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Lambros

Generation 4 · born in Greece

Contillo Georgeson

Contillo G. Lambros-Georgeson

Ran the family restaurants in Oneonta

Born
15 Nov 1895, Zoupena, Greece
Died
2 Aug 1990, Washington, DC

Extremely hard-working, Contillo all but ran the family’s businesses in Oneonta: first a small restaurant beside the Oneonta Theatre on Chestnut Street, later another on lower Chestnut.

In 1927 the family went to Zoupena for a “visit” and Bill decided to stay. Depression and currency devaluations left them poverty-stricken, and it was Christmas 1939 before they got back to Oneonta. Her five sons had to learn English again, and still excelled at school.

Then came the losses. Her youngest, George (opens in a new tab), was killed in a freight-elevator accident in 1941. Harry (opens in a new tab) died of wounds in Germany in 1944. Chris (opens in a new tab) came home from the war shell-shocked and died by suicide in 1977; John (opens in a new tab) died of cancer. Contillo spent her last years with her son Jim (opens in a new tab) and his wife in Washington, where she died at 94.

Marriage

  • Bill Georgeson (1888–1970)

    • Also known as Vasilis D. Georgitsos
    • Married c. 1914
    • Son of Dimitrios Georgitsos and Panagiota Chronis
    • Born 30 Jan 1888, Zoupena, Greece
    • Died 1970, Oneonta, NY

    Bill was Harry (opens in a new tab)’s first business partner in Oneonta. His brother Nick Georgeson (1891–1984) and Nick’s wife Christina Vlahos ran a small Main Street restaurant, the Oyaron.

Children (5)

Where the records disagree

  • The family tree places her marriage in Zoupena about 1914; the narrative says she married Bill in Oneonta.