They too remained true to their Maronite Catholic faith and after peddling fruits and vegetables, opened a neighborhood grocery store that thrived for more than 7 decades. My family surnames are : Hage and Nicholas.
By reading your work, I am able to answer some of the questions I still have and confirm other information I was told regarding their initial years in their adopted homeland. Joni, my paternal great grandparents also immigrated to Utica, NY from Baskinta.
They attended St Louis Gonzaga church. My only regret is never learning to speak Arabic. Hello Lisa I started researching my ancestry a few months ago. My grandparents came from Lebanon and settled in Utica, NY. They were members of St. Louis as well. My mom stayed in the area, attended St. Louis and I believe made her confirmation and communion there too. Would you happen to know them or know anything about my grandparents — Mary and Albert Abdo Ellis?
Thank you Jackie. Mt grandparents came from Baskinta.. I regret never getting the full history as to why they came.. Just bits and pieces. Settled in Utica NY.. Went to St Louis Gonzaga Church.. Miss those days. Sassin and Bedia? Ida Bolos … or Bolous.
Dear Mr. Bolos, thank you for reaching out. The Khayrallah Center staff would be happy to perform a quick research request on your family based on this information if you are interested! Surprised by how few were documented in NH. Would be interested to know if record keeping was accurate in the mills. Especially since their descendants now occupy political positions such as governor and senator.
We are fairly confident in the accuracy of the census data. Scholars have noted that immigrant communities were often subject to under-counting, but from what we have seen with the Lebanese community by the s and s, this was not a major occurrence. However, the census data only represents the population at a young stage in the midst of rapidly growing as the children of immigrants were having children of their own in the ss.
Also, New Hampshire received an influx of Lebanese-Americans migrating from mills in Massachusetts as the textile industry began to decline in the s. For instance, many Lebanese moved from Lawrence, Mass. Thus, it is possible that later census years, such as and , would reflect a higher population of Lebanese-Americans in New Hampshire. Majorie, thanks for your reply. Yes, many must have come from MA.
Would be interesting for me to check the Dover, NH city records to know the exact year my great grandparents purchased a historic lot of land and began farming. I thought it was One census I read, stated they owned the land. Possibly by The NH farmhouse dated back to the s. By the census, it showed two generations living on Garrison Road.
There were about five of them originally. Next generation possibly…My grandfather immigrated ish and ship manifest shows he and siblings headed to Dover. Our last name went through a couple iterations in the census remaining a mystery to this day. Still trying to determine the accuracy of it too. Thank you so much for your work. He settled in Bridgeport Texas, as a dry goods seller to the local coal mine. This is where he lived as he sent for the rest of his family from Lebanon.
Thank you for researching this data and assembling it. My great-great-grandfather had visited and worked in America for a year or two before returning to Lebanon, which according to this data means he may have been one of the first to come here.
When it collapsed, many sought better opportunities in the Americas. More latterly, the civil war, from , spurred many more into leaving. Beirut is increasingly eyeing the diaspora as a valuable resource for investment within the country. A television advert shown in the US in was aimed at enticing Lebanese migrants to move back. In , President Michel Aoun advocated granting Lebanese citizenship to the children born overseas to Lebanese parents.
Back then, Christians were slightly in the majority. But it was mostly Christians who left during the civil war. That, coupled with a higher birth rate among Muslims and the presence of large numbers of Muslim refugees from Palestine and now Syria, means the internal demographic has changed.
The highly diverse Lebanese American community has put aside longstanding ethnic, religious and political differences to join grassroots efforts taking shape in the United States to provide financial and humanitarian assistance directly to the people living in Beirut affected by the Aug. Even before the blast destroyed a large section of Beirut, Lebanon already was struggling with a deep economic crisis, the COVID pandemic and political instability.
On Monday, in the wake of the blast, the Lebanese cabinet resigned, creating even more uncertainty. Abinader's sister lives in Beirut and her house less than a mile from the explosion was totally destroyed, he said.
For more stories that matter, subscribe to azcentral. A niece also had a close call. She works at a hospital in Beirut destroyed by the blast but was not at work that day, he said. Abinader has been using his restaurants' Facebook page to raise money to distribute meals to frontline workers in Beirut. The Facebook page shows photos of people distributing meals prepared by a restaurant in Beirut with money raised by Abinader. Khaled Nafeh, 42, a Lebanese immigrant who lives in Scottsdale, was home in bed when he saw videos of the blast checking news updates on his cell phone.
His brother owns and he manages Pita House restaurant in Scottsdale and he is executive editor of the Beirut Observer, an online political newspaper published in Arabic. Nafeh said a close friend in Beirut was injured when the blast shattered a window in her apartment and severely cut her face.
He said the first thought that crossed his mind was that Hezbollah, the Shiite militant group and political party that wields power in Lebanon, somehow bore responsibility for the blast. Nafeh's comments underscore the deep political and religious divisions among people from Lebanon, a small country in the Middle East made up of various Muslim, Druze and Christian religious groups that have been mired in conflict for decades.
In particular, they differ on the question of the infallibility of the pope in matters of faith. All three churches administer confirmation at Baptism, and use bread soaked in wine for the Eucharist. The marriage ceremony in each rite contains similar components: the blessing of the rings, the crowning of the bride and groom as queen and king, and the sharing of bread and wine—the couple's first meal together.
In the Orthodox and Melkite churches, the bride and groom walk around the altar as a symbol of their first journey together as a couple. Orthodox priests can marry, but those who do cannot climb the clerical hierarchy. While Melkite and Maronite Catholic priests in the Middle East are encouraged by their own Eastern canon law to Lebanese Americans from the Detroit area demonstrate near the speaker's podium in Lafayette Park across from the White House.
Unlike the Roman Catholic church, Eastern-rite churches have icons rather than statuary. Most Lebanese American Muslims arrived after Generally, Muslims pray five times a day and attend Friday prayers. When no mosque is available, they rent rooms in commercial and business districts where they can go for midday prayers. These small prayer places are called masjids.
Muslims are supposed to fast during the daylight hours for the month of Ramadan. Many, including young school-children, do keep the fast. Upon their arrival in the United States, many Lebanese engaged in peddling.
These peddlers carved out routes from New England through the West. Many developed a regular clientele, and eventually opened their own general stores.
By , there were a handful of Lebanese American millionaires. Other early immigrants were factory workers, particularly those that settled in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, where many Lebanese worked in the auto industry.
The occupational profile of Lebanese Americans is very broad, although they are still disproportionately concentrated in retail occupations. Lebanese Americans tend to be self-employed and enter managerial and professional positions at a higher rate than Americans as a whole. Lebanese Americans are well represented in medicine, law, banking, engineering, and computer science. Lebanese American political involvement has revolved around American policies in the Middle East, particularly those relating to Israel.
Through the Eastern Federation of Syrian-Lebanese Organizations, which was established in , Lebanese Americans quietly protested the partitioning of Palestine. Following the war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Lebanese Americans began to work with other Arabs to form organizations that promoted their common interests. Members of the Association of Arab American University Graduates, which was established in , focused on educating the American public about the Arab—Israeli conflict.
As conditions in the Middle East continued to worsen during the s Lebanese Americans, along with other Arab Americans, became the targets of government surveillance and civil rights infringements. From to it was illegal for Americans to visit Lebanon. The travel ban was allowed to expire in with assurances from the Lebanese government of cooperation on anti-terrorism measures and security.
This group of prominent Lebanese Americans meets regularly with congressmen and administration officials to advise them on American support for the reconstruction of Lebanon, and the normalization of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and the United States.
Lebanese Americans have traditionally supported the Republican party due, in part, to its support of business interests. The AAI, which was founded in , is designed to foster Arab American participation in American politics, support candidates who champion Arab American causes, and encourage Arab Americans to run for public office.
During the presidential election, the AAI had gathered more than Arab Americans to serve as delegates to the national Democratic convention. At the Democratic Convention, Lebanese Americans successfully introduced platforms that supported Palestinian statehood and the restoration of Lebanon as a sovereign state.
This convention also marked the first time that an Arab American, served as co-chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. Haggar — founded a major manufacturer of men's slacks; and Mansour Farah — established Farah Brothers, a large competitive pants manufacturer. William Blatty — is the author of the book and screenplay The Exorcist.
Khalil Gibran — , poet and artist, is the author of The Prophet, perhaps the best-selling volume, after the Bible, of all time; Gibran's exhortation "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" in his "Letter to Syrian Youth" was quoted in John F.
Kennedy's inaugural address and remains the most-quoted sentence of any inaugural address in American history. American-born poets who are descendants of the Greater Syrian diaspora include D.
Paul Anka — wrote and recorded popular hit songs beginning in the s, including "Diana," "She's a Lady,"and "My Way. Ralph Nader — is one of America's most prominent consumer advocates. He is the author of Unsafe at Any Speed and founder and head of Public Citizen, an organization that has spawned a number of other citizen action groups such as Congress Watch and the Tax Reform Research Group.
Christa McAuliffe — was the teacher aboard the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger. Paul Orfalea — founded Kinko's, the world's largest international chain of copying and business service stores. Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey — invented the heart pump and pioneered the bypass operation in the United States. Harvard University professor Elias J.
Corey, — won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in The St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, founded by Danny Thomas, is the leader in the field of research and treatment of childhood leukemia. Jusoor Bridges. Lebanon Report. A socially oriented magazine published in English that reports on the activities of West Coast Arabs. Every city with any concentration of Arabic-speaking people, including Lebanese, has at least one or two hours of radio programming a week.
The Arab Network is a national Arabic-language radio network whose programs are broadcast in Washington, D. The largest grassroots Arab American organization; combats stereotyping and defamation in the media and in other venues of public life, including politics. Lobbies Congress and various administrations on issues related to Lebanon and its reconstruction.
Address: M Street, N. Address: 16th Street, N. Publishes monographs and books on Arab interests; holds symposia and conferences on current Middle East issues. Address: New York Avenue, N. Communities and churches have begun to archive some of the memorabilia of the Arab American experience. The following two centers are of national importance. Faris and Yamna Naff Family Arab American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Contains artifacts, books, personal documents, photographs, oral histories, and doctoral dissertations pertaining to the Arab American immigrant experience, beginning with the earliest wave of immigrants.
Helou, Anissa. Lebanese Cuisine. New York: St. Martin's Press, Hoogland, Eric. Crossing the Water. Kayal, Philip, and Joseph Kayal. Boston: Twayne, London: Centre for Lebanese Studies in association with I. Taurus, Naff, Alixa. Orfalea, Gregory. Before the Flames. Austin: University of Texas Press, Wakin, Edward. The Syrians and the Lebanese in America.
Chicago: Claretian Publishers, Walbridge, Linda S. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, Zogby, John. Toggle navigation. Sydney Jones. Their earliest immigration to the United States began in the late s, peaked in at 9,, dropped to a few hundred a year during World War I, and rose again during the early "W herever they went, Lebanese carried with them their derbakke, as small drum held under the arm and played with the finger tips. XX, no.
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