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Zachos Antoniou goes to the mills of Lowell

31 August 1912 Proven

Zachos Antoniou from Myloi, a 23-year-old farmer and son of Costas, left Patras on 19 August 1912 in steerage on the brand-new Kaiser Franz Josef I and reached New York twelve days later. He was going to a cousin in Lowell, Massachusetts, a textile town where many Greeks worked in the mills. The list spells his village "Milous".

Read the full story: From Kalamaki to Chicago

Where
Myloi (the village)
Who
Zachos (Zacharias) Antoniou
Threads
Emigration
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

Pictures

  • The Kaiser Franz Josef I, the largest passenger ship of Austria-Hungary, brand new in 1912. Zachos Antoniou crossed on her in August 1912, in steerage.

    The Kaiser Franz Josef I, the largest passenger ship of Austria-Hungary, brand new in 1912. Zachos Antoniou crossed on her in August 1912, in steerage. Unknown photographer, c. 1912 (public domain)

Sources

  • New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892–1925, NARA microfilm T715, via FamilySearch / Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation: Kaiser Franz Josef I, arrived 31-08-1912, list 62, line 27 Open

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