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by Nancy
Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:29 pm
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: Origin of KOUYOUMJIAN, OHANESSIAN, and JAMGOCHIAN
Replies: 1
Views: 8817

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...
by Nancy
Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:28 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: First Armenians in the United States
Replies: 24
Views: 66673

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...
by Nancy
Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:44 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Replies: 14
Views: 33680

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...
by Nancy
Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:42 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Replies: 14
Views: 33680

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 ...
by Nancy
Fri May 20, 2005 7:40 pm
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: KOUYOUMJIAN, SHAHINIAN, BADULIAN, OHANESSIAN, JAMGOTCHIAN
Replies: 14
Views: 33680

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...