Timeline-Grandparents
7/15/1886
Abraham Mooshie born
12/10/1901
Sophia Babian born
07/03/1913
Sophia Babian marries Abraham Mooshie (Daniels)
07/09/1914
Abraham arrives in the United States, age 27 (per Naturalization Card information). Same date as Kasrow Goolaziz Babaian (Wally Babian’s father), age 18. Kasrow departed 6/26/1914 (or 6/20/1914 per Petition for naturalization) from Libau, Russia (now Liepaja Latvia), and sailed on the SS Russia, arriving the Port of New York 07/09/1914. Abraham may have travelled with Kasrow on the same ship.
December 1914
Sophia and her mother, Sherin, join the people fleeing to Yerevan. Then about 6 months in Tabriz.
July 1915
Sophia and Sherin return home to Shirabad.
06/05/1917
Per Draft Registration:
Address of Abraham Mooshie: 53 W. Erie Street, Chicago, IL
*On the recording from Ray Georges, Sophia states they lived at 55 W. Erie when they arrived in Chicago in 1920. Building address may have been 53-55 W. Erie.
07/01/1918
Capt. Pennington flies to Urmia. Sophia is in the crowd that sees him.
7/22/1918
Sophia, Sherin, and Murassa are among the thousands that flee Urmia per Sherin's Alien Declaration.
Late August or early September 1918
Arrive at Hamadan. Per Sherin's Alien Declaration they travelled to Baquba "via Hamadan, Kermanshah by caravan and railway".
9/25/1918
Arrive at Baquba Refugee Camp per Sherin's Alien Declaration.
01/20/1920
Per 1920 Census
Abraham Mooshie address: 141 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL.
4/5/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at Bagdad.
4/10/1920
Sophia, Sherin, and Murassa leave Baquba for the port of Bassorah (Bassra) per Sherin's Alien Declaration.
4/16/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at Bagdad.
5/13/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at Bombay, India.
5/18/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at Bombay, India.
Stamp "Must depart Bombay between 05/22/1920 and 06/25/1920".
June or July 1920
Sophia, Sherin and Murassa delayed at Suez Canal refugee camp in Port Said, then travel to Marseilles and Paris.
08/09/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at British Consulate Office in Havre, France.
08/12/1920
Sherin and Murassa's visa stamped at Immigration Southampton, England.
08/13/1920
Sophia, Sherin and Murassa sail on the SS Melita from Liverpool.
08/20/1920
SS Melita arrives at Quebec, Canada.
Per Sherin Mooshie's Detroit Border Crossing, the address for Abraham Mooshie is 141 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL.
08/22/1920
Sophia, Sherin and Murassa arrive Detroit, Michigan on Canadian Pacific Railway.
8/23/1920
Sophia, Sherin and Murassa arrive in Chicago, Cook County.
