Author:
Nadia H Wright
Paperback
Pages 350; 24 pp. black/white plates; maps,
tables;
bibliography pp. 316-330; index
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author’s note
Visuals
Family trees
Maps
Plates
Tables
Part
One Background
Armenian History
Armenian Traders
Armenians and the East
Part
Two Armenians in Malaysia
Historical background
Chapter 1 Malacca
Chapter 2 Penang
1796-1819
The 1820s
1830-1879
1880-1900
1901-1941
1942-1966
The Armenian community
Chapter 3 The
Armenian Apostolic Church of
St Gregory the Illuminator (Penang)
Chapter
4 The Malay states
Chapter
5 The Eastern and Oriental Hotel
Chapter
6 Other Armenian Enterprises in Malaysia
A. A. Anthony and Company 1840-
The Georgetown Dispensary 1880s-1920
The Oriental Tiffin and Billiard Rooms
The Sea View Hotel
The Crag Hotel
A. S. Anthony 1898- 1920
Anthony & Anderson 1906-1914
The Grand Hotel ( Ipoh)
Ipekdjian Brothers 1930s-1966
Top
Part
Three Armenians in Singapore
Chapter
7 Historical Overview
1820-1839
The 1840s
1850-1869
1870-1889
1890-1919
1920-1942
The fall of Singapore
1945-2002
Chapter
8 The Armenian community in Singapore
Migration patterns
Sense
of community
Marriage and kinship
The wider network
Education
Homes and addresses
Deaths and burials
Armenian properties
Loyal British subjects
Social life
Civic life
Occupations
Armenians and the law
Armenians in the press
Impact of the Armenian massacres
Armenians and Jews
Armenians in print
Armenian street names
Factors leading to the decline of the community
Chapter 9 The Armenian
Apostolic Church of
St Gregory the Illuminator (Singapore)
The beginnings
The Church building
Priests and services
Church management
The parsonage
The Garden of Memories
Conclusion
Top
Chapter
10 Armenian trading firms in Singapore
Introduction
Aristarkies Sarkies 1820-1841
Mackertich M. Moses 1820s –1845
Apcar & Stephens c 1826 – 1845
G. & I. Zechariah 1828-1843
Martyrose J. Carapiet 1838 -1880s
Sarkies & Moses 1840 – 1913
Stephens & Joaquim 1848 – 1872
Andreas & Company 1866 – 1895
Edgar & Company 1871-1899
Galstaun & Company 1878 – 1894
Carapiet & Company 1882 – 1914
M. S. Martin & Company 1890 - 1922
W. M. Martin 1922 – 1941
Stephens Paul 1896 – 1941
Edgar Brothers 1912 – 1968
Arathoon Sons 1941 - late 1970s
A. C. Galstaun & Company 1957 -1983
Chapter
11 Other Armenian Enterprises in Singapore
Johannes M. Moses 1840-1874
Moses & Company 1874 – c. 1903
Chater L. J. 1882 – 1908
Sarkies, Johannes & Company 1901 – 1908
Anthony & Company 1925 – 1929
G. H. Sweet Shop 1926 – 1931
Ipekdjian Brothers 1927 – 1960s
Chapter
12 Raffles Hotel
Tigran’s Raffles
Raffles under Aviet
Martyrose’s reign
The collapse
Raffles staff
Reasons for success
Raffles Tiffin & Billiard Rooms
Chapter
13 Other Armenian-run Hotels
Early Hoteliers
The Adelphi Hotel
Hotel de l’Europe
The Sea View Hotel
Miscellaneous Hotels
Chapter
14 Photographic Studios
Moses Moses
George Michael
Chapter 15 The Legal
Profession
The Joaquim legal firms
Mackertich C. Johannes
Chapter
16 The
Vanda
Miss Joaquim Orchid
Introduction
The orchid
Consequences
National flower
The controversy
Top
Part
Four The Major Armenian Families in Singapore and
Malaysia
Introduction
Chapter
17 Anthony
Chapter 18 Apcar
Chapter 19
Arathoon / Arratoon
Chapter 20
Dr Thaddeus Avetoom
Chapter 21
Aviet
Chapter 22
Carapiet
Chapter 23
Chater/ Chaytor
Chapter 24
Jacob Constantine
Chapter 25
Edgar
Chapter 26
Gabriel
Chapter 27 Galastaun / Galstaun / Galistan /
Galestin
Chapter 28
Gregory
Chapter 29
Hacobian
Chapter 30
Joaquim / Joakim
Chapter 31
Johannes
Chapter 32
Mackertoom
Chapter 33
Manook
Chapter 34
Martin
Chapter 35
Moses
Chapter 36
Paul
Chapter 37
Sarkies
Chapter 38
Seth
Chapter 39
Stephens
Chapter 40
Zechariah
Chapter 41
Other Armenians
George Andreas
Carapiet Arackell
Gregory and Mary Arakiel
Mesrope (Johnny) Catchatoor
The Creet brothers
Arathoon and Mariam Demetrius
Gasper
Elizabeth George
Gregory Lucas
M. C. Mansoor
George and Kate Michael
Minas
Nahapiet
Johannes Narcis
Nicolaas
Owen
Carapiet Phannous
Joseph and Annir Shamier
Simon
John Zeytoon
Epilogue
References
Appendices
I Resident Priests sent to Penang and Singapore
II Tombstones
in the Garden of Memories
III Armenian Prisoners of War and Internees
Bibliography
Index
