Migrants- Papados

 

Family Name: Riga  
Name: Theopi 
Year of Birth:   1945
Father's Name: Konstantinos
Mother's Name:   Eleni Vrisagotou 
Siblings:  Maria (Douka), Efstratios, Georgios, Vasilios, Evanthia (Leontiou), Despina (Kolmada)
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1965
Sponsor: Efstratios Rigas (my brother) 
Married: Vasilios Krallis (Antissa)
Children: Doukas, Panagiotis
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Factory Hand

 

 

Above: The Rigas Family. Standing are: my parents, Kostantinos and Eleni; my sister, Maria; my brother, Stratis. Sitting are: my brother, Vasilios; myself; my sisters Evanthia and Despina; and Giorgos.

Above Right: At Agio Haralambos' Festival (1965). This photograph was taken at Agia paraskevi, where our family was living since 1947. I am first from the left; my sister, Evanthia, is third from the left; my father, Kostantinos is fifth from the left; and my mother, Eleni, is second from the right.

 

Above: A family photograph. We are: myself and  my sister, Evanthia (first and second from the left respectively); with my father, Kostantinos (first from the right). My sister Despina's husband, Nikos Koulmandas, is next to him.

Above Right: With my sister, Maria, (left) and my niece, Eva.