I am searching information about my ancestors that came to the Dominican Republic from a city called Beit Jala in Palestine in the late 1800's....

My grandmother moved to Cuba from Beit Jala along with my grandfather and his brother and wife in the early 1900's. Her name was Milady Matar(maiden name) she was married to my Grandfather Camilo Abdala Rabba. The family lived in Santiago de Cuba until 1958 and then moved to Honduras. Where a large Palestinian population exists to this day that emmigrated from Palestine.

good luck maybe we are related what was your grandmothers name?

Thank you,
Jorge

My Grand Mother name is ROSE Matar, and she lived in Dominican Republic. Her parents came from Beit Jala, we do not know About her, she was married to GAttas Poulos he had 2 sons : Jorge Pablo Matar and Jose Pablo Matar, she had divorced from my Grand father in about 1922-1924.

We do not know if she still alive , or she had any kids after my father . PLEASE we would like to know about her.
Pls contact at my Email:Tmhandal@comcast.net

Hi Jorge actually my grandmother´s name was Miladi but her last name was Lolas. Most of the family i have discovered now came to Santo Domingo around 1927 sailing thru New York but i dont have any exact information about my grandparents.

Hello, my Name is Juan Carlos ABDALA, my grandfather Teofilo ABDALA, born in Santiago de Cuba around 1919. All family live in Santiago de Cuba, Abdala, in Santiago de Cuba is one family!! my grandfather tolk that PALESTINE was his country, So if you have more information tolk me about please.

J'habite en France depuis 1997, si vous avez des nouvelles n'hesite pas à me contacter... Mon grand pere avais 7 ou 8 frere et soeur (Maria Abdala, Elena Abdala, Guiga Abdala, Luis Abdala, Miguel Abdala ...) tous habite à Santiago de Cuba, apres 1959 il y a quelques un emigré aux etats unis
Merci

Je peut vous confirme que Maria, Guiga, Luis et Miguel sont ma famille. Je avait just parle avec ma mere et elle ma lui confirme. Ma mere s'appel Esperanza et son freres son Juan, Jorge, Cristina, Gloria, et Margarita. Cest possible que nous sommes cousins, Mon Grand Pere se appelait Camilo et mon grandmere Milady.

Merci,

Jorge L. Basto Miami Florida

j'ai oublier que ma mere me avait dire que elle connait bien a votre famille, elle me avait donne que ils tout sont mort. Desole


Jorge. Parle vouse Englaise ou Espangol?

Bonjour Jorge,
Gracias por el mensaje, efectivamente toda mi familia por parte paternal ya han fallecido, el ultimo en fallecer fue mi abueno (Teofilo), yo no tengo ninguna (o muy poca) informacion de la forma y lugar de donde llegaron a Cuba, es eso precisamente lo que quisiera esclarecer, cuando pequeño no me interese por los origenes de mi familia, pero ahora quisiera poder establecer algo mas claro.
Si tienen alguna info se lo agradeceria
saludos cordiales y buen fin de semana
Juan Carlos

Gracias Juan Carlos,

Mi hermano se llama Juan Carlos tambien(coincidencia?), Segun mi mama,Nuestra famila bordo un barco a Cuba al comienzo de el pasado siglo. Mi abuelo (Camilo Abdala Rabba)su esposa (Miladis Mattar)el Hermano de mi abuelo (Costantino) sus padres y los hermanos de sus padres. Me imagino que ese hermano es tu vis abuelo. Mama conocia a todos los tios que mencionaste en tu ultima carta. Como toda familia emigrante, los detalles no estan muy claros, pero me encataria comparar notas. Este ejercisio a comensado un dialogo entre mi mama y mi tia que jamas hemos tenido. Espero que te sirva esta informacion, voy a continuar a preguntarle a mama mas sobre este tema( si la puedo sentar por mas de diez minutos).

Cordial Suludo,

Jorge L. Basto

Jorge L. Basto te incluyo mi email JorgeLBasto@aol.com

Hola.
Soy de Chile. Mi bisabuelo llegó a Chile de Beit Jala, alrededor del 1920. Su nombre era Juan Lolas Mattar.
No tengo información hacia atrás, pues no lo alcancé a conocer, y mi abuelo, tampoco posee mucha información de los familiares en Palestina. Si tienes algo más, pongámonos en contacto, pues siempre he querido formar mi árbol genealógico.

Hola Julio como estas? aparentemente en Beit Jala son apellidos comunes pero si quieres agregame al messenger con mi cuenta carolina@mattarconsulting.com y por ahi podemos chatear. No he podido descifrar todavia alguien directo para poder hacer este arbol....

Carolina

My name is Jack Matar,apparently I am your third cousin. Aunt Milady is my fathers aunt, her sisters are Cathrina , Sarah, Wardeh, Nimeh. They had one brother Dawood who is my grandfather. I met your grandfather Mr. Rabba in my fathers house in the early 60's when I was a young boy in Beit Jala and I remember him telling us about you leaving Cuba in 1958.
Where do you live now?

Hello

I live in Miami, I just got off the phone with my mom who corroborated your story.....Hmmm....a pleasure to meet you.

Jack where do you live?

I live in the United Arab Emirates ( Abu Dhabi) with my wife and 3 adult children. I will send you an email on JorgeLBasto@aol.com.

For those of you searching for records from Beit Jala, I can refer you to the LDS Family History Center. Do a google search for the website and look for film number 1367588. The film is in English and records births and deaths in Beit Jala from the period of early 1920s until the 1950s. Good luck!

I can refer you to www.palestine-family.net which has information about Beit Jala emigrants who went to Chile and other countries in South America. Might prove to be a good resource for this thread.

Hi, I am a member by marriage to Nahil Dahdah whose cousin (Eman) is married to Emile Mattar. Nahil comes from Beit Jala, from the Ghawali family or also know as Qassis (Kassis).
you could probably write to my brother in law (husband of Nahil) at kdahdah@sympatico.com
We are in Ontario, Canada.

My name is Margaret Dahdah