JOIN THE ARAB AMERICAN MAILING LIST
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Re: JOIN THE ARAB AMERICAN MAILING LIST
 kathleenesper27
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007 12:37AM GMT |
Classification: Query
KARIMA- I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT. I AM AN AMERICAN WHO MARRIED A FIRST GENERATION LEBANESE MAN. I HAVE STARTED WITH HIS ANCESTRY.WHAT A FREAKIN NIGHTMARE. MY F-I-L JAMES S ESPER CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1920 UNDER JAMAL ABOUD, WITH HIS MOTHER,CHAFIPA ABOUD AND HIS SISTERS, ALL UNDER THE ABOUD NAME. CHAPIFA(SOPHIA)'S MAIDEN NAME, I AM TOLD WAS SALIBA.CHAPIFA WAS MEETING HER HUSBAND, WHO HAD IMMIGRATED TO THE USA YEARS BEFORE, AND HIS NAME BECAME SOLOMON ESPER.CANNOT FIND HIS IMMIGRATION...WHERE DID THE ABOUD NAME COME FROM? HOW DID JAMAL ABOUD BECOME JAMES ESPER?WHY WAS NOT SOPHIA'S NAME WHEN SHE CAME TO THE USA, ESPER OR ESBER?