Migrants- Ambeliko
Family Name: | Vetsikas |
Name: | Nikolaos |
Year of Birth: | 1934 |
Father's Name: | Panagiotis (Agiassos) |
Mother's Name: | Vatani Simou (Ambeliko) |
Siblings: | Argiro (Asomatou), Ourania (Aivaliotou), Ioannis |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1964 |
Sponsor: | Georgios Despotellis (my brother-in-law) |
Married: | Maria Despotelli (Ambeliko) |
Children: | Sophia, Angela, Panagiotis |
City of Residence: | Melbourne, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- fish & chips shops |
Above: The Vetsikas family. L-R: My mother, Vatani; my brother, Ioannis; my father, Panagiotis; my sisters, Ourania and Argiro; and my paternal grandmother, Sophia- who is holding me as a baby.
Above Right: My parents, Vatani and Panagiotis.
Above: With my friends, Andreas Paleologos and Christos Evangelellis. I am on the right.
Above Right: As fifteen-year-old teenagers. L-R: Christos Evangelellis, Efstratios Meligonitis, Ioannis Aivaliotis; unknown; myself; Efstathios Stavrogeorgis and Andreas Paleologos.
Above: With my wife, Maria, on our wedding day.
Above Right: On our way to Australia, as a family. With my wife, Maria, and our children, Angela, Sophia and Panagiotis.
Above: For many years, I have served on the Committee of the Palesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria. Standing left to right are: Stavros Giaramanis, Efstratios Pikolos, Ioannis Esketzis, myself, Ioannis Vasiliou, Doukas Georgalas, Andonios Andonellis annd Nikolaos Hatzivagiannis.
Above Right: Celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with my wife, Maria.
Above: At my grandson Spyridonas' wedding with our family.