Pelion · House archive
Documented family line
Saratsis family · 19th–20th centuries
Andreas Saratsis · household anchor
Documented maternal household
The recorded Ano Volos household of Andreas Saratsis and Athena Sakopoulou leads to Archontoula Saratsi and her descendants. Family memory connects this household to prominent Saratsis circles, but the exact cousin chain remains unproven.
Andreas Saratsis
Household anchor
Recorded husband of Athena Sakopoulou; the earliest firmly linked Saratsis of this household.
Athena Sakopoulou
Wife
Documented mother of Archontoula Saratsi.
Archontoula Saratsi
Daughter
Married Konstantinos Soupliotis at Agios Konstantinos, Volos.
Andreas Soupliotis
Grandson
Continues the line; living details kept private.
19th century
Household established in Ano Volos
The family is remembered in the Ano Volos and Anakasia neighbourhoods of the Pelion foothills.
Date not yet documented
Marriage at Agios Konstantinos, Volos
The union of Archontoula Saratsi and Konstantinos Soupliotis. Register entry still to be transcribed.
Relationship-driven chart of the documented household.
Archive leads for the parish and diocesan registers.
Documented family line
Sakopoulou family · 19th–20th centuries
Athena Sakopoulou · household anchor
Documented maternal family
Athena Sakopoulou is documented as Archontoula Saratsi’s mother. Her family branch belongs inside the proven household tree and continues through the recorded marriage and descendants.
Athena Sakopoulou
Household anchor
Documented mother of Archontoula Saratsi.
Archontoula Saratsi
Daughter
Carries the Sakopoulou descent into the Soupliotis union.
19th–20th centuries
Sakopoulou household in the Pelion villages
Family memory places the household within the Ano Volos, Anakasia and Makrinitsa settlements.
Documented parents, spouses and children.
Open questions and archive progress for this branch.
Place history · no claimed kinship
Hatzianastasis and Kontos households · 19th–20th centuries
Yiannis Kontos · mansion owner from 1905
Historic Anakasia mansion household
The Kontos Mansion, originally associated with the Hatzianastasis family, preserves the elite domestic world of Anakasia. Theophilos painted its upper salon in 1912; neither household is presented as blood kin to Archontoula.
Hatzianastasis household
Original mansion family
Associated with the building of the Anakasia archontiko.
Yiannis Kontos
Owner from 1905
Commissioned the painted salon; no kinship to Archontoula is claimed.
18th–19th centuries
Archontiko built in Anakasia
A fortified Pelion mansion typical of prosperous village households.
1912
Theophilos paints the upper salon
Theophilos Hatzimihail decorated the mansion's reception room with heroic and pastoral scenes.
Official listing of the monument and its murals.
Maps, imagery and archival links for the village.
Historic village tradition · no claimed kinship
Malliasenos family · Early 13th century
The Malliasenos founders
Medieval founding house
The Malliasenos family founded the medieval monastery of Panagia Makrinitsa, around which the settlement developed. Their place in this page is historical and territorial, not genealogical.
The Malliasenos founders
Medieval patrons
Byzantine-era family credited with founding the monastery of Panagia Makrinitsa.
Early 13th century
Monastery of Panagia Makrinitsa founded
The settlement of Makrinitsa developed around the monastic foundation.
Village history and the medieval foundation.
Maps, landmarks and archival sources.
Architectural history · no claimed kinship
Topali family · 19th century
Topali mansion household
Makrinitsa archontiko household
The Topali Mansion of 1844 embodies the fortified archontiko tradition associated with prosperous Pelion households. It now houses the Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion.
Topali household
Mansion family
A prosperous Makrinitsa household of the archontiko era; no kinship claimed.
1844
Topali Mansion built
A fortified stone archontiko in the heart of Makrinitsa.
20th century
Converted to a museum
The mansion now houses the Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion.
Building history and collections.
Village context and further links.
Documented association · not a bloodline
Volos medical and civic circle · 19th–20th centuries
Dr. Dimitrios Saratsis · public-life anchor
Professional and civic network
Physicians, mayors, parliamentarians, and educators shaped the public institutions of Volos. Their professional links are documented separately from the unresolved distant-family tradition surrounding Archontoula’s Saratsis household.
Dr. Dimitrios Saratsis
Physician, educator, parliamentarian
Hospital director, founder of a girls' school, deputy and municipal reformer. Died 14 January 1951.
Dr. Nikolaos Saratsis
Physician
Same surname; the family link to Archontoula's household is unverified.
Alexandros Delmouzos
Educator
Leading figure of the Volos girls' school; a documented civic association, not kin.
Dr. Nikolaos Georgiadis
Physician and public figure
Part of the Volos medical and civic circle.
Dr. Ioannis Hatziargyris
Physician
Associated with the same professional network.
1908
Volos Girls' School opens
A reforming school at the centre of the city's educational debates.
1914
The “Atheists of Volos” trial
The school's circle stood trial; the case became a landmark of Greek educational history.
14 January 1951
Death of Dr. Dimitrios Saratsis
The verified date of death of the circle's best-known figure.
City history, landmarks and institutions.
How the public legacy relates to the documented household.
Historic households and civic circles appear here for the world they shaped, not as claimed ancestors. No kinship is asserted beyond the documented family line.