Migrants- Agia Paraskevi

 

Family Name: Anagnostis
Name: Modestos 
Year of Birth:   1944
Father's Name: Evangelos (Agia Paraskevi)
Mother's Name:   Maria Christofidi (Agia Paraskevi)  
Siblings:  Anna (Petridou), Georgia (Athanaselou)
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1962
Sponsor:    Anna Petridou (my sister)
Married:  Georgia Karagianni (Kapi, Lesvos)
Children:  Evangelos, Nektaria, Maria
City of Residence: Canberra, ACT, Australia
Livelihood: Small Business- Cafes and  Supermarkets

  

Above: At my father's kafeneio, Egli. I am standing at the door, while my father, Evangelos is on the right, his brother from the United States, Mihalis, is in the middle, and on the left is a fellow from Khartoum, Sudan. 
 
Above Right: Outside Souropos' barber shop. Ignatios Souropos is in the middle, while I am on the right.
 
 
 
 
Above: At the panygiri of Agios Haralambos, as a teenager.
 
Above Right: Goulburn, 1962. In my uniform, when I was working in my sister's cafe, the Bon Ton Cafe.
 
 
 
Above: With Nikos Demosthenos (left) and Giorgos Stamatellis (right). I was partners with Niko at the Paragon Cafe in Harden (1967- 73).

Above Right: With Giorgos Demosthenos (left) and Giorgos Petridis (middle) in the kitchen of the Bon Ton Cafe in Goulburn.

 

Above: My father, Evangelos, with Miltiades Demosthenos (standing).

Above: With my wife, Georgia.