Migrants- Stypsi

 

Family Name: Sandava
Name: Mary
Year of Birth:      1943
Father's Name: Ignatios (Stypsi)
Mother's Name:   Penelope Filinda (Stypsi)
Siblings:  Niki (Petrelli), Klaire (Kangelari), Apostolos
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1961
Sponsor:    Vasilios Sandavas (my uncle)
Married:  Dimitrios Piperias (Anemotia)
Children:  Eve (Evremedi), Penelope
City of Residence: Melbourne, Australia
Livelihood:  Small Business- shops

 

 

 Above: My paternal grandmother, Marigo Sandava. 

Above Right: My parents, Penelope and Ignatios Sandavas.

 

 Above: With my father, Ignatios. I am migrating to Australia. Circa 1961.

Above Right: With my husband, Dimitrios.

 

 Above: On my wedding day at Agios Konstantinos Orthodox Church (Melbourne). With my husband, Dimitrios, our koubaro, Ioannis Pirpiris, and our guests. Circa 1963.

Above Right: On one of our visits to the United States of America; with my husband, Dimitrios and the late Archbishop of the United States, Iakovos.

 

Above: My parents, in-laws and horiani. L-R: my father, Ignatios; Savvas Tetis; my father-in-law, Haralambos Piperias; my mother, Penelope Sandava; my mother-in-law, Evremedi; and Eleftheria Teti.

Above Right: With my husband, Dimitrios; our children and their partners, and our grandchildren.