Migrants- Plomari

 

Family Name: Sotirhos
Name: Dimitrios
Life: 1912- 1991
Father's Name: Ioannis (Plomari) 
Mother's Name:   Persephone Maistrelli (Plomari) 
Siblings:  Irini (Pastelide), Georgios, Marianthi (Koundouri), Despina, Panagiotis, Pelagia (Savva), Sofia (Psaltogianni)
Year of Arrival in New Zealand: 1926
Sponsor: Georgios & Panagiotis Sotirhos (his brothers)
Married: Kleoniki Ververis (Megalohori)
Children:  Ioannis, Persephone, Georgios, Maria
City of Residence: Wellington, New Zealand 
Livelihood: Small Business- Barber Shop

 

 

Above: A portrait. It would have taken not long after his arrival in Wellington, New Zealand. 

Above Right: A photograph taken during a hunting trip. 

 

Above: With friends. Dimitrios is on the right. In his youth, Dimitrios enjoyed recreational sports (such as rowing). 

Above Right: With his wife, Kleoniki. 

 

Above: With his wife, Kleoniki, and their children outside the family business, James Soteros Hairdressers. 

Above Right: A photograph taken during Dimitrios' visit to Greece. He is with his wife, Kleoniki, and daughter, Persephone. 

 

Above and Above Right: Two photographs depicting his long career as a barber. On the right, he is with his wife, Kleoniki.