James John Manos

Male 1921 - 1982  (61 years)


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  • Name James John Manos 
    Birth 3 Apr 1921  Greenville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Oct 1982  Greenville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Notes for James JOHN MANOS:

      According to family tradition: (Source: James Albert Kay, son of Charles Marshall Kay, 1st cousin to Rossie Kay Manos) John Konstantine Manos and son, James Manos, were stranded in Greece during WW II during a business trip.. They both returned to the Port of NY on April 22, 1946 on the S.S. Hawser Splice sailing from Piraeus, Greece, having departed the United States in April 1939, according to the manifest. During the Nazi occupation of Greece, James, unable to serve in American military service, joined and fought with the British and Greek underground. His Greek cousin, according to Kay family oral history was executed by the Nazi's for not disclosing James' location. The execution was witnessed from an attic window by James Manos.

      OBIT: Tues. Oct. 12, 1982, James Manos - James John Manos, 61, of 50 E. Circle Ave., died Monday. He was a retired employee of Prudential Insurance Co. Surviving are his wife, Louise McClanahan Manos of the home; daughters, Marilyn M. Keith of Greenville and Susan L. Manos of Alexandria, VA; and sister, Georgia Manatis of Spartanburg, Elizabeth Vagias of Baden, Pa. and Catherine Kerhulas of Bakersfield, CA. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wed. the Mackey Mortuary. Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. at the mortuary. Memorial may be made of the Heart Fund, 209 East Stone Ave., SC 29609 SSDI: James Manos b. 30 Apr. 1921 d. Oct. 1982, last residence Greenville, Greeville, Co. SC. SSN issued GA before 1951.
    Person ID I01578  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father John Konstantine Manos,   b. 27 Mar 1885, Xerocambia, Greece Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1948, Greenville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rossie Lillian Kay,   b. 19 Nov 1886, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1971, Greenville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Feb 1909  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F00906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sara Louise McClenahan,   b. 13 Oct 1924, Liberty, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1989, Greenville, South carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1947  Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marilyn Ann Manos,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
     2. Susan Lillian Manos,   b. 22 Nov 1952, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1990, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F00915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 


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