Migrants- Agia Paraskevi

 

Surname: Tsakiris  
Name: Alkiviades 
Year of Birth:  1934
Father's Name: Spyridonas (Agia Paraskevi)
Mother's Name:   Marianthi Sapnadelli (Agia Paraskevi)
Siblings: Anna (Economou), Andonios, Chrystofia (Koulentianou), Dimitrios 
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1950
Sponsor: Ioannis Goudis (Agia Paraskevi)
Married: Eleni Comino (Australian-born of Kytherean background)
Children:  Spyridonas, Marianthi, Lygeri (Louise)
City of Residence: Sydney
Livelihood: Small Business- Cafe, Milk Bars

 

Above: The Tsakiris family. In the back row are: my paternal grandfather, Andonios; my mother, Marianthi; and my father Spyridonas. In the front row are: my siblings, Anna and Dimitrios, myself and, my siblings, Andonios and Chrystofia.

Above Right: My maternal grandmother, Ekaterini Sapnadelli- with her grand-daughter, Ekaterina.

  

 Above: With friends- Giorgos Kafkarisios (left) and Stathis Kalintzis (right). The photograph was taken weeks before I migrated to Australia.

Above Right: With my father, Spyridonas, who has escorted me to Athens, on my way to Australia. 

 

Above: Wingham. 1950. With Ioannis Goudis, who sponsored me to Australia.

Above Right: With compatriot, Haralambos Kajos and, my siblings, Dimitrios and Andonios. I am on the left. 

 

 Above: With my wife, Eleni.

Above Right: At the panygiri of Agios Haralambos with my wife, Eleni- while we were visiting Greece (1972). 

 

Above: Hunting in Armidale (New South Wales).