My grandfather came to Canada around the year 1900. After peddling long enough to save some cash, he opened a general store in . Damien, Quebec . In 1927, my parents, who had just been married for two years, moved to the next village of . Paul to open their own general store. Dad's original store in . Paul My father also served as the village barber and the dentist. Because my mother's only sister, Mary ( Mrs . Joseph Kays ), was in Charlottetown , and the fact that there was a relatively large Lebanese community here, the decision was made to move to Charlottetown .