of them. On the back of the picture they have written "your cousins Iordanis and Petros Tzanis"
I know the name Tzanis is very common, but it would be interesting if we found some connection. Like your Grandfather, Yiayia did not talk very much about her experience in Smyrna and my father and his brothers have all died so I am kind of on my own trying to find information.

Re: Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 7:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
No,I am from Canada,Toronto,I really do not wan't you to get too excited,the Tzanis name is not to common at all.we are scatered all over the World.I have 2 brothers Stan and John,we are on Facebook you can see our pictures there if you can see any resemblance.My brother John may have pictures of our yia yia.Also I was told that our grandmother was Albanian she died 20 yaers ago at the age of 97.Hope we can make something out of this,I have been looking for a long time for other Tzanis.My email is panotzanis@gmail.com

Re: Tzanis Family from Smyrna

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 9:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Pano, I hope you are still around. I haven't check my messages lately.
I have found out some additional information about my Yiayia's family. They were from a town called Erdek (Artaki). It was locatd in Roda, Turkey. In is on the coastline of the Sea of Marmara.
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