William Son of Anania

I have just had a fantastic conversation with William Izmerian 67yrs who lives in Arkansas USA. He states his father has told him these stories many time as they sat around the kerosene heaters. In 1908 Garabed told his kids to go and hid in the bushes as the Turkish Soldiers were attacking them on horseback. This event was known as the Massacre of Safra Baleck. Anania was struck with 3 swords to the head but lived. Garabed, his wife and son Yessayi were killed. The other son Sarkis was never found and Anania searched all his life to find the missing brother. Hapet and the two sisters escaped. Hapet along with the two sisters picked up Baby Anania and took him to a Turkish family who dressed Ananias wounds. The surviving family returned to Musa Dagh. William was adamant that his father and brother were on the Mountain at Musa Dagh over the 53 days and were rescued by the French. Anania was shot in the stomach during the 53 days on the mountain. He was 7 years old at the time. This seems remarkable to me. When in Port Said, 7 or 8 Armenian children were taken to a British orphanage in Jerusalem run by the Church of England. One of the other children taken at the time was a boy with the surname of Sarikian. William met this man in 1984 at Helen Izmirian (daughter of Garro) wedding. It made him cry.