Arshag's wife and children were sent on a death march towards the Syrian desert on which his wife died. His three young daughters (between the ages of about 4 to 8) had to continue on alone, and survived to make it to an orphanage where they were raised. Arshag and Varteni's son Kevork had escaped on his own and found refuge with relatives. Eventually a distant relative from Philadelphia Mamas Sherenian facilitated the girls to come to the United States by posing as their father. As a result their last name in official records are Sherenian. Arshag's son Kevork also made it to Philadelphia and named his first son Arshag in his father's memory.
Arshag's wife and children were sent on a death march towards the Syrian desert on which his wife died. His three young daughters (between the ages of about 4 to 8) had to continue on alone, and survived to make it to an orphanage where they were raised. Arshag and Varteni's son Kevork had escaped on his own and found refuge with relatives. Eventually a distant relative from Philadelphia Mamas Sherenian facilitated the girls to come to the United States by posing as their father. As a result their last name in official records are Sherenian. Arshag's son Kevork also made it to Philadelphia and named his first son Arshag in his father's memory.
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