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Relatives from Italy to Philadelphia pa (abt 1850's)

ResnickP — 2012-12-24 23:38:26Z

looking for Realtives originally from Italy (1800'S) Emigrated to South Philadelphia, Pa. Surname Fittipaldi, Pardugna, Vignola, Pilla. Would appreciate any info to help me search of my Family Tree Thanks so much

Re: Steamships from Korinthos, Greece to NYC

ksargen — 2012-11-18 20:38:02Z

OK, this may not be super helpful, but interesting to know, at least.
Korinthos= Corinth. Look at a map. It's on the isthmus between the mainland and the Peloponnese. There's a canal through the isthmus. They used to leave from Corinth, through the canal, because, otherwise, you have to sail all the way around. It's why you don't usually see it listed, because it was easier to take ship somewhere else.

Given the time period, the canal was becoming less of an option for the modern ships (it's really narrow), which means he may have jumped a ship from Corinth and then another from one of the larger ports. Good luck! I know we had a really hard time finding info on my husband's family, because Ellis Island took all sorts of tries at spelling their names!

Greek (or Greucht or Greak or similar variation)

winsomemail — 2012-05-13 20:10:40Z

My great-grandfather was Gabriel Greek. We always heard his original name was Greught, but I have seen so many variations on Ancestry that it could be anything similar.
I am looking for his father or other brothers/sisters. I know Gabriel's children and what happened to them ... it is Gabriel's siblings and/or parents that I would like to find.

What I know:
Gabriel Greek was born in 1820 in France. He married Mary (unknown last name) in approximately 1855.

Gabriel and Mary had four children: Louis (1856), Alfonso (1864), Christina (1869), and Augustine (1870)

Mary and Gabriel immigrated to the United States in 1864 or 1868, from France.

By 1870, they lived in Carnegie, PA (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States)

Does anyone have any connection to Gabriel Greek?
Thanks for any help any one can provide.

Bernice Greek Hunter
berniehunter@att.net

Re: Steamships from Korinthos, Greece to NYC

zarbos — 2012-03-07 15:09:12Z

I am not going to be any help, but my husband's grandfather said he came here in 1876 and I have never been able to find him on any passenger lists either. I'm assuming he was also a stow-away? I found an old newspaper clipping that said he led an army of Greek men back to Greece to help fight in the Baltic War. It said he travelled to NY in order to go. You would think that I would at least have been able to trace his departure and subsequent arrival then, but nothing! I have thought for quite a long time now, that he went by two different names? We know him as John Zarbs, but can't imagine what his true name was. Searching under John Zarbs has been a dead end for just about everything except on some of the census reports where there has been a slight variation in spelling.

Re: Kostis name versions

BobbieKostis — 2012-01-19 15:27:01Z

Thank you so much for your help!

Re: Kostis name versions

cwil5555 — 2012-01-18 23:46:25Z

When I got stuck with the names in my family tree I resorted to their meanings because names were phonetic before the 1900's searching for names that mean the same from the same area helped me. keeping with this I looked up the meaning of the name "Kostis". Kostis is used as a first name and is given this information from Parentsconnect.com (they have many name meanings): In modern Greece this is a common nickname for Konstantinos. In the Greek alphabet it is written 'kappa-omega-sigma-tau-eta-sigma', with the accent on the omega. It is transcribed as 'kostes' or 'Kostis'.

I hope that this helps you like it helped me.

Kostis name versions

BobbieKostis — 2011-12-08 17:52:50Z

My great grandfather(Antonio George Kostis) and his brother(Sam Kostis) immigrated from Greece to the US and from there to Canada in the early 1900's. I know they shortened their name to Kostis, but I cannot find out what their original name is. The only info I have is that Sam was born in Dec 1893 in Constantinople, Turkey. Antonio DOB is 6 Jan 1896. Their parents are listed as Antonio Kostis and Mary Marcari Poulos which has also been shortened.

Gerasimos Contomiholias shot and killed, Mobile, AL 1911

charbmoore1 — 2011-12-05 10:55:46Z

From the Mobile, Alabama Newspaper

Monday, Dec. 4, 1911:

• "Three hundred dollars reward is offered for the capture of the murderer, or murderers of Gerasimos Contomiholias, who was shot to death in his restaurant on Commerce street, near Lipscomb, Saturday night about 10 o'clock.

"Nearly every Greek who is a resident of Mobile called at the parlors of the Roche Undertaking Company Sunday to view the remains of the murdered man, and at a mass meeting held there, a fund of $300 was raised to be awarded for the arrest or information leading to the arrest of Contomiholias' slayer. A. Grannaros, who can be found at 200 St. Francis street, was named as the custodian of the fund."

Not my line, just sharing.

MAGDILINI MOUHLAS (1906-1998)

haleygarbustv — 2011-10-11 21:31:48Z

Seeking more information on my great grandmother, MAGDALINI (Margaret) MOUHLAS (maiden name Leontis) (b. 15 June 1906 – d. 10 Sept. 1998). She was born in Triglia, Asia Minor and arrived at Ellis Island June 7, 1920 at age 14. She died in Cleveland, Ohio. The ship she left on, Pannonia, departed from the port Patras in Prussa, Turkey. I know that she married my great grandfather, Alexander MOUHLAS in Cleveland, Ohio on November 19, 1930. They had one child, my grandmother, Annette Mouhlas (married name SKOULIS) born on December 23, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. Any more information on the Mouhlas family’s ancestry would be greatly appreciated.
Haley Garbus
Searching: Garbaliauskas, Skoulis, Afaganis, Leontes, and Mouhlas

Ansstassios SKOULIS (1886 - 1960)

haleygarbustv — 2011-10-11 20:54:39Z

Seeking more information on my great grandfather, ANSSTASSIOS (Tom) SKOULIS (b. 1886 – 1960). Specifically seeking to learn more about his parents and life of Asia Minor before immigrating to the United States. Anstassios was born in around Triglia / Trilye, Turkey which is a town of Bursa Province, Mudanya, Turkey on the Gulf of Mudania (ref. Ellis Island records). He died in Cleveland, Ohio.
I do know that Ansstassios married my great grandmother Endoxia (maiden name Afaganis) (b. 1886) before departing for the United States. Other spellings of her first name include Eisophia and Eisodia. They arrived together at Ellis Island on 7, June, 1920, both at the age of 34. Their ship, Pannonia left from Prussa, Turkey from the port Patras. Their children include Fifi (b. 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio), Angelo (b. 1923) in Cleveland, and Alexander (my grandfather b. 24 May, 1928 – d. 20 Oct. 2001).
Any more information on the Ansstassios's family, ancestry, birth, or death would be greatly appreciated.
Haley Garbus
Searching: Garbaliauskas, Skoulis, Afaganis, Leontes, and Mouhlas

Steamships from Korinthos, Greece to NYC

czachos — 2011-06-04 22:32:41Z

My grandfather Aristotle "Harry" Zachos claimed to have been a "stow away" on a steamship that left from Korinthos, Greece in 1909. When I look at the steamships that arrived in NYC, I do not see any that came from Korinthos, only Patras, Pireaus, and Kalamata.

Does anyone have any knowledge of steamships that left from Korinthos in 1909?