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  • Weymouth Armenian Genocide Survivor Celebrates 102nd Birthday

    WEYMOUTH ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVOR CELEBRATES 102ND BIRTHDAY

    March 7, 2013 - 13:18 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - The family and friends of Asdghig "Starrie" Alemian
    of Weymouth held a festive party Saturday, March 2 to celebrate
    Alemian's 102nd birthday. She turned 102 on March 1.

    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, The
    Patriot Ledger reported.

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