Migrants- Argenos

 

Family Name: Drakoulis 
Name: Aristomenis
Life:  1912- 1996
Father's Name: Ioannis 
Mother's Name:   Marianthi Apopapi
Siblings:  Mersina (Sofianou), Nikolaos, Georgios, Konstantinos, Dimitrios
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1952
Sponsor:    D.E.M.E. Gov't Sponsored Program 
Married: Mersina (Myrta) Koukouli (Argenos)
Children:  Panagiotis (Peter), Maro
City of Residence: Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Factory Hand- Glass Factory

 

Above: Aristides’ mother, Marianthi (Apopapas) with a relative.

Above  Right:  A family portrait of the Drakoulis family. Myrta (Koukoulis) holding Maro, Peter and Aristides. At the time, the family was living in Wollongong, where Aristides was working at the Port Kembla Steelworks.

Above: At Aristides and Myrta’s 40th wedding anniversary. From left they are: Aristides and Myrta; Maro and her husband, Yianni; Maro’s daughter, Angela; Peter’s daughter, and son, Cindy and Aristo; Maro’s son, Stephan; Peter’s wife, Niki;June; Myrta’s sister, Vasilia; and Peter.