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| − | + | Giorgio Vergitakis was born and raised on a farm outside Iraklion, Crete on 3 July 1900 . He is presumed to have been the oldest son, as his family sent him alone at age 13 or 14 to America, to spare him being drafted into WWII and to preserve the family name. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1914. He may have known other Greeks in western Pennsylvania. He found work in steel mills around Tarantum/Pittsburgh, and Butler PA. He and [[Ruth M. Wilson]] went to West Virginia to marry. They had four children, all born in Oil City, PA. At some point he shortened his name to George Vergis. This may have been a gradual process, as some insurance bills list his wife Ruth as "Ruth Vergitakis". They moved to Franklin, PA in 1944, and opened a shoe shine and hat-cleaning shop and pool room. Eventually they owned a restaurant with rear pool room. George died in 1974, and is buried in the Franklin Cemetery at Rocky Grove, PA.<br> (Based on correspondence with George and Ruth's youngest son Mike Vergis, Jan. 2015) | |
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Giorgio Vergitakis was born and raised on a farm outside Iraklion, Crete on 3 July 1900 . He is presumed to have been the oldest son, as his family sent him alone at age 13 or 14 to America, to spare him being drafted into WWII and to preserve the family name. He arrived in Philadelphia in 1914. He may have known other Greeks in western Pennsylvania. He found work in steel mills around Tarantum/Pittsburgh, and Butler PA. He and Ruth M. Wilson went to West Virginia to marry. They had four children, all born in Oil City, PA. At some point he shortened his name to George Vergis. This may have been a gradual process, as some insurance bills list his wife Ruth as "Ruth Vergitakis". They moved to Franklin, PA in 1944, and opened a shoe shine and hat-cleaning shop and pool room. Eventually they owned a restaurant with rear pool room. George died in 1974, and is buried in the Franklin Cemetery at Rocky Grove, PA.
(Based on correspondence with George and Ruth's youngest son Mike Vergis, Jan. 2015)
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| Marriage | To Ruth M. Wilson |
