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census 1930

Achilles Jeannopoulos — 1930 Census (Bronx, FamilySearch Summary)

document 1941

Achilles Jeannopoulos — WWII Draft Registration (NYC, 1941)

document Aug 1935

ALETHEIA newspaper — Lazaros as Director, Saint George Philadelphia closure

document Sep 15, 1932

Aletheia newspaper — Volume I, Number 7 (September 15, 1932)

document Dec 2, 1933

Aletheia Protocol — founding charter of the dissident Greek-American clerical faction (December 2, 1933)

Jeannopoulos

• Mary Triantafilou c.1845–c.1910

  Mother of Lazaros.

• Panagiotis Jeannopoulos c.1845–c.1910 ·2 docs

  Father of Lazaros.

• Lazaros Jeannopoulos 1871–1939 ·52 docs

  Father of Constantine; Asia-Minor doctor, 1922 catastrophe refugee, NYC 1924; director of *Aletheia* newspaper through the 1932-1935 Greek-American schism.

• Eftyhia Jeannopoulos (née Karamitrou) 1874–1968 ·15 docs

  Wife of Lazaros, mother of seven (one lost in the Mytilene refugee camp). Maiden name Karamitrou; b. Pergamos.

• Josef Jakowski 1878–?

  Polish Medical Doctor in Warsaw; father of Sophie Jeannopoulos. Killed at Majdanek for helping Jewish people.

• Maria Jakowska (née Świergocka) 1890–1959

  Polish-born wife of Josef Jakowski; mother of Sophie. Survived the war but died before she could emigrate.

• John Jeannopoulos c.1899–? ·1 doc

  The 1930 SS Saturnia passenger 'John Jeannopoulos, age 31' — most likely John Lazare himself with a falsified age, not a separate older brother.

• John Jeannopoulos 1911–2004 ·8 docs

  Second of the Soma-born brothers; the runaway with Takis to Greece in 1924–25; eventually settled in the US as a physician, married Ines Valda, had daughters Eftichia and Aline. Died January 2004.

• Takis Jeannopoulos 1911–1976 ·6 docs

  Constantine's older brother. American school name "Peter." Ran away to Greece with John Lazare at 13 (1924-25); eventually a NYC physician. Died 1976.

• Mary Jeannopoulos 1914–c.1990 ·3 docs

  Constantine's sister — Greek **Maritsa** (Μαρίτσα), anglicized **Mary**. Married Dr. Spyridon Kritzalis; lived in Manhattan. Carrier of the Mytilene mismatched-shoes story.

• Constantine Jeannopoulos 1916–1980 ·37 docs

  Son of Lazaros and Eftyhia; father of Peter, John, and Penny. Cornell '37, MD Roma '41; US Army Medical Corps Captain in WWII; NYU orthopedic surgeon; ended his days in Santo Domingo.

• Alina Jeannopoulos (née Bacho) 1919–2010

  Wife of Dr. Takis Jeannopoulos. Born Alina Bacho in Łuck, Poland; arrived NY 1946; with Takis owned the family bungalow at 104 Asharoken Avenue, Northport, where she died February 16, 2010 in her 90th year.

• Achilles Jeannopoulos 1920–2004 ·4 docs

  Youngest Anatolia-born Jeannopoulos sibling; the only one to fully anglicize his name — to Alfred A. Johnson, the literal English of Ιωαννόπουλος.

• Sophie Jeannopoulos (née Jakowska) 1922–2005 ·10 docs

  Polish-born biologist; wife of Constantine, mother of Peter, John, and Penny; 100+ articles, co-discoverer of Ectyonin (1959); *Precursora de la Bioética* honored by the Dominican Republic.

• Ines Jeannopoulos (née Cicchinelli) 1925–2004 ·4 docs

  French Resistance survivor; Wiener Neustadt-Mauthausen liberatee 1945. Wife of John Lazare, mother of three daughters. Director at Berlitz NYC ('Madame Jean').

• Peter Jeannopoulos b. 1943 ·7 docs

  Eldest child of Constantine and Sophie; husband of Mireille Lebrun; father of Alex and Christopher. Retired NYC Public School teacher; lives in Hollywood, FL.

• Claudine Boyhan (née Jeannopoulos) b. 1950 ·1 doc

  John Lazare and Ines Valda's biological eldest. Born Tunis ~1950 (baptismal name Eftichia); American everyday name Claudine. Married Patrick Boyhan.

• Mya Durso (née Jeannopoulos) 1950–2002 ·2 docs

  Adopted daughter of John Lazare Jeannopoulos and Ines (Agnes) Valda. Full given name Myriam, everyday Mya. Married Dominick Durso. Two children — Anthony and Aline. Died of breast cancer in 2002.

• John Jeannopoulos 1953–2026

  Middle of Constantine and Sophie's three children; lawyer, former Assistant US Attorney. Terminal branch — no children.

• Marie Jeannopoulos b. 1960 ·1 doc

  Marie Helene "Penny" — Constantine and Sophie's youngest. Moved to Santo Domingo 1980; married Juan Medina there 1982. Living link to the family's DR years.

• Karyn Jeannopoulos b. 1970

  Director of Faculty Funded Research at NYU Stern. Wife of Alex; mother of Mia.

• Alex Jeannopoulos b. 1971

  Software engineer. Elder son of Peter and Mireille; sits at the Greek-Anatolian / Haitian-Caribbean diaspora junction.

• Mia Jeannopoulos b. 2009

  Daughter of Alex and Karyn.

• Aline Pepe (née Jeannopoulos)

  Youngest of John Lazare and Ines Valda's three daughters. Married Nick Pepe. The primary living source for John Lazare's life and the Soma-era family stories.

• Juan Medina

  Painter; husband of Penny Jeannopoulos. Lives in Santo Domingo.

Lebrun

• Georges Lebrun c.1880–c.1950 ·1 doc

  Father of Serge Lebrun. French father, Belgian mother.

• Claire Lebrun (née Gaetjens) c.1885–c.1955 ·2 docs

  Mother of Serge Lebrun. Of the Haitian Gaetjens family, of mixed Haitian and German colonial origin.

• Leroy Chassaing c.1890–c.1960

  Father of Toye Chassaing.

• Marguerite Chassaing (née Valcin) c.1895–c.1965

  Mother of Toye Chassaing.

• Marie Therese Chassaing c.1930–c.2010 ·1 doc

  Mother of Mireille and her seven siblings. Devoted family caregiver in Haiti; later a noted seamstress in New York.

• Cedric Lebrun 1 doc

  Youngest of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children.

• Frantz Lebrun 1 doc

  Eldest of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children.

• Jacque Lebrun 1 doc

  Second of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children; Mireille's older brother.

• Mireille Jeannopoulos (née Lebrun) 2 docs

  Wife of Peter Jeannopoulos; mother of Alex and Christopher. Third of Serge and Toye's eight children. Formerly UNICEF; lives in Hollywood, FL.

• Pierre Richard Lebrun

  One of Mireille's seven siblings; born in Port-au-Prince. Falls between Mireille and Rene Max in birth order.

• Rene-Max Lebrun 1 doc

  Fifth of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children.

• Sagine Lebrun 1 doc

  Sixth of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children.

• Sandra Lebrun 1 doc

  Seventh of Serge Lebrun and Toye Chassaing's eight children; contracted polio as a child and was treated in Cuba.

• Serge Lebrun ?–2004 ·1 doc

  Father of Mireille and her seven siblings; baker, shopkeeper, tire merchant in Port-au-Prince; emigrated to the US ~1968 and retired from Mellon Bank in Manhattan.

cichinelli

• Demetri Cichinelli stub c.1865–c.1925

  Sicilian. Father of Achilles Cichinelli, paternal grandfather of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Name only. Stub.

• Achilles Cichinelli stub c.1895–c.1950

  Sicilian. Father of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Left the family after his wife Amelda Menouti died young. Stub.

• Amelda Cichinelli (née Menouti) stub c.1900–c.1935

  Mother of Ines Valda Cichinelli (later Jeannopoulos). Died in her thirties from a heart ailment, presumably sequelae of earlier rheumatic fever. Stub — surfaced 2026-05-21 via Aline.

econom

• Leonidas Econom 1926–2024 ·2 docs

  New York-born Greek-American. Husband of Rhea ("Lula") Jeannopoulos for 62 years. Moved with her from New York to California in 1964 and founded Econom Tax Service in Northridge.

• Rhea Econom (née Jeannopoulos) 1926–2012 ·2 docs

  Hunter College alumna; co-founder of Econom Tax Service in 1964 California. Youngest of Constantine's siblings — and the only one born American.

• Jo Ann Econom stub 1956–1995 ·1 doc

  Daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. 1956–1995.

• Cathy Econom stub

  Second daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. Stub.

• Christine Econom stub

  One of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom's daughters. Stub.

• Kim Econom stub

  Youngest daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. Succeeded her mother running the family business Econom Tax Service. Stub.

• Peter Econom stub ?–1962 ·1 doc

  Childhood-loss son of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom — died at approximately age 5. Likely the "toddler grandson" Eftyhia grieved (per Aline Pepe's 2026 memoir).

• Stephanie Econom stub

  Third daughter of Rhea ("Lula") and Leonidas Econom. Stub.