Family of Isaac and Rebecca Mosesian-Sweet, 1932

Photograph

Madera County Library

Name/Title

Family of Isaac and Rebecca Mosesian-Sweet, 1932

Entry/Object ID

845

Description

Back Row, Left to Right: Grace Sweet-Ashjian, Erma Arkelian-Sweet and her husband Harry Sweet, Joseph Sweet and his wife, Grace Tomisian Sweet, Satnick Sweet-Yakligian Front Row, Left to Right: Arshak "Ted" Ashjian, Isaac Sweet, John Yakligian, Miriam Mosesian, Ruth Yakligian, Rebecca Mosesian- Sweet and Karnig Yakligian. Isaac Sweet was born in Van, Turkey and Rebecca Mosesian-Sweet was born in Bitlis, Turkey. During the period of Isaac and Rebecca's births, Armenia was suffering under oppression by the Ottamans and more than 200,000 Armenians were killed ("The Fresno Armenians" by Berge Bulbulian). To strengthen their oppression over the Armenian people, the Ottaman Turks would round up the men in the villages and murder them. When Rebecca was a young girl, Rebecca's brother, along with other men in her village, were rounded up by the Ottaman Turks. Shortly after, the men were found stripped naked and beheaded in the street and Rebecca was able to identify her brother as one of the murdered men because of a birth mark on his body. Isaac was a leader and business man, owning sawmills in Turkey. Rebecca and Isaac fled Turkey sometime before 1900 with their daughter, Grace, and their daughter Satnick was born shortly after arriving in Fresno, California. After arriving in Fresno, Isaac opened a sawmill, Sweet's Mill near Auberry, and Grace and Satnick would drive the logging trucks.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

reformatted digital

Subject Place

State/Province

California

Continent

North America

Country

United States

Collection

Yakligian Family Collection

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

John & Lois Yakligian

Lexicon

Search Terms

Armenian, Genocide, Sawmill

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

2-3/8 in

Copyright

Restrictions

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Created By

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Create Date

November 18, 2015

Updated By

Mary.Sholler

Update Date

January 12, 2021