Family Archives

The following photo archives are sorted by family last name. Most are donated by whoever did an interview with us, belonging to a certain family, and so their archives may be especially focused on that individual. When applicable, their corresponding interview files can be found here.

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—————— This collection includes the family archives of (click to direct): ——————
Speal • Pappas • Lambropoulos • Mayson • Dafnas • Brousalis • Achilleos • Pandis • Ioannidis • Frantzeskos • Penney • Menikefs • Katinas • Karkoulis • Tryfonopoulos • Zakos • Karis • Kannelos • Xenodochidou • Bettas • Antonakos • Fountas • Sakell • Leos • Stathopoulos •

Speal

1972 municipal elections results newspaper article 1

Speal (center) at Maria Karis' parents home - queens street

George Speal

1972 municipal elections results newspaper article 2

1991 Whig Standard - George Speal and Queen

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George Speal Photo Collection 1

Pappas

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Pappas Family Archival Documents Collection 1

Lampropoulos

Early Folklore Photo, donated by Laura Lampropoulos

Mayson

Mary Mason’s mother at Thesaloniki/1962

Mary Mayson and others 1962

Dafnas

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Dafnas 1921 Census Forms

Brousalis

Ted Brousalis’s last day in Greece (on car) on his right his future koumbara Andromache

Ted 'learning how to be a Canadian', playing hockey

Ted and Mahi Karkoulis just prior to their immigration to Kingston, and prior to Mahi's marriage

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2008/08/25/ted/

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2008/08/25/ted/

Vassili Brousalis; Nina; __; Tessie Karis; and Toula Brousalis 1962

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2008/08/25/ted/

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2008/08/25/ted/

Brousalis family photo, including Ariti and Ted (children), Parents Toula and Vassili (front)

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2008/08/25/ted/

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Brousalis News Article

Achilleos

Joanna (daughter) Baptism 3 - Presvytera Dina holding Joanna

Father C, Presvytera Dina, and their children Maria and Joanna

Pandis

Ioannidis

photo of Narrator

Frantzeskos

Cleo’s Family house

Andreas, Cleo, Evangelos, Savvas and Chrystalla

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Andreas and Cleo Frantzeskos

Cleo teaching Greek school (kingston)

This picture is taken with Cleo’s ex-students of the Melville/Yorkton Greek School that Andreas and Cleo established; photo taken when they visited Yorkton around 2013.

Cleo teaching Greek School

Cleo teaching Greek school (Kingston)

Penney

Menikefs

Fil and Maria Menikefs at the time of their interview (2018)

Menikefs, Karkoulis, and others in Gananoque 1

Fil and Maria Menikefs Wedding

Menikefs, Karkoulis, and others in Gananoque 2

Menikefs, Karkoulis, and others in Gananoque 3

Katinas

Candy Kitchen Ice cream recipe - George's grandfather's restaurant in Smith Falls

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Katinas Family ticket to Greece 1965

Karkoulis

John Karkoulis (Γιαννης Καρκουλις

Engagement Photo

Giorgos, Peter and Maria at Thesaloniki

c1943, Maria's family standing is Nikolaos(Maria's father), Seated adults LtoR Anastasia (Maria's mother), Marigo (Maria's maternal grandmother)...

(wedding)

March 25th Celabration Photo

wedding celabration

(wedding)

Maria at her school competition

Maria marrying Pete Karkoulis in Kingston

at folklore

Maria’s Fathter and Mother

Tripoli - a national Greek celebration 2

Tripoli - a national Greek celebration 1

Maria's husband on the deck of the ship as he is coming to Canada

Tryfonopoulos

the soccer team for the Greek community circa 1972

Manos with his father, Father Ioannis Tryfonopoulos

Manos & Maria Tryfonopoulos-Wedding November 1954

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Church council
Ship to Canada Manos Tryfonopoulos

Zakos

Andrew S. & Chysanthy S.(Zakos)Nov. 1, 1925

Gus, Zakos at 297 Division photo backside

Zakos brothers

Zakos Business Photo (Fruit and Vegetable Stand)

Photo including James Zakos (L) and Helen Zakos (R)

Zakos Siblings at princess street near their fruit store (Princess st and Barrie) - on the left one can see the YMCA building (now demolished)

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 7

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 6

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 3

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 5

Zakos Bros Fruit Store

Photo of the Zakos cousins ,Margaret on the right(2017).

Zakos 50th anniversary group photo names

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 4

Zakos Bros ltd Fruit and Vegetable Store 2

See more:
Zakos Family Documents Collection 1

Karis

Superior Restaurant intKaris family Superior restauranterior

George Karis’s wife (Eleftheria)’s naturalization paper 1919

Mother’s wedding notice – newspaper back

John and Julia Georgiadis; (Mary Johnson’s sister)

Mike and Mary Johnson, friends; members of Greek communtiy

Tessie Karis; Nicholas Speal; Julia Georgiadis; Frank Karis; Mary and Mike Johnson

George Karis immigration document

Tessie and Frank Karis wedding photo

Peter Karis - one of the first Greek's in Kingston. Maria's great uncle

Louis Condos (Maria Maternal Grandfather)

George and Effie Karis Wedding

Maria’s mother’s wedding notice

George Karis (Maria’s uncle) and her first cousin, Dianne, Tom Karis’s daughter

Karis family Superior restaurant

Maria, Dennis, and Dianne Karis (siblings) in Kingston

Konstantine Karis, Maria’s grandfather

Maria’s father (Frank)’s Ice Cream plant

Tessie Karis (nee Condos) before marriage

George Karis approval document to leave Greece

May Karis (Frank Karis’s sister in law) and his nieces

Maria and her Paternal Grandmother (Diamanto Karis), in Xylocastron, Greece

Condos Poolroom, in Ingersol Ontario - Louis Condos (Maria's grandfather) owned this

Young Tessie Karis (nee Condos); and the Bell tower in Didoriki, Greece, built in appreciation of Louis Condos (Maria's grandfather) who had funded a plumbing system by sending money fro

Frank and Tessie Karis wedding (Maria’s mother and father). Far right is Katina Zakos

Retrieved from https://bespokebybrouhaha.me/2009/07/06/tessie/

Maria Karis Present

Ted Brousalis’s last day in Greece (on car) on his right his future koumbara Andromache

group photo of Speal, Karisand Sakel

Mayfair Restaurant

Superior Restaurant on Princess St. – Karis family

In Thesaloniki at Mary Mason’s mother’s house

Mayfair Restaurant

Spiro (Frank) Karis

Spiro (Frank) Karis’ rubbing from Ellis Island

Sakels & karis

Maria Karis’s grandmother (in center);

Wedding

Group wedding photo of George &Effie (Eleftheria)

Tessie & Frank Karis

Ted Brousalis & Maria’s wedding

Maria’s parents’ home at Queen st.

Tessie-Bessie connection

Spiro (Frank Karis)

Outside wedding photo on the side of the Greek church

Superior ice cream plant

Peter Karis

1962 trip to Greece.

Spiro (Frank) Karis

“new” Superior Ice Cream- Karis family

See More:
Karis Family Documents Collection 1
George Karis Documents Collection

Kannelos

Xenodochidou

Olga Xenodohidou (1) 2017

Bettas

Bettas – Baptism

Pandellis Bettas’s Olympia Billards

Pandellis Bettas at Olympia Billards

From left to right: Stavros Touris, Fr. Nicholas Psihos, ____, Demitri Stratis, Louis Leos, Pandelis Bettas, George Pandis; Seated: ____, Tom Annis

A photo which Voula mailed to Pandelis to introduce herself.

ceremony of the double wedding of Pandelis and his brother

A photo mailed to Pandelis of Voula

Voula and Pandelis Bettas Wedding

Pandelis and Voula’s Wedding

Double wedding photo with the koumbaroi(best man and best woman)

Pandellis Bettas at Olympia Billards

Pandellis Bettas at Olympia Billards

P. Betas and V. Betas at the time of the interview

Antonakos

Bessie and Angelo (Paula's Parents) leaving the Olympia in Naples, on way to Pier 21 Halifax

Newspaper mentioning Paula in the community

Paula and Presvytera Catherine Penney making icons with the community's youth

Paula (left) with her brother, sister, mother, and father

Bessie and Angelo Antonakos Engagement Photos (Paula's parents)

A book written by Paula's uncle, which she tells an anecdote about in her interview

Paula's Maternal Grandparents, Melpomeni and Mihalis

Paula's family - Rick, Angeline, and Alexandra

Paula's paternal grandparents (Panagioti and Polixeni Antonakos)

Paula's paternal great grandfather, Sarandos Antonios Antonakos

Paula's paternal great great grandfather Antonis Costandinos Antonakos

Paula's paternal great grandmother, Politimi Illiopoulos Antonakos

Paula's uncle, y Sarandos Panagiotis Antonakos, former Mayor of Sparta

Paula's maternal grandparents (Michael and Melpomeni Tsaggaris) and Theo Dimitri and Thea Tassia Tsaggaris, their children and the Minakakis children

Paula's paternal great great grandmother, Stamatiki Antonakos

Fountas

Sakell

Maureen and Spiro on the day of their interview

Andrew Sakell - Trunk detail, address Trunk

Andrew Sakell - Trunk detail, address trunk front

1963c. Gananaque Santa claus parad, Grenadiers

Spiro Sakell - 1956 Moffats Pharmacy - Princess and Clergy 2

Maureen and Spiro Sakell with their Children at the 1974 Folklore, standing underneath columns made for Folklore decor

Spiro and Jim Twig - Spiro Sakell - 1956 Moffats Pharmacy - Princess and Clergy

Spiro Sakell - 1956 Moffats Pharmacy - Princess and Clergy 4

Spiro Sakell - 1956 Moffats Pharmacy - Princess and Clergy 3

Dimitri Chiapantis , grand father of Chrysanthy, born in 1815

Spiro S. Maureen S. father Ramfos, Nov.3, 1962

Dec. 67 at Collins Bay Pharmacy (Bath Rd)

Spiros Sakellariou father of Andrew Sakell

Maureen and Sprio on their wedding day

St Pauls Cub Scout 1938, Jim 3rd from left center row, Spiro 5th from L center row

Standing L to R Andrew Sakell, George Sakell, seated L to R Greg Sakell, Tom Sakell

Standing l to r Jim, Katina, George, Marina, Spiro, Seated l to r Chrysanthy, Andrew, Scia, 1954

See More:
Sakell Family Documents Collection

Leos

1960s AHEPA, photo includes Louis, George Karkoulis, Tom Annis, and Jim Zeikios

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 1

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 2

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 3

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 4

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 5

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 6

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 7

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 8

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 9

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 10

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - the last Greek wedding held at St. George's before the purchase of our church 11

1963 Louis and Toula Wedding - at St George's - Toula with Jim and George, her brothers

1963 Wedding - at St George's - with Eleini Zakos, Diana Karis, Maria Zakos, Toula Leos, Louis, Tom Annis, Peter Annis, George Zakios, Angie Johnson, Nikki Zakos

1970s Church Council, Louis is second from left

2000s, Louis as Santa Claus, which was always his role in Christmas Pageants, and Toula!

Late 50's Toula (on left) in Daughters of Penelope; with Bessie Zakos, Marina Speal, and Mrs. Speal (George Speal's Mother)

Early photo of Louis when he came to Canada

Louis doing a lamb roast at 'Uncle Tom Zakos's cottage; early 60s (1)

Pandelis and Voula Bettas; Jim Stratis and his mother; and Louis and Toula

Philoptohos, Chanters, and Father Matthew Penney and Prevytera Catherine.

Toula, Louis, Marina, and Nikki (their two daughters)

Toula's husband Louis Leos by Darren Brown

The Queen’s Tea Room, owned by Toula Leos’s family

Stathopolous

Exiting St George’s Voula and Tom

Voula's siblings (l to R Athanasios, Meropi, Voula , __

Voula & parents, Elia and Georgia Anagnostopoulos.

Nikas

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An invitation Chris received to the opening of Stauffer library; something he received for his dedication to Queens through College Variety

A recent photo of Christina, Chris's grandaughter

Chris (left) with Peter and Gus, his brothers

A painting of the embassy restaurant as shown in the Whig Standard.

Murva and Chris’s wedding, November 18, 1962

Chris and Murva's Wedding newspaper article

Chris at the Embassy he founded Restaurant in the 1960s

Christmas get together at Murva and Chris's house, with all Greek nephews in Canada - Christos, Ted and Dino Tirovolos, Paul, Steven and Jim Nikotopoulos, Jim and Toni Nikas.

Chris inside the front door of College Variety

Murva and Chris’s wedding, November 18, 1962

Chris's Canadian Citizenship certificate, with his full name before it was anglicized

Fr. Theo, Shelley, Jim, and baby Christina on her 40 day blessing

A painting of Chris and Gus’s Variety Store, as painted by Bob Blenderman.

Murva and Chris with the Children, 1970 1

Chris's father holding Toni; Murva's father holding Jim

Jim's Christening - we can see the early interior of our church

Jim's Christening - we can see the early interior of our church (old pews)

Shelley and Jim's Wedding (Jim is Chris and Murva's son)

Jim and Toni (Chris's kids) at a Folklore, wearing costumes that Murva made

Murva and Chris’s wedding, November 18, 1962

Murva with her two sons before folklore; Muva made all the costumes, except for the apron she is wearing which was made by her sister in law Kostoula

Toni's Baptism in the Church, with Fr. Polychronidis 2

Toni's Baptism in the Church, with Fr. Polychronidis 1

Peter and Fanni, Gus and Kostoula, and Murva and Chris

Murva and Chris’s wedding, November 18, 1962

Chris's father, brother (Peter), and two sisters

Toni's Christening - we can see the old Iconostasion (front of Church)

Polyvios, Chris's Father's gravestone in Thana

Greek Easter in Ottawa within the first year of Chris arriving to Canada (Chris at front)

Chris, Gus, Jim, Toni, with Paul, Jim, and Dino (Chris's nephews)

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Christina’s Biography about her Pappou, Written 2013

The following photo archives are sorted by family last name. Most are donated by whoever did an interview with us, belonging to a certain family, and so their archives may be especially focused on that individual. When applicable, their corresponding interview files can be found here.

Speal

See More: George Speal Photo Collection 1

Pappas

See More: Pappas Family Archival Documents Collection 1

Lampropoulos

Mayson

Dafnas

See More: Dafnas 1921 Census Forms

Brousalis

See More: Brousalis News Article

Achilleos

Pandis

Ioannidis

Frantzeskos

Penney

Menikefs

Katinas

See More: Katinas Family ticket to Greece 1965

Karkoulis

Tryfonopoulos

See more: Church council Ship to Canada Manos Tryfonopoulos

Zakos

See more: Zakos Family Documents Collection 1

Karis

See More: Karis Family Documents Collection 1 George Karis Documents Collection

Kannelos

Xenodochidou

Bettas

Antonakos

Fountas

Sakell

See More: Sakell Family Documents Collection

Leos

Stathopolous

Nikas

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