Georgios V. Vasilopoulos

Miller from Mesorrachi in Kynouria, also called Giannopoulos. He leased Barber Ali's watermill at Myloi in 1865 and bought it in 1875; his family built the first ice factory next to it.

Also written: Γεώργιος Β. Βασιλόπουλος, Giannopoulos, Γιαννόπουλος

Events

1. 1865

   A miller from Kynouria leases the mill

   In 1865 the heirs of the Nafplio buyers leased Barber Ali's mill to Georgios V. Vasilopoulos from Mesorrachi in Kynouria. His family would keep the mill for almost a century.

   ProbableIndustry and tradeWater and mills

2. 1875

   Vasilopoulos buys Barber Ali's mill

   In 1875 Georgios Vasilopoulos bought the mill he had been renting for about 7,000 drachmas, to be paid off over ten years.

   ProbableIndustry and tradeWater and mills

3. 5 June 1912

   A court case against the mill family

   On 23 May 1912 (old style) the court of first instance in Nafplio (judgment 539/1912) ordered the heirs of Georgios Vasilopoulos, who had died in 1907, to pay a debt of 2,483.75 drachmas to a creditor from Argos. Most of…

   ProvenIndustry and trade

4. 1957

   Barber Ali's mill is still at work

   In 1957 the local historian A. P. Tsakopoulos wrote that of the Turkish watermills only the one of "Barber Ali" by the Kroi spring, north of Myloi, survived and was still working. It still carried the name of its Ottoman…

   ProbableWater and millsIndustry and trade