Migrants- Agia Paraskevi
Family Name: | Komninakis (Comninakis) |
Name: | Stavros |
Year of Birth: | 1933 |
Father' Name: | Efstratios (Agia Paraskevi) |
Mother's Name: | Paraskevi Koutrou (Agia Paraskevi) |
Siblings: | Panagiotis |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1949 |
Sponsor: | Panagiotis Mihailaros (Agia Paraskevi) |
Married: | Anna Sofi (Australian-born of Agia Paraskevitan parentage) |
Children: | Paraskevi, Electra, Efstratios |
City of Residence: | Sydney, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Cafe, Restaurant |
Above: The Comninakis family (and Mersina Gavrilellis standing on right). I am standing on the left. This photograph was taken on the last day before I left my village.
Above Right: My mother, Paraskevi- with her friend, Mersina Gavrilelli- do their knitting in the Kafkara neighbourhood.
Above: In the White Rose Cafe in Forbes with Eleni Mitchell (Mihailarou) and her niece, Klio Mitchell (Mihailarou). Eleni and her husband had sponsored me to Australia and I worked for them for a couple of years.
Above Right: At the Excelsoir Cafe in Tumut- which i owned with Livanos (Leo) Giannakis. L-R: Panagiotis Koufinas, Panagiotis Drakoulis, myself and Livanos. We owned the Excelsoir for several years (1954- 1961).
Above: Tumut, 1956. At the back of the Excelsoir with friends and having a good time. L-R: Ioannis Stratigellis, Ioannis, myself, Ioannis Limberiou and Ioannis Karapatsas.
Above Right: At the Excelsoir with my wife, Anna (left) and, Livanos and his wife, Evangelia.