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Re: Lama family from Bethlehem, Palestine

rijalaba — 2009-07-15 03:36:59Z

antonio Lama siwady?

Re: Lama family from Bethlehem, Palestine

heydita30 — 2009-05-04 01:50:57Z

Hi Guys. Where are you from? Seems to me that nobody in Palestine is paying attention to these posts!, It would be really nice to find out that we still have family there. By the way, I grandfather's name was Antonio Lama too, but he was born here, in the Dominican REpublic, his Parents were born in bethlehem though. Keep in touch

Re: Dayeh/Buri/Susu/Dahdah

sweetsunshinefriend — 2009-02-27 15:31:52Z

Please check my Husbands family site Dahdah Family Tree see if any of the old Dahdahs are familiar.
I was told that the name came from Lebanon originally, the families separated to different part of the Middleast and across the world mostly to the Americas (Latin America). Sometimes you can recognize by photos a facial features as it happened with my family tree. We know that my Husband Edward dahdah has still family in the States mainly known in California, and also in Australia.
His family lived mainly in Jaffa and Haifa when they were young then on the 1948 upraising they were on holiday in lebanon with relatives and this is were they had to move on as they could not enter palestine. Edward was born in Alayroun lebanon, after him they moved to Jordan Amman, Jabal Husien area and stayed there till 1968 when they (all the family)slowly moved to Canada. We all now live in Ontario, Canada.
Yes the Dahdah Family is big and everywhere. Just like you we can only go so far as grandparents did mention dates and people by their full name, e.g. he was born on the first day it snowed in Alayroun it was before Christmas (Edward). Some of the churches and Mousques were thorn down therefore papers were hard to get,we met a Dahdah that is also Muslim living in Jordan, we simply had to keep asking other relatives, and I still am.
I would like to hear from you if this tree applies to your family too. So check it out!!!!

Regards,
Margaret Dahdah Bowman

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

sweetsunshinefriend — 2009-02-20 15:07:40Z

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

Dahdah Family Tree

sweetsunshinefriend — 2009-02-20 15:00:55Z

I am searching for any Dahdah families in any part of the world. I have start a Tree from my father in law to the now grandchildren most of which live in Canada.
His Name is Tawfiq Dahdah from as known lived and married in Palestine to Sada Malouf from El-Basa. Through my life with the Dahdah Family I know that htere are more families in Australia, USA, and possible South America.
Please contact me or check out the info on my Tree and let me know what I am missing.
My name is Margaret Marie Bowman Dahdah

Re: omran, mathia, or el-hallak

lvargas148 — 2009-01-27 14:33:52Z

My mother's maiden name is Omran. Her father's name was Jamil and her mother was Regina Rabbaa. My mother is the middle child with an older sister named Somaya, then her and her name is Rose/Rosemary, then her younger brother Albert. they were born in Jerusalem but now all three live in Canada. does any of this sound familiar?

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

ethanol10 — 2009-01-27 03:07:55Z

Greetings,
I hope I can revitalize this group a bit. For those of you seeking information about Rizkallah (Rizqallah), I can direct you to the Ramallah Club of San Jose at www.afrpsanjose.com. It is a non-profit group with many extensive family trees from Ramallah and the surrounding areas. You must look in the Family Tree section for the Jaghab tree. There you will find over 100 Rizqallah names.
Unfortunately, the files are in pdf format so they can not be imported and they are difficult to navigate. I've tried requesting the gedcom files from John but have been told that there are "copyright" issues. Technically, gedcom files can not be copyrighted as they only contain historical records without stories. But I digress.. If anyone has luck obtaining them, please share.

On another note, I recognize some of the names in this post. I will email you for more information about some of them.

Re: omran, mathia, or el-hallak

ethanol10 — 2009-01-27 02:20:03Z

The name Omran is familiar to me, it is in my extended tree. Please reply back if you get this, I see its been years since you created this thread.

Re: Palestinian living in Honduras looking for relatives in Palestine

ethanol10 — 2009-01-27 02:15:57Z

Mariela, please see my other posts in the Matar Family thread.

Regards

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

ethanol10 — 2009-01-27 02:11:52Z

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.

Beit Jala records

ethanol10 — 2009-01-27 01:59:29Z

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!

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jmatar_1 — 2008-10-04 20:02:02Z

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.

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2008-10-04 19:56:52Z

Jack where do you live?

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2008-10-04 19:47:58Z

Hello

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

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jmatar_1 — 2008-10-04 19:37:15Z

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?

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

cmattar25 — 2008-08-15 00:30:59Z

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

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

juliololas — 2008-08-11 21:29:41Z

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.

GHANNAM, Omar 1947-2007

Alan Wildblood — 2008-07-18 11:03:52Z

Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany, November 18, 2007
Omar Ghannam
Born 2 January 1947
Died 2 November 2007 following a long illness
Mourned by Palestinian community of Berlin
Buried 11 November 2007 in his homeland, Jaba'a (Jenin), Palestine

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2007-11-24 15:42:50Z

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

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2007-11-23 19:32:41Z

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?

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2007-11-23 18:16:29Z

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

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jorgelbasto — 2007-07-07 01:44:23Z

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

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

mrizkallah1 — 2007-06-04 12:26:05Z

The name Rizkallah was there before moving to Beirut.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

mrizkallah1 — 2007-06-04 03:18:31Z

Hi every one.Now let us get serious.
My father Yousef Ibrahim Rizkallah, is a cousin of Abido and Hanna Rizkallah. Yoysef Was born inShafa Amr, near Haifa. Yousef with two sisters, Mateel married to Khalil Sweidan; and Hanneh married (?).Yousef was married to Latifa Basila a cousin to Bahia and Hanna Botrus from Qana. Hanna was married to Mary Asfour in Haifa and Bahis marriedto Abido. Abido has Three boys and three girls. Rose Married to Haddad in Nazareth, Mary as I recall married Nahhas and Widdad married Adib Shahatit in Jordan and moved to Brazil in 1950.
Yousef has four boys and one girl. Elizabeth married Sami Mondo; Ibrahim married Margaret Ansara three boys, Yousef (Joe), Toni, and Jhonny. Five girls Suzie, Mary, Janet, Grace and Elizabeth. Elias married his cousin Rose Haddad from Nazareth and they have three girls: Nadia Najwa and Louren and a boy named Michael. Nasr married Naimeh Petro with two boys Khader and Peter (who just passed away Thursday) and one girl Maha. Maurice married to Intesar Kharadsheh with to girls: Sawsan and Christine Larkins, and two boys: Yousef and Issa.
God bless. send e-mails to mrizkallah1@wideopenwest.com

12th Royal Lancers 1926-1929

paulene_sibley — 2007-03-07 17:10:16Z

I have just found hub's father's army book, which shows him being in Palestine Dec 26 - Dec 29 then invalided out.
Trying to help hub trace his dad, can anyone direct this 'newbie' please?

Info I have ....
Trooper James Patrick Sibley, 12th Royal Lancers, PoW's

Thank you
Paulene

Re: Lama family from Bethlehem, Palestine

markl181 — 2008-07-07 19:57:39Z

My grandfather (Antonio Lama) was born in Bethlehem. I wonder about my family heritage. Any info. would welcome.

Re: Relatives

albalboul77 — 2007-07-24 18:58:26Z

i went to say hi to all the people on this site and have anice time

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jca85 — 2007-11-24 11:55:02Z

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

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

jca85 — 2007-11-23 17:30:56Z

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

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

mstockstad — 2007-04-06 16:38:15Z

Hello,
I'm starting to do research on my mom's side of the family, and her grandfather's name was Ismaih Abraham Asfour. He was married to Sylvie Martin in New Brunswick, Canada in 1904. Her grandfather eventually changed his name to Bird before moving to the US.
Thanks very much!
Marcia

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

cmattar25 — 2007-07-22 13:51:36Z

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.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

angel6557 — 2007-03-06 12:18:21Z

I guess it's not us then. Well good luck in your search.
Nadia

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

angel6557 — 2007-03-05 16:02:48Z

My grandfather was the only son also. I wonder if your father was the one that visited us in Chicago 30 years ago. His name was Elias , like my dad's, and he had come from Vienna II believe. He had attended my cousins wedding with us and I have a picture of him then. He had a beatles type hairdo, with bangs and his hair was a little longer. and he had a mole on his face. i was about 18 at the time and he looked to be in his early twenties.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

angel6557 — 2007-03-05 12:23:39Z

Okay. I guess for the moment we aren't related. Though the Rizkallah's aren't too many. i know there are other Rizkallah's living in California but I'm not sure about the relation. thanks for writing anyway.
Nadia

Re: Tracing Family tree.my name ahmad tareef karkouklyAl AGHA }

SEEDRASY — 2007-12-06 19:12:59Z

I"M syrian born and living IN U S A , my family tree as far I remember my grand grand . grand father originaly from iraq during{BANY OSMAN}THEN the big man ALI AGHA LEFT TO SYRIA then he stayed in antakya after he get merried from syrian ladyinHama city ,and the second lady from turky lady in istanboul,those who went to iraq they were very rich up to the point he owne most part in the city of karkuk then,for some reason they come back to syria ,as far I remember they told me ali AGHA back to IRAQto collect the money from the rent, but no luck sinc. and other stayed in syria and other they went to lebanon in trablus city,there are others they went to some were.thenthose in syria they chang the last name to karkoukly because that was the mother land for all,from arab side omar agha,his son,Ibrahim{BASH,BAEK,AGHA{ALMUKANA}BEL AL KARKOUKLY&my father muhiddeen MUkhtar al karkoukly,now ,can you tell me what your father name and your grand father.keep in tuch regardles , regards abu mazen ,

Re: Tracing Family tree.my name ahmad tareef karkouklyAl AGHA }

SEEDRASY — 2007-12-06 19:02:22Z

I"M syrian born and living IN U S A , my family tree as far I remember my grand grand . grand father originaly from iraq during{BANY OSMAN}THEN the big man ALI AGHA LEFT TO SYRIA then he stayed in antakya after he get merried from syrian ladyinHama city ,and the second lady from turky lady in istanboul,those who went to iraq they were very rich up to the point he owne most part in the city of karkuk then,for some reason they come back to syria ,as far I remember they told me ali AGHA back to IRAQ and other stayed in syria and other they went to lebanon in trablus city , they chang the last name to karkoukly because that was the mother land for all,omar agha,his son,Ibrahim{BASH,BAEK,AGHA{ALMUKANA}BEL AL KARKOUKLY&my father muhiddeen MUkhtar al karkoukly,can you tell me what your father name and your grand father.keep in tuch regardles , regards abu mazen ,

Re: Palestinian living in Honduras looking for relatives in Palestine

Centroamerica — 2007-11-17 03:34:23Z

Yo vivo en California. Naci en Belen, Palestina y conozco a familia Kawas en Chile. Fui a Palestina en 2004 como turista y conoci gente con apellido Kawas.
Escribame y con mucho gusto conversamos por e-mail o bien la llamo por telefono si me proporciona su numero.
mi e-mail es johnhandal@sbcglobal. net

Re: searching for Murra-relationship to Handal

JohnADieck — 2007-06-21 16:26:11Z

Herlinda: Mi tatarabuela fue Estela Handal. Ella se caso con Isaa Marcos. Ellos tuvieron una hija, Azize Marcos, quien nacio el 12 enero, 1868. Azize se caso con Juan (Hana) Elias Dieck. Ellos tuvieron 4 hijos y 1 hija (Antonio Juan Dieck Marcos, Emilio, Amador, Zacarias, y Feride). Depues de la muerte de Juan Elias, Azize con los hijo se fueron a Monterrey. Te ayuda esta informacion? Si sabes mas de las familias Handal o Marcos de esa epoca, por favor enviamela. Gracias. Juan Antonio Dieck

Shama (married Rounsley in 1944)

attridgefamily — 2008-07-13 16:16:51Z

I am trying to locate my father's wife, Ginette ROUNSLEY (nee SHAMA) who was born on 22nd October 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Ginette's son, my half brother Reginald Isaac Rounsley, was born on 16th December 1946 at International Maternity Hospital, Alexandria.
Ginette SHAMA married Frederick Charles ROUNSLEY (an English soldier) in 1944 in Alexandria.
Ginette's father was Ezra SHAMA, a cotton classifier, who had died prior to her marriage.
Ginette was a member of WAAF serving with Middle Eastern Forces during World War II.
A witness to Ginette's marriage was Ida SHAMA.
Any information on Ginette or Reginald would be much appreciated.
Many thanks for reading this entry.

Re: Matar Family from Beit Jala, Palestine. Searching information

tmhandal1 — 2007-07-10 04:32:01Z

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

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

najwas48 — 2007-05-29 22:10:54Z

one of this sisters was married to a man called Subhi Boulous. Abido's wife was Hanna Boutrous's sister who was my grandmother's first cousin my mother knows so much you just have to jog her memory.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

najwas48 — 2007-05-19 10:00:48Z

I hope you do write the book. Don't give up on your dream.

And thank you for being so nice and I would love a book.

Najwa

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

najwas48 — 2007-05-17 23:58:34Z

I know Rizk Rizkallah he married a Greek woman and lived in Lebanon for a while in the early 70's also I know Edward and Elias Rizkallah. We are his first cousins from Yousef Rizkallah. Abido was his fathers brothers son. He married Latifa Basila. There is also the Suidan family, they are my grandfater Yousef's sisters kids. So they also are related they used to live in Lebanon but now they are all in Montreal.
Najwa

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

najwas48 — 2007-05-18 17:36:25Z

My mother and father will be able to fill in all the blanks and I will ask them this weekend. And yes her name was Nina I remember now. I was 10 when I met them.
Boy it brings back memories.
Najwa

Re: Palestinian living in Honduras looking for relatives in Palestine

adabat1 — 2007-06-21 14:16:04Z

Hi,

You probably have many relatives still in Palestine. Palestinian lastnames are usually unique and do not belong to seperate families. A simple google search for Palestinians in Bethlehem with the last name Kawas will show you many who are in one way or another related to you.

I am a Palestinian Muslim, but it would be great if Palestinian Christians returned back to their roots in Palestine as so many have fled. Anyway why not visit your homeland, I am sure you will have better luck there.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

rizkat — 2007-05-19 04:32:53Z

That would be terrific.

If and when I ever finish the book, I'll be sure to get a copy for you. I may actually start a blog on it as well. I love collecting and telling family stories.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

rizkat — 2007-05-30 04:27:12Z

Yep, that's right. Abido was my grandfather. He was married to Bahia. Bahia's brother was Hanna, and Hanna married Mary Asfour. Mary still lives with one of her daughters here in town not too far from me, though her health is rather poor.

We should try to get your mother to mark some of this down. The older generation has so much information: it is always such a tragedy when they don't have a chance to share it with us.

Does she tell you all sorts of stories about the past? That's what my Aunt Mary (Nahas) used to do. They form the centerpiece of my current work.

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

rizkat — 2007-05-18 03:23:11Z

Yes! My uncle Rick married Nina, the Greek woman! My cousin in Canada! This is very exciting!

My grandfather's family was always very confusing to me. I believe he had two sisters of his own, but there wasn't very much information my aunt Mary could give me about the rest. Thank you!

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

rizkat — 2007-03-05 04:42:49Z

Well, my grandfather had only sisters, as far as I know, but he also had uncles. There may be a connection there. My family is also Christian; my grandmother was from Lebanon.

The differences lie in the names. The Yousef I have on my tree is my uncle, and he lives in Vienna now. Elias was my father (and I don't think we're long lost siblings ;)).

Re: Rizkallah Family - Haifa

rizkat — 2007-03-06 02:21:17Z

No, that wasn't my dad. He was balding, very thin. Had an American wife.

Rizkallah is actually a fairly common name, believe it or not. My family adopted it in 1946, when they went to Lebanon.