Ferris Mansour Bourjaily
(1875)
ID: Ferris/Mansour/Assaf/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah
Spouse: Turkman Bourjaily
(1875).
Date of arrival to the States: 1904.
Children: Alice Bourjaily (1893), Monte 1 Bourjaily (1894 -1979) and Toufic
Bourjaily (1895-1899).
Origin: Ferris originated from Kteleh in Lebanon
and Turkman from Kab
Elias in Lebanon
Residence: Lowell, Massachusetts
Notes: Turkman migrated to the states with her
three children in 1901. She was followed by Ferris in 1904
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Figure 1: Founders of the Bourjaily Aborjaily branches in
the USA
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Nimr
Assaad Aborjaily
(1876-1937)
ID: Nimr/Assaad/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah.
Spouse: Kameele Aborjaily
(1893)
Date of arrival to the States: 1905, Kamelee
arrived to the States in 1913.
Children: Eugenie Aborjaily (1914), Arthur (Assad) Aborjaily (1916), Mary Aborjaily
(1918), Alfred Nimr Aborjaily
(1921-1987), Lillian Aborjaily (1923), Georges Aborjaily (1925) and Elizabeth Aborjaily
(1929)
Origin: Nimr originated from Kab
Elias and Kamelee originated from Bhamdoun.
Residence: Lawrence Massachusetts
Notes: He migrated to the states in 1905 through Ellis Island. He went back
to Lebanon in 1912, married Kamelee Bourjaily from Bhamdoun and
came back to the states in 1913. He run a store with his brother James (Najib) who was already in the country in Lawrence
Massachusetts. He then moved to Boston where he died in 1937.
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Louis Sr. Samuel Bourjaily
(1906-1968)
ID: Louis Sr/Samuel/Elias/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah.
His lebanese name is Elias
Spouse:
Date of arrival to the States:
Children: Louis Jr Bourjaily (1932), Paul Ronald Bourjaily (1937), Mary Anne Bourjaily
(1943) and Richard Bourjaily (1948)
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Western Springs, Illinois, USA.
Notes: Louis came over from Lebanon through Marseilles as Elias Saleem Aborjaily. He is the
brother of William Samuel Bourjaily. He was headed
through Ellis Island to Cleveland where his brother, Bill, already lived and
had a small grocery store. He never knew his father who died before he was
born. But his mother, Rifka ultimately came to
Cleveland to live with her sons until she passed away.
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James Assaad Bourjaily
(1883-1972) Born in Kabelias, Lebanon Died in El
Paso, TX
Julia Habeeb Bourjaily
(1885-1963) Born in Lebanon Died in El Paso, TX
Mabel Bourjaily (1903-1983), Born
in Kabelias Lebanon Died in North Bergen, NJ
Nellie Bourjaily (1905-1963), Born
in Lawrence, MA Died in El Paso, TX
Josephine Bourjaily (1911-1958),
Born In Lawrence , MA Died in El Paso, TX
Thomas M. Karam (1905-1959) Born
In Syr Al Danniyeh N Leb Died in El Paso, TX
Helen Bourjaily (1913-1997) Born
in Lawrence, MA Died in El Paso, TX
Alice Bourjaily (1914-1995), Born
in Lawrence, MA Died in El Paso, TX
Ernest Bourjaily (1923-2006), Born
In Lawrence, MA Died in El Paso, TX
Yvonne Bourjaily (1926-2010)
Lawrence MA Died in El Paso, TX
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