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50. EFROSINE (translates to Frances)– born April 19, 1909 (if we’re to believe the dates we’re given on the documents we have – dates which were given to the authorities by her parents who wanted to fool the authorities who thought she should be in school) Daughter of Stamatis Emanuel Moskos - Born May 12, 1879 in Afandou, Rhodes, Italy (Afandou is a small village in the island of Rhodes, which was then occupied by Italy) and Vasilia Giannou - Born approx. 1880 in Katavia, Rhodes, Italy (Katavia is a small village in the island of Rhodes, which was then occupied by Italy) Stamatis (translates to Tom as does the Greek name Athanasi) immigrated first by himself leaving his wife & 2 daughters, Efrosine & Anastasia in Rhodes. The date was March 12, 1913. He settled in Weirton, West Virginia, which is where a small supportive Greek community lived. He got a job in the steel mill and saved enough money to purchase a house and send for his wife and one of the daughters. The younger daughter, Anastasia stayed behind in Greece, and never immigrated. The daughter who immigrated with her mother was Efrosine, and 8 years old at the time. Note: Think of how this affected your great-grandmother. She never saw her sister again. Education was not a big thing for young girls of Greek immigrant families, so she was not sent to school, and instead, kept home to help cook, clean & iron. There was certainly plenty to do at home. To make ends meet, they had boarders whom would sleep in the extra bedrooms that had to be fed and their clothes were washed, (by hand). Efrosine really wanted to go to school, and eventually taught herself to read and write. Note: Consider the fact that even though her parents didn’t see the need for her to learn, she had a desire to do so and did. How, I have no idea. Quite possibly, it would have been through the church, but that is a guess on my part. At that time, marriage was arranged by proxy…. it was not necessary for a prospective bride to know her future husband. Her father, Stamatis Moskos, & mother, Vasilia were introduced to 2 suitors who were interested. One of those suitors, Stamatis Nicholas Papavasilou was 27 years of age and ready to settle down. (Kazou was his mother’s maiden name, which is the name he gave to immigration. They added an S to it, which is why we now go by the name of Kazas instead of Papavasilou ) Efrosine did fall for Stamatis, but, she was only 14 years old. Her parents had to lie about her age to the authorities because even back then, marrying at 12 years of age would have brought problems with the laws of this country, whereas in Greece, girls marrying very young was common. The wedding celebration lasted a week, which was the custom. Note: Here was a case of a young girl, by American law, who should have gone to school, and should not have been married at such a young age, but then again, you have parents deeply lodged in customs from the old country – new world/old customs. She was married in Wierton, West Virginia January 24th, 1923 and they moved to Woodlawn, (now Aliquippa) Pennsylvania. At first, they lived in an apartment, but later were able to save enough to put down $200 on a new home. The total cost of the house was $5,000. Her husband, Stamatis Nicolas was a laborer who worked at J & L steel mill. Her mother, who by this time had had 2 more children, Sue & Nick, died 2 years later in Weirton and is now buried in Paris, Virginia. Her father couldn’t take care of the 2 other children and sent them to Woodlawn (from here on in, I’ll refer to Woodlawn as Aliquippa) for Efrosine to care for them. NOTE: Think about this – you have a young girl, married at the age of 14 (?), who finds she has to care for her siblings and had already lost her first child. (the photo of the 1st child is the baby photo your Dad has hanging up in the dining room.) Her second child, William, (your grandfather) was born January 12, 1927. Third child, Pete, was born 1928 Koula was born 1930 Tina was born 1945. In October, 1929, known in this country’s history as “Black Thursday” the stock market crashed after years of prosperity. Following the crash, poverty and unemployment were rampant. There was no work at the steel mill, or anywhere for that matter and Efrosine and Stamatis did everything they could to stay on top of their finances as did everyone in this country. The Greek community has always been a strong one, and very supportive of each other. As a community, they build outside community ovens where they would bake breads and pies. They were able to use vacant land and built a vegetable garden and learned to can and preserve all they could in order to survive. Again, Efrosine, like her mother before her, took in boarders to help with the mortgage. By this time also, her father had lost his house in Weirton, and moved to Aliquippa. Franklin Roosevelt was President and chief architect of this nations economic recovery. It wasn’t until we got embroiled in World War II that the depression ended for good. Your Great-Grandfather then was able to go back to work at the steel mill and worked double shifts to get out of debt and eventually they were able to pay off the mortgage of their house. NOTE: This was a generation that faced great physical hardships as well. Mostly they relied on homeopathic remedies when illness fell. Uneducated, they educated themselves. Unable to speak English, they taught themselves. They proved to be very resourceful, and brought to America traditions that you practice today with your Dad. One thing about life in Greece when Efrosine was growing up. Here was a country occupied 500 years by the Turks, and many years by the Italians, but the Greeks were free to practice their own religion and provide for their own education. (the occupiers didn’t want to spend their money on educating the children of the countries they occupied) Therefore, in Greece, it was the monestary that provided the education, and it was the boys who were educated. The girls were left to learn home-making. (If you look at photos, you’ll notice, the church is usually the main point of the village.) The church was the center of the lives of the villagers, and retained its prominence when the immigrants came to this country. When the immigrants came to this country, the church continued its role as a center of the community. It was in the church they felt the familiar. Dances were organized according to village, foods were cooked that were part of the tradition, (cheese/spinach pies, pastitsio, mousaka,) organizations like “philoptiko, (spelling…ask your father) were developed to visit the sick and GOYA to keep the youth aware of their tradition. Think of the traditions you still follow. New Years Bread to celebrate St. Basils. (the coin hidden in the bread) The Greek dances (
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