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History of Khoshmat - Dr. Mardiros H. Chakoian

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Title : History of Khoshmat
Author : Dr. Mardiros H. Chakoian
Translator : -
Publication date : 1951
Language : Armenian
Format : -
Description : A previously unpublished and exceptionally fascinating memory book that concerns the village of Khoshmat (present-day Çakırkaş) in Palu. The author, Mardoris H. Chakoyan, began collecting and collating historical materials on his native village of Khoshmat in 1939, and completed his collection in 1952.
Source :
Date of online publication : 2020-10-02
Number of pages : 497

  • Mardiros Hagop Chakoian
  • Vartan Vartanian
  • Teachers’ Conference, the town of Havav, Palu, 1912
  • Students of the school of Palu (for boys) with their teacher, 1912
  • Teachers with senior class, school (for boys) of Palu, 1912
  • Students of the school of Palu (for girls) with the principal and teachers
  • Teachers and Students of the school of Nerkhi
  • A farm girl of Palu
  • A girl from Palu in bridal dress
  • The Church of Khoshmat in modern times.
  • The students with their teachers at the school of Khoshmat
  • Mr. Arakel Babajanian, the Dean of the School of Khoshmat with his
family
  • Mr. Vartan Dirad of Los Angeles, CA, Born in Khoshmat, is an author,
scholar and an orator. He is the former publisher of “The Armenian Spark.”
  • Charles H. Klanian of Providence, RI is an ardent organizer, good worker
and employed in insurance and jewelry
  • Sarkis B. Klanian of Providence, RI is an organizer, writer and good worker
for Khoshmat and other undertakngs, specifically towards the “History of Palu-
Khoshmat.”
  • Toros Klanian of Providence, RI, born at Khoshmat in 1860, was educated
in Khoshmat and Constantinople. In 1913 he came to this country. As a
construction contractor he has built many houses in Providence He is one of the best supporters of the Khoshmat School Aid Association. He has helped the author compiling the history of Khoshmat, especially in the ancestral list. Mr. Toros was fatally injured and died in an automobile accident on 10 November 1947. He was 87 years old.
  • Bedros Papazian
  • Boghos Chakoian.
Born in Khoshmat in 1893 (The brother of the author).
He was a student in the Euphrates College. In 1915 he was killed in the siege of Shabin Karahisar at the age of 21 during the Turkish deportation of Armenians.
  • Harutiun Vartanian
  • Hagop Ghazaros Bedigian
  • Boghos Deradurian
  • Hovhannes Klanian
  • The layout of Nubarashen in Soviet Armenia. Palu and Khoshmat — the
latter consisting of five-story houses in 1938
  • The map shows the settlements of Nubarashen. Nor Palu and Nor
Khoshmat in the circle
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union,
381 Fourth Avenue New York, N.Y.,
Telephone: Murray Hill 4-1260,
—
23th of March 1937,
Administration,
Tbrotsasirats Association of the village Palu Khoshmat,
Providence
—
Dear Gentlemen,
We have received your letter of March 17th.
According to the information we have, the next group of Armenian immigrants will leave in 1938 and not this year. Obtaining permission from France in regard to our compatriots’ transportation seems impossible. Anyway, it’s important to make such an attempt in Paris. Hence, please kindly send a letter to your compatriots living in France and ask them to turn to the Armenian Refugee Commission or Armenian General Benevolent Union. We also informed the office operating in Paris about your request.
From Central Commission,
—
Signature: V.M. Kiurkdjian
  • Annual picnic organized by Khoshmat School Aid Association, at Providence, RI, 1941.
  • Annual picnic organized by Khoshmat School Aid Association, at Providence, RI, 1941.
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union
381 Fourth Avenue New York, N.Y.
Telephone: Murray Hill 4-1260
29th of September 1936
—
Tbrotsasirats Association of the village Palu Khoshmat
Providence R.I.
—
Dear Gentlemen,
Yesterday the Armenian representative of the Union, Haygazun Karageozian,
sent a telegram which states that within the framework of the construction
project undertaken in Nubarashen, construction works will also be carried out in Nor Khoshmat. Four apartments will be built in this area, each of them having a kitchen, balcony, basement and vegetable garden.
Of course, you will be delighted with this information as well. This news will
convince you to make even more sacrifices for the sake of pursuing your
patriotic goals. The telegraph states that work is going in full swing and at the end of this year all the institutions of Nubarashen will be already built.
We wish you success.
With Regards,
—
Signature: V. Kiurkjian
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union
Regional Committee of America
381 Fourth Avenue New York, N.Y.
—
16th of April 1935,
Honorable Administration,
Tbrotsasirats Association of the village Palu Khoshmat,
Providence R.I.
—
Dear Gentlemen,
Your letter of April 11th has been well received.
The Armenian General Benevolent Union requires 1250 dollars for the
construction of each apartment which will be built in Nubarashen. This amount was doubled when it turned out that the Compatriotic Union intended to build a minimum of five apartments in this area.
At this moment the Government of Armenia is busy building houses consisting of either four or eight apartments. If you want to build a house consisting of four apartments on your behalf, the Armenian General Benevolent Union will expect you to give only 2500 dollars despite the fact that even 5000 dollars is not enough for the construction of one house. The same applies to the case if you want to build two houses. You will pay only 5000 dollars. The remaining costs will be covered by the Armenian General Benevolent Union.
We wish you success
With Regards,
—
From the Armenian General Benevolent Union
Regional Committee of America
—
Signature: V. Kiurkjian, Secretary
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union
Regional Committee of America
381 Fourth Avenue New York, N.Y.
—
16th of April 1935,
Honorable Administration,
Tbrotsasirats Association of the village Palu Khoshmat,
Providence R.I.
—
Dear Gentlemen,
On Saturday, 5th of May, we had the pleasure to welcome two of your
representatives—Mr. Garabed Klanian and Avak Simonian.
We verbally discussed the matters we had already touched upon in our previous letters. We also discussed the importance of our role in the Government of Armenia in regards both to the already built districts of Nubarashen and the ones planned to be built in future. We are delighted that your representatives were pleased with our explanations.
We sent a letter to the Central Board of Directors through the Post Office
expressing our desire to have apartments in the district of Nor Palu built on
behalf of the Tbrotsasirats Association of the village Palu Khoshmat. We have
already paid 2500 dollars for two of them.
We hope to get a satisfactory response so that we can immediately start the
project.
Please find enclosed the official receipt.
We wish you success in your patriotic endeavors.
—
With Regards,
From the Armenian General Benevolent Union,
Regional Committee of America
—
Signature: V. Kiurkdjian, Secretary
  • Chartered Members of Ladies Auxiliary Society
  • Toros Khalfa Malian was a very prominent architect whose talent was
recognized by the Sultan.
  • Simon Khalifa Bedigian or Melkonian
  • Spinning wheel
  • A hand spindle
  • A. A stone used in milling grain — B.Oxen yoke
  • A beautiful young lady from Palu wearing national costume (very similar
to it) National costume common among nobles (Taken from the events that took place in 1915)
  • Bridal gown, Palu
  • Mother in Palu, sings her baby to sleep in front of the cradle
  • \
  • Rev. Reteos Simonian
  • Simon Simonian is one of the bravest men of Khoshmat who presently lives
in Canada with his family.
  • 1. Khachig Janigian
2. His wife Paro
3. Their son Boghos
4. Boghos’ wife
—
On the left side Mrs. Aghavni and her children.
Paro died in 1949 in Los Angeles. Her husband Khachig died in 1941.
  • Mr. Haroutiun (Harry) Deradourian
  • Sdepan Milidosian ‘’Melik’’
  • Doctor Mardiros Chakoian took his military training at the University of
Iowa (1915-1918).
He was famous as an excellent organizer and supervisor in the armed forces.
  • Armenian Volunteers at the frontline
  • CILICIAN VOLUNTEERS
  • Benjamin M. Shaghougian (seated)
  • Malian brothers
  • Volunteer, Hovsep Oulousian
  • Hagop Deradourian was born in Khoshmat. After completing his elementary
education, he came to America and settled in Providence. During the First World
War he served on the Caucasian front, taking part in the fights at Van under
supervision of Capt. Jim Chakalian. Later he took part in the Cilician Volunteer
Movement, fighting in the Battle of Arara. As a soldier of the American armed
forces he was sent to the European front during the second war. Back in the USA,
he served in the armed forces as a squad leader. Jacob’s life was turbulent and
adventurous, but at present he lives in Providence with his family.
  • In 1912 Bedros Khojoian was drafted into the Turkish armed forces. In the midst of the war he was sent to the Caucasian front. Deserting the Turkish army, Bedros joined Russians and started fighting against the Turks.
After the war he got married in the Caucasus and had four children who live in Armenia, where Bedros recently died.
  • Apraham Deradourian served in the Turkish army in his youth. During the
deportation of 1915, the Turks killed him somewhere near Khoshmat.
Abraham’s brother Vahan has sent this photo to us from Montreal, Canada.
  • Hovhannes Simonian
  • Hampartsoum Simonian served as a soldier in Tunisia and Algeria in 1947 under the French flag. Hampartsoum is the son of a soldier, Hovhannes Simonian, who served in Tunisia as well. He is also the grandson of another honorable man, Hampartsoum Simonian, who apart from being a well-known person in Khoshmat was also a teacher and the leader of the long-lived Simonian dynasty.
  • Map of Armenia
  • Dr. (or Capt.) Henry (Hrach) M. Chakoian, Chicago
—
Dr. Henry (Hrach) M. Chakoian, son of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Chakoian of Chicago, attended Northwestern University Dental School and graduated in 1944. He served as a captain in the US Army Dental Corps and was discharged in 1946. He is practicing dentistry in Chicago. He is married and has two sons.
  • Hagop (Jack) M. Chakoian
—
Jack M. Chakoian of Chicago, son of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Chakoian of Chicago,
graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1943. He served in the US Army as a chief investigator for the military police in the 8th service command. He is the owner of a printing plant in Chicago.
  • Ankine M. Chakoian
—
The only lady of Khoshmat who is a University graduate, Eleanor Chakoian,
graduated from Amundsen High School in 1943. She entered Northwestern
University on a scholarship and received her Bachelor of Science Degree from
the School of Liberal Arts in 1947, majoring in the study of Italian and minoring in French, Spanish, Music and Art.
This formal education was augmented by years of private instruction in Voice
and Piano. She is a member of the Phi Sigma Iota, National Romance Language Honorary Society, and holds the distinction of having been the first student in seven years to have majored in Italian at Northwestern University.
In 1946 she became the wife of Robert A. Evans, graduate of Northwestern
University and Biological Chemist for Armour & Co. Research Laboratories.
Eleanor is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Chakoian of Chicago, Ill.
  • Krikor Taniel Chakoian, served in the Air Force
—
George D. Chakoian of Providence, age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chakoian, served as a gunner in the US Air Force. He took part in the invasions of New Guinea, N. East India and the Philippines Islands. He graduated from R. I. School of Design on June 1949 with a B.S. Degree in Machine Design. Mr. Chakoian enrolled in a post graduate course in Mechanical Engineering, at Tri State College, Angola, Indiana, and graduated in 1950 with B.S. Degree.
  • Hagop Taniel Chakoian, served in the Navy
—
Jacob D. Chakoian of Providence, a pharmacist mate 2/c, served two and a half years in the Navy. He took part in many southern Pacific naval operations. He graduated from Bryant College in Providence, R. I. in 1950 with a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance.
  • Antranig Taniel Chakoian, soldier
—
Corp. Anthony D. Chakoian of Providence, age 21 years old, served 2 years in
the Philippines Islands in the Medical Corps. He graduated from Bryant College in Providence, R. I. in Accounting and Finance in 1951.
  • Taniel Boghos Chakoian
—
Daniel Boghos Chakoian served in the US Army and was decorated for bravery
overseas. He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Boghos Chakoian of Providence, R. I.
  • Takouhi Dirad Deradourian
—
Ms. Takoohy Dirad (Deradourian) is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Vartan Dirad. She was born in New York on Jan. 26, 1931. She graduated from the Hollywood High School. At present she is attending the Los Angeles City College. She is enrolled in the School of Education.
  • Two brothers: Aram Henesian, Hagop (Jack) Henesian
—
Aram Henesian, graduate of R.I. State College, majored in Chemical Engineering.
After receiving his B.S. degree he completed one year of post graduate work. He served in the US Navy. At present he is employed as a chemical engineer at Park Davis and Co. Detroit, Michigan.
Jack Henesian, age 23, received his B.S. Degree from R.I. College of Pharmacy in 1949. He served two years in the US Army and now resides in Providence, R.I.
  • Gabriel Kojoian
—
Gabriel Kojoian was born on December 11, 1927 in Providence, R.I. He entered the army in 1946 and served a year in Vienna. Upon being discharged in 1947, he commenced studies at Brown University, where he is studying Electrical Engineering.
  • Janigian brothers (three brothers), soldiers
86) Henry Janigian , 87)Gerald Janigian,  88) Azad Janigian
—
Henry Janigian, US Army, 80th Div, Infantry, age 27, lives in Los Angeles,
California.
Gerald Janigian of Los Angeles, California, age 22, served in the merchant
marine. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boghos Janigian.
The late Azad Janigian, killed in action in 1942 at age 23, was a tank driver of
the 3rd army.
  • Garabed Klanian
—
Lt. Garabed (Charles) S. Klanian was born in New York in 1923. He is the son of
Mr. Sarkis and Mrs. Sandukht Klanian. He played an important role in the recent
war, serving as a gunner in the Air Force and completing 33 flights in the
European Theatre. He was decorated for bravery. After the war he entered
Brown University of Providence, R.I. and graduated in 1949 with a B.S. degree
in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Gabriel Klanian —
formerly P.F.C. US Army, age 21, is attending the Y.M.C.A
Institute in Providence, R.I. He is studying Industrial Safety.
  • Kazarian brothers: Boghos (Paul) Kazarian, George Kazarian
—
Boghos (Paul) Kazarian, formerly an instructor in the merchant marines, is
attending a Business College in Providence, R.I.
George Kazarian, US Army, graduated from Bryant College, Providence, R.I. in
Business Administration. He is now managing his father’s business in
Pawtucket, R.I.
  • Richard (Dikran) Kazarian
—
Richard (Dikran) Kazarian is the son of Hovhannes Kazarian of Khoshmat.
Richard was born in Pawtucket, R.I. After graduating Pawtucket High School he
joined the US Army and was honorably discharged. At present he is managing
his father’s business.
  • Sarkis Kazarian
—
Sarkis Kazarian is the youngest son of Mr. Hovhannes Kazarian of Palu,
Khoshmat. Sarkis was born in Pawtucket, R.I. After graduating Pawtucket High
School, he joined the US Army. At present he is managing his father’s business
with his brother Dikran.
  • Edward Najarian —
Edward Najarian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Najarian of New York. He enlisted
in the Marine Corps. In the Pacific Islands, he participated in the stormy
invasion of Peleliu and Okinawa and survived. He was discharged in 1946. He
graduated from Radio and Television School. At present he is working in that
field.
  • Richard Oulousian 
—
Richard Oulousian, the son of Mr. Hovsep Oulousian of Providence, R.I.,
graduated from High School in 1942. He joined the US Air Force as a gunner.
After the war he remained in England with the Military Police for three years.
He then received his honorable discharge and returned to Providence.
  • Vartan Papazian of Providence, R.I. was born on Jan. 11, 1928. Graduating from the Armenian and Classical High School, he entered Brown University. Mr. Papazian served in the Medical Corps as a technician. During the war he served in many hospitals. He was discharged on August 16, 1947 with the rank of T/5. At present he studies at Brown University. (He re-entered Brown University as a pre-medical student).
  • David Papazian of Providence, R. I. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Papazian. He graduated from a Business College and has recently joined the National Guard.
  • Arsen Papazian 
—
Arsen Papazian of Providence is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A Papazian. He is now attending College.
  • Lt. Stephan Stepanian
—
Lt. Stephan Stepanian, age 25, Providence, R.I., enlisted in January 1943. He was
a member of the Army Air Force in Germany. At present he is on active duty in
Texas.
  • Berge Stepanian , soldier
—
Sgt. Berge Stepanian of Providence, R.I. served two years in Germany. He was
discharged in 1946. He graduated from the Center School of Dental Laboratory
Tech of New York.
  • P. Simonian, served in the US Army
—
Sgt. P. Simonian, age 21, enlisted in the US Army in April, 1946. He served two
years in Japan and attended Radar School at Keio, University in Tokyo.
  • Hovhannes (John) Vahan Simonian
—
Hovhannes (John) Vahan Simonian was born in Providence, R.I. in 1924. He
enlisted in the US Navy in 1944 and served as a soundman 2nd class. discharged
in 1946. He served in the American and Pacific Theatre on patrol crafts and was
discharged in 1946. Upon returning to the U.S., he graduated from R.I. State
College with B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He also graduated from the
University of Michigan, receiving a Master’s Degree. He is the pride of his
parents and the people of Khoshmat.
  • Abraham Simonian
—
Abraham Simonian was born in Providence in 1922. He took part in World War
II. Abraham, who had enlisted in 1942 in the US Navy, was discharged in 1946.
He served as a Yeoman 2nd class in the American, European and African
Theaters, as well as in the Middle East Theater, on a destroyer escort.
  • Shahin Sarkis Shahinian
—
Shahin Sarkis Shahinian was born on Jan. 13, 1931 in Providence, R.I. He is the
son of Shahin Shahinian (Sarkisian) of Khoshmat. After graduating high school
he joined the US Navy on Jan. 4, 1951, where he is currently serving. He is
talented in sports, especially in baseball and football.
  • Simon Saroian 
—
Simon Saroian was born in 1926 in Providence, R.I. He is the son of Mr. Sedrak
Saroian of Providence. After graduating from school he enlisted in the US Navy
in 1942 and served two years, taking part in many stormy battles. He received
his honorable discharge in 1944.
  • Khoshmat Aid Society in France, Marseille
  • Shahrigian Family in France, Marseille
  • Mr. and Mrs. Baghdasar Deradourian in Marseille
  • Men from Khoshmat in Montreal, Canada
  • Oulousian family
  • Toros Boghosian
  • MRS. Iskoohi Henetsian
  • Chakoian family of Chicago

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