Parsegh Baltaian was the son of Manoog Baltaian and lived in Kirsehir in the Ottoman Empire, though the family may have originally been from Yozgat. Parsegh was a constable who rode on horseback and a chauffeur who cared for the horse of an important Turk. This Turk warned him that a campaign against the Armenians of the Empire, which did come to pass and is now known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. He said that Parsegh needed to take his family and escape immediately. Parsegh was provided with immigration papers saying that he was a Turk and was advised that he should ride out of town with his prettiest daughter in the carriage next to him, while the rest of his family should hide in the back. They fled their home and to the safety of the capital city Constantinople. Gulazar's father was living in Constantinople after the genocide so he survived as well, it is not known if he had lived in Kirsehir as well or elsewhere. In 1920 Parsegh moved to America for a better life and then brought over the rest of his family (one son in late 1920, the rest in early 1921). The family settled in Philadelphia and had one more child, a son named Manuel, likely an Americanized version of Parsegh's father's name. Parsegh presided over his family with a dominant force. He died at about age 69 of a malignancy which spread to his liver, at which time he lived at 212 South 60th Street.
Parsegh Baltaian was the son of Manoog Baltaian and lived in Kirsehir in the Ottoman Empire, though the family may have originally been from Yozgat. Parsegh was a constable who rode on horseback and a chauffeur who cared for the horse of an important Turk. This Turk warned him that a campaign against the Armenians of the Empire, which did come to pass and is now known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. He said that Parsegh needed to take his family and escape immediately. Parsegh was provided with immigration papers saying that he was a Turk and was advised that he should ride out of town with his prettiest daughter in the carriage next to him, while the rest of his family should hide in the back. They fled their home and to the safety of the capital city Constantinople. Gulazar's father was living in Constantinople after the genocide so he survived as well, it is not known if he had lived in Kirsehir as well or elsewhere. In 1920 Parsegh moved to America for a better life and then brought over the rest of his family (one son in late 1920, the rest in early 1921). The family settled in Philadelphia and had one more child, a son named Manuel, likely an Americanized version of Parsegh's father's name. Parsegh presided over his family with a dominant force. He died at about age 69 of a malignancy which spread to his liver, at which time he lived at 212 South 60th Street.
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