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Husband: Saleem BOALBEY
Name: Hanna Abou OLBE (1) Born: DEC 1885 in Ine Isha'ara, Syria (2) Married: about 1907 (12) Died: 16 DEC 1932 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois (3) Father: Esa BOALBEY Mother: Zina Mary BOAGEL Spouses: Sunshine FARAH
Wife: MARY
Born: about 1886 in Syria (10) Died: Father: Mother: Spouses:
Additional Information
Saleem BOALBEY: Residence: APR 1910, Herrin, Williamson County, Illinois 4
Residence: JAN 1920, Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois 5
Residence: APR 1930, Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois 6
Immigration: 19 JUL 1901 7
Immigration: 1902 8
Immigration: 1903 9
gives the birth date, birth place given by son Alexander. The town name may be Ain Charra, which is highest Syrian village on Mount Hermon (about an hour from Damascus , the Capital of Syria).
Ibid., #32020173.
filed 22 Dec 1932.
U.S. Census; 1910 Williamson County, Illinois.
He was living at 205 Jefferson St.
U.S. Census; 1920 Alexander County, Illinois.
he is living at 1301 Commercial Ave.
U.S. Census; 1930 Alexander County, Illinois.
his address is recorded as 1401 Commercial Ave., though this is probably an error. In 1920 he was recorded as living at 1301 Commercial Ave. and when he died in 1932 he was still living there.
Ellis Island Immigration Records.
He arrived at Ellis Island under the name "Hanna Abou Olbe" on the S.S. Olbia on 19 July 1901 en route to his "cousin George Nesser" in Fort Wayne, IN. He was traveling with "Selim Tannous" his future brother-in-law.
