In 1908, he married his first wife Sonhoula Bochor Hanne, and became his daughter Enriquette, cousin of Eskenazi Rosa, in the year about 1910.

Later, he joined other traveling bands and played in several places, such as Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Sudan and elsewhere.

After the end of World War I, as Strumica remained in the kingdom of Serbia, Dimitrios Semsis' family moved to Thessaloniki (1919).

By that time, he had taken the nickname "Salonikios", probably because some agents from recording companies thought that his origin was from Thessaloniki.

His compositions were being recorded by the greatest artists of that time, such as Rita Ampatzi, Stelios Perpiniadis, and Stratos Pagioumtzis.