He was born in Malatya, Turkey and was one of the most powerful Armenians in the town. It is said he owned the springs which was the source of water for the village. His family home was in the Boztepe neighborhood. He married Mariam Kojabashian and had children including: Diramayr, Sarkis, Nazareth (and a twin who died), Haroutune, Avedis, and Margaret. Toros and Mariam raised Nazareth's two young children after their mother died and Nazareth had immigrated to America. Most of his children emigrated to America, while Toros remained in Malatya until his death in late 1912 or 1913. After his death his wife Mariam left to joined her children and their families in Philadelphia, arriving there in September 1913, and died there two years later. There is an Armenian cemetery still in existence in Malatya, but most of the stones from before 1915 were removed and used to build a wall elsewhere, so if he was buried there it is now unmarked, but there were other Armenian graveyards as well which were all destroyed.
He was born in Malatya, Turkey and was one of the most powerful Armenians in the town. It is said he owned the springs which was the source of water for the village. His family home was in the Boztepe neighborhood. He married Mariam Kojabashian and had children including: Diramayr, Sarkis, Nazareth (and a twin who died), Haroutune, Avedis, and Margaret. Toros and Mariam raised Nazareth's two young children after their mother died and Nazareth had immigrated to America. Most of his children emigrated to America, while Toros remained in Malatya until his death in late 1912 or 1913. After his death his wife Mariam left to joined her children and their families in Philadelphia, arriving there in September 1913, and died there two years later. There is an Armenian cemetery still in existence in Malatya, but most of the stones from before 1915 were removed and used to build a wall elsewhere, so if he was buried there it is now unmarked, but there were other Armenian graveyards as well which were all destroyed.
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