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CSW

She was also a fedayee, who was shot and jailed by the Turks, and later escaped. She emigrated to Whitinsville, Massachusetts and married someone by the name of Ampagoomian.
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Harry S

Any Information: Zabel Samerdjian OR Zabel Semerdjian. Thank you. Peter Pap I’m interested in any information there might be of Albert or Hadji Keshishian of Oakland,CA or older relatives from Beirut, or of someone named Balian who lived at 535 Arguello Blvd. in San Francisco. Albert or Hadji ...
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Alan Nalbandian

Was he a relative of my Grandfather Guydzhag Nalbandian? Trying to verify that my Grandfather was a resistance fighter at Musa Dagh. He was in the French Armenian Legion during WWI and we know he did not join from the US, he would travel to the US many years later in the 1920’s. 500 resistance ...
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Harvey Wilson

This looks like the homes of the “5 Brothers”, the silk and fabric merchants. The area is still called the 5 brothers, even though these houses are gone. I believe they took the name Fabrikian.
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Azad Balian

I’m also from Balian Family and like to know more about the past of my family. Thanks and hope have answer Dalibor Ballian Family is originally from small town near Ankara. They were merchants and were very rich. After they moved to Smyrna. Antoine was born 1839 in that small town near Ankara, ...
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Wendy

Does anyone know the name of the friend? She bears a striking resemblance to members of my family! Vahé Achikian Actually, the warrior woman on the left with curly black hair, and a revolver in her belt, is Eghisabeth Sultanian of Zeytun, 1874-1948. She immigrated to the United States ( ...
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An-su Aksoy

The second from right is Haig Berberian, (Ortaköy, Istanbul 1887 – Paris 1978), scholar.I am his descendent and actually researching about his (especially early) life.
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Susan Sinanian Garabedian

These men were the founders of the LA chapter in the 50’s I think there were a few more but not pictured. Diane Zakian Rumbaugh Rouben Zambakjian is on the far right, top row. He’s my grandfather. Kalenderian Hello Diana how are you taaaaa o zaman bile kuuuuuucucuk bir ciyty olan everek ...
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