Migrants- Mandamados
Family Name: | Vaxevani |
Name: | Anna |
Year of Birth: |
1945 |
Father's Name: | Ioannis (Mandamados) |
Mother's Name: | Maria Apostola (Mandamados) |
Siblings: | Efstratia (Finfini), Fotini (Americanou), Taxiarhoula (Vavoudi) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1965 |
Sponsor: | Efstratia Vaxevani (my sister) |
Married: | Ioannis Pirpiris (Agia Paraskevi) |
Children: | Froso, Pette, Antonios, Mihalis |
City of Residence: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Dino's Coffee Lounge |
Above: A portrait taken on my last day before I left for Australia.
Above Right: Family at St Klida’s Luna Park, Melbourne. L-R: my parents, Ioannis and Maria, myself, my sisters, Taxiarhoula, Fotini and Efstratia, and Panagiotis (Finfinis). Efstratia and Panagiotis were engaged at the time.
Above: At my engagement party. L-R: my fiancé, Ioannis Pirpiris, my father, Ioannis, and myself.
Above Right : At my engagement party. L-R: my mother, Maria Vaxevanis (nee: Apostola), myself and my future mother-in-law, Marianthi Pirpiri.
Above: L-R: my sister, Fotini Americanou (nee: Vaxevani), my mother, Maria Vaxevani, my brother-in-law, Panagiotis Fifinis, my sister, Taxiarhoula Vavoudis (nee: Vaxevani), my sister, Stratoula Finfini (nee: Vaxevani), myself), my father, Ioannis Vaxevanis. The two young girls in the front are: my niece, Stella Finfini and my daughter, Froso Pirpiri.
Above Right: A family portrait. With my husband, Ioannis, and our children, Antonios, Pette, Froso and Mihail.
Above: At our family business, Dino’s Coffee Lounge. L-R: my husband, Ioannis, myself and Ioannis Tsangaris.