submitted by Vasilia Uhrweiss (nee Margetis) on 21.06.2012
My Grandparents Agapi and George Lianos, early in their married life, with Emmanuel and Stavroula The Life story of George and Agapi Lianos The Lianos Comino Odyssey My Grandparents were Agapi and George Lianos from Kythera,Greece. Papou was born on the 9th June1873 in the village of Liananika to Emmanuel and Relia, farm owners. He was the only son and had four sisters, Irene, Kerani, Marigo and Stavroula. Agapi's birth date was in 1867.
The Lianos Comino Osyssey My Grandparents were Agapi and George Lianos from Kythera,Greece. Papou was born on the 9th June1873 in the village of Liananika to Emmanuel and Relia, farm owners. He was the only son and had four sisters, Irene, Kerani, Marigo and Stavroula. Agapi's birth date was in 1867. He worked on the farm with his parents and at the age of twenty four married Agapi the seventeen year old daughter of Anthony and Theodora Comino on the 15th ...
submitted by Paul Mathers on 27.09.2014
The man who Hellenised Australia's flying icon Harry Corones, in his forties, is standing second from the right, in the back row. Other persons in the front row cannot be identified. Do you know them? In the back row Left to right, far left is Andrew Comino (who later had four daughters), Harry and Agape Samios , (who had a daughter, Poppy), and of course, Harry Corones. Far right, is also unknown. From Neos Kosmos, 1 May 2012 Qantas, ...
submitted by Vasilia Uhrweiss (nee Margetis) on 01.05.2012
in Canberra. Theodora is on the far right. Elena 4th from the right. 2nd from right: Mrs Harry Notaras 3rd from right: man unknown, (can you help identify him?) Far right: Mrs Aspacia Sophios. (Alex Sophios's mother) I have written the Life Story of my father, which features in the Notable Kytherians section. There I noted that "Mum was also instrumental in encouraging the Musical Society of Canberra to write to the A.B.C. in Sydney asking them ...
I have written the Life Story of my father, which features in the Notable Kytherians section. My father was a Founding Member of the Kytherian Association of Australia in 1922. He was also on the organising Committtee of Ayia Triatha church in Surry Hills. Bretos Margetis 24th November, 1889 - 12th November, 1961. My father Bretos Margetis was named after his grandfather, who is pictured here with his daughters,and was probably born about 1850. His son ...
submitted by Vasilia Uhrweiss (nee Margetis) on 30.04.2012
My father Bretos Margetis was named after his grandfather, who is pictured here with his daughters,and was probably born about 1850. His son George married Vasilia Galanis and they had three boys, Bretos, Dimitri and Minas, and three girls Maria,Panayiotitsa and Evangelia. Dad was born on the 24th November 1889 in Aroniathika and went to the village school with his brothers and sisters and was a keen student. (Of interest is the origin of the name. It appears to come from ...
Can you help, by identifying the person standing next to my father in these photographs? I have written the Life Story of my father, which features in the Notable Kytherians section. My father was a Founding Member of the Kytherian Association of Australia in 1922. He was also on the organising Committtee of Ayia Triatha church in Surry Hills. Bretos Margetis 24th November, 1889 - 12th November, 1961. My father Bretos Margetis was named ...
Photograph taken in Greece, when my father Bretos was about 14 years of age (approx, 1902), just prior before Bretos's departure for Australia. I have written the Life Story of my father, which features in the Notable Kytherians section. My father was a Founding Member of the Kytherian Association of Australia in 1922. He was also on the organising Committtee of Ayia Triatha church in Surry Hills. Bretos Margetis 24th November, 1889 - 12th November, 1961.
submitted by Paul Mathers on 29.04.2012
The photograph was taken in 1930 in Athens. Mr Panarettos had at least two daughters, one of them would go on to marry Zacharios Simos, of Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, fame. (This is not Mary). Another, Arianthe would go on to marry George Stammell. Can you identify which one of the Panarettos girls is depicted in the photograph? Chris Mathers was visiting Greece with his grandmother at the time.
submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 28.04.2012
He may be holding a tortoise, but Takis does not act slowly when it comes to promoting Lafcadio Hearn's life and legacy around the world.
submitted by Kytherian Association Of Australia on 23.04.2012
......owner of the Sydney Cafe, and long standing Treasurer of the Kytherian Association of Australia in the 1920's and 1930's. Emmanuel Mavromatis (the family name was changed to Mathers), served as the Treasurer of the Kytherian Association for ten years from 1928-1938 - the critical ten years in view of the impact of the impact of the Depression on Australia. He remained on the Committee in 1939-1940, and undertook the role of Treasurer again from 1940-1944. This constituted a prolonged ...
submitted by Paul Mathers on 23.04.2012
Owner of the Kempsey Macleay Talkies CINEMA. Father of prominent Kytherian solicitor Con Mottee, who was for a considerable period of of time, solicitor to the Kytherian Association of Australia. Matina Mottee (nee, Kassimatis), his daughter-in-law informs me that she does not know very much about him. "He arrived in Australia in 1898 with his father Con Mottee who I believe had made several trips to Australia in about 1870 and 1880 but cannot confirm dates. He married ...
Chrissie was left ophaned and destitute after the death of her father. My grandfather, Emmanuel Mavromatis, assisted her and her mother to migrate to America, where the family had a number of relatives.
Back Row, Left to Right: Andrew Comino (who had 4 daughters) Harry and Agape Samios (who had a daughter Poppy) Harry Corones, notable Kytherian from Charleville. Date: in the 1920's(?)
submitted by Kytherian Association Of Australia on 22.04.2012
From the Voice of Kythera, newspaper, 1927. Nick G Marcello was born on the 15th August,1880, in Potamos, Kythera. He emigrated to Australia on the 6th November,1907 on the ‘Bremen.’ Ann Coward has revealed that Stamati Marcello (a brother?) was a partner with Cosmas Cassimatis, (first President), and several others including, Nick Cassimatis, Nick Travasaros, Stratis Tzannes and John Megaloconomos in the Canberra Cafe in Oxford Street, Taylor Square, Sydney.
The entry for the Kritharis and Tzorztopoulos brothers on Page 147, Life in Australia, (1916), which includes Theo Crithary reads: Kritharis & Tzortzopoulos brothers 1) Theodoros Kritharis, (Theo Crithary) 2) Theodoros Tzortzopoulos, (theo Poulos) 3) Minas Tzortzopoulos, (Mick Poulos) 4) Panagiotis Kritharis (Peter Crithary) View / download a copy of page ...
submitted by Life In Australia on 20.04.2012
Page 147, Life in Australia, (1916). 1) Theodoros Kritharis, (Theo Crithary) 2) Theodoros Tzortzopoulos, (theo Poulos) 3) Minas Tzortzopoulos, (Mick Poulos) 4) Panagiotis Kritharis (Peter Crithary) View / download a copy of page 147 here: LIA English 147.pdf Two splendid and extremely profitable shops, located in the city of Glenn Innes, in New South Wales, do worthy honour to ...
submitted by George S Venardos on 28.04.2012
Seated: Theothoros (Theo) Tzortzopoulos (left) and Minas (Mick) (Poulos) (right), and two other young men - currently unamed? The dedication on the back of the photograph may indicate who these two unidentified men are? Dedication on the back of the photograph It is written to Mick Poulos by George Faros - who identifies himself as a godson of Mick Poulos.
submitted by Kytherian Association Of Australia on 19.04.2012
The family that established a coffee dynasty. From, Hugh Gilchrist. Australians and Greeks. Vol I: The Early Years. p. 203. "...From the Kythiran village of Mylopotamos came seven Andronikos (the surname spelt "Andronicus") brothers, of whom four built up a tea, coffee and chocolate business which, eighty years later, is still eminent in the beverage and confectionery field. Their interest in tea and coffee and in emigration is said to have been aroused by an ...
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