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The Patriot Ledger, MA
March 4 2012
Family party for Weymouth Armenian genocide survivor
The family and friends of Asdghig "Starrie" Alemian of Weymouth held a
festive party Saturday to celebrate Alemian's 102nd borthday. She
turned 102 on March 1.
Five generations of her family were at the party at The Red Parrot in
Hull on Saturday.
Alemian escaped from the 1915 Armenian Genocide as a child of five,
after both her parents were killed.
She was brought to this country at age 12, in 1922, from a Syrian
orphanage in Aleppo by an uncle and has lived in Weymouth since that
time, except for two years in Worcester.
Her first name, Asdghig, is a term of endearment meaning little star,
or "Starrie."
She and her husband Sarkis had seven children and lived in East
Weymouth near Jackson Square. The couple ran a small grocery store
called Alemian's Delicatessen at 718 Broad St. near the old Immaculate
Conception Church for many years.
In recent years, Alemian took part in events with the
Armenian-American community in Watertown and at the State House to
underscore the importance of officially recognizing the Armenian
genocide.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x186777467/Armenian-genocide-survivor-turns-102-in-Weymouth
From: A. Papazian
March 4 2012
Family party for Weymouth Armenian genocide survivor
The family and friends of Asdghig "Starrie" Alemian of Weymouth held a
festive party Saturday to celebrate Alemian's 102nd borthday. She
turned 102 on March 1.
Five generations of her family were at the party at The Red Parrot in
Hull on Saturday.
Alemian escaped from the 1915 Armenian Genocide as a child of five,
after both her parents were killed.
She was brought to this country at age 12, in 1922, from a Syrian
orphanage in Aleppo by an uncle and has lived in Weymouth since that
time, except for two years in Worcester.
Her first name, Asdghig, is a term of endearment meaning little star,
or "Starrie."
She and her husband Sarkis had seven children and lived in East
Weymouth near Jackson Square. The couple ran a small grocery store
called Alemian's Delicatessen at 718 Broad St. near the old Immaculate
Conception Church for many years.
In recent years, Alemian took part in events with the
Armenian-American community in Watertown and at the State House to
underscore the importance of officially recognizing the Armenian
genocide.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x186777467/Armenian-genocide-survivor-turns-102-in-Weymouth
From: A. Papazian