Migrants- Agia Paraskevi

 

Family Name: Paparelli  
Name: Sofia  
Year of Birth: 1957
Father's Name: Mihail (Agia Paraskevi)
Mother's Name: Ekaterina Kafes (Agia Paraskevi)
Siblings: Anna (Katzou)   
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1967
Sponsor: Mihail Paparellis (my father) 
Married: Georgios Katliakas (Vervendo, Kozani) 
Children: Dimitra, Zinno, Ekaterina  
City of Residence: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Livelihood: Small Business- Take Aways

 

 

Above: My maternal grandparents, Despina and Stylianos Kafes

 

Above: My parents, Katina and Mihail. 

Above Right: With my paternal grandmother, Sofia Paparelli. 

 

Above: As a two-year-old child. 

Above Right: With my sister, Anna (left). 

 

Above: At primary school in Agia Paraskevi. I am in the front row, second from the right. 

Above Right: With my husband, Georgios Katliakas, on our wedding day. 

 

Above: With my husband, Georgios, at our small business, Kurrajong Takeaway, which we owned fro nineteen years (1990-2007). 

Above Right: With my grandchildren, Evangelia and Maximus. 

 

Above: At the panygiri of Agios Haralambos in Agia Paraskevi. 

Above Right: With my parents,  husband, children, grandchildren, and, sister, brother-in-law and their family.