Migrants- Agiassos
Family Name: | Karatza |
Name: | Mersina |
Year of Birth: | 1934 |
Father's Name: | Efstratios |
Mother's Name: | Maria Vamvalelli |
Siblings: | Athina (Maimari), Vasiliki, Angeliki (Gialitselli) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1963 |
Sponsor: | Stylianos Boukatos (my husband) |
Married: | Stylianos Boukatos (Agiassos) |
Children: | Georgios, Efstratios |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Machinist |
Above: My mother, Maria (right) with her friend, Despina Tsegou. The young girl is Despina's grandaughter, Despina.
Above Middle: With my friend, Sophia Koni (right).
Above Right: Dressed in traditional costumes for the Apokries Carnivale- with my friend, Maria Kolomondou.
Above: Family and friends. From left, we are: my sister, Athina; my mother, Maria; my sister, Angeliki; my father, Efstratios; Themis Maloukis; myself; my husband, Stylianos and his sister, Vasiliki. Mr Maloukis was a hagiographer, who painted many icons in our Church, Tis Panagias. He lived for many years in Egypt.
Above: Piraeus, 1963. Migrating to Australia with my son, Georgios. My father, Efstratios, had escorted us to Athens.
Above Right: With my husband, Stylianos, and our children, Georgios and Efstratios.
Above: My father, Efstratios, with my sisters, Athina and Vasiliki. The young girl is Vasiliki's daughter, Maria.