Migrants- Agiassos

 

Family Name: Kazantzis
Name: Nikolaos 
Life:  1938- 200
Father's Name: Dimitrios (Agiassos) 
Mother's Name:   Grigoria Zoubouli- Matelli (Agiassos) 
Siblings:  Ioannis, Mersina (Mary), Aphrodite 
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1958
Sponsor:    Nikolaos Pergamalis (Agiassos) 
Married: Filio (Alexandria, Egypt)
Children:  Paraschos, Grigoria
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Cabinet Maker 

  

Above: After finishing primary school, Nikolaos (left) worked in Katzakoulis' workshop, in Mytilene, where he learnt the trade of cabinet-making.

Above Right: At the panygiri of Agios Elias, with Mihalis Raptis (left).

 

Above: Leaving Mytilene for Piraeus and then Australia. From left, they are: his cousins, Sophia and Katina; Nikos himself; and his sisters, Mersina (Mary) and Aphrodite.

Above Right: Dancing tsamiko with his good friend, Alekos.

 

Above: Playing goalie for Pan-Lesvaikos in the mid 1950's. Nikos is third from the left in the front row- holding the ball.