Home > Bibliography > Source Documents, other than books and booklets

(NB Some documents are listed under more than one heading.)

 

Family Trees

1. Family tree drawn by Aviet (Avetiek) Carapiet Zohrabyantz in 1919.

2. Copy of Judge Edgar Zorab's family tree, sent to Peter Douglas Zohrab by Kelvin Pollock in 2003.

3. A two-page (A4) family tree, headed "Copy from original".

4. A three-page wide (A4) family tree.

5. Family tree and articles featuring Thomas Thornton and William Thomas Thornton. These constituted Appendix E of a letter written on 15 March 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

6. 1985 letter from Jeannette Muggeridge, enclosing a family tree of the New Zealand Zohrabs.

7. A copy of Dr. Phillip Zorab's family tree (1 x A3 page) with some additions made apparently by someone else.

8. Another copy of Dr. Phillip Zorab's family tree (1 x A3 page) with some different additions made apparently by someone else.

9. A (7 x A3 pages) tree drawn up by Kelvin Pollock in the late 20th Century.

10. Family tree showing family relationships between the Manuk, Chater and Kalandar families.

11. Family tree of the Bevin family.

12. Print-out of a computer based Zohrab family tree (15 x A4 pages).

13. Four pages (A4) of computer print-outs of the Zohrab family tree, sent to Peter Douglas Zohrab by Dr. John S.M. Zorab in 2001.

14. Two pages (non-standard sizes) of computer print-outs of descendants of Simon Zohrab, sent to Peter Douglas Zohrab by Dr. John S.M. Zorab in 2002.

15. One page (A4) of computer print-out of the Zorab branch's family tree.

16. Two-page (A4) print-out of an "Online Family Tree" by Ancestry.com, starting with Arthur John Kars Zorab.

17. Two-page (A4) print-out of an "Online Family Tree" by Ancestry.com, starting with Johannes Zorab.

18. A handwritten list by Peter Douglas Zohrab of some descendants of the famous Turkish Armenian writer, politician and lawyer, Krikor Zohrab, from information acquired from a family member in the USA..

19. Family tree of the descendants of Geoffrey Paul Zohrab (1 x A4 page).

20. Family tree showing intermarriage of the Manuk and Ter Johannes families (1 x A3 page).

21. Descendants of Manook Zorab (1 x A3 page), sent by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab in 2003, and based on information from Dr. John S.M. Zorab.

22. Three pages (A4) of Greenwood family trees.

23. Two pages (2 x A3) tree of the descendants of Constantine Edward Zohrab.

24. One page (A3) tree of the descendants of Geoffrey Paul Zohrab, enclosed in a 1973 letter to "Bob" (Bob Bevin?), his cousin.

25. Composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family", comprising (a) a first page, described as "written by our grandfather 2 days before his death", (b) a one-page graphical family tree, (c) a copy made 10.1.1919 of six numbered pages, consisting mainly of a paragraph-style family tree, with two pages of further details, including (d) a later, added graphical family tree of later descendants, (e) one page about the Williams family (Peter Paul John Zohrab married Fanny Williams), (f) one page about the Holmes family (two of Peter Paul John's children married into the Holmes family), and (g) one further page about miscellaneous Zohrabs, signed by James Brant, and dated 26.8.1919.  It is not entirely clear exactly who wrote exactly which pages.

26. Composite, multi-author document, entitled "Family Particulars collated by Jim Brant", comprising (a) a copy made 10.1.1919 of six numbered pages, consisting mainly of a paragraph-style family tree; (b) One handwritten page, entitled "The Zohrab Family", which is identical to the first page of the composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family".; (c) a one-page graphical family tree; and (d) one page about the Holmes family (two of Peter Paul John Zohrab's children married into the Holmes family).  This comprises Appendix D of a letter written in 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

27. Family tree (1 x A4 page) drawn by Peter Douglas Zohrab to represent the paragraph-style family tree in the document entitled "Family Particulars collated by Jim Brant".

28. 2002 Pedigree of the Zohrab family, written by Kelvin Pollock for the College-at-Arms, U.K.

29. Paragraph-style family tree of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) branch of the Zorab branch of the Zohrab family, written by Patrick van Griethuysen in 2004.

30. One-page (A4) paragraph-style family tree, headed "Copy made in 10.1.1919. Genealogical tree of the Zohrab family. Religion Roman Catholic. (Compiled by Peter T.H. Zohrab....", with two pages of additional information.

The Manucharid or Mangkasarid Meliks

1. One letter dated 2 June 2010 to Professor Robert Hewsen from Peter Douglas Zohrab.

2. Four printed emails (dated 28 February 2012, 18 March 2012, 19 March 2012, and 6 April 2012, respectively) from Professor Robert Hewsen to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

Zohrabs in India and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

1. Printed email from Michael Quin-Conroy, including the details of the 1896 marriage in Calcutta of William Dorman and Dulcie Aanna (sic) Zorab, nee Vardim.

2. Printed email from Liz Chater about Armenian graves in Surat, India.

3. 1946 Application for Registration as an Alien in Australia of Gerald Zorab, an Armenian previously resident in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

Zohrabs in Persia (Iran)

1. Printed email from Professor Sebouh Aslanian dated 26 June 2012.

Zohrabs in Turkey and Egypt

1. Notes on the family of Constantine Zohrab (1770-1842) by David Wilson (2012).

2. An article in Turkish about Bogos Zohrabyan (Pol Zohrab).

3. An exchange of faxes between Dr. John S.M. Zorab and Dr. Nevin Un, including a translation into English of an article in Turkish about Bogos Zohrabyan (Pol Zohrab) -- i.e. Dr. Paul Zohrab.

4. Copy of the 1883 Death Certificate of Paul Zohrab issued by the British Consulate General at Constantinople, Turkey.

5. Death Notice in French in an unnamed newspaper for Doctor P. Zohrab Bey.

6. An obituary for Dr. Zohrab Bey in The Eastern Express, 5 December 1883.

7. A transcription from The Eastern Express, 5 December 1883, of an obituary for Dr. Zohrab Bey.

8. One page in capitals about Dr. Boghos Zohrabian.

9. Two pages in capitals about Zohrabian Boghos (Paul).

10. Excerpts from the Register of Baptisms of the Armenian Catholic Church of Bursa (in Armenian) (two copies).

11. Copy of the 1862 Marriage Certificate of James Greenwood and Eliza Adeline Zohrab issued by the British Consul at Smyrna, Turkey.

12. A 2003 letter from Dr. John S.M. Zorab faxed to Bay Hrant Dink, in Turkey, headed "Family Research".

13. A handwritten list by Peter Douglas Zohrab of some descendants of the famous Turkish Armenian writer, politician and lawyer, Krikor Zohrab, from information acquired from a family member in the USA.

14. Three pages of transcriptions of newspaper cuttings and other excerpts from books about General Sir Edward Henry Zohrab Pasha, KCMG., CB.

15. Two pages of transcriptions of newspaper cuttings and other excerpts from books about General Sir Edward Henry Zohrab Pasha, KCMG., CB.

16. Three pages of articles about General Sir Edward Henry Zohrab Pasha, KCMG., CB.

17. One page, containing three articles on General Sir Edward Henry Zohrab Pasha, KCMG., CB, including one on his funeral.

18. List of British Consular Officials in the Ottoman Empire and its former territories, from the sixteenth century to about 1856 (March 2011 version).  The author is someone who prefers not to be mentioned unnecessarily on this website.

19. Six pages on two topics: 1) "The Siege of Kars" and 2) "James Brant - Merchant-Consul 1789-1861"

20. Six pages, entitled "Lady Blunt's Story".

21. Three pages, entitled "Edward's Journey".

22. Letter written by Constantine Zohrab in French to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland on 10 April 1820 (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen).

23. Letter written by Constantine Zohrab in French to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland on 25 October 1820 (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

24. Letter written by Constantine Zohrab in French to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland on 27 December 1820 (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

25. Letter written by Constantine Zohrab in French to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland on 25 Janvier 1821 (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

26. Letter written by Constantine Zohrab in French to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland on 9 August 1822 (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

27. Letter written in French by le Chevalier de Messence to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland, on 22 January 1812, and mentioning Constantine Zohrab (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

28. Letter written in French by "Auguste" to Thomas Gordon, of Scotland, on 17 December 1812, and mentioning Constantine Zohrab (kindly supplied by the Library of the University of Aberdeen). 

Zohrabs in Other Northern Hemisphere Countries

1. Marriage Record of Peter Paul Zohrab and Elizabeth Hitchins (his first wife).

2. Information from the Foreign Office Archives about James Brant, James Zohrab, Major-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Sir William Richard Holmes, Percy Fenwick Cuthbert Zohrab and R.E Zohrab.

3. Two pages from the Foreign Office records, with information on  Percy Fenwick Cuthbert Zohrab, R.E Zohrab and James Zohrab.

4. Two printed Emails from A. Whitbourn dated 9 & 10 August 2009.

5. Short article on the career of Sir John Elijah Blunt.

6. Short article on Lady Fanny Janet Blunt.

7. Four pages from The Daily Malta Chronicle, spanning the years 1915 to 1928, containing obituaries for Captain Osmond Donald Blunt, Sir John Blunt, Lady Blunt, and Miss Jeanne P. Blunt.

8. Long obituary article on Sir Peter Holmes.

9. Articles on Thomas Thornton, William Thomas Thornton and Sir Edward Thornton.

10. Family tree and articles featuring Thomas Thornton and William Thomas Thornton. These constituted Appendix E of a letter written on 15 March 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

11. Details about Zohrab births, deaths and marriages in the United Kingdom compiled by Harold Zorab and transcribed by Dr. John S.M. Zorab, who also supplied some helpful comments.

Zohrabs in Other Southern Hemisphere Countries

1. Chapter entitled "Zohrab" from a draft book on the Wills family.

2. Three pages about a house owned by Zohrabs which were designed by a particular architect, from a 2002 draft of a book by Judy Siers.

3. Eighteen pages (including illustrations) about a house owned by Zohrabs which was designed by a particular architect, from a 2002 draft of a book by Judy Siers.

4. A 2006 letter from Otago Settlers Museum to Peter Douglas Zohrab about shipping lists.

5. A 2006 letter from Otago Settlers Museum to Peter Douglas Zohrab about Mr. C. Zohrab (i.e. Constantine).

6. The text of a talk, entitled "Family Background" given by John Bevin to the Founders Association, Christchurch, New Zealand.

7. Certificate of Date of Birth of Balfour Douglas Zohrab.

8. Certified Copy of birth certificate of Balfour Douglas Zohrab.

9. A copy of page 715 from some reference work such as Who's Who, with an entry, dating from before 1990, for Balfour Douglas Zohrab. 

10. An identity card in the name of Mr. B D Zohrab (New Zealand delegation) for the Conférence de Paris, dated 29 July 1946, issued by the French Foreign Ministry.

11. A menu for the "Dîner du 17 Avril 1956" headed: "En l'honneur du Corps Diplomatique", which was presumably the farewell dinner of the Paris diplomatic corps for Balfour Douglas Zohrab and his wife, Rosemary Alice Zohrab, before they returned to New Zealand in 1956 from his posting in France (1952-1956).  Eight courses are listed, together with four wines.

12. Marriage Certificate of Balfour Douglas Zohrab and Rosemary Miller.

13. New Zealand Military Forces Certificate of Discharge of Balfour Douglas Zohrab (1944).

14. Certified Copy of death certificate of Balfour Douglas Zohrab.

15. New Zealand Defence Force Archive file on Balfour Douglas Zohrab.

16. Certified Copy of death certificate of Rosemary Alice Zohrab.

17. A copy of the obituary in the New Zealand Herald of 22 February 1944 for The Reverend JLA Kayll.

18. A copy of an obituary in the Bay of Plenty Times, New Zealand, of 24 February 1944, for Canon JLA Kayll..

19. Transcription of an obituary in the Life Times, Wellington, New Zealand, for James Hadfield (Jim) Zohrab.

20. Transcription of a death notice in the Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, of 20th August 2001, for James Hadfield (Jim) Zohrab.

21. Transcription of a short article in the Business Section of the Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, of 23rd August 2001, about the life and death of James Hadfield (Jim) Zohrab.

22. Transcription of an obituary in the New Zealand Daily Mail, Wellington, New Zealand, of 29 July 1897, for Mr. CE Zohrab.

23. An illustrated card on which is written information about Vera Constance Zohrab and her descendants.

24. Entry on the Electoral Roll for the District of Roslyn (address: Dunedin's North-East Valley, off the Pine Hill Road) for Peter Zohrab (1867-8).

25. Entry on the Electoral Roll for the Westland Boroughs District for Peter Zohrab; address: Hamilton street, Hokitika (1868-9).

26. Four pages about the Kayll family.

27. One page of handwritten facts about Constantine Zohrab, written by AJ Bevin.

28. New Zealand Defence Force Archive file on Amyas Constantine Zohrab.

29. Auckland Museum Cenotaph Record Detail about Sergeant Amyas Constantine Zohrab.

30. Copies of two letters to his mother from Amyas Constantine Zohrab, written while serving as a soldier overseas in World War II.

31. Copy of a condolence letter written to Amyas Constantine Zohrab's mother, Blanche Miriam Zohrab, written on the death of Amyas by a Major who addresses her as "Aunt Queenie", written while he was serving as a soldier overseas in World War II.

32. Funeral speech by Glenda Stimpson about Douglas Fortescue (Fort) Zohrab (1933-2011).

33. Funeral speech by Margaret Franklin about Douglas Fortescue (Fort) Zohrab (died August 2011).

34. 1985 letter from Jeannette Muggeridge, enclosing a family tree of the New Zealand Zohrabs.

35. Two pages on Constantine Ernest Henry Zohrab and his family.

36. Copy of a 1919 letter from the Reverend JLA Kayll to Edward Goodwin Fortescue Zohrab, which appears to refer to the Composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family".  This letter was Appendix E of a letter written on 15 March 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

37. One page of family tree data written by Sue Hiles about her descendants in 2013.

38. One page of family tree data written by Lyn MacLeod about her descendants in 2013.

39. Copy of Government Notice from the Otago Daily Times of of 15 April 1864, listing applicants for Publicans' Licences (two pages).

40. Copy of one page (page 15) from Tod (1984).

41. Otago and Southland Early Settlers database entry for Peter Thomas Henry Gordon Zohrab (one page).

42. Otago and Southland Early Settlers database entry for Constantine Edward Zohrab (one page).

The Zorab and Manuk Branches of the Zohrab Family

1. Printed email from Michael Quin-Conroy, including the details of the 1896 marriage in Calcutta of William Dorman and Dulcie Aanna (sic) Zorab, nee Vardim.

2. 1946 Application for Registration as an Alien in Australia of Gerald Zorab, an Armenian previously resident in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

3. Copy of 2002 email from Dr. John S.M. Zorab to Sir Peter Holmes.

4. Obituary of Mrs Olive Zorab.

5. Transcription of Death Notice in The Telegraph for Dr. John S.M. Zorab.

6. Transcription of Death Notice in The Times for Mr. Edward Crew Zorab.

7. Transcriptions of the obituaries in various publications of Dr. Phillip Arthur Zorab.

8. Transcriptions of the obituaries in various publications of Dr. (Mr) Arthur Batoum Zorab.

9. Transcriptions of  obituaries in two publications of Robert Anthony Zorab.

10. Transcriptions of  obituaries in two publications of Dr. William Guy Zorab.

11. Information about his family sent by Dr. John S.M. Zorab to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

12. 2002 letter sent by Dr. John S.M. Zorab to Hans Zorab (in the Netherlands).

13. Memorandum from Dr. John S.M. Zorab on the Zorab coat of arms.

14. Letter to a Turkish ministry from Dr. John S.M. Zorab.

15. Account by Dr. John S.M. Zorab of the 2003 Pan Armenian International Surgical Congress which he attended in Armenia. 

16. Information about Kirsten Zorab, a member of the Netherlands Women's Cricket Team.

17. Information about the 1921 Treaty of Kars, sent to Peter Douglas Zohrab by Dr. John S.M. Zorab because it mentioned Batoum, which was the latter's father's middle name.

18. Information on Armenian graves at Surat, India, sent to Peter Douglas Zohrab by Liz Chater in 2012.

19. Information about the 1687 capture near India by the Danish navy of a Bengali ship with Armenian cargo aboard.

20. Copies of the Full Achievement and Coat of Arms John Manuk Zorab, and of the Zorab Family Badge and Family Crest.

21. 2003 email from Alex Zorab to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

22. 2002 letter from J.E. (Hans) Zorab, of the Netherlands, to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

23. Copyright correspondence in relation to paintings by Minas Mackertich Zorab.

24. 2008 email from David Skinner to Peter Douglas Zohrab about Gerald Zorab and other relatives found in the genealogy of the van Haastert family and in the Australian National Archives.

25. Two printed 2000 AD emails from Andrea Zorab-Kaminski to Peter Douglas Zorab.

26. Printed 2008 emails between David Skinner, Peter Douglas Zohrab and Cindy and Rob van Haastert.  The latter provide what may be valuable information in a mixture of Dutch and English.

27. Names and contact details of what appear to be Armenians resident in the Netherlands.

28. Details about Zorab births, deaths and marriages in the United Kingdom compiled by Harold Zorab and transcribed by Dr. John S.M. Zorab, who also supplied some helpful comments.

Genetics for Genealogy

1. Various documents, including an email from Hans Zorab dated 26 November 2014, stating that his genetic test results proved that he and Peter Douglas Zohrab were cousins.

Photographs

1. Various photographs.

2. Photograph album which originally probably belonged to James and Emily Zohrab.

Correspondence, especially between Peter Douglas Zohrab, Kelvin Pollock and Dr. John S.M. Zorab.

1. Fourteen printed emails from Dr. John S.M. Zorab to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

2. Fifteen letters from Dr. John S.M. Zorab to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

3. Ten copies of letters from Peter Douglas Zohrab to Kelvin Pollock.

4. Eleven letters from Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

5. Twenty-eight letters from and to various people.

6. Forty-two printed emails from and to various people.

Miscellaneous

1. Information regarding the genealogical tree of the house of Zohrab translated from the original Classical Armenian by Avetik K. Zohrabiants (in 1919), secretary to the archbishop of New-Julfa, Isphahan (Persia).

2. List of papers relating to the (Zohrab) family held by Carol (Brunello) in Maroochydore (Australia)(2013) (two copies).

3. Letter dated October 1976 from the College of Arms to Mr. E.C. Zorab MB, FRCS, about any possible Maltese origin for the coat of arms previously used by members of the Zohrab family.

4. Letter from Kelvin Pollock ca. 2003 to the College of Arms (typed up by Dr. John S.M. Zorab, because of Kelvin Pollock's handwriting), entitled, "The Zohrab/Zorab Family of Julfa, Erevan, New Julfa (Isfahan), Constantinople, Broussa (Bursa), Malta, New Zealand, India, Dutch East Indies, Holland and England".  (I am not aware of any evidence that any Zohrabs ever lived in Julfa, as opposed to New Julfa (in Isfahan), although a lot of Armenians were transported from Julfa to New Julfa -- PDZ.)

5. Four pages in Armenian, apparently consisting of entries under "Zohrab" from the Index Bio-Bibliographicus Notorum Hominum, published by Otto & Wolfram Zeller Biblioverlag, Osnabrueck, Germany.

6. Six pages, the last five of which appear to be a translation into English of four pages in Armenian, apparently consisting of entries under "Zohrab" from the Index Bio-Bibliographicus Notorum Hominum, published by Otto & Wolfram Zeller Biblioverlag, Osnabrueck, Germany.  The first page appears to be a translation of other entries from the same work.

7. Two more copies of pages 2 & 3 from the translation into English of four pages in Armenian, apparently consisting of entries under "Zohrab" from the Index Bio-Bibliographicus Notorum Hominum, published by Otto & Wolfram Zeller Biblioverlag, Osnabrueck, Germany.

8. Four pages from a 2005 draft book by Dr. John S.M. Zorab, entitled "The Zorabs/Zohrabs - An Anglo Armenian Family".

9. Annotations as to the genealogy of Zorabian lineage generated in New Julfa, in India, in the Java island, and in Russia, as written in 1919 A.D. by Avetik C. Zorabian of New Julfa.

10. Document entitled "Zohrab", which appears to be a chapter from a book about the Wills family (Edith Wills married Constantine Zohrab in Wellington, New Zealand).

11. Composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family", comprising (a) a first page, described as "written by our grandfather 2 days before his death", (b) a one-page graphical family tree, (c) a copy made 10.1.1919 of six numbered pages, consisting mainly of a paragraph-style family tree, with two pages of further details, including (d) a later, added graphical family tree of later descendants, (e) one page about the Williams family (Peter Paul John Zohrab married Fanny Williams), (f) one page about the Holmes family (two of Peter Paul John's children married into the Holmes family), and (g) one further page about miscellaneous Zohrabs, signed by James Brant, and dated 26.8.1919.  It is not entirely clear exactly who wrote exactly which pages.

12. Composite, multi-author document, entitled "Family Particulars collated by Jim Brant", comprising (a) a copy made 10.1.1919 of six numbered pages, consisting mainly of a paragraph-style family tree; (b) One handwritten page, entitled "The Zohrab Family", which is identical to the first page of the composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family".; (c) a one-page graphical family tree; and (d) one page about the Holmes family (two of Peter Paul John's children married into the Holmes family).  This comprises Appendix D of a letter written in 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

13. Copy of a 1919 letter from the Reverend JLA Kayll to Edward Goodwin Fortescue Zohrab, which appears to refer to the Composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family".  This letter was Appendix E of a letter written on 15 March 2003 by Kelvin Pollock to Peter Douglas Zohrab.

14. One-page (A4) paragraph-style family tree, headed "Copy made in 10.1.1919. Genealogical tree of the Zohrab family. Religion Roman Catholic. (Compiled by Peter T.H. Zohrab....", with two pages of additional information).

15. One handwritten page, entitled "The Zohrab Family", which is identical to the first page of the composite, multi-author document, entitled "The Zohrab Family".

16. One typed page, entitled "The Zohrab Family", with content largely different from that of a handwritten page of the same heading -- probably written by EF Zohrab.

17. A three-page list, entitled "Books Donated in 1981 by Judge Edgar Zorab to University of Durham Library."

18. Ten-page document entitled "Transcript of Judge Edgar's handwritten notes" (two copies).

19. Printed 2001 email from Peter Douglas Zohrab to various people, especially Dr. John S.M. Zorab.

20. Copy of a handwritten document, apparently very old, entitled: "From the first Persian Monarch to the first Zohrab".

21. Three pages, entitled "The brief biography of Grighor Zohrab".

22. A three-page document, comprising (a) a paragraph-style family tree of some of the Zohrab family -- probably written by Dr. John S.M. Zorab; (b) a typed family tree based on information from Kelvin Pollock -- probably the work of Dr. John S.M. Zorab; and (c) a copy of Edward JP Zohrab's family crest.