Hatzieleftheriou daughters

[florence]

Hi Nicholas

As I am trying to find out more information on my grandmother being orphaned at an early age I thought the dowry contracts of her older sisters may reveal info on whether her parents were alive at the time of their weddings.

My grandmothers name is Evangelia Hatzieleftheriou & she married George Livery 1920 ( I have a copy of their contract).

Her sisters were Anna who married (1893??) Antony Efstathis and Kristina who married firstly I think ....Exintaris and then definitely Spiros Diamondtaras. (headmaster).

(There was also a younger brother Jimmy but I have no info on him)

Is there anyway you can please assist me?
Thanks
Florence

[cressie]

Hi Florence

Jimmy is Dimitrios Panos Eleftheriou who died Rose Park SA 2 Jun 1967 aged 83 yrs. His wife was Zabetta - died 6 Sep 1966 aged 77 years at Thebarton SA. No info on children. Nicholas also may have info on this marriage which might have happened around 1910.

Allan

[florence]

Thanks Allan.

Do you know if Zabetta was Kazzie?

Regards
Florence

[Administrator]

Florence,

I have some information for you.

Firstly, it appears that your grandmother's elder sister, Anna, married Efstathios Antoniou Efstathiou some time prior to 1896 because Efstathios represents his widowed mother-in-law in the later documents I will outline below.

Christina was married twice, as you observe. Her first marriage was to Ioannis Antoniou Exintaris. The marriage took place on the island on 9 May 1899. The gifts of the bride's family are given by the bride's widowed mother, Zoe, who, being illiterate (not uncommon for elderly females at that time) signs with a 'x'. Her son-in-law, Efstathios, signs as well, as does Anna who, as part of the arrangements, pledges her own home to secure the obligations of her mother to the groom's family.

It appears that Ioannis' marriage to Christina was dissolved because there is no record of his death between the date of their marriage and Christina's second marrage (to Spyros Apostolou Diamandaras) on 17 February 1908. What is certain is that, by the time of the second marriage, Zoe had died because the dowry contract is signed by Efstathios in his own right as representative of the Eleftheriou family. From other documents we have, it appears that she died before 1902.

I can find no record of Dimitrios' marriage that Allan refers to above (which probably means it did not take place on the island).

Hope this is of some assistance.

Nicholas

[florence]

Thank you Nicholas.

Is there any record of either

the father's death ie Panayota Hatzieleftheriou

or another brother - Elefteri who so the family say born early 1900s(?) died early as a young man (in his 20s) in an accident?
(I did find in the cemetery records the death of a Eleftherious H'Eleftheriou who died 13/8/1838, aged 60. Could this be their brother and the family got it wrong?)

Thanks
Florence