. "a \ , E ii Grandfather Joseph Zakem’s store in St. Damien, Quebec

He sold the business in 1942 and moved to Charlottetown where now five of his seven children were living: My aunts Saidah (Mrs. Nemir Tweel) and Mariam (Mrs. Albert Kays) my dad Albert and uncles’ Sayleem and Toufic. I was always under the impression that my grandfather came to Charlottetown for the first time in 1942 when he sold the business in Quebec. I received an article from the local newspaper of June 19, 1934 that stated, “Mr. Joseph Zakem from St. Damien Quebec, arrived in the City on a visit to his daughter Mrs, Albert Kays (Mariam Zakem)”. I obtained a picture from my cousin Rita Tweel that shows my grandparents taken in 1927 or 1928 in front of Nemir Tweel’s store on University Avenue.

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Back row left to right: Niiner Tweel, hisiwife Saidah holding her son Saminiy uncle Said, my dad Albert Zakem, aunt Nahil and Marian, grandmother Zaryfie and grandfather Joseph Zakem. Front row: Daniel,

Faris and Rita Tweel, Located at 45 Elm Avenue, now called University Avenue. 1927 or 1928.

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