History and Genealogy of the Panaretos/ Trifillis Family
Here is now what we know on the descendants of a Captain Minas Panaretos and his wife Fotini Melitas. Additions, Corrections, Comments are welcome. Also anyone going to Kythera this month if you hear any of these names while you are there I would appreciate very much if someone could tell me. I know for a fact that there cousins of mine in Trifylianika Vasiliki (Trifillis) Gerakitis/Gerakites and her children, grandchildren, etc. Any info on them or on anyone else mentioned below would be an enormous help.
The Trearchis Family
First Generation
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1. Captain Minas PANARETOS. Occupation: Captain.
Notes- Was from Kythera. All daughters died old.
Minas married Fotine MELITAS, daughter of MELITAS.
Notes- Was from an aristocratic family, from Kordelio, Smyrna, Asia Minor. Knew how to play piano. Had a sister Aspasia.
They had the following children:
2 i. Marouli “Maria “ (Mary) (-1945)
3 ii. Theodosia
4 iii. Gregora
5 iv. Stavroula (-1946)
6 v. Erifyli (-1962)
7 vi. Eugenia
8 vii. Angelika
Second Generation
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2. Marouli “Maria “ (Mary) PANARETOU/ PANARETOS. Born in Kythera, Greece. Marouli “Maria “ (Mary) died in 1945 in Kythera, Greece.
Bef 1885 Marouli “Maria “ (Mary) married Ioannis Emmanuel TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS/ TRIFFYLIS, son of Emmanuel TRIFILLIS, in Greece. Born in Kythera, Greece. Ioannis Emmanuel died in 1923-24 in Kythera, Greece.
They had the following children:
9 i. Panagiotis (Peter) John (1885-)
10 ii. Emmanuel Ioannis (1890-1930)
11 iii. Minas “Paul”
12 iv. George Ioannis (1892-)
13 v. Spyridon (Spyro) (~1904-)
14 vi. Eleni
15 vii. Foteine “Fotinoula”
16 viii. Chrysanthi (-1945)
17 ix. Gregoria (1893-1954)
18 x. Eufrosyni (Efrosini) (1897-1949)
3. Theodosia PANARETOS.
Notes- Kids went to Australia
Theodosia married KASSIMATIS.
They had the following children:
19 i. Foteine “Foto”
20 ii. Stavroula
21 iii. Stamatia
22 iv. Europa
4. Gregora PANARETOS.
Notes- Probably stayed in Kythera.
Gregora married Panagiotis FIROPOULOS/FYRROS. Born in 1867 in Kythera, Greece.
Notes-
Here are their immigration records-
Ellis Island-
13 Jul 1911 from Piraeus on "The Themistocles"
Fyropoulos, Panagiotis- age 44/ male/ married/ farm laborer/ Greek/ last residence- Potamos, Kythera/ nearest relative- Wife Grigora Fyropoulos in Kythera, Greece/ going to St. Louis, MO/ had been in
the US before from 1901-1910 in Chicago, IL/ going to see sister's
husband Nick Kominos at 6110 Easton Ave., St. Louis, MO/ height 5 feet 10 inches/ grey hair/ black eyes/ born in Potamos, Kythera
Fyropoulos, Haralambos- age 20/ male/ single/ farm laborer/ Greek/ last residence- Potamos, Kythera/ nearest relative- Mother Grigora Fyropoulos in Kythera, Greece/ going to St. Louis, MO/ going to see uncle Nick Kominos at 6110 Easton Ave., St. Louis, MO/ height 5 feet 6 inches/ brown hair/ black eyes/ born in Potamos, Kythera
Fyropoulos, Minas- age 11/ male/ single/ Pupil/ Greek/ last residence- Potamos, Kythera/ nearest relative- Mother Grigora Fyropoulos in Kythera, Greece/ going to St. Louis, MO/ going to see uncle Nick Kominos at 6110 Easton Ave., St. Louis, MO/ height 4 feet 7 inches/ brown hair/ black eyes/ born in Potamos, Kythera
From this info we can infer this from the letters written by Foto
(who the people she refers to are)-
Aleko- Alexander Theodore Panaretos (her husband)
son- Theodore A. Panaretos
sister- Vassiliki Firopoulos
brother- Minas or Haralambos Firopoulos (from letters it appears that Haralambos went back to Kythera)
father- Panagiotis Firopoulos
uncle Nikola- Nick Cominos (in 1920 census has wife as Lillie; she must be Panagiotis Firopoulos' sister)
Foto- Fotini (Firopoulos) Panaretos
mother- Grigora Panaretos Firopoulos (probably never immigrated)
They had the following children:
23 i. Haralambos (1891-)
24 ii. Fotine (1898-1950)
25 iii. Minas (1900-)
26 iv. Vassiliki
27 v. Anastasia
28 vi. Anargyros
5. Stavroula A. PANARETOS. Stavroula A. died on 5 Feb 1946 in tuesday, 11:00 PM.
Stavroula A. married Apostolos ANGELIDES. Apostolos died on 18 Feb 1937 in Thursday, 10:30 AM.
They had the following children:
29 i. Foteine “Fofo” (Twin)
30 ii. Anna (Twin)
31 iii. Stefanos
6. Erifyli PANARETOS. Erifyli died on 2 Feb 1962 in Friday, 3:00 AM, Piraeus, Greece.
Notes- From Potamos, Kythera
Bef 1896 Erifyli married Ioannis Demetrios SOURIS. Ioannis Demetrios died on 14 Jan 1930 in Tuesday, 3:00 PM, Piraeus, Greece.
Notes- From Gerakari, Kythera. Later moved with family to Piraeus, Greece.
They had the following children:
32 i. Stamatina “Matina” Ioannou (1896-1977)
33 ii. Fotine
34 iii. Calliope Ioannou (1901-1918)
35 iv. Aspasia Ioannou (-1924)
36 v. Demetrios (-1931)
37 vi. Marika
7. Eugenia PANARETOS. She was never married.
No Children.
8. Angelika PANARETOS. She was never married.
No Children.
Third Generation
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9. Panagiotis (Peter) John TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born in Jan 1885 in Kythera, Greece. He was never married.
No Children.
10. Emmanuel Ioannis TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born on 19 Dec 1890 in Kythera, Greece. Emmanuel Ioannis died in Boston, MA, on 25 Dec 1930; he was 40.
On 6 Nov 1920 when Emmanuel Ioannis was 29, he married Alice Aurelie VANASSE, in Tiverton, RI. Born on 11 Jul 1903 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Alice Aurelie died in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in Feb 1982; she was 78.
They had the following children:
i. John Emanuel
ii. Paul Michael
iii. Mary
iv. Helen
v. Alice
11. Minas “Paul” TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born in Kythera, Greece. He was never married.
No Children.
12. George Ioannis TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born on 15 Mar 1892 in Kythera, Greece. George Ioannis died in Massachusetts. He was never married.
No Children.
13. Spyridon (Spyro) TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born bet 1904-1906 in Kythera, Greece. Spyridon (Spyro) died in Kythera, Greece. He was never married.
Notes- was a policeman
No Children.
14. Eleni TREEFULL/TRIFLLIS. Born in Kythera, Greece. Eleni died in Kythera, Greece.
For continuation see History/Genealogy of the Panaretos/Trifillis Family 2.
