Migrants- Stypsi
Family Name: | Valasis |
Name: | Ignatios |
Year of Birth: | 1946 |
Father's Name: | Fokion (Stypsi) |
Mother's Name: | Ekaterina Karanikolaou (Stypsi) |
Siblings: | Ioannis, Mihail, Efstratia |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1965 |
Sponsor: | Kleanthis Orphanides (Stypsi) |
Married: | Konstantina Manda (Stypsi) |
Children: | Fokion, Xenophon |
City of Residence: | Melbourne, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Butchers |
Above: With my parents, Fokion and Ekaterina, and my brother, Ioannis (right).
Above Middle: End of Year School Activities. I am being lifted in the second "triangle".
Above Right: Kos, 1959. At the Agricultural School. L-R: Theodoros Voumvellis, Ignatios Karekas, unknown and myself.
Above: With Nikos Orphanides (middle) and Christos Petrou (right). c1965.
Above Right: Mildura, New South Wales. For one season, I worked as a grape-picker. In this photograph, I am posing with other workers. I am standing first on the right. c1965
Above: With my brothers, Ioannis(left) and Mihail (middle).
Above Right: Working at our family business, Continental Butchery, in Prahrain, Melbourne.
Above: With my wife, Konstantina, and our sons, Xenophon and Fokion.
Above Right: With my siblings Ioannis, Efstratia and Mihail.