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Emmanuel : Biographies : Eleni P. Lekanidou (1922 - )
Eleni P. Lekanidou (1922 - )
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Surname: |
Lekanidou (nee Emmanuel) |
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Name: |
Eleni |
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Middle name: |
none |
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Father: |
Emmanuel "Nisiotis", Gregory C. |
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Mother: |
Perrou, Irini D. |
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Birth: |
1922 - Moshi, Tanganyika |
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Death: |
not applicable |
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Siblings: |
Constantine (b.1923), Dimitris (b.1924), Nicholas (b.1925) |
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Spouse: |
Lekanidis, Panagiotis (Panagis) |
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Marriage: |
(1939 or 1940) - unknown place |
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Children: |
Minas (b.1941), Irini (b.1945) |
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She is the first of four children. Taken by her mother to Athens, Greece, along with her brothers, to attend school in 1933. Eloped with Panagis M. Lekanidis and married him 1939 or 1940. Spent part of the occupation on the Island of Andros where Panagis was a teacher, then returned to Athens and lived with the Emmanuels at Ambelokipi. Survived the occupation and the 1st phase of the civil war and returned to Tanganyika with her family in 1946. After a short stay she and her family returned to Athens where she currently resides. Eleni was Gregory C. Emmanuel's designated guardian while he was in boarding school at the Athens College. In July 1998 Eleni traveled to the the ancestral homeland, the island of Tenedos, with her brother Dimitri.
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