Иосиф Карпович Говтвян

Иосиф was born in 1907.  Иосиф's father was Карпо Тарасович Говтвян and his mother was Евдокия Илларионовна.  His paternal grandparents were Тарас (Тарасий) Яковлевич (Иаковлевич) Говтвян (Готьван, Говьтьвян) and Варвара Григорьевна Говтвян (Таранова). He had four brothers and four sisters, named Григорий, Яков, Георгий (Егор), Николай, Наталия, Екатерина, Татьяна and Мария.  He was the third youngest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 15 in 1922.