The Surname "kherlakian"

[Zhakareh]

It's my mother's maiden name, and fairly prominent in Brazil, especially in fashion design and apparel manufacturing. Also, there is a French singer known as Danyel Gerard whose birth name is Gerard Daniel Kherlakian. He also has a Brazilian connection, having spent a portion of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro.

 

If anyone has information on the etymology (meaning) of the name, and/or its history, I would be very grateful.

Edited March 6, 2007 by Zhakareh

[Arpa]

It's my mother's maiden name, and fairly prominent in Brazil, especially in fashion design and apparel manufacturing. Also, there is a French singer known as Danyel Gerard whose birth name is Gerard Daniel Kherlakian. He also has a Brazilian connection, having spent a portion of his childhood in Rio de Janeiro.

 

If anyone has information on the etymology (meaning) of the name, and/or its history, I would be very grateful.

You may not have seen this.

Ask Boghos, the King of Marash

Why do I love him? Is it because he speaks from logos and reserach rather than through his pants that his pantlees parents told him?

be forrwarned that the Khrlakians of Marash and Aleppo subscribed to the Catholic church.

Feb 22 2007, 12:32 PM

We are related to Kherlakian and Distchekenian but the family name is Bilezikjian.

As you would say, dear Arpa, the Turks changed the name of the city from Marash to Kakamanmarash after no Armenians left .

This post has been edited by Boghos: Feb 22 2007, 12:33 PM

 

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15...p;hl=kherlakian

Edited March 6, 2007 by Arpa

[Arpa]

The Kherlakian Dynasty

 

The following is from the book MARASH, !934, NY By Grigor Galoustian.

As related by (the Catholic)Archpriest, Dzayraguyn Vardapet Ter Boghos Chalikian, born in Marash, Aug. 15, 1882. He was still alive in Aleppo at that time and beyond, fondly known as Der Boghos.

 

An aside. There is a whole chapter about Catholicism in Marash which, in my judgment may be a little “limited”. We may come back to that under other subjects.

Did we say that the Kherlakian dynasty subscribed to the Armenian Catholic community” Yes we did.

 

According to Der Boghos the Kherlakian Dynasty of Marash was established about 150 years ago (ago?), Ago of which date? By the patriarch Caspar Kalpakian-Kherlakian. Hold on to your hats! From Karabagh…? Kaspar/Casbar hs five sons, Avetik, Artin, Toros, Vardivar and Hacob.

Chidren of Avetik , Hambartsum, Martiros and Vardivar. Son of Hacob- Hovannes. It is the progeny of Toros, the son of Caspar Kalpakian-Kherlakian that brings us to the generation of Hacop Kerlakian born 1856, married to Khatoun nee Mouratian , father of Hovsep , Sedrak (lived the rest of his life in Aleppo) and Gabriel. The patriarch of the said family Hacop was a prominently wealthy citizen. A merchant who was also involved in procurement to the Ottoman army and was rewarded with many awards was a deputy in the Ottoman parliament during the Genocide. Upon his return to Marash (1919)he found favor with the occupying French forces, however he was not warned of the impending plans of the withdrawals of the French until it was too late, and when he , in his advanced age tried to follows the retreating forces he was captured outside of Marash and was brutally murdered.