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Genealogy: EXPANDED KINSHIP IN ONE FAMILY
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Genealogy EXPANDED KINSHIP IN ONE FAMILY The marriage between Abraham BOOSAHDA and Alexandra (Eskandara) Farrah ABRAHAM resulted in the expanded kinship and family bonding through marriages of their children to spouses in the United States and Canada, except for the oldest child (1a), who married in Mahiethett (now Mhdsie, Lebanon). Parents and children were born in Mahiethett, except for the youngest child (9a), who was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Family members who emigrated to Worcester were buried there, except for Eli (6a) and Bousaada (9a). Named after deceased family members were Bousaada (3a) after his grandfather; Assad (8a) after his brother (5a); and Bousaada (9a) after his brother (3a). The dates used are according to the Gregorian calendar although some dates were originally stated according to the Julian calendar. Pope Gregory established the Gregorian calendar in 1582 c.e. when ten days were dropped from the Julian calendar and thus the Gregorian calendar corresponded to the solar year. Britain and the American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. Bousaada HANNAH (El-Hajj), paternal father Birth: n.d. Place: Mahiethett, Rachaya, El Wadi, now Lebanon Married: Affoumia ABRAHAM Died: January 1889 Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon Husband Wife Abraham BOOSAHDA (El-Hajj) Alexandra Farrah ABRAHAM Birth: February 1857 BOOSAHDA Married: January 24, 1884 Birth: March 1859 Emigrated: 1893 Married: January 24, 1884 Returned to homeland June 16, 1897 Emigrated: 1905 Second emigration to Worcester 1900 Died: March 5, 1940, aged 81 Died: October 26, 1940, aged 83 207 208 ARAB-AMERICAN FACES AND VOICES Children 1a Affoumia BOOSAHDA 2a Mary BOOSAHDA Birth: February 11, 1886 Birth: July 24, 1888 Married: Monsour Hannah ABDEL- Emigrated: 1900, aged 12 MASEH Married: Moses Hannah (Murkoos) Date: 1899, aged 13 HADDAD Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon Date: December 4, 1904, aged 16 Emigrated: 1908, aged 22 Where: Worcester, Mass. Died: September 21, 1966, aged 80 Died: September 17, 1961, aged 73 3a Bousaada Hannah BOOSAHDA Birth: n.d. Died: March 16, 1889, shortly after birth Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon Twins 4a Kalil Abraham BOOSAHDA 5a Assad Abraham BOOSAHDA (Khalil, Charles) Birth: February 15, 1890 Birth: February 15, 1890 Died: February 16, 1890 Emigrated: 1900, aged 10 Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon Married: Nazira MISHALANIE Date: November 4, 1916, aged 26 Where: Lawrence, Mass. Armed services: Inducted U.S. Army, World War i Died: March 1, 1987, aged 97 7a Harold Frederic BOOSAHDA Birth: April 17, 1898 6a Eli Abraham BOOSAHDA Emigrated: 1905, aged 7 (Eli A. BUSADA) Married: Mary N. NAJJAR Birth: November 7, 1892 Date: January 20, 1922, aged 24 Emigrated: 1905 Where: Johnstown, Pa. Armed services: Enlisted U.S. Navy, Died: April 27, 1968, aged 70 World War i First Wife: Desire BROWN 8a Assad Abraham BOOSAHDA Date: December 20, 1920, aged 28 (Asa A. BUSADA) Where: Washington, D.C. Birth: October 14, 1900 Second Wife: Nellie WILLIAMS Emigrated: 1905, aged 5 Date: September 2, 1932, aged 40 Married: Nina Helen NASIF Where: Washington, D.C. Date: July 22, 1924, aged 24 Died: November 6, 1986, aged 94 Where: Montreal, Canada Buried: Clinton, Md. Died: May 26, 1961, aged 61 Where: North Bergen, N.J. [3.81.30.41] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 12:19 GMT) Genealogy 209 9a Bousaada BOOSAHDA (Robert A. BUSADA) Birth: December 22, 1908 Where: Worcester, Mass. Armed services: Enlisted U.S. Marine Corps, World War ii Married: Matilda TEHAN Date: August 31, 1947, aged 39 Where: Washington, D.C. Died: October 15, 1983, aged 75 Buried: Washington, D.C. The biological family of Alexandra Farrah ABRAHAM BOOSAHDA (3b) settled in Spring Valley, Illinois. She and her half-brother Farrah ABRAHAM (5b) settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, where her husband and two children resided. Ibrahim (Abraham) FARRAH, maternal father Birth: n.d. Place: Mahiethett, Rachaya, El Wadi, now Lebanon Died: 1902 Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon First Wife: Mary ABDELMASEH Second Wife when widowed: Nimry Aboassaly FARIS Children 1b Khalil Farrah ABRAHAM 4b Ferris (Faris) Thomas GEORGE Birth: n.d. Birth: n.d. Married: Nahkle ABDELMASEH Married: Sayoud BOOSAHDA Died: n.d. Emigrated: n.d. Where: Mahiethett, Lebanon Died: November 1, 1905 Where: Spring Valley, Ill. 2b Musalam Farrah ABRAHAM (Sam) Buried: Worcester, Mass. Birth: 1843 Married: Khazma Milhem HADDAD 5b Farrah ABRAHAM AZAR Birth: 1878 Died: March 5, 1930, aged 87 Married: Sophie KHOURY Where: Spring Valley, Ill. Date: n.d. Where: n.d. 3b Alexandra Farrah ABRAHAM Emigrated: 1905 (Eskandara) Died: February 1960, aged 82 Where: Worcester, Mass. Where: Worcester, Mass. Birth: March 1859 Married: Abraham BOOSAHDA (El-Hajj) 6b Nimery FARRAH Date...