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Kakosean, Hakob A.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - 1952

Biographical History

Hagop Tumas Gagosian was an Armenian convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born in Zara, Turkey on January 25, 1868, son of Tumas and Marrow Sherinian Gagosian. Hagop married Arake Kalug Setigan in 1887. They had five children. Gagosian converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Turkey in 1894 and was one of the first Armenian converts to the Church. He later emigrated to Utah with his family.

Citation:
UPB files, May 2, 2011 (Armenian convert to LDS Church, born in Zara, Turkey on Jan 25 1868, son of Tumas and Marrow Sherinian Gagosian, married Arake Kalug Setigan in 1887, had five children, converted in 1894, emigrated to Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Hagop Gagosian papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7785
Scope and Contents

Contains the Armenian Bible of Hagop Gagosian, a typescript of an autobiography of Hagop Gagosian from 1939 translated into English, an Armenian language book that belonged to John Taylor Woodbury, Jr. (Gagosian's son-in-law and a missionary in Turkey), and a CD with scanned images of parts of the Bible and language book plus translations.

Dates: 1882-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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