Here at the Armenian Heritage Project Bangladesh we feel exceptionally fortunate to be able to share the photographs and memories of our contributors. They have very generously opened up their family archives for the Project. We are immensely grateful for their donations.
- Mary Apcar’s (No. 15) 1st birthday party at Naraingunj. Standing directly behind (No. 4) is Ruben David, whom she would go on to marry in 1948.
- Armenian Christmas in Dhaka 6th January 1952. 1. Leo Gregory (Marjory’s brother) 2. Marguerite Martin (Lucy and Larry’s daughter) 3. Anita Martin (Lucy and Larry’s daughter) 4. Unknown 5. Unknown 6. Doris Stephen 7. Unknown 8. Unknown 9. Unknown 10. Noreen Martin (sister of Joyce Thaddeus) 11. Unknown 12. Unknown 13. Unknown 14. Unknown 15. Hasmik Gregory (Marjory’s uncle’s wife) 16. Unknown 17. Unknown 18. Arsene Thaddeus 19. Annie Isaiah 20. Arax Isaiah 21. Lucy Martin (wife of Larry) 22. Marion Gregory (Hasmik and John’s daughter) 23. Unknown 24. Mac Agabeg 25. Father Bagrat David 26. Unknown 27. Unknown 28. Joyce Thaddeus 29. Victoria Gregory (Marjory’s mother known as Jill) 30. Marjory Gregory (daughter of Apcar and Jill Gregory) 31. Sophie Galstaun 32. Stepan Manook Stephen 33. Helen Sookias 34. Peter Gregory (son of Arratoon Gregory) 35. Unknown 36. Unknown 37. Unknown 38. Unknown 39. Micky Martin 40. Unknown 41. Yessai Carapiet 42. Larry Martin (husband of Lucy) 43. George Mansur 44. Unknown 45. Unknown 46. Apcar Gregory (Marjory’s father) 47. Ingrid Thaddeus 48. Unknown 49. Unknown 50. Unknown 51. Unknown 52. Unknown 53. Leo Thaddeus 54. Unknown 55. Raffi Mackertich 56. Unknown 57. Hambarstoom Isaiah 58. Malcolm Aidinyantz 59. John Gregory (Marjory’s uncle) 60. Unknown 61. Unknown 62. Unknown 63 . Mac Pachaian 64. Haik Thaddeus 65. Unknown 66. Unknown 67. Armen Isaiah 68. Unknown 69. Unknown 70. Unknown 71. Unknown
- So far we have been able to identify just these people. If you think you know any more names, please get in touch. 10. Terouhi/Mrs Davidian (Wife of Ter (Fr.) Nerses Davidian) 11. Ter (Fr.) Nerses Davidian 33. Vardouhi Mackertich 35. Carapiet Chater Apcar
- Lunch party at Mr. Michael’s house, Dhaka
- Can you spot the Armenian Church? The top of it can just be seen on the left hand side. This photograph shows just how close the Armenian houses were to the church property.
- Carapiet Chater Apcar was always behind the lens of his camera. A keen photographer, he took many relaxed community photos in Dhaka during the late 1930s. Emily was his wife, Mary was his daugther, Ruben was his future son-in-law.
- Doris Lucas by some flowers
- Sisters Doris and Mary Lucas, thought to be taken at Naraingunj.
- Apcar and Gregory families. This was taken on a picnic in Shillong which is in Assam state, India, in about 1939/40 when Mary would have been 8 or 9 years old. 1. Chater Malcolm Apcar (My mother’s brother / My uncle) 2. Yvonne Gregory 3. Mary Apcar (My mother) 4. Marian Gregory 5. Emily Apcar (My Mum’s mother / My maternal grandmother) 6. Anna Apcarian (My mother’s aunt / Her father’s sister) 7. Carapiet Chater Apcar (My Mum’s father / My maternal grandfather) 8. Hasmik Gregory (Mother of Yvonne and Marian Gregory) 9. Hasmik Gregory’s mother (Name not known)
- Although Mack Stephen’s wedding to Laila Walker took place in Calcutta, Mack was a regular part of the Dhaka community. Mack Stephen was also a cousin of Mr. Michael Martin. Jeannette notes: As to Mack Stephen, he was very close to my grandfather (who he would call “CC”) and he was one of grandfather’s best friends. My mother tells me that Mack was a kind and generous man. He never remarried after a very civilised end to his marriage and he eventually settled in London where he ran a hotel (more a B & B) in Barkston Gardens, Kensington, close to Earls Court Tube Station. As a young child growing up in Calcutta in the 1950s – 1960s, I also have good memories of him because he would come and stay with us in Calcutta, usually every January – February to get away from the cold winters in the UK. Yes, he did buy a new Jaguar car from the French Motor Car Company in Calcutta. You have a scan of his car from the photos in one of the albums
- Mack Stephen and Laila Walker
- Mack Stephen’s wedding to Laila Walker. Left bridesmaid: Noreen Martin. Right bridesmaid: Marie Khachatur
- Armenian Community Dhaka 1960s