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Yalda, Daniels, Georges and Malham Genealogy

BGracin2011 — 2013-04-21 15:51:06Z

Asked to do family history for the Yalda, Daniels, Georges and Malham families, all of Assyrian descent. Originally settled in Chicago in the early 1900's through 1925. If these names are familiar to you; please leave a message here.

Yonan Malham Yalda, Alexander Daniels, Evan Daniels, Simon Daniels (Shabaz), Khimmey Georges (Gewargis), Sophar Yalda and Benjamin Yalda. If you have any information on Shabaz, Yalda, Malham or Daniels of Chicago or Flint, Michigan, would love to hear from you.

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-14 11:29:29Z

thanks, thats what i was looking for :)

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-14 11:08:05Z

I think you can go to the library, and you can search the internet. If you know of a particular place you can contact the historical society or the local historian.

Champlain

Ancestry Admin

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-14 10:57:39Z

& as I said before "DOB is varied" We don't have any exact details. All I have is Abdullah Tartoosie dob about 1887 +/- about 10 years.

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-14 10:39:47Z

Yes they can as long as they have all the corrct information. I refer to my previous message:

"There are an awful lot of family trees in Ancestry, as I do not have a date of birth, I am unable to confirm".

Janice

Ancestry Admin

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-14 10:32:05Z

I have searched the family trees on here. The only ones I can find are mine. I thought somebody might have a way to search Assyrian backgrounds.

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-12 15:28:04Z

There are an awful lot of family trees in Ancestry, as I do not have a date of birth, I am unable to confirm.

Regards

Janice

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-12 06:24:35Z

Abdullah Tartoosie

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-11 15:40:53Z

Do you have a full name please?

Janice

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-11 12:47:01Z

Tartoosie is the surname, I have seen it also spelt "Tartoosi" & "Tatoosie".

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-11 12:36:34Z

Is Tartoosie a place name please?

Janice

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-05-11 09:42:40Z

Tartoosie. DOB is varied. We don't know where they were born, we only know that they were assyrian according to paperwork. The place is never listed.

Re: Assyrian Research for Australian

Champlain9 — 2012-05-10 16:50:36Z

Hi
It would be helpful if you give us a name, then the date of birth, where born and any relatives?

Janice

Ancestry Admin

Assyrian Research for Australian

AliciaPeterson1986 — 2012-01-10 10:56:08Z

Hi, I have recently found out that my great-great grandparents were Assyrian but I cant seem to find much information about them. I really want to know where they actually come from cos it is a mystery. Any help would be greatful.

Thanks.

For those with family from Urmia, Persia

ChristyShalitta — 2010-02-05 05:00:08Z

I discovered something interesting tonight! An alternate way to search is to enter the city in the birthplace field and leave every other field in the search box EMPTY. I searched for Urmia using this link:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&... and came up with almost 1200 matches in public records!!

If the link does not work, just go to Search at the top of your screen and do as I did. See what you get. Also you should try different spellings like Ourmiah, Urumia, Urumiah as I have seen it these ways in Immigration records. Good luck!

Giwargis, Gewerges, Geverges

ChristyShalitta — 2010-02-03 06:23:45Z

I have a photo postcard from 1913 of a gentleman, stately pose. It's signed in Syriac or Assyrian text on the back as a gift to someone in my family Abraham Shalitta [Shomon or Simon]. The man's name is Babo Geverges - this has been translated for me. I believe he may be related to the current day Giwargis families and am looking for help identifying the other photo postcards accompanying it, there are two of beautiful Assyrian ladies. We may be related? or our families were very close, at the least. please get in touch and we can share/exchange family history. Thanks, Christy Shalitta Hooper

Email me or See my profile on ancestry for further contact info...

2009 Update: Assyrian genealogical research

ChristyShalitta — 2009-12-02 00:23:54Z

Hello - this is Christy, the author of the original message posted above/below. I can no longer access the "Shalitta" profile because I can no long access the email that I used to start the account.

Just wanted to update and let you know I am still researching this line, still interested in these family members. I can be contacted through my current profile:

http://community.ancestry.com/profile.aspx?mba=000c88f2-0000...

Thanks and best wishes!
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Hello,

My ancestors were also from the villages of Urmia, Persia. I have been told that they lived in Diza or Deza and Ardishai (sp?). They left during the genocides during WWI era and came to Ellis Island, stayed in NY a short time and settled in Philadelphia. Eventually some made their way to California.

I am seeking family members for any of the following surnames so that we may exchange histories, recipes, and family photos, stories...

I am trying to make a connection with Catherine Pearah who married a Dr. Yonan (Dr. to the old Shah of Persia).

Assyrian genealogical research

shalitta — 2003-11-20 18:59:52Z

Hello,

My ancestors were also from the villages of Urmia, Persia. I have been told that they lived in Diza or Deza and Ardishai (sp?). They left during the genocides during WWI era and came to Ellis Island, stayed in NY a short time and settled in Philadelphia. Eventually some made their way to California.

I am seeking family members for any of the following surnames so that we may exchange histories, recipes, and family photos, stories...

I am trying to make a connection with Catherine Pearah who married a Dr. Yonan (Dr. to the old Shah of Persia).

Please reply here or via email for direct contact info, my webpage is listed here:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/h/a/Christy-M-S...

Re: Assyrian genealogical research

2002-09-29 08:07:23Z

Mary --- I no longer live in Turlock, but visit family there several times a year. I believe a lot of Yonans still live there. Also, there is a well-organized Assyrian association with a headquarters building there. You might check with them. If you need assistance, please e-mail me and I will see what I can do to get specific information. (jeenyallergy@aol.com)

Also, I picked up an interesting book in a used book store in southern California a couple of years ago: "The Assyrian National Directory In The United States of America for 1960" published by The Assyrian National Association, Inc. of Chicago, sponsored by the Assyrian American Federation in America. I don't know if it exists, but it actually listed names, addresses and phone numbers of all the Assyrians in Turlock and across the U.S.! Who knows? That publication may still exist in a modern format?

Try putting "American Assyrian Federation" in keyword and do a search....

Re: Assyrian genealogical research

2002-05-31 05:04:44Z

Hello Mary, My mother's maiden name was Desho. Her father was from Croatia. I was told he changed his name from Desich to Desho when he came to the USA. But I acquired some evidence to dispute this. I kind of doubted it to begin with. Imagine my surprise to see the Desho name in your post. Could you give me a little info about your mother-in-law's Desho people?

Thanks so much.

Re: Assyrian genealogical research

MaryAllisonYonan — 2002-05-07 03:42:54Z

Thanks for the information, Anna. Have you been successful in learning about your Assyrian ancestors by contacting the LDS Library in SLC?

Mary

Re: Assyrian genealogical research

ahillcoat — 2002-05-07 03:38:23Z

Contact the Family History Library in Salt Lake City,Utah
35 West Temple,Salt Lake City Utah
Ph.801-240-2331
Ask for Floor B-1(International)
They can help you

Assyrian genealogical research

MaryAllisonYonan — 2002-04-22 18:36:41Z

Greetings,

I know that there is a large Assyrian community in Turlock, CA. I hope someone might be able to help me get started with Assyrian genealogical research.

My husband's surname is YONAN and he is Assyrian-American. His parents were both Assyrians and emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s from Urmia, Persia. They moved to Chicago first and were married there. In the 1920s they moved to Knox, Indiana and in 1947 they moved back to Chicago.

My father-in-law's name was given as Bachus AMOO on the ship's passenger list but was changed to Benjamin Yonan at Ellis Island. He emigrated alone as a teenager to make money to send back home so his family could also emigrate. However his village was attacked and the residents massacred by the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire that ruled that area before his family could escape. As far as we know my father-in-law's family members were all killed.

ENWEEYA is the only surname I'm familiar with of a relative of my father-in-law's from the Middle East. He lived in Chicago in the early and mid 1900s and emigrated from the Middle East in the early 1900s.

My mother-in-law's maiden name was DESHO.

Can anyone give me suggestions on how to go about Assyrian genealogical research in the Middle East and particularly the Assyrian villages of old Persia?

Thank you for any information you might have that would help us trace my husband's roots.

Mary Allison Yonan
Decatur, IL
yonan@fgi.net