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Research Your Armenian Roots—What You Need to Know (Part IV)
This article is part of a continuing series documenting the available records for research into one’s Armenian family roots. Part I in the series supplied a historical background on the Armenian genealogy movement as well as specific records available for Syria. In Part 2, records from Lebanon and Israel were detailed. Part 3 covered the records of Greece and Jordan.
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My Grandfather George william Harrison married Ellan Harriet Gregory in 1897 in Dhurrumtolla his 2nd marriage was to her sister Ophelia Gregory 1907 His brother Charles Gilbert Harrison married Ann marie Gregory from the same family in 1898 i would like to no mire about this family as i was told that they are Armenians
Gregory is a common Armenian name, Harrison is not.
3 daughters of Matthias Gregory were married to 2 brothers, the sons of Thomas George Harrison. This may be of some interest to me, as my first cousins are Gregory, and it is possible I may have a Gregory ancestor as well.
Mesrovb J Seth, was first cousin to my great great grandmother Mary Manuk. And his brother Dr Seth Seth married her sister Annie Manuk. The book is full of our family history.
D R Arathoon,
I was interested to see your surname, and your connection to Mesrobv Seth through your great great grandmother Mary Manuk.
My own great grandfather was Robert Lewis Arathoon who was born in Madras, now Chennai though he went on to live in England. His father was John Arathoon a banker in Madras, but his wife was not Mary Manuk. (I have forgotten her name.)
I wondered if our branches of the Arathoon family might be connected?
Am trying to help my cousin find a little more of her mother’s background. I believe Katerina Minassion was born in Armenia. She became the 2nd ‘wife’ & life partner of Nigel Gordon Dunbar circa late 1930s-1940 in Calcutta. They were not officially married but had issue. The family went to UK in 1946/47. Am after information about Katerina’s earlier life & back ground in India, her parents & when she got there. Where would I start?
Can I get any information on the Armenian Church that was built in the 19th century at the West Assam town of Dhubri and was converted into a ladies club by the English officers of the Dhubri Match Factory around 1930? It needs mention here that Assam is an Indian state and Dhubri is now the headquarter town of the district of the same name.– Ajit Patowary, Guwahati. December 03, 2018, Monday.
If a bold step is taken by Armenian Ambassador in India consulting with the Government of India, We are ready to support with GPR(Ground Penetrating Radar). We are sure that the remain of lost Armenian Society at Assam, India will be excavated, by which the history of the two countries will be changed.
We have located a European burial ground at Dhubri( as per the Archive record of 1922), In the Census of 1911, done by British Government, 18 numbers of Armenians were there, no any record of other Europeans are not there.
The State Archaeology Department made a survey of that Armenian Church at Dhubri, all documents are with us.
We want a positive action from the Armenian Republic to confirm the existence of a old Armenian Church at Dhubri, Assam, Inda.
My 5x great grandfather is Petrus Arathoon, he had 2 daughters. Ashkhen Arathoon married to my 4x great grandpa, Isaiah Zachariah. His 2nd daughter, Anna Arathoon married a Moses. Petrus and his daughters are born in Madras, India. They later sailed to Singapore and became notable merchants there. Dear sir, is there anywhere I could find about their lives in India? Thank you
Hello Stephanie,
How bizarre, I’m doing my ancestory DNA my 5x great grandfather is Pretous Arathoon who married a Shartoy Seth who had a daughter Ashken Arathoon, who married Isaih Zechariah, they had a son Gregory Isaiah Zechariah in Singaore 09.01.1826 (3 times great grandfather) who married Selina Scott. They had a son called Michael Zechariah who married Marie Maltz, who had a daughter Teresa Zechariah (my great grandmother who married Henry Cyril Richards my great grandfather.
Hi Stephen! My 3x great grandpa is Isaiah Stephen Zechariah! I’ve seen your 3x great grandpa in the family tree. Would you be interested to reconnect? 🙂 My email add is stepmelgo@gmail.com. Pls kindly write to me if you are interested ya
This is Stephanie Gomes btw.
Hi Stephen. We are talking about the same Isaiah Zechariah! Are you interested to reconnect ? 🙂
My fourth great grandfather was Anton Babik possibly anglicised from Babikian . Born 1777 in Trieste . I’m trying to find out any information on the Babik/Babikian families if possible?
He married a French national whilst working for the East India company in Madras/Pondicherry .
I also am interested in an Augustus Arathoon who was a plaintiff in a court case with my 3rd great grandfather W. Van ingen .
If anyone can shed any light I’d be most grateful !