IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY
Emigrants of the Karamanos Family
Members of the Karamanos Family from Berbati who emigrated to the U.S. In total one member of the Karamanos family emigrated to the U.S. in 1910.
Karamanos Ioannis D.(1895-1979)
1st Voyage
Stated Age: 19
Arrival Date: August 7, 1910
Ship of Travel: SS La Bretagne
Port of Departure: Le Havre (France)
Final Destination: Spokane, WA
Contact person in the U.S.: His cousin Nicholas Raptis
He immigrated to the U.S. and lived most of his life in Portland, OR, where he became an entrepreneur. He married Mabel W. Littlefield and had two children.
2nd Voyage
Stated Age: 58
Arrival Date: July 9, 1953
Ship of Travel: SS Nea Hellas
Port of Departure: Piraeus (Greece)
Final Destination: Portland, OR
Contact person in the U.S.: –
He was travelling together with his wife Mabel.
John Karamanos is best known for his donation of the new school buildings of Berbati.
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