My great grandparents - Benjamin & Joya Gabbai (or Gabai) -were from Livorno Italy. But during the mid 1890's they moved to Izmir, Turkey.
They had 10 children, the first 5 or 6 in Livorno. Benjamin was a worker at the ports in Livorno & Izmir.
My grandparents, Dave Gabai and Cadem Algranati, came to America in 1920. They settled in NYC.
Sound familiar? please email -
sgabai@hotmail.com