John's mother is Mary Kokoris b. 1918 (http://www.thenationalherald.com/11823/mother-of-chief-of-staff-to-bill-clinton-podesta-dies-at-89/))
her mother is May L Kalanze https://voatpic.me/ABE8392AD0
she came to America in 1910 under the name Thomais Kalantzi (https://voatpic.me/8B93D8E304))
Here is the passenger list for the Patris arriving in NY in 9 Oct 1910 at 16 years of agehttps://voatpic.me/80C2B7EF5E
second page says that her Father Reverend Theodozos Russiano paid for her voyage. This person does not exist in the US Census, nor does the address exist at this time period. The street name seems significant Broad St as in dames or broads. (https://voatpic.me/ED223CEEF4))
Probably involved in human trafficking from Greece. At this time period there was a law passed to stop the "White Slave Trade." The Mann Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act))
It seems like they were able to skirt through regulation by claiming it was a reverend that paid for their journey. Remember the scar mentioned on the naturalization application. An interesting story is mentioned in this book that details traffic of young girls written by Ernest Bell (https://archive.org/details/fightingtraffici00bell)) on pages 54-56 where an Italian girl is trying to escape.
"But she was not quick enough and the hand of the oppressor was upon her. IN the wild scene that followed she was slashed with a razor, one gash straight through her right eye, one across her cheek and another slitting her ear."
The book talks about trafficking in Chicago, and cities across the world. Nothing is new under the sun.
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Poncho567 ago
I don't see there is evidence of a connection. The Father Reverend Theodozos Russiano could have paid for the voyage from Greece.
pizzaphish ago
That doesn't work because the Reverend's address is listed that he is in 689 Broad St. that address did not exist at that time period as far as I can tell.
Also she is a scholar at 16 and when applying for naturalization a housekeeper??
Poncho567 ago
Ok, I did look at your information more carefully just out of curiosity. I found dead ends also. I think the name is Theodoros instead of Theodozos. Also, the passenger list says "father" for paying for her trip... could be her father back in Greece. You're right, I don't find this Theodoros anywhere. He could go by a different name, though. I looked at a Greek Orthodox Church in Manhatten (Annunciation), I didn't see his name for past priests (record went back to 1800's). I'm not sure about the Broad street address in 1910, however there is a Broad Street in Manhatten. Scholar probably just means student. It is possible she came over as a housekeeper, I know a student from another country who came to USA as a nanny 10 years ago and worked as a nanny and waitress here as she went to school, now has a master's degree.
pizzaphish ago
Again doesn't work. She's 47 years old and is still a housekeeper when applying to become citizen. From Wikipedia "Many trafficking victims are women and girls from impoverished rural regions of the Amazon, recruited and coerced into prostitution in urban nightclubs, bars, and brothels, often through false employment offers or promises of education. "