Yeprem Keskiskian

YEPREM KESKISKIAN 

 Yeprem Keskiskian was born in 1898 in Cilician Hadjin. Despite being drafted into the TurkishArmy it was clear that the imminent humanitarian disaster loomed and the family had to find an escape route to avoid becoming victims of the massacres that had already taken the lives of many Armenian families. Making their way to Adana and then the Port of Mersin, Yeprem and some of his companions assumed the roles of swimmers to board the ship to Argentina. In 1913, they finally reached Buenos Aires. Some years later Yeprem married Lusasin Tovmaian and they had two sons, Haroutioun Martin and Hagop Hagopos (1928-1972).