Migrants- Mesotopos

 

Family Name: Vasila
Name: Efstratia "Toula"
Year of Birth:   1945
Father's Name: Vasilios (Mesotopos)
Mother's Name:   Eleni Iosifellis (Mesotopos) 
Siblings:  Mihail
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1962
Sponsor: Vasilios Vasilas (my father)
Married:  Konstantinos Delmadoros (Astypalea)
Children:  Andonios
Livelihood:  Factory Hand
Year of Return to Greece:  1979
City of Residence: Athens, Greece

 

 

Above: My maternal grandfather, Konstantinos Iosifellis, at our village's kafeneio.

Above Right: The Vasilas family: with my parents, Vasilios and Eleni, and my brother, Mihail. 

 

Above: With my brother, Mihail. 

Above Right: Dressed as amalies for Apokries. L-R: Niki Tsakiri, Marianthi Hatzimali, Marina Mihailidou and myself. Circa 1957. 

 

Above: An engagement photograph with my fiance, Konstantinos Delmadoros. 

Above Right: Visiting Greece with my husband, Konstantinos. We are with my cousins Panos- and his wife, Mela- and Mihail Kalogirou. 

 

Above: With my son, Andonios. 

Above Right: At my son Andonios' baptism with my parents, my brother and his family and godparents. 

 

Above: In our family business in Athens, with my husband, Konstantinos, my mother, Eleni and my brother, Mihail. 

Above Right: Holidaying in Rome with my husband, Konstantinos.