Kizirian , a first generation Armenian American , was born in his home on July 13 , 1925 at 134 Chad Brown St. Providence , Rhode Island . He was the only son of Toros and Hripsime Kizirian , who were born in Goydun ( Govdun ) , near Sivas , in the Ottoman Empire . Kizirian 's mother came to the United States in the 1920s after losing her first husband and seven children during the Armenian Genocide . His father was employed by the Rhode Island Tool Company and his mother was a housewife
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Harry Kizirian