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So shall it be with my father: he shall be called a prince over his posterity, holding the keys of the patriarchal priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth, even the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and he shall sit in the general assembly of patriarchs, even in council with the Ancient of Days when he shall sit and all the patriarchs with him and shall enjoy his right and authority under the direction of the Ancient of Days. |
PANAGOPOULOS, Aristomenis George
1894 - 1940 (46 years) 
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Name PANAGOPOULOS, Aristomenis George Birth 1894 Tsoukaleika, Patras, Greece 
Gender Male Death 13 Apr 1940 Los Angelas, Los Angelas, California, United States Burial 16 Apr 1940 Inglewood, Los Angelas, California, United States WAC 12 Jul 2005 JRIVE _TAG Reviewed on FS Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I20164 Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith Last Modified 19 Aug 2021
Family BISHOFF, Etta Ethel , b. 12 Apr 1909, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United Statesd. 30 Apr 2003, Lancaster, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 94 years) [1] Marriage 17 Dec 1932 Long Beach, Los Angelas, California, United States 
Children3 daughters Family ID F10688 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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Notes - !JOBS:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 13 Mar 1984 to P. Whitehead, My father worked in coal mines some time in 1922 or 1923 when Pete's restaurant was failing and in debt. Uncle Stanley was in school at Boulder, CO. My father was their only support during that period. The coal mines were near Denver. Uncle Stanley did not know the exact type of work he was doing, but said most likely it was not an easy job. !JOBS:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 21 Jun 1983 to P. Whitehead, When my father first came to CA (San Francisco area) with Uncle Callistos (the priest then), he got a job with the C&H Sugar Co. at Crockett. There were 3-4 other Greek boys from Tsoukaleika working there. In Colorado, my father worked for 1 or 2 years in the coal mines, but was not a strike breaker. His brother, Pete, would never have stood for that, as Pete was strong pro-labor. The conditions were: Uncle Stanley was in USA and had started college at Boulder. Sotieria had just arrived from Greece. Pete's restaurant was failing because of the depression. My father for a while was the provider for all of them. Following this difficult period, my father and Soteria went to LA around 1923 or 1924 and joined their Uncle Callistos who was then the Greek priest of LA prior to being elevated to bishop. !EMIGRATION:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 3 Dec 1980 to P. Whitehead, My father came to USA on April 1908. The name of the boat was "Themistocles" of the Greek Line. The boat left from the port of Patras. On his arrival, my father went to Pueblo where his brother Pete and Uncle Kallistos were (Uncle Kallistos was the priest there). A short time later all 3 moved to Denver when Uncle Kallistos was transferred there. !PICTURES:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 8 Dec 1977 to P. Whitehead, Uncle Soteria found a portrait picture of my father taken in Denver in 1924 before he and Soteria came to LA to join Uncle Callistos. Aunt Soteria made 3 copies and Uncle Stanley is sending one to each of us girls (Me, Lorraine, and Louise). !EMIGRATION: Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 22 Jan 1974 to P. Whitehead, At the time my father came to USA there were 2 transoceanic ships of Greek registry between Greece and USA. One of them was named PATRIS, the other one Uncle Stanley does not recall the name. Quite possibly he came on the PATRIS. As most immigrants do, he learned some English with time as he went along at work. Also Denver was famous for its night schools for foreigners and since his first few years were spent there, it is very likely he attended night school. He must continued this program when he moved to San Francisco and Crockett. If during these periods he married the school teacher, of which I have no knowledge of, he learned English faster and better. since he came over about the age of 13 his English pronunciation was very good. Uncle Stanley came at the age of 18 and still says he has an accent. He does not know when or where my father became an American citizen. Most likely at Denver, CO. Although we always were a close knit family and always kept track of each member when we were not together, Uncle Stanley started knowing him in 1921 when he came to the USA. My father and their older brother Pete had a small restaurant in Denver. During the 1922-23 depression they lost the restaurant and later my father and Aunt Soteria went to LA and lived with their bishop uncle until Soteria got married. Uncle Stanley was attending school at Boulder, CO. For a while my father was a salesman of paper products and later started his market on Wilshire Blvd. Again the 1932-33 depression took its toll and my father lost everything. A few years later my father met my mother and they got married. Uncle Stanley believes they met when he had hurt his hand and he had gone to the doctor for treatment. Uncle Stanley remembers us 3 girls very well at our house on Bentley Ave, especially me. He says I used to jump all over my father when they came to visit us. My father was very gentle and kind. Just before he got sick he had acquired his 3rd house on a small down payment. He had told Uncle Stanley he wanted to have a home for each of his 3 girls. !EMIGRATION:Stanley G. Pann Christmas card, Dec 1982 to P. Whitehead, My father entered USA in New York. At the time they had second cousins in New York, but Uncle Stanley doesn't recall if my father stayed there or went directly to Denver where his brother Pete and Uncle Kallistos were. Uncle Stanley doesn't remember his brother Pete's departure for the USA, two years before my father, but he did recall my father's departure. They all had tears in their eyes, especially his mother who took it very seriously. My father was her favorite son because he was helpful and a good all-around young man. He was good natured and everybody loved him. The family feelings were mixed for the two older boys to leave home--sorry to see them go so far away (those days USA was a far-away country) and yet with some relief because hopefully they would find a better life in the land of opportunity. !NATURALIZATION:Letter from Stanley G. Pann 3 Dec 1981 to P. Whitehead, Uncle Stanley does not know for sure where or when my father was naturalized. Most likely in Los Angeles prior to 1930. !FAMILY:Letter from Stanley G. Pann 11 Nov 1983 to P. Whitehead, Their family had the only store in Souvardo. Their little store and big yard were the center of activity at Souvardo. !SOUVARDO:Stanley G. Pann letter 13 Mar 1984 to P. Whitehead, When Souvardo was destroyed in World War II, the Germans either by design or oversight did not destroy the church and one house. Being sort of a summer resort, Uncle Stanley doesn't think there were many or any records to be moved or destroyed. There was no regular church services or priest to officiate. Occasionally a monk priest from the nearby monastery (Big Cave) would come to hold Sunday services. !ANCESTORS:Stanley G. Pann letter 21 June 1983 to P. Whitehead, My father's paternal grandfather and 2 of his sisters had blue eyes and fair complexions. Uncle Stanley didn't know about his paternal grandmother because she died before he was born. His maternal grandfather had dark brown eyes and medium fair complexion. Both his father and mother had dark brown eyes and hair, as did all of their children. !PLACES:Letter from Stanley G. Pann in Dec 1982 Christmas card, Souvardo is near Kalavryta at an elevation of 6,000-7,000 feet. Kalavryta is the main city and center of the area and is 60 miles southeast of Patras. Moldovlachia is an old province of Roumania (he thinks it is now part of Russia) and Vlachia was then a large and prospering city on the Black Sea. during the Turkish occupation of Greece, many Greek people went to Roumania as well as other parts of Europe. Roumania has the same (or had) religion as Greece. Vlachia then is not a city in Greece. !SAN FRANCISCO:Letter dated 8 Aug 1955 from Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead, A 2nd cousin of my fathers, Milton S. Rhodes translates my letters to Uncle Louie and Milton was in San Francisco 1910-1912, the time my father was there. !SAN FRANCISCO:Letter dated 12 Nov 1956 from Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead, Mrs. Rhodes was in San Francisco from 1908 to 1912; my father was there, too then, and they had a good company. !EMIGRATION:Autobiography of Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead Dec 1972, His brother Aristomenis left for America in 1908 or 1909. GIVEN_NAMES: Also shown as Arthur G.
Arthur George Pan was born in the little village of Tsoukaleika, Greece. He was born about 1894 and was the third of nine children born to Georgios Panagopolous and Panagiota Papageorgopolous. He actually may have been born earlier than he was told, because his parents registered him two years younter than he was, to keep him from serving in the military service.He immigrated to the United States of America when he was about 17 years old. it is not known how he was able to enter without a parent and being a child under 18 years of age. The documentation of his arrival has not been established. The year was about 1910. He entered under the sponsorship of his uncle, who lived in Denver, Colorado. The uncle was a priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. Art went to Opportunity School to learn English. He married his English teacher and they had a son, but divorced and these members of his family are unknown. The record of his naturalization to an American citizen has not been established. He lived among the Greek community in Los Angeles, California after his brother, Stanley, and his sister, Soteria, came to America in about 1922. Art 'americanized' his name from Aristomenis George Panagopoulos to Arthur George Pan. Eventually, Art moved to Beverly Hills, California and opened a grocery store sometime in the 1920s. When the Great Depression hit in 1929, he lost the store because his customers were unable to pay for the merchandise they had received on credit. He remained friendly with his bookkeeper, who had a young son. It was at this friend's house that he met Etta Ethel Bischoff. Etta had agreed to tend the young son for a period of time. Art visited the friend, and met Etta. They began seeing each other frequently and were married in Long Beach, California on 17 Dec. 1932. After living in Hollywood for awhile, they found a house in West Los Angeles that that they wanted to buy, but money was scarce while the country was still in the Depression. However, Art bargained with the salesman of the house, and for $10 was able to legally bind the house in sale. Art had a good business sense, and began landscaping other houses in the tract to make them more attractive to buyers. During the remainer of the Depression, Art did landscaping and gardening and selling vegetables from a truck to provide for his family. These children were born into the family: Pauline, born 3 Sept 1933; Lorraine, born 3 Jan 1935; and Louise, born 10 Mar 1938. In January 1940, Art complained of excruciating headaches. He became disoriented while driving one day and Etta had to drive home. Soon, a visit to a doctor discovered that he had a brain tumor. Surgery was performed in Feb 1940, removing a small part of skull bone, which released pressure in his brain. However, the tumor could not be wholly removed because of its' position. He returned to work, but in April his condition worsened and he died on 13 April 1940, leaving Etta a widow with three small daughters one day after her 31st birthday. Etta remarried in Oct 1940 to Maurice Rees. He legally adopted the daughters of Etta in 1943 and their last name was changed from Pan to Rees. The girls were sealed to Maurice Rees and Etta Ethel Bischoff in 1952.
- !JOBS:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 13 Mar 1984 to P. Whitehead, My father worked in coal mines some time in 1922 or 1923 when Pete's restaurant was failing and in debt. Uncle Stanley was in school at Boulder, CO. My father was their only support during that period. The coal mines were near Denver. Uncle Stanley did not know the exact type of work he was doing, but said most likely it was not an easy job. !JOBS:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 21 Jun 1983 to P. Whitehead, When my father first came to CA (San Francisco area) with Uncle Callistos (the priest then), he got a job with the C&H Sugar Co. at Crockett. There were 3-4 other Greek boys from Tsoukaleika working there. In Colorado, my father worked for 1 or 2 years in the coal mines, but was not a strike breaker. His brother, Pete, would never have stood for that, as Pete was strong pro-labor. The conditions were: Uncle Stanley was in USA and had started college at Boulder. Sotieria had just arrived from Greece. Pete's restaurant was failing because of the depression. My father for a while was the provider for all of them. Following this difficult period, my father and Soteria went to LA around 1923 or 1924 and joined their Uncle Callistos who was then the Greek priest of LA prior to being elevated to bishop. !EMIGRATION:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 3 Dec 1980 to P. Whitehead, My father came to USA on April 1908. The name of the boat was "Themistocles" of the Greek Line. The boat left from the port of Patras. On his arrival, my father went to Pueblo where his brother Pete and Uncle Kallistos were (Uncle Kallistos was the priest there). A short time later all 3 moved to Denver when Uncle Kallistos was transferred there. !PICTURES:Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 8 Dec 1977 to P. Whitehead, Uncle Soteria found a portrait picture of my father taken in Denver in 1924 before he and Soteria came to LA to join Uncle Callistos. Aunt Soteria made 3 copies and Uncle Stanley is sending one to each of us girls (Me, Lorraine, and Louise). !EMIGRATION: Stanley G. Pann, letter dated 22 Jan 1974 to P. Whitehead, At the time my father came to USA there were 2 transoceanic ships of Greek registry between Greece and USA. One of them was named PATRIS, the other one Uncle Stanley does not recall the name. Quite possibly he came on the PATRIS. As most immigrants do, he learned some English with time as he went along at work. Also Denver was famous for its night schools for foreigners and since his first few years were spent there, it is very likely he attended night school. He must continued this program when he moved to San Francisco and Crockett. If during these periods he married the school teacher, of which I have no knowledge of, he learned English faster and better. since he came over about the age of 13 his English pronunciation was very good. Uncle Stanley came at the age of 18 and still says he has an accent. He does not know when or where my father became an American citizen. Most likely at Denver, CO. Although we always were a close knit family and always kept track of each member when we were not together, Uncle Stanley started knowing him in 1921 when he came to the USA. My father and their older brother Pete had a small restaurant in Denver. During the 1922-23 depression they lost the restaurant and later my father and Aunt Soteria went to LA and lived with their bishop uncle until Soteria got married. Uncle Stanley was attending school at Boulder, CO. For a while my father was a salesman of paper products and later started his market on Wilshire Blvd. Again the 1932-33 depression took its toll and my father lost everything. A few years later my father met my mother and they got married. Uncle Stanley believes they met when he had hurt his hand and he had gone to the doctor for treatment. Uncle Stanley remembers us 3 girls very well at our house on Bentley Ave, especially me. He says I used to jump all over my father when they came to visit us. My father was very gentle and kind. Just before he got sick he had acquired his 3rd house on a small down payment. He had told Uncle Stanley he wanted to have a home for each of his 3 girls. !EMIGRATION:Stanley G. Pann Christmas card, Dec 1982 to P. Whitehead, My father entered USA in New York. At the time they had second cousins in New York, but Uncle Stanley doesn't recall if my father stayed there or went directly to Denver where his brother Pete and Uncle Kallistos were. Uncle Stanley doesn't remember his brother Pete's departure for the USA, two years before my father, but he did recall my father's departure. They all had tears in their eyes, especially his mother who took it very seriously. My father was her favorite son because he was helpful and a good all-around young man. He was good natured and everybody loved him. The family feelings were mixed for the two older boys to leave home--sorry to see them go so far away (those days USA was a far-away country) and yet with some relief because hopefully they would find a better life in the land of opportunity. !NATURALIZATION:Letter from Stanley G. Pann 3 Dec 1981 to P. Whitehead, Uncle Stanley does not know for sure where or when my father was naturalized. Most likely in Los Angeles prior to 1930. !FAMILY:Letter from Stanley G. Pann 11 Nov 1983 to P. Whitehead, Their family had the only store in Souvardo. Their little store and big yard were the center of activity at Souvardo. !SOUVARDO:Stanley G. Pann letter 13 Mar 1984 to P. Whitehead, When Souvardo was destroyed in World War II, the Germans either by design or oversight did not destroy the church and one house. Being sort of a summer resort, Uncle Stanley doesn't think there were many or any records to be moved or destroyed. There was no regular church services or priest to officiate. Occasionally a monk priest from the nearby monastery (Big Cave) would come to hold Sunday services. !ANCESTORS:Stanley G. Pann letter 21 June 1983 to P. Whitehead, My father's paternal grandfather and 2 of his sisters had blue eyes and fair complexions. Uncle Stanley didn't know about his paternal grandmother because she died before he was born. His maternal grandfather had dark brown eyes and medium fair complexion. Both his father and mother had dark brown eyes and hair, as did all of their children. !PLACES:Letter from Stanley G. Pann in Dec 1982 Christmas card, Souvardo is near Kalavryta at an elevation of 6,000-7,000 feet. Kalavryta is the main city and center of the area and is 60 miles southeast of Patras. Moldovlachia is an old province of Roumania (he thinks it is now part of Russia) and Vlachia was then a large and prospering city on the Black Sea. during the Turkish occupation of Greece, many Greek people went to Roumania as well as other parts of Europe. Roumania has the same (or had) religion as Greece. Vlachia then is not a city in Greece. !SAN FRANCISCO:Letter dated 8 Aug 1955 from Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead, A 2nd cousin of my fathers, Milton S. Rhodes translates my letters to Uncle Louie and Milton was in San Francisco 1910-1912, the time my father was there. !SAN FRANCISCO:Letter dated 12 Nov 1956 from Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead, Mrs. Rhodes was in San Francisco from 1908 to 1912; my father was there, too then, and they had a good company. !EMIGRATION:Autobiography of Uncle Louie to P. Whitehead Dec 1972, His brother Aristomenis left for America in 1908 or 1909. GIVEN_NAMES: Also shown as Arthur G.
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Sources - [S956] California, Department of Public Health, Marriage, (certificate), 19 Dec 1932.
Los Angeles County, Local Registered # 14945
- [S956] California, Department of Public Health, Marriage, (certificate), 19 Dec 1932.
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