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Families of Dafnonas, Chios, Greece

Updated November 10, 2009

Debbie Sideratos - Petrides

petrides@hotmail.com

My initial intention was to research and share a basic family tree that would include all 16 of my 2nd great-grandparents and the journeys of their descendants to the present day. I soon realized that there was no reason to limit my research to 2nd great-grandparents at all. I discovered several 3rd great-grandparents as well, which in turn, led me to further discoveries, thus giving a more vivid picture of the life of these early families. There are many amusing stories and a record of migration tracing to Egypt, Australia and the USA. Our familes experienced Chios from the early 1800's just after the Ottoman massacre, through the tremendous earthquake in 1881, Greek unification in 1912, the mass exodus that took place from the village in the early 1900's, WW1 and WW2 and the changes that took place in more modern times. But through it all we maintained a very strong tie with each other and the land of our ancestors. We were farmers, animal breeders, dress makers, soldiers, restaurant owners and members of the clergy. The monastery of Nea Moni played an important part in the lives of our early ancestors and of course, each family's welfare and way of life was a direct result of the politics of the time. Tremendously large families were common and marriage within the village to 2nd and 3rd cousins was the rule rather than the exception. But the most fascinating fact that I've discovered is that much of modern day Dafnonas is descended from a handful of people. Fortunately, there remains a significant amount of written history in the form of dowries, wills, land grants available which helped in my research. Along with this, there exists a collective oral history that I took advantage of by interviewing family members before this history vanishes, as it otherwise would if not properly preserved.

UPDATE November 4, 2009
there are 2358 people on the tree now
29 of 32 great-great-great-grandparents have been discovered!
The Koufoudis branch originally believed to be family has been removed, it was wrong.
The Haviaras line has expanded and now begins with 5th great-grandfather Nikolaos Stoupakis. A branch I had removed several months ago due to lack of proof has been been added back in except for the source citations.
A branch of the Papasideridis family that I also removed due to lack of proof is being added back in.
In Casanova line, there are no less than 7 unintelligible documents (1840-1890) that need to be understood and entered into the project.
There is no end in sight on this project!
Pedigree Collapse everywhere!
Several of the earliest ancestors seem to originate from adjacent village of Ververato, namely the Kambouras and Tsimbikos and Manolias families.
Updated DIRECT ancestor Surname List:

Sideratos, Kalamaras, Politis, Stupakis aka Haviaras, Begakis, Giannoulakis, Papasideridis aka Koulouroudis, Manolias, Xeniadis, Papaxenakis, Tsimbikos, Kambouras, Papanikolakis, Hondrogiorgakis, Casanova, Lambrinoudis, Kontoudis, Psaroudis, Mamounas

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Family Photos

  • Irini Sideratos and Stylianos Sideridis (13 KB)
    this is my pappou Stellio's sister Irini on her wedding day to Stylianos Sideridis of Dafnonas
  • great-grands Dimitri & Angerou Sideratos (12 KB)
    the parents of my mother's father in Dafnonas around 1928 at about 60 yrs old
  • Pantelis Politis and Angeliko Koutsouradis (10 KB)
    this is my giagia Perdika's brother Pantelis and his wife Angeliko Koutsouradis of Dafnonas
  • Sideratos Family - 1928 (12 KB)
    great-grandparents Dimitri and Angerou (Giannoulakis) Sideratos with their daughter Maria, son Stylianos (my grandfather) and little granddaughter Theodora.
  • Sofia Kazanova & daughter (12 KB)
    Sofia is the sister of my great-great-grandmother Amalia Kazanova. She is shown here in later life with her daughter Antonia.
  • Grandma Perdika & Uncle Dimitri (14 KB)
    this is my mother's mother, Perdika (Politis) Sideratos when was still newly married, along with her second child, Dimitri Sideratos.
  • Ioannis Giannoulakis & daughters (60 KB)
    Ioannis Giannoulakis is shown here with his 2 daughters, Antonia on the left and Marika on the right. Ioannis is 1st cousins with my great-grandmother Angerou Giannoulakis and 1st cousins with my other great-grandmother Lambrini Kontoudis. His wife Sofia Kazanova is sisters with my great-great-grandmother Amalia Kazanova.
  • Pappou Stellio & Giagia Perdika (17 KB)
    these are the parents of my mother in Dafnonas around 1935 when they got married. My grandma Perdika Politis was 18 and my grandpa Stellio Sideratos was 23 and also had super Sideratos hair!
  • Despina Kalamaras & Ioannis Sideratos (318 KB)
    my paternal grandparents around the time of their wedding
  • To Magirio tou Begaki (12 KB)
    My greatgrandmother Irini Begakis (married name Politis) had a brother Ioannnis who had a restaurant in Hora. This is a photograph of the original sign that hung in front of his store.
  • paternal grandfather Ioannis Sideratos (2516 KB)
    circa 1941
  • Nikolaos Begakis (29 KB)
    This is another brother of my great-grandmother Irini Begakis. Nikos was killed in Asia Minor (Mikra Asia) around the age of 25. He never married.
  • Kalamaras brothers? (359 KB)
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  • My paternal grandmother (338 KB)
    Despina Kalamaras-Sideratos around the time of her wedding
  • Georgios Politis (8 KB)
    this is my giagia Perdika's brother George Politis in his early days
  • Haviaras Family (63 KB)
    The seated woman is my great-great-grandmother Amalia (Casanova) Haviaras. On her left is her daughter (my great-grandmother) Ourania (Haviaras) Kalamaras with my great-grandfather Nikolis Kalamaras. We don't know who the woman on the right is though we suspect it may be one Amalia's daughters. This picture is circa 1910, around the time Ourania married.
  • My great-aunt Konstantia (251 KB)
    Konstantia Kalamaras-Riskakis ca. 1955 in Chios.
  • Grammatiki Sideratos and Paraskos Sotiriou (15 KB)
    this is my pappou Stellio's sister Grammatiki on her wedding day to Paraskos Sotiriou of Mersina
  • Ioannis Sideratos ?? 1910?? (3091 KB)
    We think on line 27 may be Ioannis Sideratos, son of Pantelis Sideratos. Actual birthyear: 1881 Census: age 30 in 1910 Year of immigration: 1909 Census : 1909 City of immigration: MOnessen Census: Monessen Job in 1920: steel mill laborer Census 1910: steel mill laborer marriage yr: ca. 1907 census : 1910 minus 4 yrs married (1906)
  • My paternal grandfather (572 KB)
    Ioannis Sideratos is on the far left, the only man without a moustache, he was around 20 years old here
 

Related Files

  • Descendants of Antonios Sideridis (235 KB)
    Antonios is 2x my 4th great-grandfather and once my 3rd great-grandfather. The family often times went by the nickname the Koulouroudis family.
  • Descendants of Hazi Antonis Giannoulakis (706 KB)
    Antonios is the 4th great-grandfather of my brother and I. We believe he was born in the late 1700s. He lived and died in Dafnonas though the place of his birth is unknown. His son Michalis is our 3rd great-grandfather on our maternal line and his son Dimitris is our 3rd great-grandfather 2x on both maternal and paternal lines. First 5 generations narrated here.
  • Casanova Family (99 KB)
    Stamatios is the 5th great-grandfather of my brother and I. Not much is known about him at all except for the belief he was born in the late 1700s in Chios. Only one of his sons is known to us, Stephanos. The narrative includes 5 generations of family starting with Stamatios.
 
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