Migrants- Vatousa

 

Family Name: Kougiou 
Name: Mersini 
Year of Birth:   1951
Father's Name: Pavlos (Vatousa)
Mother's Name:   Eleni Kalontzi (Vatousa) 
Siblings:  Ariadne (Apostola), Emmanouil, Dimitra (Hapselli) 
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1964
Sponsor:    Dimitra Kougiou (my sister) 
Married: Ioannis Karamihalis (Hidera) 
Children:  Loukas, Pavlos
City of Residence: Sydney

 

  

Above: Portraits of my mother, Eleni, my brother, Emmanouil, and myself. 

Above: With my father, Pavlos; next to my father is Grigorios Bebedellis. The photograph was taken at my engagement.

Above Right: Dancing at my engagement with my fiance (at the time), Ioannis Karamihalis. 

 

Above: At Surfers Paradise, Queensland, on my honeymoon. 

Above Right: A family Easter BBQ. L-R: Aris, Christina Karamihalis, Ioannis Dedes, Panagiotis Karamihalis, Elizabeth Karamihalis, myself, my husband, Ioannis Karamihalis, Ioannis karamihalis, Paula, Magda, Maria, Konstantinos and Evangelos. 

 

Above: With my husband, Ioannis, and our children, Pavlos and Loukas. 

Above Right: With my son, Loukas, and my daughter-in-law, Hariklia. 

Above: With my son, Pavlos, my daughter-in-law, Vanessa, and son, Loukas.