Migrants- Ambeliko
Family Name: | Despotelli |
Name: | Maria |
Year of Birth: | 1934 |
Father's Name: | Andonios (Ambeliko) |
Mother's Name: | Angelouda Gazgaliou (Ambeliko) |
Siblings: | Efstratios, Georgios |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1964 |
Sponsor: | Georgios Despotellis (my brother) |
Married: | Nikolaos Vetsikas (Ambeliko) |
Children: | Sophia, Angela, Panagiotis |
City of Residence: | Melbourne, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- fish & chips shops |
Above: My mother, Angelouda, with her mother, Marigo, and brother, Ioannis.
Above Middle: My paternal grandfather, Efstratios Despotellis.
Above Right: My paternal grandfather, Marigo Despotellis.
Above: With my husband, Nikolaos and our koubara, Sophia Paleologou.
Above Right: Family members. L-R: Mersini Despotelli; myself; my brother, Efstratios Despotellis; my daughter, Sophia; Mersini Chrisafi; my father, Andonios Despotellis; Maria Despotelli; and Athanasios Chrisafis.
Above: With my children, Angela, Panagiotis and Sophia.
Above Right: With my husband, Nikolaos, and our children, Sophia, Panagiotis and Angela.
Above: For many years I have served on the Women's Auxiliary of the Palesviaki Enosis of Melbourne and Victoria. L-R: Calliope Fonia, Angela Iatropoulou, Eleni Kafetzelli, Efstratia Pavli, Dimitra Marmarou, Nitsa Firisi and dina Alexeli. I am in the front.
Above Right: Dancing in traditional Lesvian dress at the Antipodes Festival, Melbourne (2009).
Above: At my grandson Spyridonas' wedding with our family.