Migrants- Loutra

 

Surname: Samartzis "Gaziaras"
Name: Georgios
Year of Birth:  1921- 2010
Father's Name: Panagiotis (Loutra) 
Mother's Name:   Anna Paspathi (Loutra)
Siblings: Vasilios, Marika (Ahlada), Rodopi (Koulountzou)
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1963
Sponsor: Marika Ahlada (my sister) 
Married: Christina Smamidaki (Mytilene- Aklidiou)
Children:  Panagiotis, Anna, Theodoros, 
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
Livelihood: Bouzouki player and factory hand

 

Above: My family. With my wife, Christina, and our children, Panagiotis, Anna and Theodoros.

Above Right: My sister, Marika, with her husband, Simos, and their children, Aris and Panagiotis.

 

Above: With my wife, Christina, on our chicken farm in Mytilene.

Above Right: A promotional photograph of me as a bouzouki player (taken in the mid- 1960's).

 

Above: Dancing with my wife, Christina (left) with Mary and Kostas (right).

Above Right: Playing a baglama in a band that specialised in rembetika (1970's).

Above: Playing bouzouki in a band with mys sons, Panagiotis and Theodoros.