Migrants- Paleohori

Life Story:Paul Markou 

Surname: Markou
Name: Apostolos (better known as Paul)
Life:  1922- 1977
Father's Name: Georgios (Paleohori)
Mother's Name:   Maria Loupos (Paleohori) 
Siblings: Konstantinos, Dimitrios, Panagiotis, Nikolaos
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1937
Sponsor:  Konstantinos Markou (his brother) 
Married: Eleni Voutsa (Plomari) 
Children:  Mary, Ourania
City of Residence: Sydney
Livelihood: Small Business- Vrahos Night Club (Sydney)

 

Above: With Ioannis Karavas (left) and Kyratso Markou (nee: Carides). Circa 1949.

Above Right: Apostolos (Paul) and Eleni's Wedding (1949). From left, they are: his brother, Nikolaos and his wife, Kyratso; Apostolos (Paul) and Eleni; his brother, Konstantinos and his son, Georgios; and his brother, Dimitrios and his wife, Maria.

 

Above: Baptism, 1956. From left, they are: his wife, Eleni- holding their daughter, Ourania; Apostolos (Paul) himself; his nephew, Georgios; unknown; his niece, Mersina; and in the front is his daughter, Mary.

Above Right: Vrahos, 1967. In the back row are: Apostolos (Paul) himself; Poseidonas Karavas (from Paleohori) and Stelios Makris. Seated from left are: Georgios Lagoutaris (from Agiassos), Nikitas, Nitsa, Stavros and Dimitrios Karavas (from Paleohori).

 

Above: With his family in Vrahos- his daughters, Ourania and Mary, and his wife, Eleni.