On Sunday, my dad's cousin, Brenda Gail, invited us to St. Mary's Armenian Church Festival in Costa Mesa. All the tables were taken so Brenda Gail was bold and asked a cute little old lady if we could sit with her. She was very sweet and gracious and welcomed us; me, my dad, mom, daughter Emily, and Brenda Gail. My dad, being the very outgoing person that he is, started chatting with the sweet little old lady who turned out to be 94 years young, and looked to be closer to 74. Eventually he introduced himself, "I'm Brad Mugar, by the way, what is your name?"
She quickly replied: "My name is Ann. Mugar? My mom's cousin was married to a Mugar. I'm from Boston, lived there for 80 years. The same as the Mugar's in Boston right?"
Ann Markarian Rakyian couldn't remember the name of the Mugar man who married her mom's cousin, Maritza, but this is what she could tell us: her mother's name was Helen Haignoush Toboozian Markarian.
She put me in contact with her cousins nephew Edward Marouk, who is a very intelligent retired attorney in his late 70's maybe, and is a sculptor. Edward said that Maritza's maiden name was Der Sarkisian and that she died only a couple of years ago and she was probably in her 80's when she died. Her husband Mr. Mugar died several years earlier. They had no children. Ann told me that "they used to come from across to visit us." Ed confirmed that Mr. Mugar was definetly related to "the Mugar's in Boston who were in the grocery business."
It's a small world isn't it? Anyway, let me know if any of you have any information that would help us link this Mr. Mugar and his wife, Maritza, into our family tree. Thank You
