submitted by James Gavriles on 24.09.2004
I think it would be interesting if all the Kytherians who had families or relatives that had imigrated to Smyrna,and then consequently were dispersed due to the Turkish expulsion in 1922-23. would post a little of what they know and we could have a seperate topic on the web-page dedicated to this part of Kythera history. Myself, my Mother's family, Theodore Panaretos had imigrated there and had a grocery business, and were forced to leave when the Turks wanted all the Greeks out. As many of you know, Aristotle Onassis was also one of these families ,who's Father had a grocery business also and had to leave. Ther are many interesting and somewhat brutal stories of what these Kytherians endured and what they saw. It would be intersting to see the last names that were involved or lived there in Smyrna.
submitted by Peter Makarthis on 26.09.2004
Great thought. I am having difficulty in this area of research. My theme is Fatseas (Phacheas) and Defteron c 1900. See Family Trees re above and Psaros. Any contacts with Leftheris? I also have some contact with Gavrilly family here in Australia. Yeia Sou Peter M
submitted by James Gavriles on 27.09.2004
I do have an interesting consequence of my Grandparents living in Smyrna. As the story goes, My Grandfather, Theodore Panaretos ,had this grocery business and distillery in Smyrna. When the word came that all were to leave if they valued their lives, My Grandfather insisted that one of my Mother's sisters stay and help him close out the business in Smyrna, while the others escaped back to Kythera. My Grandmother , who was not Kytherian, but from Aegina, didn't like the idea that the one daughter stay behind. Either way , my Grandfather won out and she stayed ,while the others escaped. Needless to say , she was killed during the upheaval and my Grandfather escaped on his own back to Kythera. You can imagine that my Grandmother was pretty saddened along with being ,mad at my Papoo. They stayed in Kythera for some months and then somehow immigrated to the U.S> in Massacussetts ,where my Grandfather's cousin lived in New Bedford, Cosmas Panaretos and his wife Jenny Aronis. Eventually they moved to Detroit Michigan, when My Father,Nicholas Gavrilis, married my Mother. The whole family moved to Detroit and have lived here since, But the interesting part was that my Grandmother held such a grudge about my Grandfather over the death of the daughter, that they never lived together as man and wife again. After arriving in Detroit 1925, My Grandfather lived until his death in 1938 with my parents in their home and my Grandmother lived with another daughter and her husband in their home until she died in 1962. She was something else, as my Papoo probably felt even worse than her over the death but he just couldn't do anything about it after the fact. I am sure that it contributed to his early death, just from the sadness it had caused him for her loss.
submitted by Alison Stapleton on 21.09.2005
Hi there, my mother remembers her father speaking of Smyrna. His name was Alecos (Alexander) Politis and it has been suggested to me that his name derives from Constantinople. Grandad arrived in Australia after the First World War.
submitted by Society of Kytherian Studies on 21.09.2005
Emmanuel P Kalligeros has written a pamphlet under the auspices of the Society of Kytherian Studies (Iteria Kytheraikon Meleton), called The Kytherians of Smyrna and the Lost Homelands. It was published in Athens in 1993. "The text of a lecture of the same title, organised by the Society of Kythirian Studies to commemorate 70 years since the destruction of Smyrna. The main topic of the lecture concerns the flourishing Kythirian community of Smyrna which was the city's most populous Greek comunity. It includes interesting information from the life and activities of this particular community, until its violent destruction by the Turks in 1922". More information on The Kytherians of Smyrna and the Lost Homelands, and how to purchase the pamphlet Society of Kytherian Studies. List of Publications.
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