The Girl's Orphanage at Hadjin
The Girl's Orphanage at Hadjin
In 1909 there was a massacre 30,000
Armenians at Adana which resulted in a great many
orphans. Here we see the girls orphanage that was
established at Hadjin. The staff is in the fifth row most
of whom are wearing white. Included are Mennonite
Brethren Missionaries Sister Rose Lambert, Sister
Fredericka Tonk, and Sister Ida Tschumi. There are two
men, the one to the right is Avedis Keshishian.
Avedis Keshishian is the namesake of Harold
Keshishian.
The orphanage was established with a
grant of 200 gold pounds from the Ottoman Government.
This prompted an inspection by Jemal Pasha (Official
Ottoman Inspection Party 1909). At the time of this
picture there were 164 girls in the care of the
orphanage.
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