Emigrants of the Petselis Family
Members of the Petselis Family from Berbati who emigrated to the U.S. In total three members of the Petselis family emigrated to the U.S. between 1903 and 1911.
Petselis Alexandros D. “Kordas” (1874-)
Stated Age: 29
Arrival Date: March 17, 1903
Ship of Travel: SS Ryndam
Port of Departure: Boulogne-Sur-Mer (France)
Final Destination: Chicago, IL
Contact person in the U.S. : His brother in law Georgios Roumbos
Eventually, he returned to live in the village around 1910. He was already married when he emigrated.
Petselis Demetrios A. (1893-1977)
Stated Age: 17
Arrival Date: May 21, 1906
Ship of Travel: SS Neustria
Port of Departure: Piraeus (Greece)
Final Destination: Chicago, IL
Contact person in the U.S.: Peter Frakas
Immigrated to the U.S.
He was naturalized in 1919. Lived most of his life in Chicago. He never married.
Petselis Georgios A. „Gior-Kordas“ (1896-)
Stated Age: 19
Arrival Date April 4, 1911
Ship of Travel: SS Themistocles
Port of Departure: Patras (Greece)
Final Destination: Portland, OR
Contact person in the U.S. His friend Tasis Golemis
Remarks: He did not board ship. Instead he travelled:
Stated Age: 19
Arrival Date: April 22, 1911
Ship of Travel: SS Calabria
Port of Departure: Patras (Naples)
Final Destination: Portland, OR
Contact person in the U.S.: His friend Giovanni Golemi
Immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle and San Francisco, where he worked as a dishwasher. Eventually (after 1942), he returned to Greece, married in Athens and died a year later.
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