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Mary Triantafilou

1850 1845–1910 2050

Mother of Lazaros; Alex's paternal great-great-grandmother.

Mary’s surname is the most we know about her. Triantafilou (Τριανταφύλλου, “of the rose”) — a common Greek surname across the populations of Asia Minor, often given as a metaphorical poetic name rather than a strict patronymic. It appears on her son Lazaros’s 1928 NYC naturalization record, beside her husband Panagiotis.

She was at least the mother of one son: Lazaros, born around 1871 somewhere in western Anatolia, most likely Akhisar. Whether she had other children, when she was born, when she died, where she is buried — all open. She survives in the family record as a name and a flower.

  • Exact birth and death dates.
  • Town of origin in Anatolia (Soma or nearby, likely).
  • Family of origin (the Triantafilou line — siblings, parents).
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