Besides her interest in gardening, Agnes was also an active member of the Armenian Church and a skilled embroiderer.

From a field of forty contenders, Vanda Miss Joaquim was selected as the national flower of Singapore.

[7][6] A short distance away is the Vanda Miss Joaquim Park, located on Yan Kit Road, which "commemorates the founder" of the national flower, and the orchid itself.

Two brothers, Arathoon (2 July 1864), followed by Simon (5 December 1867), served as Deputy Registrar of the Hackney Carriages Department.

[citation needed] Hovakimian's maternal grandfather, Isaiah Zachariah, was one of the members of Singapore's first Chamber of Commerce which met in 1837.