Item MM 139444 Digital Photograph - Wedding, Lili & Letho Sigalas, Melbourne, 18 Jul 1923

Summary

Black and white, hand-coloured photograpic portrait of Lili Vrahamis and Letho Sigalas on their wedding day, 18 July, 1923.

They were married at the Greek Orthodox church in Victoria Parade, Melbourne in 1923 and after the ceremony, a large dinner was given for the newlyweds at a café in Punt Road. The outfit worn by Lili is also held in the Museums Victoria collection.

Lili (Eleni) Sigalas (nee Vrahamis), born in 1904, was the daughter of Callirrhoe Dressler and Stavros Vrahamis, both from the Greek Island of Sikinos, who also lived for some time in Istanbul. In 1920 Lili was engaged to a cousin Letho (Eleutherios) Sigalas, and in 1922 migrated to Melbourne on the 'Largs Bay' with her father-in-law to be, James (Iakovos) Sigalas, and her elder married sister Alex. Letho and Lili were married at the Greek Orthodox Church on Victoria Parade, on 18 July 1923, just eight days before Lili's 19th birthday. They had two daughters - Dan'e in 1924 and Magarita Babette in 1931.

Physical Description

Digital photograph