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  • Sylva Keshishian

    July 1, 2023 Hello Sona,My great-grandmother’s name was Azniv, and after she married her surname became Kapikyan. We don’t know her maiden name. Azniv and her husband _____ Kapikyan had two sons: Hovannes, who moved to France and married a French woman, and Ardavast, who married my grandmother, Aghavni Tertsakian and lived in Istanbul until…

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  • Nazli Topors

    I believe he was the uncle of my great grandmother. My mom’s paternal grandmother was a kizil kesisoglu, her name was Gadar married to my great grandfather Kapriel Ansurlian/Ansurluyan/Ansurlyan (not sure of the spelling thus putting all the versions I’m aware of). If you have any i information, please contact me

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  • John Keshishian Nercessian

    Both Armenian grandparents were born in Afyonkarahisar. Keshishian and Nercessian. Does anyone have a list of Armenian last names that lived there? Sylva Keshishian Marmine “Marina” Nersesyan was married to my Grandad’s first cousin, Vahan Arakiloglu. His descendants use the last name Arakelian and Arargil. Grandad was Harutyun “Artin” Keshishian, and he was born in…

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  • John Keshishian Nercessian

    Both Armenian grandparents were born in Afyonkarahisar. Keshishian and Nercessian. Does anyone have a list of Armenian last names that lived there? Sylva Keshishian Marmine “Marina” Nersesyan was married to my Grandad’s first cousin, Vahan Arakiloglu. His descendants use the last name Arakelian and Arargil. Grandad was Harutyun “Artin” Keshishian, and he was born in…

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  • Sylva Keshishian

    I wonder if the little boy wearing the hat is my paternal grandfather Harutyun (Artin) Keshishian (perhaps known at the time as Ke?i?o?lu)? He was born near the turn of 1900 and died in the UK in 1974 after fleeing the genocide. Can anyone help me? I wonder if anyone can help me – is…

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  • Kepeneghian family – 1927

    Kepeneghian family from Malatia in 1927. Standing from left to right: Vergine, the mother of Jean and Jacques Ovhannessian, Verone, unnamed woman, and Héghiné Kepeneghian (born Keshishian) Seated: Aunt Shnorik, unnamed boy and woman. Thierry Kepeneghian Private Coll

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  • Khosrov Keshishian from Malatia

    Khosrov Keshishian from Malatia. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Doctor Mikael Keshishian from Malatia

    Doctor Mikael Keshishian from Malatia. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Doctor Mihran Keshishian from Malatia

    Doctor Mihran Keshishian from Malatia. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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