Kermoyan Family History & Genealogy

Mike Kermoyan of Mill Valley, Marin County, California was born on March 10, 1885, and died at age 81 years old in March 1966.

Vahakn Kermoyan of Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MA was born on November 18, 1887, and died at age 91 years old in July 1979.

Yervant Kermoyan of Fresno, Fresno County, California was born on March 20, 1895, and died at age 87 years old in February 1983.

Virginia Kermoyan of Fresno, Fresno County, California was born on October 1, 1895, and died at age 89 years old in September 1985.

Ophelia Kermoyan was born on July 1, 1899, and died at age 70 years old in January 1970.

Haiganoos Kermoyan of Fresno, Fresno County, California was born on August 15, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in October 1981.

Kalem M Kermoyan of New York, New York County, NY was born on November 29, 1920, and died at age 73 years old on September 22, 1994.

Alex Kermoyan was born on May 17, 1921, and died at age 46 years old in March 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alex Kermoyan.

Michael Kermoyan was born as Kalem Michael Kermoyan but was legally known as Michael Kermoyan, a greatly admired and respected actor , MICHAEL KERMOYAN. Michael Kermoyan was of Armenian descent and toured the United States with ther Armenian Americans to raise money for Armenian Earthquake Relief. This quote is taken from a Playbill of the Poetry Recitals. "JULY 22, 2012 * ARMENIAN POETRY IN CELEBRATION. Two famous Armenian opera stars, Victoria Avetisyan and Yeghishe Manucharyan, will join poet Diana Der-Hovanessian at the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Mass., to celebrate the publication of her 25th book of poetry, Armenian Poetry of Our Time, from the Press at California State University. Many of the poems will be sung and then read in English by Der-Hovanessian and several poets from the New England Poetry Club. Singing many of the poems will be two of the most sought after soloists in this country, tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan and mezzo soprano Victoria Avetisyan who won the Young Artist Award at her Kennedy Center debut. Both artists were born in Yerevan, Armenia. Avetisyan graduated with a master’s degree in vocal performance from Komitas State University and began her career at the National Opera. She made her American debut with the Boston Lyric Opera, where she appears frequently. Manucharyan made his debut at Carnegie Hall followed by joining the Metropolitan Opera Company. New York’s NewsDay has praised the “purity, power and flexibility of his voice”. He graduated from the Tchaikovsky Central Music School and Komitas State Conservatory of Music. In a review of Der-Hovanessian’s first volume of translations in 1980, The London Times Literary Supplement called her “a brilliant poet who has opened up the book of her people to the English speaking world.” She has gone on to translate 13 other books of Armenian poetry, including The Other Voice, poems by Armenian women, and volumes by Yeghishe Charents, Sayat Nova, Gevorg Emin, Vahan Tekeyan, and Vahan Derian. For her own poetry she has won the Paterson Prize and awards from American Scholar, Prairie Schooner, NEA, PSA, and Columbia University. During the post-earthquake years she and singer/actor MICHAEL KERMOYAN (my emphasis), and later tenor Vahan Khanzadian toured universities with a musical play—The Secret Of Survival—she wrote for earthquake relief. The reading and concert begins at 4 p.m. at 105 Brattle St. in Cambridge, Mass. The Friends of Longfellow and New England Poetry Club are making the program possible. It is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing.

Kourken Kermoyan of Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MA was born on September 18, 1923, and died at age 87 years old on December 27, 2010.

Phyllis Kermoyan was born on May 24, 1923, and died at age 59 years old in August 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Phyllis Kermoyan.

Arthur Kermoyan of Fresno, Fresno County, California was born on June 9, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on March 10, 2008.