Zacharia Mila

A labourer from Kalamaki, married to Marigo. He worked in Chicago from 1902 to 1906, the earliest emigrant from Myloi and Kalamaki we know of, and crossed again in 1911 with young Stavros Kouvalis.

Also written: Ζαχαρίας Mila

Events

1. 1902

   Zacharia Mila, the first known emigrant, goes to Chicago

   Zacharia Mila from Kalamaki leaves for Chicago in 1902, which makes him the earliest emigrant from Myloi and Kalamaki we know of. He works there until 1906 and then returns to his wife Marigo in Kalamaki. We know this…

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2. 24 April 1911

   On the Patris to Chicago: Mila and Stavros Kouvalis

   Zacharia Mila (38) and fifteen-year-old Stavros Kouvalis sailed from Piraeus on 4 April 1911 on the Patris, the first Greek liner to New York, and arrived twenty days later. Both were going to Angelos Kouvalis, Stavros's…

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