Her parents were Boghos and Nartouhi Kurkjian of Tokat and she was born in the second half of the 1870s. Her father was a furrier. Maritza was said to have red hair. She married Tateos Der Avedisian who was originally from Arapkir, Turkey. Their first son Pilbos was born around 1894 and daughter Armenouhi in 1898. They were followed by sons Arshavir probably and Hrant after that in the 1900-1905 period. There was also a daughter Arshalouys who likely died young prior to 1915. Pilbos became a teacher and moved to Istanbul where he taught at Berberian College in Uskudar. In 1915 the Armenian Genocide began, and that July the men of the village including Tateos were rounded up and shot outside the town. Then the women and children were deported in caravans on a death march. Maritza's went first, and while we do not know for sure what happened to them but it is thought they were taken over a kill and killed not long after, though we do not know for sure and thus she is not known to have a grave. Her two younger sons died along the death march, while Armenouhi managed to survive by being taken into a Muslim household. Though Pilbos was away in Istanbul, he also disappeared and so was also likely a victim of the genocide as well.
Her parents were Boghos and Nartouhi Kurkjian of Tokat and she was born in the second half of the 1870s. Her father was a furrier. Maritza was said to have red hair. She married Tateos Der Avedisian who was originally from Arapkir, Turkey. Their first son Pilbos was born around 1894 and daughter Armenouhi in 1898. They were followed by sons Arshavir probably and Hrant after that in the 1900-1905 period. There was also a daughter Arshalouys who likely died young prior to 1915. Pilbos became a teacher and moved to Istanbul where he taught at Berberian College in Uskudar. In 1915 the Armenian Genocide began, and that July the men of the village including Tateos were rounded up and shot outside the town. Then the women and children were deported in caravans on a death march. Maritza's went first, and while we do not know for sure what happened to them but it is thought they were taken over a kill and killed not long after, though we do not know for sure and thus she is not known to have a grave. Her two younger sons died along the death march, while Armenouhi managed to survive by being taken into a Muslim household. Though Pilbos was away in Istanbul, he also disappeared and so was also likely a victim of the genocide as well.
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