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Married to Sonia Shiragian Blackwell (born 1928)
Children -
Richard Rahul Verma (born 1968) (Son in law)
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The State
The State
Columbia, South Carolina • Tue, Mar 1, 2016Page C3
NOTE... In OBITUARY, "SHIRAGIAN" WITH A 'G"
NOTE... In OBITUARY, "SHIRAGIAN" WITH A 'G"
Frederick R . Blackwell
FLORENCE -
Frederick Riley Blackwell passed away Saturday, February 27 , 2016 at McLeod Regional Medical Center, with his loving family by his side.
He was born in Gastonia, NC on March 8, 1925, the son of Iva Knight Blackwell and William Henry Blackwell. He grew up in Brandon Mill Village, in Greenville, South Carolina, and then moved with his family to Granby Mill in West Columbia, SC, as a teenager. After graduating from Brookland-Cayce High School, Mr. Blackwell joined the US Marine Corps, and served as a Corporal during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of South Carolina and graduated from The School of Law in 1955. He worked as an attorney for Sullivan and Cromwell, in New York, NY, and then for Cooper and Gary in Columbia, SC. He later relocated to Washington, DC, where he remained until his health declined in 2015. In Washington he worked for the US Senate, and later in a private Labor Law practice. Additionally, in Washington, he met and married Sonia Shiragian Blackwell, his loving wife of 53 years.
He enjoyed politics, and law, and loved a great political discussion, and was surprisingly accurate in his predictions of the political climate.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother William, his brother Charles, his sister Juanita Blackwell Locklier and her husband David Locklier.
He is survived by his wife Sonia, of Methodist Manor; his son Dr. Arshavir Blackwell of Los Angeles, CA; his daughter Elizabeth Blackwell Poston (Britt) of Florence; and his daughter Pinky Blackwell Verma (Richard) of New Delhi, India. Additionally, and to him most treasured, he is survived by his five grandchildren, whom he adored, and who adored him: Colby and Cooper Poston, and Zoe, Dylan, and Lucy Verma.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday March 1, 2016 at The Mary Alice Ingram Chapel at Methodist Manor, with burial to follow in Florence National Cemetery, directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.
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EVIDENCE TIMELINE
EVIDENCE TIMELINE
NOTE - HERE "SHIRAKIAN" WITH A 'K"
NOTE - HERE "SHIRAKIAN" WITH A 'K"
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Arshavir Shirakian
Arshavir Shirakian
Coordinates: 40.90872°N 74.033301°W
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Arshavir Shirakian
Shiragian's passport photo in 1919
Born
1900
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died
April 12, 1973 (aged 72–73)
Resting place
Known for
Assassinating Cemal Azmi, Said Halim Pasha, Behaeddin Shakir, and Vahe Ihsan
Political party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Arshavir Shirakian (also Shiragian, Armenian: Արշաւիր Շիրակեան; January 1, 1902[1] or 1900 – April 12, 1973) was an Armenian writer and assassin who was noted for his assassination of Said Halim Pasha and Cemal Azmi as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian genocide. His memoirs, It was the Will for the Martyrs (Կտակն էր Նահատակներուն), is a description of his life during the Armenian genocide and the Operation Nemesis.
Life
Arshavir Shirakian was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, in 1900.[2] Shirakian grew up around many members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. During the Armenian Genocide, Shirakian was entrusted the job of smuggling weapons and delivering secret messages amongst party members.[2] Shirakian would describe in his memoirs that during those days, there were many hate rallies against Armenians and that many Armenian establishments were vandalized such as the Tokatlian Hotel.[3][4]
Operation Nemesis
See also: Operation Nemesis
Arshavir Shirakian's first target was assassinating Armenian Vahe Ihsan (Yesayan). According to his memoirs, Vahe Ihsan was "a traitor who was despised by his countrymen, his relatives, and eventually by his own children" and "helped to draw up the list of prominent Armenians who were arrested and deported in 1915."[4] Shirakian assassinated Ihsan on March 27, 1920, in Constantinople.[2]
Shirakian was given the task to assassinate Said Halim Pasha while he was in exile in Rome, Italy. Shirakian took up residence in a house Via Cola di Rienzo 28 in Rome.[3] On December 6, 1921, Shirakian assassinated Said Halim Pasha while he was in a taxi on the way home on Via Eustachio.[4][5][6][7]
Shirakian, along with Aram Yerganian, was later given the task to assassinate both Cemal Azmi and Behaeddin Shakir, who were in Berlin.[2] On April 17, 1922, Shirakian and Yerganian encountered Azmi and Shakir walking with their families at the Uhlandstraße.[8] Shirakian managed to kill only Azmi and wound Shakir. Yerganian later ran after Shakir and managed to kill him with a shot to his head.[2][3]
Later life
Shirakian's headstone at Hackensack Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey
Arshavir Shirakian eventually married his wife Kayane and moved to New York in 1923, where they had a daughter, Sonia. He also was active in public life in the New York/New Jersey area and its Armenian community. He published his memoirs in 1965 entitled Ktakn er Nahataknerun (translated in English as It Was the Legacy of the Martyrs). The memoirs were eventually translated into French (La dette du sang, 1982 and 1984), English (The Legacy, 1976, by Sonia Shiragian) and Italian (Condannato A Uccidere: Memorie di un Patriota Armeno, 2005, by Vasken Pambakian).[9] A resident of Leonia, Shirakian died in 1973 at the age of 73 at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey.[2][10] He is buried in the Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey. He is recognized and honored as a national hero by Armenians.[11] His daughter Sonia, died in Florence, South Carolina where she is buried with her husband. She is survived by three children: Elizabeth Poston, Melineh Verma, and Arshavir Blackwell.
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Berberyan, Nazaret (April 13, 2010). ՏԱՐԵԴԱՐՁՆԵՐ- Արշաւիր Շիրակեան Հայ ժողովուրդի Արդարահատոյց Բազուկը. Asbarez (in Armenian). Retrieved May 25, 2013.
Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and revenge: the Armenian assassination of the Turkish leaders responsible for the 1915 massacres and deportations. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-3316-5.
Arshavir Shiragian, The Legacy memoirs of an Armenian Patriot, Hairenik Press 1976, p. 108
Horne, edited by Robert Gerwarth, John (September 27, 2012). War in peace : paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-965491-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
Newton, Michael (2012). Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence, 1865–1981. Faber & Faber. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-571-29046-8.
"The Punishment – of those responsible for the Armenian Genocide". HyeEtch Armenian History. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
"Two 'Young Turks' Murdered in Berlin" (PDF). New York Times. April 19, 1922. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
"Arshavir Shiragian Memoir Published in Italy". Asbarez. September 30, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
"Shiragian, 73, Dies; An Armenian Hero", The New York Times,April 16, 1973. Accessed October 17, 2020."Leonia, N. J., April 15—Arshavir Shiragian, a retired dealer in Oriental rugs, who, as a young man, killed three prominent Turks in reprisal for the massacre of Armenians in World War I, died Thursday In Englewood Hospital. He was 73 years old and lived at 530 Grandview Terrace."
Karentz, Varoujan (2004). Mitchnapert = Citadel : a history of Armenians in Rhode Island. New York: IUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-30662-4.
https://www.operationnemesis.com/arshavir-shiragian-photos/
In his videotaped message accepting the award, Dr. Esrailian discussed the pressure and obstacles involved during the filming of “The Promise.” He commended his team and reflected on the man who inspired the effort—Kerkorian. He called him the “dearest hero of the Armenian nation.”
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