In the beginning of the Armenian massacres his father was killed and his mother became ill and died. Varteres was deported with his sister, who in the village Bembig fell into the hands of the Turks. Varteres was forced to go on with the caravan, but as a little child, he could not walk quickly. Thus being left behind he came into the possession of a Turk. When he grew up he remembered his sister and was always eager to find her. Some muleteers found him one day outside the village Tootli and took him with them to Arabpounar from where our agent sent him to us.

Left our care: November 13, 1926. Relatives. Sister in Aleppo.