Kurkdjian family from Kharpert in 1912.
Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian Private Coll.
Seated: my grand-mother Ruth Kurkdjian (emigrated to the USA where she died at the age of 103), my grandfather Kevork (born in 1862 – killed by the Turks in 1915), my grandmother Takuhi (1871 – 1954, São Paulo).
Children: on the left, Arpine Kurkdjian (born in 1909 – married with Yervant Kesshisshian – died in São Paulo in 1979 ), on the right, Hovsep Kurkdjian (born in 1904 – emigrated to the USA – died in 1970)
Standing from left to right: Elmas Kurkdjian (born in 1892 – married with Charles K. Deranian – died in the USA in 1993 ), who studied in Yeprad College, Kharpert, Kurken Kurkdjian (1900 – 1917, Kharpert)
Suren Kurkdjian (1895 – 1912, Kharpert), Roupen Kurkdjian, my father (1902 – 1984, São Paulo) and Mariam Kurkdjian (born in 1889 – married with dr Mocesian – died in Beyrouth in 1986).
Penhamin Kurkdjian, my uncle, was about to be born (1912 – 2011, São Paulo).