POULIANOS/POULOS FAMILY HISTORY ONLINE - George Moraitis Writings

POULIANOS/POULOS FAMIL HISTORY

THE FAMILY OF ELIAS (LOUIS) AND MARY POULIANOS (POULOS, POULINOS) OF THE POULOS FARM, POND PATH, SOUTH SETAUKET, N.Y. CAME TO THE AMERICAN SHORES THOUGH EILLIS ISLAND IN 1920 ON THE GREEK LINE SHIP: PATRIS FROM IKARIA , GREECE, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, DESPINA (DAISY). THEY CAME TO THE SETAUKET FARM, ONCE OWNED BY THE 'SETAUKET' HAWKINS - SMITH FAMILY, RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1740. THE FARM ALSO INCLUDED THE 'HOLE IN THE HILL' (BROOKHAVEN TOWN RECORDS) POND THAT WAS ONCE THE SUBJECT OF THE PAINTINGS OF WILLIAM S. MOUNT (STONY BROOK) 'CIDER MAKING' (ca. 1840) AND OF WILLIAM M. DAVIS, (MT. SINAI & PORT JEFFERSON) SOME 20 YEARS LATER. THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD IN 1975 AND THE 17 BEDROOM HOME WAS RAZED. TODAY, THE PROPERTY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'POND ESTATES' I & II. MOST OF THE FAMILY STILL LIVE IN THE AREA. WRITER'S NOTES: MY MOTHER, ALICE WAS BORN (1927)& RAISED ON THIS FARM. THE POULIANOS/POULOS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BURIED AT CEDAR HILL CEMETERY, PORT JEFFERSON. PLEASE SEE MORE AT THE 'POULIANOS/POULOS' WEB SITES & 'FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL ARTICLES ONLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION....ENJOY!....GEORGE MORAITIS