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Re: Eazer

ferrismarjorie — 2013-05-14 03:33:29Z

If these Neimy's were in Chicago I would like to get in touch with you.

Syria to Florence, SC immigrants around 1915

ashnicentz — 2013-05-08 03:20:00Z

Am trying to find any information possible about my Syrian/Lebanese heritage...I have been told that my great grandmother (who I believe to have been named Najiba) came from somewhere near Aleppo to Florence, SC...but then went back to Syria, and then later back to America, this time through Ellis Island, and my grandfather's family ended up growing up and spending most of their lives in Brooklyn NY. My grandfather and his brothers migrated down to SC again for their food business years later, but I'm just so confused as to why they first came to South Carolina of all places. Hard to find info too because the name was anglicized to "Allawos", but I'm finding that it was probably originally Ateyeh/Atiyeh

Re: JOSEPH FAMILY IN HAITI

sudsmonkey1 — 2013-04-23 21:46:17Z

James
I am the grandson of Joeseph Bischalaney. My mother is his (Joseph) second daughter Marilyn (clark) Bischalaney. I would be interested to here the history of my family as you have it. I knew my great grandfather and great grandmother met in Haiti but I thought that it was while waiting to imigrate into the US

Re: Baroody family of Mattan Arnouk

MElias46 — 2013-04-20 14:59:27Z

My name is Mike im from wilkes barre pa. iam looking for any info on my great-great grandmother Rahmie baroody. Her madien name was norman they called her ruth i know her husband was joseph baroody from matten arnouk syria, and that she had a brother abraham norman in glenn falls ny. she was born in 1872-1934 wilkes barre pa

Looking for help finding great-grandfather John Ellis born in Judea

sharonguidi — 2013-04-04 15:47:44Z

I have hit a wall searching for my great grandfather. According to the marriage records of my great-grandparents, he was born in Judea and his parents were (in Latin) Thomas and Maria (although could be Mary). John came to the USA in 1887 and disappeared/died between 1904 and 1909. He was married to my great-grandmother in 1898 in Elkins, West Virginia. Her name was Elizabeth Donnelly-Baker-Ellis-Barnhill (she was widowed & married three times). John & Elizabeth had three sons...Paul, Rusheed Bernard, and Luke Ellis (although Elizabeth had nine sons from all three marriages. Any information about John Ellis (AKA Elias, Allies, or Ellies) or Judea would be Greatly Appreciated!!

Mt Lebanon

Lea_22 — 2013-04-01 00:31:41Z

I am travelling to Lebanon soon and hope to put my feet on the soil of my ancestors... Georgeous Hanna Mellick born 1863 in Bterram or Constantinople (according to his death certificate) and Nasta Jeha born 1865 Mt Lebanon.

I've been able to go a bit further back re the Mellick line but all I have for Nasta is that she was the daughter of Nicolas Jeha and Rebecca Anthony. Nicolas was listed as a policeman.

I am at a loss which part of Mt Lebanon and the Jeha and Anthony family line.... Or even if it is accurate.

Any help would be very much appreciated

Re: van Masseyk from Aleppo

bellange114 — 2013-03-27 23:07:59Z

Hello, so nice to read you. We have the same ancestor, mine is Charles Auguste VAILHEN, Celeste's brother. ° 20.12.1793 Alep, died 19.7.1834 at Moheli (Comores). Commandant de Marine for Indian Ocean Navy.

Your adress is bwras@bluewinddot.ch ?
I try to write you tomorrow evening. I live in Paris (France). bellange1@wanadoo.fr

Thanks and good night. Laurence BELLANGER

Re: van Masseyk from Aleppo

RasWechsler — 2013-03-27 16:50:25Z

Hi Laurence

IThanks for contacting me - I am really excited. It really looks like we have the same ancestors!

Charlotte and Thomas Vailhen were the parents of Celeste Vailhen who married Angelo Durighello. Their daughter Charlotte Marie Victoire, born in Aleppo, married Felix Guilliume Jorelle, born in France, the second frogman at the French Consulate. It was her second marriage. Her first husband was Jean Joseph Derché, the premiere drogmann, son of a friend of Delacroix. Derché died only a few months after they got married. After Felix Guilliume Jorelle died in 1859 in Cairo, Charlotte Durighello married a third time. Her third husband was Gustave Adolphe Haage, a German from Poland, who had emigrated to France around 1830 and was sent to Cairo, Egypt in 1833 as a physician.

My great grandmother Stephanie is their daughter and was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She married an English or Irishmann. I'm still trying to find out more about this part of the family. His name was Percy Sinnett Smith and he was born in Naples to William Sinnett Smith and Eliza Harriette Oates. William's origins are not known (yet!), Eliza was born in Naples to George Oates and Hariette Rhodes and grew up in Palermo. Her parents originate from Sheffield in Yorkshire, England. Her father was Ebenezer Rhodes, a politician, journalist and cardeologist. He drew maps. Harriette was also an artist and some of her works are sold at auctions around the world.

Charlotte's father Nicolas van Masseyk was married twice. The first marriage was to an English woman named Elizabeth (I don't know her last name). They had three sons. She died young in childbirth. The second wife was a German, Maria Sophia Goverts, from Hamburg. They had 9 children. Maria Sophia's parents are Jacob Goverts and Gertrud van Ree. The Goverts family was a very prominent family in Altona and Hamburg. They originally came from Antwerpen and fled to Altona. They were anabaptists and mennonites and were persecuted for their religion. The van Masseyk family originates from Friedrichsstadt. They too have Dutch respectively flamish roots and were Mennonites.

I can send you more detailed information if you are interested. Just let me know. you can contact me best at my email address: bwras at bluewin dot ch.

Kind regards
Barbara

PS You can send the picture, you mentioned at the above address too, if you like.

Re: van Masseyk from Aleppo

bellange114 — 2013-03-27 13:34:53Z

I try to sed you a photo of my grand mother Stéphanie Vailhen . I can't succed, alas

Re: van Masseyk from Aleppo

bellange114 — 2013-03-27 13:24:33Z

Hello,
Mr van Masseyck was also one of my ancestors.I don'nt know which was his spouse name, but they had a doughter, Charlotte, born in Alep in 1774 and died in Alep too on 1836. She got married around 1791 in Alep with a grand father Thomas Vailhen. I think we have the same ancestors.
Nice to read you soon. Laurence

Re: ABOU ASSALI or ASSALY

joeassly — 2013-03-25 06:13:55Z

Dear Edward,
It is pleasure to receive email from relatives & or especially from who looking for his relatives.
I'm from Rashaya too, father name is Fayez, living in kesserwan (jounieh /Lebanon) & I often go to the wonderful Rashaya, please see the attached photos ( recently took), I tried to attach photos but couldn't send it sorry .
I would like to meet with you and all your family . We will talk deeply later.
My email is joeassly@hotmail.com
Looking forward to hear from you

Have good days
Joe

Re: Mulroon/Morin/Tabgez from Blaouza??

joannpol — 2013-03-23 13:43:30Z

Hello again.

I believe the name may have been Maroon.

I have cousins who were Maroons who were at one time in VT but later moved to Georgia and then to Florida.

I'd be glad to share what I know with you. Email me joannpol@comcast.net

Re: Sarkis Family

joannpol — 2013-03-21 01:24:23Z

I'm happy to share whatever I know with you!
Email me at joannpol@comcast.net

Re: Sarkis Family

DDMorin — 2013-03-20 17:24:14Z

Thanks for the information on Mary Sarkis. I was doing some family research on the John Jr. and Julia line. I discovered that Mary had been married before to an Elias Hendy (sp?) and they had two children: Thomas Elias and Joseph Elias. I think I found a death certificate for Mary Sarkis in Montpelier, VT for 16 December 1916. She died of pneumonia. Does this match your information? I have no further information on John Sarkis. I did find a newspaper article that talks about a deed from Mary and John Sarkis to John Sarkis, Jr. for property on Northfield Street that had to be sent to Tripoli to be signed by John Sarkis. This was in 1908. So perhaps he was not in this country when he died. If you have more information I would love to share.

van Masseyk from Aleppo

RasWechsler — 2013-03-13 07:51:29Z

I am a descendent from N. van Masseyk (son of Jacob van Masseyk and Gertrud van Ree) and Maria Sophia Goverts. Their daughter Charlotte married Thomas Vailhen, who is the grandfather of my great grandmother.

I am particualarly interested in verifying where he came from and was wondering if anybody could help. I am also interested if anybody has more information on his parents and siblings.

Nicolas van Masseyk was the Dutch consul in Aleppo, Syria (Levant). Carsten Niebuhr writes in his book "Travel diary of Arabia and neighbouring countries" , 1779, that N. v. Masseyk is a native of Holstein and therefore a danish subject, his wife a Goverts from Hamburg. In another part of his book, he says van Masseyk was from Friedrichsstadt, Schleswig (Holstein). I have found references to a Mennonite family named van Masseyk in Friedrichsstadt (eg.Tanneke van Masseyk married to Paul Hendrik du Farrang *1704 †1773) and the van Ree family, Hermann van Massek *1708 †after 1770) in the Newsletter 26, of the Gesellschaft for Friedrichsstädter Stadtgeschichte. In this Newsletter it says that the van Masseyk family were Mennonites and changed to the "Remonstranten" Faith (sorry, don't know the English word) after one of the family members married the Mayor's daughter Helena Schutt, a member of this protestant group. In one of the newsletters it is also said, that the van Masseyk were of Dutch origin as were many others in that town, and that they had lived in Friedrichsstadt ever since the town was founded.

Thanks Barbara

Re: Sarkis Family

joannpol — 2013-03-04 15:47:24Z

Mary Sarkis (1840) was born in or around Wadi Qannoubine in Northern Lebanon. She came to the U.S. around 1895 and lived and died in Montpelier, Vermont. She also lived for a time in the Littleton, New Hampshire area. (Mary, a.k.a. Calijah, was a great grandmother of mine). John was her second husband. Not sure what year he died. Mary had at least 2 sons from her first marriage to Elijah Hindi and quite a few more with John Sarkis. The Sarkis children settled mainly in North Adams, MA. One of her sons with John Sarkis was John Sarkis II, who married a woman named Julia. Shoot me an email if you need more info.

Re: ABOU ASSALI or ASSALY

EDASALY — 2013-03-04 05:29:16Z

dear joe
i wonder if we r related.my ancestors were from rashaya el wadi and from majdal shams.i still have relatives in rashaya.my family moved to beirut around 1920's.my fathers name was lutfi abu assaly moms name was ramzia nicolas ayoub
i like to visit with u if and when i go to lebanon.rashaya has a warm spot in my heart.i like to go hiking in jabal el shaykh some time.
sallam
edward abu assaly
n.y
usa

Re: Charles / El-khal from Amar, Syria

dmelias1 — 2013-02-21 21:53:05Z

Hello,

I just happened to stumble upon your post while looking for my grandmother's obituary on Google. My grandmother is Hasibe Elias. She passed away in 1990 as she was well into her 90's. She was a great lady and a very generous woman. Her son Isaac is my father, who is 98, still lives in Bethlehem PA. My grandmother had two other children, Mose , and Helen, Both of whom have since passed away within the past few years. I do know a Youssef who lived in Trinidad for some time and moved back to Syria and currently lives in Amar with his wife. I know of the Charles family but have not seen any of them since I was very young.

David Elias

alec frank in syria

rayson147 — 2013-02-02 22:31:42Z

I am searching for my husbands family in syria, his grandfather arrived in quebec canada around the turn of the century approx 1900-1910? He listed his parents as Alec Frank and mother Fatuma Hassin. Any assistance or direction is greatly appreciated. What is the translation of frank in syrian?
thank you!

Re: Assis and Gharbi family connection

ant_gal1980 — 2013-01-30 07:13:00Z

Hello! Im also looking for the Syrian branch of my Family! It is uncertain if my Grandfather (Antonio Galvez/Gharbi Aiza) arrived from Homs or if it was my Great Grandfather. It is said the surname was changed from Gharbi to "Galvez". They where from Homs (uncertain if from the City of Homs or somewhere else in the Province) and married to a woman from the surname of Aiza (also from Homs); they lived in the Port of Veracruz (where the inmigrants arrived to México). They where apparently Greek Orthodox (Christian). Hope we can help each other.

Re: (van) Maseyk

StephanieMitchell97 — 2013-01-30 02:12:35Z

Hi Sylvia
I am interested that you are a Maseyk living in Australia. a group of us did quite a lot of research over the last 2 years on the Maseyks. I think that the Maseyk family who were consular generals in Aleppo did come to India, but there were other Maseyks working on the same Indigo plantation whose connection has not been established.
would we be able to communicate more?
regards
Stephanie (descended from James and Elizabeth Maseyk)

Re: searching for relatives

gschafer59 — 2013-01-22 03:45:20Z

Hi I saw your posting on ancestry while i was searching my family- SABA. What family do you have info on?

Re: Syrians in North Dakota

Mikej327 — 2013-01-17 02:17:57Z

Hi we had family in North Dakota
Since 1890's
Let me if you want to discuss this with my father to get more info b

Re: Kabbani

jxgta — 2013-01-02 19:01:52Z

A famous Damascene (from Damascus) family.

Re: Ain-shara in Syria???

jxgta — 2013-01-02 18:39:58Z

Yes, Ain-Ashara, Ain Al-Shara, or Ain Al Shoaraa is a small town located 65km to the south/west of Damascus and facing Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights . It is inhabited by Christians and Druze. The name in Arabic is written as follows: (عين الشعرة or عين الشعراء). It literally means "Spring of Poets".

Here is link indicating the exact location of the town
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS437US4...

Re: John Bosselli "Khanna" Bundo m Saydeh Tannous Hanania

MystikNZ — 2012-12-21 20:57:10Z

anyone have any clue where I should start looking?

Re: Looking for the Lomans from Syria in late 1800s

btrsweet5747 — 2012-12-17 21:58:12Z

Annie,

WOW! You don't know how happy I am that you found this post! Since I wrote that post, I have found a little more information about Jacob, most of it from a book that a friend of his wrote while he was living in Luther, Oklahoma. I do not know if you are familiar with the book, Oo-Yoo-An Al-Sam-Ma, written by Chester Arthur Keyes, but it is a pseudo-biographical account of Jacob's time while he was still in Syria, growing up. It mentions some of the places he traveled to, such as Damascus, Galilee, and the Mountains of Lebanon, and also some of the things he encountered, such as a massacre that happened at the hand of the Turks during a Christian festival in Hasbeyia. I know that not all of it is completely true, but Mr. Keyes was careful to differentiate between reality and fiction. It talks of the fact that Jacob's name before he came to the U.S. was Yacob Al-Oman, which gives me more of a foothold as to the family he came from.

I would love to have as much information as you can give me, as well as information from Tony, who I am assuming is either the grandson or great-grandson of Anthony Leo Loman? I am the great-granddaughter of Frederick James Loman, who as you know is the 4th child born to Jacob and Martha. Maybe you knew him? He had a son, Frederick Mercer Loman, and his daughter, Laura Ann Loman is my mother. I wish it were possible to travel to Syria myself to gain more information, but with the state of things right now, that just isn't possible. I also received Jacob and Martha's wedding photo from some of Martha's family, which made my day. Please send me a message- I would love to keep in touch with you and find out what you know about all of them! Thank you again for answering this post!

Re: Looking for the Lomans from Syria in late 1800s

Annie11143 — 2012-12-17 15:40:10Z

I just stumbled on your question today so someone else may have answered. Jacob John Loman, Jr. was my stepfather. He was born the 2nd of 9 children--7 boys and 2 girls. He was born in 1904 so the 1897 date for Jacob coming to the US would be more correct. I remember quite a few things about Jacob and Martha. I don't know who you're related to but Anthony (Tony) Loman has been to Syria in search of relatives. He might have more information that I would. You are free to contact me in you have questions. I'll try to answer anything I know.

Re: (van) Maseyk

smashingdots — 2012-12-17 00:40:22Z

Hi Sue

I think you are mixing up two or more people here :)

There was one man who was the Dutch/Netherlands consul in Aleppo, Syria, in the 1700s. Also his brother and his son also held the post of Consul there.

Then there was another 2 brothers who went to India as indigo planters at a later time.

I will try and get more clear on the names and let you know

Regards
Sylvia Maseyk
Australia

John Bosselli "Khanna" Bundo m Saydeh Tannous Hanania

MystikNZ — 2012-12-09 00:18:42Z

Hello!

I am looking for any information on
Saydeh Tannous Hanania - unsure if she came out to NZ with her husband Khanna

John Bosselli "Khanna" Bundo born: 1861, Syria
Died: 10 Jun 1929 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

John emigrated to new Zealand with his son George, they were both one of the first migrants here (they are in a book about the first settlers into dunedin from that part of the world)

There son George: George Bundo
Birth 15 june 1901 in El Mina, Tripoli
Death 17 Aug 1985 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
1901 14 Jul Baptism El-Mina, Tripoli, Lebanon
Greek Orthodox Community

Marriage to Elizabeth Emily Deans
they had 5 children

Re: Mchaka and Ajami

JosephRose13 — 2012-11-25 19:51:52Z

Ghada Chalhoub

I would be very interested in conversing with you on this family. I can be reached at josephrosecpa@earthlink.net

Re: Assyrian-Joseph Michael Simon came to America 1897...

wmallan150 — 2012-11-20 17:42:40Z

If from Hadchit, the Johns (Youness/Younis) in Montana. Some of them went to Missouri under Unis. Some married into the Rask, Risk, Joseph line.

Re: Koury/Khoury/Feris/Faris/Ferris

joannpol — 2012-10-04 18:52:58Z

I, too, have all of these names in my family. My big Sitto was Sarah Ferris/Corey/Goleb (appears differently on different documents) and she married a Maronite priest from Wadi Kannoubine named Elias Elhindi and they had 5 children, all of whom ended up in Vermont. Poor Sarah died between 1904 and 1911 and never made it over to the U.S. and consequently remains a mystery. I heard she had a first cousin named Louis Ferris that also ended up in NH/VT as well as a possible sibling named Mary Corey who married someone whose last name was Solomon, again they went to VT. I believe my Sitto's Sarah's parents names were Teresa and Ebase Corey. Can anyone explain why the Corey/Ferris/Farous, etc and all the name changes? I can see Elhindi to Hendy but Corey to Ferris? Thanks.

Kawam Family

dprince2777 — 2012-09-14 17:06:41Z

Iam looking for anyone who knows the Kawam Family or anything about them. Any help or if you have a family member who is kin. Please contact me.. Thank you for any help at all...

Re: RED HAIR

leatrice4 — 2012-08-22 15:43:24Z

My father, from Damascus, Syria had red hair

Re: searching for relatives

Slammer55 — 2012-08-16 00:54:20Z

Hi,
I don't know if you are still out there but I have a lot of information on that family who now live in MN. Please contact me if you are still interested in hearing about this family.

Re: Surname: Rahmey

raymondsaka — 2012-08-13 15:47:12Z

You should contactSarina Roffe she is the founder of The Sephardic Heritage Project
sarina@roffe.com

Saka Anteby Saka Ades Saka

raymondsaka — 2012-08-02 20:07:52Z

Looking for information on the family of Solomon Saka married to Bilor From aleppo
sons Ezra,Joseph (1885)chaya (b. 1878?) and Yitzhak

Bitar

krispy1025 — 2012-07-31 20:01:27Z

Hello, My Grandfather was born in Beirut Lebanon, named Thomas Kahlil Bitar. My Grandmother was born in USA named Catherine Berges Bitar. They both lived in the New Jersey/Connecticut area. My grandfather died in 1950 and grandmother died in 1981. Any info would be greatly appreciated

Re: Saba Family

ewarner_3d — 2012-07-22 02:19:20Z

Your my Great Aunt

Rev Shukrola Jabour Shadid moves to USA 1920

Obits101 — 2012-07-21 23:16:40Z

The Daily Oklahoman
10-08-1920
p.8

Syrian Minister Comes to City -

Rev Shukrola Jabour Shadid of Judledet Mardjeyoun Syria,
with his family arrived in Oklahoma City yesterday to
make his home.

Mr Shadid expects to establish headquarters for the
Syrian church in Oklahoma City. He spent several days
in New York conferring with Bishop Eftermous Affash of
Brooklyn. There are enough Syrians in Oklahoma City to
make a church here feasble, Mrs Shadid believes.

Re: Baroody family of Mattan Arnouk

JRiggs79 — 2012-07-13 06:53:31Z

Sorry to hijack your discussion, but how is the town Sodi pronounced? Could my husband's family with the last name Side be from this town? They were Christian, went to an Episcopal church once they immigrated to New York, so the similarity of this town's name, and the fact that the area is known as the valley of the Christians, caught my eye.

Re: Syrian naming questions

cass484 — 2012-07-02 21:59:55Z

Mitlij or Metleg
Mine were from northern Lebanon

HELP with city!! Does anyone know where "Nazreal Fafah" is?

po1964 — 2012-06-13 16:42:45Z

Ancestor arrived in 1909 from either Nazreal Fafah or Nazreal Zafah in Syria. Does anyone have any idea where this is? I cant find it on map. Thanks so much!

Re: Abraham Family from Lebanon

mmbobo1 — 2012-06-05 23:44:15Z

your information is mostly incorrect. The correct information is on ancestry.com

Re: Need Help With Syrian Surname

tsharum — 2012-05-29 13:02:25Z

I should also mention that he immigrated in 1905.

Re: Need Help With Syrian Surname

tsharum — 2012-05-29 11:10:13Z

Hi Alex,

I'm still interested in trying to figure out which village he was from. Our records are a bit vague and the spelling was not correct. The family name was Jaber, but his first name was probably not his birth name. Does that help?

Thanks for your help.

Re: Need Help With Syrian Surname

alexkaramba — 2012-05-29 11:02:50Z

Dear Tara,
I don't know if you're still interested by the information.
There are two villages called El Mohaidseh in what used to be known as Syria prior to 1918 (currently Lebanon).
I suppose your grandfather is from one of these two villages. His name & surname could be helpful in getting to know which one is his.

Re: Armour Armoury

AmBaj61 — 2012-05-26 22:44:15Z

Read the book where he found his mother in a pool of blood.

A newspaper does not report how someone died. Did you read the death certificate?

Was anyone charged for the murder? What did the police investigation say?

Armour Armoury

AmBaj61 — 2012-05-26 22:43:08Z

relationship to Pres Obama family tree

Stanley Armour/Armoury mother Ruth shot herself at 25 when father Ralph left
Her family name is Armour/Armoury and Stanley grew up with her parents
via Bahamas France