The Abou Rjeily USA Founders (Bourjaily and Aborjaily)

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Ellis Island Records show the below individuals who entrered the USA through Ellis Island port.

Most of the names could be linked to the Family tree while some couldn't.

Kab Elias Club - Bourjaily and Haddad immigrants to the USA, originating from Kab Elias, Lebanon. Picture taken in Lawrence, Massachussets in 1911.

Second from the right, with a hand on her shoulder: Terkman Bourjaily (1875-1850) from Kab Elias Lebanon. Married to Ferris Mansour Bourjaily

Third from the right, behind Terkman: Daher Bourjaily, brother of Ferris Mansour Bourjaily, from Kteleh, Lebanon

First from the right, first raw, kneeling: Monte 1 Bourjaily (1894 -1979), son of Ferris Mansour and Terkman Bourjaily. He was 17 years old

First from the left, first raw, Alice Bourjaily (1907-1946), daughter of Ferris Mansour and Terkman Bourjaily. She was 4 years old

The First Aborjaily / Bourjaily / Abourjaily immigrants as extracted from Ellis Island Records were:

	First Name	Last Name	Nationality	Last Place of Residence	Date of Arrival to Ellis Island	Age at Arrival	Gender	Marital Status	Ship of Travel	Port of Departure	Manifest Line Number
1	Rafka	Bourjaili	Syrian, Syria	Kab Elias	November 17, 1922	47	F	Married	Berengaria	Southampton	14
2	Maheba	Bourjaily	Syrian, Syria	Kab Elias	September 13, 1920	17	F	Single	New York	Southampton	28
3	Maheeba	Aborjaily	US Citizen	Boston, Mass	September 13, 1920	17	F	Single	New York	Cherbourg, France	3
4	Anna	Bourjaily			1957		F		Valmar		9
5	Paul	Boujaily	US Citizen	Cleveland Ohio	1928		M		American Farmer		5
6	Monte F	Boujaily	US Citizen	Cleveland Ohio	1928	7	M		American Farmer		3
7	Julia	Bourjaily			1955		F		F-BHBA		13
8	Bettine	Bourjaily			1957		F		Valmar		8
9	Vance	Bourjaily		Cleveland Ohio	1933	10	M		Monarch of Bermuda		11
10	Barbara	Bourjaily		Los Angeles, California	1933	35	F		Monarch of Bermuda		10
11	Vance	Bourjaily		Cleveland Ohio	1928	5	M		American Farmer		4
12	Barbara	Bourjaily		Los Angeles, California	1928	30	F		American Farmer		2
13	Elias	Abourjaillie	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	February 26, 1913	20	M	Single	Oceanic	Cherbourg, France	9
14	Bechara	Abourjaily	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	October 9, 1920	66	M	Single	Gothland	Cherbourg, France	3
15	Wadiah	Abourjaily	Turkey, Syrian	Kab Elias	June 8, 1913	18	F	Single	Martha Washington	Patras	19
16	Olga	Abourjile		Va	1931	9	F		Byron		6
17	Elias	Abourjilie	USA		April 14, 1905	36	M		Byron		4
18	Assaad	Abourgeibe	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	December 4, 1902	25	M	Single	Moltke	Boulogne Sur Mer	17
19	Theodose	Abourgely	Libanon		April 18, 1905	50	M		Byron		1
20	Olga	Abourgilia		Norfolk Va	1925	4	F		Asia		3
21	Georges	Abourgilie		Norfolk Va	April 8, 1905	2			Asia		4
22	Lois Vangham	Abougilie		Hartford N C	April 8, 1905	25	F		Asia		2
23	Najib	Bourjaeli	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	December 3, 1900	10	M	Single	Potsdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	7
24	Amin	Bourjaeli	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	December 3, 1900	15	F	Single	Potsdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	28
25	Nemez	Bourjaeli	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	December 3, 1900	25	M	Single	Potsdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	1
26	Kaleel	Bourjaeli	Syrian, Syria	Beirut	December 3, 1900	25	M	Married	Potsdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	5
27	Najeli	Bourjali	Turkey, Syrian	Boston, Mass	December 5, 1905	22	M	Married	La Gascogne	Havre	26
28	Nemer	Bourjali	Turkey, Syrian	Beirut	December 5, 1905	25	M	Single	La Gascogne	Havre	25
29	Tanous	Bourjaille	Turkey, Syrian	Kab Elias	December 12, 1912	23	M	Single	Chicago	Havre	16
30	Turkemann	Bourjeli	Syrian, Syria	Zahla	November 22, 1900	20	F	Widowed	Amsterdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	3
31	Mansour	Bourjeli	Syrian, Syria	Zahla	November 22, 1900	4	M	Single	Amsterdam	Boulogne Sur Mer	4
32	Wadiah	Abourjaly	Turkey, Syrian	Abelies, Turkey A.	June 8, 1908	18	M	Single	Martha Washington	Patras	19

Rafka is the wife of Samuel (Saleem) /Elias/Najm Bourjaily. She was born on 1875. She is the mother of William 1 (Wadih) (1898-1976) and Lewis Sr (Elias) (1908-1968)

Ferris Mansour Bourjaily (1875)
ID: Ferris/Mansour/Assaf/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah
Spouse: Terkman Bourjaily (Turkemann Bourjeli) (1875-1850) from Kab Elias Lebanon. Terkman landed in the USD on 22 November 1900, with her som Monte 1 (Mansour) before her husband joined her
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
Residence: Lowell, Massachusetts

Shaheen Mansour Bourjaily (1878-1953)
ID: Shaheen/Mansour/ Assaf/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah.
Spouse: Julia Saad (1883-1958).
Date of arrival to the States: 1911, Julia followed him in 1920. 
Children: Mary (1904), Nazerra (1906), and Esma (1909), Frederick (1924) and Ferris (1921)
Origin: Shaheen and Julia originated from Kteleh.
Residence: Detroit Michigan

Notes: Shaheen is the brother of Ferris. Shaheen and Ferris had also a brother called Daher

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: Ruth Abraham Bourjaily
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.

Khaleel Bourjaily (1875-1935) 
ID: Khaleel/Youssef/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah. His lebanese name is Hanna 
Spouse: Naheel Habeeb (1880-1957). She is the sister of Maty Habeed who married Khaleel's brother John Aborjaily
Date of arrival to the States: 8 June 1906 (or 3 Dec 1900 as per Ellis Island records)
Children: Rose, Jeannette, Linda, Azeeza, Edward
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Boston, Massachussets, USA
Khaleel made 5 trips to the United States from Lebanon, the last one was in 1913 with his son Edward, went to Brazil, then to the states. First settled in Syracuse, New York with his brother Najm, then left for Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained until his death. After World War I, he was joined by his daughters, Azeeza and Rose. Then his wife and two younger daughters followed two years later in 1921.

Najm Bourjaily
ID: Najm/Youssef/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah.
Spouse: Hind Bourjaily.
Date of arrival to the States: 5 Dec 1905
Children: Ruth and Rosetta Bourjaily 
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Syracuse, NY

James (Najib) Bourjaily (1883-1972)
ID: James/Assaad/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah. 
Spouse: Julia Habeeb (1885-1963).
Date of arrival to the States: 5 Dec 1905
Children: Frederick Bourjaily, Katherine Bourjaily
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Left Lawrence, MA around 1936 and went to El Paso, Texas, where he opened a store of liquor. He remained there for the rest of his life

Willam 1 (Wadih) Bourjaily (1898-1976)
ID: William 1/Samuel/Elias/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah. 
Spouse: Rose Bourjaily (1907). She was the daughter of Khaleel/Youssef/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah
Date of arrival to the States: 8 June 1913
Children: William 2 Bourjaily (1936), Lila Bourjaily Ansley (1939) 
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Cleveland, Ohio

Nimr Aborjaily (1876-1937) 
ID: Nimr/Assaad/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah. 
Spouse: Kameely (1893-1980) coming from Bhamdoun Lebanon. She immigrated to the USA in 1913
Date of arrival to the States: 8 June 1906
Children: Eugenie, Arthur, Mary, Alfred, Lilian, Georges, Elizabeth
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Massachussets, USA

John (Hanna) Aborjaily (1884-) 
ID: John/Youssef/Najm/Berjas/Atallah/Elias/Ferris/Elias/Atallah/Elias/Atallah. 
Spouse: Mary Habeeb. (Her Lebanese name was Saideh. Spelled Sadieh in the Ellis Island ship manifest)
Date of arrival to the States: 8 June 1906
Children: Frederick Aborjaily, Katherine Aborjaily
Origin: Kab Elias, Lebanon
Residence: Boston, Massachussets, USA

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), Born in Lawrence, MA, Died in El Paso TX