Table of C ontents

Foreward | by T. Daniel Casey.............................................................................................5Foreward | Richard V. Goering, Ph.D................................................................................6Introduction | Hripsime Kassarjian....................................................................................7Survived, How and Why | Hripsime Kassarjian...............................................................9 Chapter 1: Childhood Chapter 2: First World War Chapter 3: French and Moslem War in Marash, Turkey Chapter 4: Moving to Aleppo, Syria Chapter 5: Marriage Proposal Chapter 6: Teaching Chapter 7: The Exciting News of My Brother Chapter 8: A New Chapter in My Life Chapter 9: Second World War Chapter 10: A Job in a Private Hospital Chapter 11: My Trip to Addis-Ababa Chapter 12: My Brother’s Story Chapter 13: Barkev, My Youngest Son, Leaves for the U.S.A. Chapter 14: Moving to Beirut, Lebanon Chapter 15: Death of My Husband Chapter 16: The Last Work of His Life Chapter 17: War in Lebanon Chapter 18: Escape from Beirut, LebanonA Page from the Adana Massacres of 1909 | Harry L. Koundakjian..........................40A Brief History of the Badeers | Collated by Deb Badeer and Ruzana Badeer........42A Brief Life History of Henry S. Badeer | Henry Badeer.............................................52Henry Badeer Family Timeline | Gilbert Badeer...........................................................55Obituaries of Henry Badeer and Marie Badeer..............................................................59Sarkis Badeer Garboushian................................................................................................60In Memoriam Kassarjian | Almeda and Jackson Berkey................................................63

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BADEERS Collated by Deb Badeer (wife of Daniel Badeer) and Ruzana Badeer (wife of Gilbert Badeer) in

1997

It all started around 1884 in an Armenian village known as Kessab in Northeast Syr-ia. A teenage boy named Sarkis Gar-

boushian was attending an American Mission School in Latakia, a Syrian town by the Mediterranean Sea, south of Kessab. School missionary Henry Easson apparently was impressed by Sarkis and asked him to go with him to America. Sarkis was interested, but had to ask the permission of his moth-er, Martha, who was a practical mid-wife in Kessab. She said, “Go my son.” Sarkis’s father had died at an early age from causes unknown, and Sarkis nev-er knew him. Sarkis also never knew his birthday, estimated to be about 1864.

It took about two months for Sarkis to travel to the United States by boat. There was no need for a visa in those days. Whether or not he had to stay at Ellis Island is unknown. Missionary Easson came from the Pittsburgh region belonging to the Covenanters. Sarkis worked his way through school and graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Penn-sylvania. Subsequently, he entered Jef-ferson Medical College in Philadelphia and graduated in 1893. (Diploma is available with his son, Henry.) During this period the college considered the name “Garboushian” to be too long and difficult to pronounce. They asked Sarkis his father’s first name. It was Badeer (Dialect of Peter). They decid-ed to call him Sarkis Badeer, which

S A R K I S BA DE E R ( G A R B OU SH IA N ) (Born 1864 - Kessab, Syria - Died 1957, Beirut, Lebanon)

Studied in Latakieh, Syria, at an American Mission

School. Brought to the U.S. as a young boy by a mis-sionary named Henry Eas-son (date?). Worked his way through college (Geneva Col-lege, PA.) and Medical School (Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia). Became an American Citizen, lost his characteristic Armenian fam-ily name, Garboushian, and took his father’s name Bad-eer. Graduated M.D. from Jef-ferson Med. College in 1893. Practiced Medicine in Phila-delphia for a few years.

Returned to Mersine, Tur-key, at about the turn of the century, settled and practiced medicine until 1924. Married Persape Koundakjian from Hassanbeyli, Turkey, in 1906, in Adana. Had 4 children, all born in Mersine (Three sons: William 1907, Augustine 1910, Henry 1915. One daughter, Margaret (Maggie) 1920). Served in the Turkish Army during World War I (1915-1918) which saved his family from the massacres of the Armenians by the Turks (1915-1921). Lost his American citizenship after William was born, sometime between 1907 and 1910.

In 1924, moved his family to Beirut, Lebanon. William came to the U.S. in 1926 as an American Citizen and married Lillian Franz from Brooklyn, NY in 1933. Had a son, Robert Bruce. Augustine married Verjine Janjikian from Aleppo in 1941. Maggie married Puzant Krikorian (M.D.) in 1941. Their children are Jane, Eileen, John and Claire. Henry married Marie Kassarjian from Aleppo in 1948 and has 2 sons, Gilbert

Sarkis Badeer and Persape Koundakjian on their wedding day in 1906. Sarkis is seated, being shorter than the bride.