Born in Bardezag (now Bahçecìk), Turkey into a family of intellectuals, her father's name was Haroutune. She married Garabed around 1911 and they lived in Zonguldak, Turkey. Garabed owned coal mines in that area and was very wealthy, holding the title of effendi. He would take his wife for shopping trips to the big city of Istanbul where she kept up with all the latest fashions. However, due to the troubles of the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915 all of Garabed's property was confiscated as was that of most Armenians throughout the Ottoman Empire. They left for the relative safety of of Istanbul where they lived in poverty after a life of wealth. When her husband died in 1927 he was buried in a group grave on the hill of Rumeli Hisar.
One vignette about Zarmuhi is that it is said her husband's family had been cursed centuries ago after his priestly ancestor stopped a spirit from stealing a baby. For this the spirit cursed him saying that all his descendants' pottery and dishes would wear out and break. Sure enough, Zarmuhi would complain that as soon as she'd buy new dishes they'd inexplicably wear thin almost immediately.
Zarmuhi was a widow for many years and when she died was buried in a different cemetery than her husband, probably because his had been a communal grave. Zarmuhi's daughter Artemis and son-in-law were later buried with her at Sisli. Her name is written in Armenian on it in a shortened fashion, saying Zarmuhi Avedisian.
Also, her birth year is believed to be around 1888, not 1884 as the grave says.
One vignette about Zarmuhi is that it is said her husband's family had been cursed centuries ago after his priestly ancestor stopped a spirit from stealing a baby. For this the spirit cursed him saying that all his descendants' pottery and dishes would wear out and break. Sure enough, Zarmuhi would complain that as soon as she'd buy new dishes they'd inexplicably wear thin almost immediately.
Zarmuhi was a widow for many years and when she died was buried in a different cemetery than her husband, probably because his had been a communal grave. Zarmuhi's daughter Artemis and son-in-law were later buried with her at Sisli. Her name is written in Armenian on it in a shortened fashion, saying Zarmuhi Avedisian.
Also, her birth year is believed to be around 1888, not 1884 as the grave says.
Born in Bardezag (now Bahçecìk), Turkey into a family of intellectuals, her father's name was Haroutune. She married Garabed around 1911 and they lived in Zonguldak, Turkey. Garabed owned coal mines in that area and was very wealthy, holding the title of effendi. He would take his wife for shopping trips to the big city of Istanbul where she kept up with all the latest fashions. However, due to the troubles of the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915 all of Garabed's property was confiscated as was that of most Armenians throughout the Ottoman Empire. They left for the relative safety of of Istanbul where they lived in poverty after a life of wealth. When her husband died in 1927 he was buried in a group grave on the hill of Rumeli Hisar.
One vignette about Zarmuhi is that it is said her husband's family had been cursed centuries ago after his priestly ancestor stopped a spirit from stealing a baby. For this the spirit cursed him saying that all his descendants' pottery and dishes would wear out and break. Sure enough, Zarmuhi would complain that as soon as she'd buy new dishes they'd inexplicably wear thin almost immediately.
Zarmuhi was a widow for many years and when she died was buried in a different cemetery than her husband, probably because his had been a communal grave. Zarmuhi's daughter Artemis and son-in-law were later buried with her at Sisli. Her name is written in Armenian on it in a shortened fashion, saying Zarmuhi Avedisian.
Also, her birth year is believed to be around 1888, not 1884 as the grave says.
One vignette about Zarmuhi is that it is said her husband's family had been cursed centuries ago after his priestly ancestor stopped a spirit from stealing a baby. For this the spirit cursed him saying that all his descendants' pottery and dishes would wear out and break. Sure enough, Zarmuhi would complain that as soon as she'd buy new dishes they'd inexplicably wear thin almost immediately.
Zarmuhi was a widow for many years and when she died was buried in a different cemetery than her husband, probably because his had been a communal grave. Zarmuhi's daughter Artemis and son-in-law were later buried with her at Sisli. Her name is written in Armenian on it in a shortened fashion, saying Zarmuhi Avedisian.
Also, her birth year is believed to be around 1888, not 1884 as the grave says.
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