HONIOTES    

 FAMILY HISTORY

 

 

From Crete and Mykonos to Joliet, IL USA    
 
 
 

The Tarpon Springs Connection

John (Zougano) J. Honiotes, the first born of the Honiotes Brothers, married Eleni Koulianos of Tarpon Springs, Florida. Tarpon Springs was settled by Greek sponge divers mosty from the island of Kalimnos. I can remember visiting Tarpon Springs almost every summer when I was young. "Thea Helen" and my mother Anna (Kochalka) were the exceptions of the Honiotes daughter-in-laws because Thea Helen's family wasn't from Mykonos and Ann wasn't a Greek. The infusion of something other than "Mykoniatis" in the family was a blessing!

<This photo is Eleni Koulianos-Honiotes "Thea Helen" taken in Tarpon Springs.

Below is Eleni, Michael, and Maria Koulianos


Eleni, Michael, and Maria Koulianos