My husbands grandmother Pariz (paris) MARDIGIAN OR MARDIKIAN born possibly around 1902 in Armenian (who knows where - beings with an "A")watched her stepfather be beheaded by a turkish man with a large sword and her mother threw herself in to the Euphrates river in Armenian. She was hidden and survived, some how she ended up in in an orphanage in Aleppo Syria. I am not sure how but she came to Cuba in 1928, my husbands grandfather Sarkis (Sarkes) Boyajian also a refugee from Armenia married her in Cuba June 21st 1928 in a civil marriage in the municipal court of El Cano (Caro) Havana Cuba. Their witnesses were "Herair Chakmakjian" and "Sahag Nigolian".
While I find their trip from Cuba to Florida on June 23 1928 I do not find Pariz's trip from where? to cuba. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or thoughts. Any idea about these people would be so appreciated.
Pariz's parents were to the best of my knowledge (according to marriage records) Mother Araksee Mooradian (last name is from second marriage no maiden name) Father's name of Pariz is Mergedith Marougian ( no idea about where Mardigian or Mardikian fits)

My Armenian great grandmother on mother's side, Sophia Jerachian, went to Cuba from Aleppo,Syria (where she was a refugee with several children after her husband was killed by the Turks)..in the end my grandmother was the only child who survived and came to America at age 18 to marry my grandfather. My grandmother seemed to enjoy her childhood and the beauty of Cuba, but I believe she was too young to remember anything of Aleppo.

I am of the Boyajian (Boyadjian) Lineage. My grandmother's maiden name was Boyajian. I have lost of US information but only up until we go back to the horrible events in Armenia prior to their arrival in the US. Many went thru France but we do have a Boyajian married in Cuba as well. I was curious of the same thing. How the heck did they get to CUBA?!

I attached the Death Cert of a family member as well as a picture in Armenia of my family heritage before they left Armenia. Many many many of this family and cousins did not live thru the death marches etc. but a few did. Thank Goodness