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- Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:29 pm
- Forum: Family Name Origin
- Topic: Origin of KOUYOUMJIAN, OHANESSIAN, and JAMGOCHIAN
- Replies: 1
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Origin of KOUYOUMJIAN, OHANESSIAN, and JAMGOCHIAN
KOUYOUMJIAN comes from the Turkish 'kuyumcu' , meaning jewelsmith. I'm told that my great-grandfather was a traveling jewelsmith in northern Turkey in the late 1800s. OHANESSIAN is Armenian for 'son of John' . JAMGOCHIAN is Armenian and Iranian: žamkoč ‛, an occupational name for a muezzin, from ž...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:28 am
- Forum: First Armenians in America
- Topic: First Armenians in the United States
- Replies: 24
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First Armenians in the United States
For an informative and compelling history of Armenians in the United States, I highly recommend Worcester is America: The Story of Worcester's Armenians: The Early Years , by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian. The first Armenians started coming to Worcester in the late 1860s, having been visited in Turkey s...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:44 am
- Forum: I'm Looking for...
- Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
- Replies: 14
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Sarkis OHANESSIAN's book
Hi, Debbi: In that 798-page book, the only time Sarkis mentions family by name is in the preface. The rest of the book goes into great detail about how Sarkis sees the world and how he thinks it ought to be. He was obviously a learned man! He says he came to America because of financial ruin in Turk...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:42 am
- Forum: I'm Looking for...
- Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
- Replies: 14
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Genealogy web sites
Jack: Thanks for your message. Yes, I'm familiar with Joe Beine's web pages - all of them great resources! He occasionally posts to the genealogy librarians listserv I subscribe to. As a genealogy librarian, I believe in passing on new or little-known information. I hope to see more of that in this ...
- Fri May 20, 2005 7:40 pm
- Forum: I'm Looking for...
- Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
- Replies: 14
- Views: 33986
KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Hello: I'm new to this forum and very glad to have learned about it. These are the families I'm researching: KOUYOUMJIAN This is my dad's family. My grandfather Puzant KOUYOUMJIAN came to America with his mother Mariam in 1908. His sister Arshalois came in 1904 and married David DERANIAN. Prior to t...