Migrants- Mytilene
Family Name:
Kapouranis
Name:
Ioannis
Life:
1907-2012
Father's Name:
Georgios (Mytilene)
Mother's Name:
Anna Eripiotou (Mytilene)
Siblings:
Grigorios, Konstantinos, Eleni (Salisbury), Chrysanthi (Travis), Vasiliki (Profromos), Merci (MacGregor)
Year of Arrival in Australia:
1924
Sponsor:
Georgios & Anna Kapouranis (my parents)
Married:
Toula Kolokithatou (Githio, Laconias)
Children:
Konstantina (Constance), Paula
City of Residence:
Sydney, Australia
Livelihood:
Small Business- Cafe, milk bars
Above: A portrait of my maternal grandmother, Mersini.
Above Right: A portrait of my father, Georgios.
Above: My mother, Anna, with my sisters, Chrysanthi, Vasiliki (Betty) and Merci.
Above Middle: With my mother, Anna, and my sister, Vasiliki (Betty).
Above Right: With my mother, Anna.
Above: At Checkers Nightclub, Sydney, and celebrating New Years Eve. L-R: unknown(2), my sister, Merci, unknown, Andonios and Betty Prodromos (my sister), and me.
Above Right: Yass, New South Wales. I owned Cyril's Cafe for four years in the 1950's.
Above: For many years, I was involved in the Australian Wrestling scene- with the Federationa and as a manager for wrestlers. L-R: unknown- who was a radio announcer, Wong Bak-Lee, myself "King Kong" and promoter, George Gardner.
Above Right: With my wife, Toula, and our daughters, Constance and Paula.