His death cert states that his fathers name was John Michael, mothers name not recorded. From a relative I received word that his middle name was Hick, or Haik.
On another message forum I received this information:
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http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&dq=%22john+haik+michael%22&source=gbs_navlinks_sArmenians in India, from the earliest times to the present day: a work of original research. by Mesrovb Jacob Seth. Pub by Asian Educational Services, 1937
Chapter XXX111 The Armenian Church of Nazareth: the oldest place of Christian worship in Calcutta
p 439 "on a white tablet, fixed on the south wall of the nave:
18. "Sacred to the memory of John Michael, merchant of this city, the only child of Haik and Ripsima Michael, died at Calcutta on 4th February 1909, aged 75 years. Interred at the Tangra Cemetery.
this tablet was erected by the Church Committee in appreciation of the charities endowed by him for the relief and education of the Armenian poor in Calcutta."
Mr John Haik Michael, the son of humble parents, rose through sheer merit, to be a leading merchant and land owner in Calcutta, during the last decades of the 19th century. He left large bequests for the poor Armenians of Calcutta* and for the education of poor Armenian boys and girls in the La Martiniere (for girls) and in the local Armenian College.
* Mr John Haik Michael left a bequest of Rs. 102, 600 to the Armenian Church of Calcutta for the benefit of the poor."
2. British Library
http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/home.aspx3. An awesome website of Armenians in India:
http://www.chater-genealogy.com/
