James Henry HALLADJIAN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Misc: 24 Dec 1909, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Court ruling regarding Armenians
• Graduation: 1911, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Address:
  Yale University
• Naturalization: 4 May 1917, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Address:
  852 Chapel Street
• Drft: Abt Mar 1918, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Address:
  852 Chapel Street
• Naturalization: 28 Sep 1928, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Address:
  850 Chapel Street
• Naturalization: 28 Sep 1928, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Residence: 1930, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Artist; Address:
  974 Chapel Street
• Residence: 1931, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Artist; Address:
  974 Chapel Street
• Residence: 1932, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Artist; Address:
  974 Chapel Street

Notes:

James Haroutyun Halladjian-Hovhannesian

Birth:
I said I'd inform you when I learned the first name of the Halladjian in the landmark court case in 1909. Thanks to my brother, Bob. in Vermont who suggested asking the Boston Public Library for help in identifying the first name, the Library came through after searching its microtext archive of newspapers. The Boston Herald published an article detailing the ruling in the case on December 25, 1909 - the day after it was handed down. The article gave Halladjian's first name as Jacob.

It's a 95% certainty that Jacob Halladjian, a bachelor, was my uncle, since he was one of my father's two brothers. The other brother, Mihran Halladjian, was Yera's husband and father of her 3 children, Eddie, Ray and Hermine. Thus, Jacob was also their uncle and great uncle of the latter's children and of my two brothers' children

The circumstantial evidence for assigning a 95% probability to the familial relationship is: the fact that Jacob Halladjian (I believe he was the oldest of the 3 brothers) was born in Aintab; he was in the U.S. living perhaps in New Haven, Conn. at some time. It's possible that my father stayed with him when he was doing his Ph.D. work in philosophy at Yale. Also, our two families, mine and Yera's, lived in Naugatuck, Conn in the '20s before moving to Arlington. I have (some where in the house) a photo of Hermine pushing me in a swing there). Jacob died in New Haven in the'early '30s . We had some items of his in our house on Everett St.,two of which I remember very well -a bronze sculpture of two wrestlers and his violin and bow which I used when I was taking violin lessons. Bob's recollection is that Jacob was known as the artiste of the family.


Misc:
The federal court in Boston ruled in the case In re Halladjian (174 F. 834) that Armenians were of the White race, and thus eligible to become naturalized citizens. Earlier, Jacob Halladjian and three other people were denied citizenship on grounds that they were "Asiatics".


Read NY Times article here.

Naturalization:
This was the date that he signed his Declaration of Intention to become a Naturalized American Citizen. It is also recorded that his place of birth was Aintab, Turkey, that his last place of foreign residence was Manchester, England, and that he had emigrated from Liverpool, England to come to the United States.

Drft:
He listed his occupation as "artiste." He gave his birthplace as Ayntap, Turkey and his marital status as single.

Naturalization:
View his naturalization record here!

Residence:
Listed as Halladjian, J. Henry, Artist

Died:
Strangely the 1933 New Haven City Directory states, "Halladjian, J. Henry died 14 Mar. 1933."

Notes:

"Very Reverend Haroutyun Halladjian-Hovhannesian"

Birth:
Ayntap/Gaziantep, Turkey

Haratoune married Lucia MAMIAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]