FAMILY OF JIM KAPALES (of Hoxie, Arkansas)

[last updated 2012-04-09]

I. IN GREECE
Notes
this information comes from: (i) a US immigration document for "Gim S. Kapales"; (ii) a 1980 letter from Stavros
Kalyvas of Goura, Greece; (iii) two 1998 letters from Anastasia (Kapellos) Kalantzis of Aedonia, Nemeas,
Greece; (iv) from an interview by Richard Parker of Stavroula Kalyvas (sister of Jim Kapales) in the village of
Goura in Spring 1981.
Kapellos is a not uncommon name in Greece, but the word is derived from Italian (capello hat). Indeed, other
Kapelloi were pointed out to me as living in the small village of Goura who are not relatives.
Probably due to the name, Stavros Kalyvas deduced that the family had "Frankish" origins (a generic ethnic
word used to refer to Western Europeans and/or Catholics) via Corfu ca. 1815, but the fact that his grandmother
Stavritsa and Stavros himself speaks Albanian makes such a claim doubtful.
Albanians were brought into Greece as military colonists by the Byzantines, and later again by the Turks, so
they are a part of the Greek ethnic fabric. One often finds villages in the same locale, one with a Greek name and
another with an Albanian name. Goura is not, I believe, a Greek word. Today many manual labourers from the
country of Albania come to Greece for work and are regarded in much the same way as Mexicans in the U.S. Thus
no Greek will admit to Albanian origins.
STAVROS + ANASTASIA KAPELLOS ( & ) of Goura ( ), Korinthias
Greece
(Goura is a few km. from the ancient city of Pheneos (site of some of Hercules' exploits: Pausanias 8.14-15). Modern
Greek maps and transportation schedules sometimes use the ancient names, so if you go there beware.
To get there, start from Korinth and take the main coastal highway west. At Kiato (ancient Sicyon) there is a road
leading up into the mountains towards Stymphalos, a tiny village famous for the Herakles legend. Continue up the
mountain and the end of the road is Goura.
Their children:
1. DEMETRIOS (), a son who immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1907 and ended up farming in Hoxie, Arkansas,
a.k.a. James S. Kapales. Born January 4, 1907 in Gorna, Corintheus, Greece (i.e., village of Gourna in distict of
Korinthias). Arrived USA October 15, 1907, married Bertha Mae Ward (born June 26 1895, died 1979?) September 29,
1914; died June 16, 1958.
2. KOSTAS ( is the full formal name), a son who married a Romanian woman and emigrated to Romania.
Supposedly a son survives (in Bucharest?) with the last name KAPELLOZITZ.
3. VASILIS ( = Basil or Vassily), a son who died in 1935
4. CHRISTOS (), a son who had five (5) children
A. ANASTASIA (Tasha) KALANTZIS (daughter of Christos Kapellos) of "Ahdonia NemeaV (roughly between
Stymphalos and Nemea?)
B. YORGOS ( = "George") KAPELLOS of Tarsos a few km. from Goura (uncertain if the name of this
village is correct). This man was introduced as "first cousin of Leo Kapales, Ina (Kapales) Parker etc." R. Parker
deduced that he was the son of Christos, but he could be the son of Kostas.
C, D, E, F. two other sons & two other daughters
5. STAVROULA STAVRITSA (KAPELLOS) KALYVAS ( [] ), a daughter. Born
ca. 1904, she married Kostas Kalybas and lived in Goura (still living there in Spring 1981, when Richard Parker met her).
A. Stavroula's son G.K. Kalyvas had sons & daughters, most notably:
a. STAVROS KALYBAS who wrote to Leo Kapales and Richard Parker in 1980-1981.
6. PHOTO (short for Photine?: ), a daughter who lived in Arphara (?) in Akhaia (north coast of Peloponnesos).
7. PHROSO (), a daughter who died after 1935 but predeceased her parents.
Apparently both of these two had several children
As per Greek custom, 1-7 will have had STAVROU = "of Stavros" [i.e., son or daughter of]) as their "middle" name; it is
an invariable custom among Greeks that the father's name comes between the personal name and the family name.

II. IN AMERICA
DEMETRIOS STAVROU KAPELLOS was known in America as: James S. Kapales
b(orn) January 4, 1893; arrived in U.S.A. October 15, 1907; m(arried) Bertha Mae Ward September 29, 1914; d(ied) June
16, 1958. They had 8 children: 3 sons & 5 daughters.
1. Leo Kapales (of Hoxie, Arkansas: b. before 1920; his wife was killed in a car accident when their children were very
young, but he never remarried)
a. Bertha Ann
b. Sarah [or Susan? As per John Thau Jrs April 4, 2012 e-mail?]
c. William Billy Kapales
d. Charles David Kapales (b. ca. 1948)
(1) Julie Jean (Kapales) Jones of Black Rock, AR (b. ca. 1970)
(2) Treva (she looked after uncle Billy in his last year, according to April 4 e-mail)
2. Evelyn Kapales = John Thau (of St. Louis, Missouri)
a. John Thau Jr.
3. Helen Kapales (d. as an infant)
4. Ina Mae Kapales (b. December 20, 1920 or 22?; d. December 17, 1977) = m. (June 6, 1944) Wayne D. Parker (d.
December 1977)
a. James Thomas Parker (b. 1943) of Huntington Beach, CA
i. Kim (Parker) Rice
ii. Brian Parker (son of Tom's 2nd wife Caryn Findley; adopted by Tom) of ? Point Dana, CA?
iii. Amy Parker of Huntington Beach, CA
b. Richard Wayne Parker (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; b. 1951)
i. Richard James Christensen Parker (b. 1987)
ii. Wyatt Christensen Parker (b. 1989)
c. John Steven Parker (b. October 1955) of Visalia, CA
d. Barry Alan Parker (b. January 1959) New Braunfels, TX
i. Max Parker
ii. Alec Parker
e. Debora Lynn (Parker) Deverel (Pleasant Hill, California; b. 1963)
i. Parker James Deveril
5. Christine Kapales = Randall McCarroll (Chesterfield, Indiana)
a. Jay McCarroll (lives or at one time lived in San Bernardino, California)
b. Karen (McCarrol)
c. Dwayne McCarroll
6. Margaret Kapales (d. May 1997) = William Bill Miller
a. William Bill Miller Jr.
7. James Kapales = Aileen (lived at one time in Carpenteria, CA; Ravenden Springs, AR
a. Sharon
b. Karen
c. Patricia
d. boy (there was a little brother, right? I might be wrong about this)
8. Ervin Kapales (b. December 25 1933; d. October 27 2009) = Joyce
a. Ricky Kapales of Hoxie, AR
b. Mica (Kapales) Shelton of Comoe, TX
c. Kevin Kapales of Memphis, TN

Christine (Kapales) McCarroll (Randal)

326 Walnut Street
Chesterfield, Indiana
Jay McCarroll
5624 Elm Ave.
San Bernardino, California 92406
Karen (McCarroll)

PARKER
I. John? Parker married = ?
A. John Parker
B. Jake Parker
C. Ira Ogle Parker = Nora
(1) Juanita Parker = Otis Tootle(i) Keith
(ii) Karen = Dwayne Martin
D. Daisy = Charles Jones (of Dinuba California)
E. James Madison (or Monroe?) Parker born Feb. 17, 1880 in Vincennes, Indiana, died Dec.22, 1953;
= Nettie Ann Downs (born Jan.9, 1886 in Egypt, Arkansas, Died April 23, 1964; brothers Hubert Downs,
Crawford Downs; half-sister Zena = Hugh Harrell.
1. Clara Lee Parker born ca. 1902; = Bud Bearden
a. twins: (a1) Leo Bearden & (a2) Cleo Bearden = Alvie Osterman
(1) Family of (a2) Cleo (Bearden) & Alvie Osterman
i. Jeannie Osterman
ii. Phil Osterman (died 198?)
b. twins: (b1) Leon Bearden & (b2) Louise Bearden = Hank Statler
(2) Family of (b2) Louise (Bearden) & Hank Statler
i. Ronny Statler (died 198?)
ii. Karen Statler
2. Garland Robert Parker = Fayoleen
a. Junior (Garland Robert?) Parker
b. Darrell Parker
c. Donald Lee (Donald-Lee? or Donolley?) Parker
3. William Donolley ("Don") Parker = Dorothy Wyatt
a. Don
b. Jimmy
c. Billy Don
4. Jacob Burrell ("Jack") Parker = Velma
a. Jackie Max?
(b.?)
5. Douglas Wayne Parker (b. 09.ii.1920) = Ina Mae Kapales (June 6, 1944)
a. James Thomas Parker born October 16 1942 (or 1943)
= [1] Suzette January ca. 1964
i. Kimberly Parker;
= [2] Karen Finley
i. Brian (adopted son of Terry--- & Karen --- ) Parker
ii. Amy Parker
b. Richard Wayne Parker born July 28 1951; married Myra Joan Christensen of Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
i. Richard James Christensen Parker born Dec. 7, 1987
ii. Wyatt Christensen Parker (b. 31.xii.1989)
c. John Steven Parker born Oct 21 1955
d. Barry Allen Parker born Jan.3, 1959; married Victoria Valliere

i. Max (b. April 1993)

ii. Alec (b. February 1997)
a. Deborah Lynn Parker born March 15(?) 1963(?); married James Deverel
i.
Parker James Deverel August 1997