Unknown TURPANJIAN

• Name	Unknown TURPANJIAN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CD5DE348C78B40BD8FEFE2C5849572F94D99
  Notes	First name unknown. According to the 1910 and 1920 US Federal Censuses, his wife Sophie immigrated into the USA in 1908*. She appeared in the 1910 census as a widow. * the manifest of the SS Louis which left Southampton on 28 November and arrived at New York on 7 December 1908 includes a page "Record of Aliens held for special enquiry". On this page are entries for Sofia TORPANDJIAN, widow aged 40 and her sister Marian [must have been her daughter, known as Mary in the 1910 census], aged 10. Enquiries must have been completed quickly and satisfactorily because the couple were admitted at 2.15 on the day of arrival, 7th of December. On the 1910 census, Sofia/Sophie is shown as having had 9 children of whom only 4 were living at the time of the census. Given that Armenians were leaving Turkey in great numbers around the time Sofia got to America - the result of ethnic cleansing in Turkey - could Sofia's husband and some of her children have been killed before she made her escape?
  Person ID	I4317	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Sophia UNKNOWN,   b. 1864, Turkey d. 1941, New Jersey, USA (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. John TURPAN,   b. Abt 1885, Turkey d. Between 1913 and 1920, USA (Age 28 years)   2. Peter TURPAN,   b. 15 Oct 1889, Diyarbakir, Turkey d. 1974, New Jersey, USA (Age 84 years)   3. Mary TURPAN,   b. Abt 1896, Turkey d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2021