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The following is a partial list of Armenians living in Efkere and registered in Ottoman records between 1831 and 1860.  The list is incomplete, and I do not have details at this point as to the exact dates when these records were obtained.  I will update this page with more information as soon as possible.

These names were published by the Municipality of Kayseri in 2000 in a book, Individuals in Kayseri Population Records, 1831-1860.

Parsih, scrap tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustached, single-eye.

Mateos, son of Osep, of medium height, auburn mustache.

Hacer, son of Apkar, foundry tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache.

Bedros, joinery tradesman, of medium height, black mustache.

Abraham, son of Babik, nail tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache.

Ugurlu, joinery tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache.

Avanis, son of Kalos, carpenter tradesman, of tall height, auburn mustache.

Avakim, son of Bahadir, plastery tradesman, of medium height, sparse mustache.

Benyad, son of Mal?H?zan, of medium height, blonde mustache.

Bedros, son of Sari, of rather tall height, blonde mustache.

Tavid, son of young M?g?r?, of medium height, sparse mustache.

Garabed, son of Sa??r, of medium height, blonde mustache.

Sahak, son of Uzerlik, nail tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache.

Zekeriya, plasterer, of medium height, blonde mustache.

Garabed, barber, of medium hight, auburn mustache

Garabed, house painter tradesman, of medium hight, gray bearded

Boghos, joiner, sparse mustached, son of white-bearded, of medium hight, Jeweler Medros

Gabriel, joinery tradesman, of medium height, black mustache

Artin, plastery tradesman, of medium height, black-mustache

Garabed, son of Hacar, boatmanship tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache

Aynal Bedros, plastery tradesman, of medium height, auburn mustache

Kazar, joinery tradesman, of medium height, black mustache

Boghos, son of Hacar, of medium height, black mustache

EFKERE, HAN NEIGHBORHOOD

Kayta Bedros, black mustache

Garabed, sone of Knife smith Ke?i?, sparse mustached,   Has a son named Servi

Garabed, son of Kaltakci, black mustached.  He has a son named Sarkis.

Sarkis, son of Servi, who is son of Keskes, of medium height, sparse mustached.

EFKERE, KUZAY NEIGHBORHOOD

Garabed, son of ?ehrin, of tall height

His son, ?ehrin, sparse mustached

Artin, son of young Zarbar

Medros, son of Ceran, of tall height, sparse mustache.  He has a son named Sisin.

Bulbul, son of Locksmith Panos.  He has another son named Evandik

Mgrdich, other son of Krikor, who is son of Tohtar

Kaymaz Serkis, of medium height, gray bearded

Agop, grandchild of Arya, who is son of Sarkis

Garabed son Agop, who is son of Sarkis

Garabed, son of Ugurlu, who is son of Bicakci

Istefan (Stefan), son of Blacksmith Copur, of medium height, sparse mustache

Hacdor, son of Sari, of tall height, blond mustache.  He has a son named Avanis

EFKERE, CAVDARLI NEIGHBORHOOD

Bali, son-in-law of tinsmith Bedros, sparse mustached

Bedros, son of Agop, who is son of tinsmith Dal?t, sparse mustached

Melkon, other son of Bedros, who is son of Sari

David, son a Magar, of medium height, auburn-mustached

Krikor, other son of Karagoz, who is son of Sandalmaker Murat, of medium height, sparse mustached

Others listed from Ottoman Records, dates as above, various neighborhoods

Agop, son of M/s?r, from Efkere village Demirci neighborhood, of tall height, blond mustache

Hacir, son of Copur, from Han neighborhood

Agop, his brother,

Bedros, son of Sarac, from Demirci neighborhood, of medium height, auburn mustache

Oseb, son of Tailor Hacer, from Kuzev neighborhood, black mustacheM?g?r, son of Koca, of tall height, black mustache.  Nome of his son is Kiragos

Panos, from Panoso?, son of Solak, of medium height, black mustache.  Name of his son is Panos

Sarkis, son in law of Ac?kara, of tall height, black mustached

Sa??r Dede, of tall height, white bearded.  His other son is Krikor

Gabriel, son of ?irin, of tall height, white bearded.  His other son is Garabed

Bedros, son of Kurkcu, of short height  Name of his son is Garabed

Bo?os, son of Istefan, of tall height, blond mustache.  Name of his son is Ivanos

Tavit, son of M?g?r?, from Kuzey neighborhood, of medium height, auburn mustached

Shepherd Garabed, from Gemerek, of medium height, black mustache. 

His son Mateos, sparse mustached

His other son Mgrdich

LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAD A CHILD IN EFKERE VILLAGE,

HAN NEIGHBORHOOD

Krikor, son of Kara Isa, black mustache.  Name of his son is Garabed

His grandchild Tavit

Garabed, grandchild of Sarkis, who is son of Kiskis

Ivanos, son of Yasef, of medium height, blond mustache.  Name of his son is Garabed.

Garabed, son of tinsmith Kasbar, sparse mustache.  Name of his son is Kasbar

Barber Garabed, of medium height, black mustache, Name of his son is Bogos.

Ivanos, brother of Krikor, who is son of Nihabet

Sarkis, won of Door maker Ivanos, sparse mustache

Panos, son of Bodak, of medium height, blond mustache.  Name of his son is Bedros

His son Bodak (Budak)

His other son Agop

Daniel, son of Abraham, who is son of Boduk, black mustache.  Name of his son is ?stefan.

Boghos, of tall height, auburn mustached

His brother Kassar, black mustache