Migrants- Paleohori

 

Family Name: Michali
Name: Maria
Year of Birth:   1937
Father's Name: Panagiotis (Paleohori)
Mother's Name:   Metaxia Pandelelli (Paleohori)
Siblings:  Vasilios, Dimitrios, Persephone (Gianoulelli), Christos, Evangelia
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1959
Sponsor: Vasilios Michalis (my brother)
Married: Emmanouil Achilaras (Parakila)
Children:
Nikolaos, Panagiotis, Irini
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Small Business- Cafe

 

Above: My parents, Panagiotis and Metaxia and Panagiotis.

Above Right: Fare-welling someone who is migrating abroad. I am the fourth girl from the left (in the background). The accordion player is Dimitris Ganosis and the violin player is Pandelis.

 

Above: At Neohori with friends. In the back row are: Grigoris Koutlis, Eleni and Persa Katsarou, unknown, unknown, Efthimia and unknown. In the front row are: myself, Irini Mavragani (my aunt), Evangelia and unknown.

Above Right: With my fiance at the time, Emmanouil Achilaras.

 

Above: With my husband, Emmanouil, and our children, Panagiotis, Irini and Nikos.

Above Right: With my daughter, Irini, my husband, Emmanouil, my brother, Vasilios and my mother, Metaxia.