In the time of deportation her parents were killed. She herself was dragged away by a Kurd, who brought her to his village Meschana near Malatia. Mariam was then eight years old. Fortunately the Kurd and his wife were nice people. They treated her well and when she grew up, they married her to an Armenian, who was living in the same village. Some years they were allowed to live together, then the war came between the Turks and Kurds. Her husband was taken away as a soldier and she never saw him again. A Kurd wanted to marry her, then she fled with her two children. Some muleteers brought her to our home in Aleppo, there she is now staying.

Left our care: April 4, 1929. Her husband has come back. Is living in Aleppo.