Author: Christina
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Flowers in the PA Death Certificates Database
Recently, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission digitized the state’s death certificates from 1906 to 1944 onto Ancestry.com. At first, I was unsure of what to make of this. It is strange, in my opinion, for private records to be made public. I can recall the day I came across Hilda’s, Rachel’s sister, death certificate.…
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From Florida to Pennsylvania: The Place the Flowers Called Home
About a month ago, I received the following e-mail from one of my professors, … I was doing some research in the Cumberland County Historical Society yesterday and, as promised at your senior honors project presentation, I looked up the property records for the Flowers home, which has been described as being in Boiling Springs. …
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The Return of the Flowers Family History
Photo from the Messiah College Archives The history of the first international students to attend Messiah College is officially done. It has been a good, long break away from the Flowers family. Two months to be exact. With the help of a former professor there has been a few leads including the official date as…
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Last, But Not Least: Reverend Samuel Coffing Krikorian
Reminder: Samuel hold no relation to Meshach Krikorian. They simply share the same last name. Samuel Krikorian at Pasadena University Reverend Samuel Coffing Krikorian was born on July 31, 1893 to Coffing Krikorian and a local teacher at Aintab Seminary School (her name is unknown). He was delivered by Rebecca Krikorian, his aunt, who at…
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The Biography of Herant Athanasian
Jacob Ekmekjian is pictured in the back row, first person on the left. Hrant is pictured in the front row sitting, second individual to the left. This picture is undated. Herant was born in Izmit, Turkey and was about 23-24 years old when he first arrived in America. He seemed to enjoy his time at…
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Agop Hartune Ekmekjian
Here, Jacob Ekmekjian (center) with Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home Class of 1916 As oppose to the biographies you will read on Meshach and Samuel Krikorian, the biographies of Jacob E. and Hrant A. are significantly shorter. No books were written highlighting their lives and little is known about their time before and…
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His Story Continues: Meshach Krikorian (Part II)
At the opening of the winter term of 1912, through the kindness and instrumentality of Bishop S.R. Smith, then the president of the Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home, now a departed saint in glory, myself, and two other Armenian young men were admitted to the school, upon a previous arrangement made by Miss.…
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Well Well Well
In the midst of finalizing housing for graduation school, (sending in payments next week!), and doing research, my laptop broke. It has been an on and off relationship with my computer, literally sometimes it would turn on and sometimes it would turn off. Luckily, it was not the hard drive and I was able to…
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The Conquered Conflicts of His Life: Reverend Meshach Paul Krikorian
Reverend Krirkorian was named after great man of faith. Born in Hassanbeyly, Turkey (Armenia) in April 1888, a young Meshach was raised 100 miles east of the Apostle Paul’s birthplace of Tarsus with his six brothers and sisters. His father was a farmer and realized his on had an deep passion and ambition to learn.…
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Coming To America: The Life of Rebecca Krikorian Part II
Part One can be found here. It seems to me that you should go to our country (America)…and there you will meet a wonderful woman by the name of Miss. France E. Willard, who does the same kind of work in America as you are doing here, and Miss Willard, being a very influential woman,…
Diary of a Historian 