Ivan Mihailovich & Anna FeodorovnaTichanovs

Ivan Mihailovich Kaiser was born on 2 Mar 1917 at Nadezhdinskiy, Kazakstan and died on 3 Sep 1993 at Newborough Victoria. Anna was born on 15 Jan 1918 at Sebezh, Byleorussia and died on 12 Aug 1993 at Newborough, Victoria. They married on 20 Mar 1943 at Sebezh, Byleorussia and Ivan adopted his wifes surname.

Life in Australia:

Ivan and Anna Tichanovs together with their three children Ludmilla, Elena and Tamara came to Australia on the General W.C. Langfitt, a former troop carrier, in September 1949. They landed at Melbourne and went to the Bonegilla Migrant Camp. In 1950 Ivan commenced work at the Yallourn State Electricity Commission. He stayed in the Yallourn West Camp while the rest of the family stayed in the Sale Migrant Camp. This arrangement lasted for two years when the family was allocated a Housing Commission two bedroom house in Moe. In 1955 Ivan bought the house in Newborough and he and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. Ivans first job with the State Electricity Commission was working on road repair until the foreman found he could drive trucks and he became the driver of the Yallourn rubbish truck collecting rubbish from Yallourn North, Morwell River, Hearnes Oak and Yallourn. He did this until retirement in 1981. He had a wife and eight children to support so to make ends meet the crew recycled the bottles, copper wire, aluminium, brass, iron and steel and anything else which had a sale value. He also worked on weekends and after work on ditch digging. Kaiser/Tichanovs Family

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