She was the eldest daughter of Toros Sookasian of Malatya. Her mother's name is not listed on her death certificate and it is assumed to be Toros's wife Mariam but not certain, as there is a large gap between the birth dates of Toros's two oldest children and the younger ones. Her year of birth is also not certain, as the 1851 and 1858 have both been given in records. Her cemetery record says died at age 67 (which would be 1851). The birth date used here is the one on her death certificate (1858). As her husband's death certificate lists him as being born 1856, if that is correct then the 1858 birth year is more likely since she would not likely have been so much older than her husband. Being born in 1858 also fits better with her children's birth years. Armenian immigrants did not usually know their exact birth date or even year, and also changed their ages for various purposes so it is impossible to know what her birth year was for sure. Diramayr married Sarkis Esayian and had three sons and at least two daughters. Known children were Samuel, John, George, Elmas (married Sahagian), and Anna. One son immigrated to America as early as 1894, probably one of the first Armenians of Malatya to come to Philadelphia. Their other children did so in the years around 1907. Finally in 1913 Sarkis and Diramayr, along with their daughter-in-law Margaret (wife of John, who was already in Philadelphia) and granddaughter Mary left Malatya. They all arrived in America in November 1913, though two and half weeks apart. While Sarkis, Margaret, and Mary had left from Cherbourg, France and came through Ellis Island, Diramayr immigrated through the port of Philadelphia from Liverpool, England. The reason for her separation from the rest at some point is unknown. She reached Philadelphia on November 17, 1913 where she was reunited with her husband who had arrived at Ellis Island on November 2, as well as her sons from whom she had been away from for up to twenty years. In October 1918 Diramayr's daughter developed influenza during the Pandemic and died of health complications related to it in November. Just two months later, Diramayr died at 3pm on January 24, 1919 of pneumonia caused by influnza as well, however she had only had it for eight days, meaning it was not directly connected to her daughter's illness. The Pandemic itself had abruptly ended in Philadelphia around the time Anna died. Diramayr was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Philadelphia (Section Z, Lot 153) until the death of her husband in 1934, at which time she was exhumed and they were buried together at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. It should be noted that their stone was likely a later addition because both of their death years on it are incorrect.