Mariam grew up among Turks, whom she believed were her parents and own people. One day some children told her that she was a "Giaur". From that time she was longing to join her own nation and soon the occasion came.

            One day an Armenian young man visited the village, she asked him for help. He did so and they reached Erzerum, where they were married. How happy she was, but after a few months the Turk broke into the house and carried her away. Yet after some time her husband succeeded in bringing her back again. Newly her husband was taken as a soldier, and she had to flee with some Armenians to Syria.

Left our care: August 19, 1929. We found her husband here.