Tag : Asia Minor

Christine Agopian-Taylor

This is my Granny’s Great Uncle, her maiden name was Tevian then married Balthazar G Agopian in 1897In Smyrna. They had siblings Marie Taqui and my Father Charles. Left Smyrna in 1906 with Great Granny and Grandpa Agopian to reside in DidsburyManchester, England where the family stayed ...
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Christine Agopian-Taylor

I have an original photograph taken after death of my great great Uncle Matthew II.He was my Granny Agopian nee Tevian Christine born in Smyrna around 1860 married in Smyrna 1897 to Balthazar Garabed Agopian. I went a few years ago to Istanbul with the photograph and his picture was on the ...
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Fran Simonian

My husband’s grandfather was Kazar Simonian from Alexandrapol or Yerevan. Born c. 1860. He married Zoira (sp?) Petrosian. Two sons I know of…Haiganoosh (Haik) and Ardash Simonian migrated to U.S. In 1921 thru Constantinople and settled in Los Angeles. Haik was born with an extra thumb on his ...
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Edward Yazijian

My great grandfather, Mgrdich Sarian, a respected intellectual, was the headmaster of the Nersesian School in Moush. He was arrested for sedition by the Ottoman government in 1884 and forced to leave his job. I know that he died and was buried in Smyrna (Izmir) in 1901, but know little else ...
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Hilda

Do you have any pictures of Hripsime Balian from Smyrna. She was a young woman with an infant son named Hagop Balian born in Smyrna in 1921?
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Susanna Omac

Hi! Are these boys part of the boy Scouts of the International College in Smyrna? ( 1914-1922 ) And have you run across my grandfather’s name, S. Ralph Harlow? Waiting your reply! Susanna
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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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Vahé Achikian

The photo is of Megerdich Yakoubian, the Ishkhan (Qodjabashi) of Zeytoun’s Qarghalar Tagh ( Mahallé ), photo taken in Istanbul in January 1896. Meguerditch Agha Yaqoubian, 1806 – 1872 is photographed here in 1865, Istanbul, in the building of the Constantinople Armenian Patriarchate. Meguerditch ...
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