A ship Manifest from Ellis Island lists a close relative of someone residing in Kishinev:

Aunt Tzilia Pallagean Str Nicolaevsco II6, Chisinau

What kind of a last name is that? Is Nicolaevsco a street name in Kishinev?

Thank you!

maybe a misspelling of the armenian name Palagian:
example: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?MID=16900218...
First Name: John
Last Name: Palagian
Ethnicity: Armenia, Armenian
Last Place of Residence: Kesaria, Armenia
Date of Arrival: Aug 11, 1920
Age at Arrival: 18 Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Pannonia
Port of Departure: Patras
Manifest Line Number: 0008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor_Kesaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Armenians

Hmmm, could be! I'll check it out.

Thank you

not sure if armenian roots, but in fact some similar to find for the nearby South-Bukowina-Area, now Romania (the person you stated was from now moldovian Kishinev).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83u
http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&sugexp=ppwl&cp=8&am...

mormons-site:http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
search with lastname Palagian - 1 hit
Gura-Humora: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gura_Humorului
http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&sugexp=ppwl&cp=11&a...
Bukovina: a historical region now split between Ukraine and Romania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovina
old map of historical Buovina with Gura-Humora : http://conflicts.rem33.com/images/Ukraine/bukowina_alt_ethn....

Thanks again!

Pallagean (or however it is really spelled) was the woman's married name. Supposedly she married someone the family did not approve of, and ran away. He might have been Moldovian, or might have been from somewhere else....