Six months before the Great war, Vartanoush was married to an Armenian young man in Erzinjian. Her parents and one sister who were living in Constantinople came to visit her. Then the war broke out. Vartanoush's husband was taken as a soldier and her parents and sister who could not get away were deported with her in the direction of Adiaman. On the road her parents were killed. Vartanoush and her sister reached Adiaman, where Turks took possession of them. After three years her sister died and poor Vartanoush was alone there in the hands of a bad Turk, who illtreated her. She gave birth to a son, who died soon after. After 13 years she succeeded in getting away with some muleteers and those brought her to our home. 

Vartanoush was sick for a long time, was treated for syphilis. 

In the spring 1930 she went to Muslemi and was mother in a French orphanage.

Left our care: September 1, 1931. Relatives in Constantinople. She went there to join those.