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The Family Tree and Biographical Information of the Kasardjians of Sis
Author: Ashod Kasardjian - Translator: Hrant Gadarigian
Editor’s Note:
Most of the Kasardjian family tree and biographical info prepared by Ashod Kasardjian (1883-1969) is based on information provided by his grandfather and uncles. He notes that by 1890, Dikran, one of his older brothers, attempted to chronicle the family’s history and had interviewed senior family members. At the time, Dikran resided in Adana. He made good progress in the project and constantly enriched the family history with new passages of events and personalities. But all his writings went up in smoke when his house was burnt during the 1909 massacre of Armenians in Adana. Later on, Dikran frequently expressed a desire to reproduce his lost work, but he traveled to Beirut after the massacres and then permanently resettled in the United States, where he never had the opportunity to do so. We should note that Ashod prepared his family’s tree in the 1930s and 1940s.
Two brothers, Sefer and Mgrdich, are cited as the oldest forbearers of the Kasardjian family. They lived from 1680 to 1750/70.
Mgrdich’s Branch
[Ashod Kasardjian relates scant information about this branch, probably because he belongs to the Sefer branch and is more familiar with that side of the family; ]
Sefer’s Branch
Sefer’s children: Sarkis and Hagop. Hagop dies childless. Children of Sarkis: Minas/Mnatsagan, Yeghia, Kevork and a daughter (name unknown) Bishop Kapriel (baptismal name-Sarkis).
Children of Sarkis (Sefer’s son): Minas, Yeghia, Kevork, a daughter, Kapriel
1 - Minas/Mnatsagan (Son of Sarkis)
Died in Sis. (Also called Mnatsagan). Two sons – Sahag and Panos.
Sahag (son of Minas): Born 1840 (month unknown). Married February 20, 1861 to Mariam, daughter of Sis native Tateeian Kapriel agha (Sahag was 25, Mariam was 12). Married in Adana’s St. Astvadzadzin Church by Father Sarkis. Godfather was Ghasab (butcher) Bedros agha, whose wife was called Varvar Djedjeh. This couple had adopted Maritsa hasnoug. Later on, Sahag’s brother Panos stayed with this couple, who loved him like their son. Maritsa and Panos get married. After Mariam died, Sahag married, 1888, Nouritsa Aynadjian from Adana.
Panos (son of Minas): Married to Maritsa Izmirlian from Kayseri/Gesaria. Died in Aleppo, 1915, during the deportations.
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