(3) ALBERT JOSEPH ZAKEM (1899-1978)

ALBERT ZAKEM, my father, was born on January 1, 1889 in Kfeir. At the age of 13 he came to Canada to be with his father, Joseph who was living in St. Damien Quebec. Ten years later Albert and his brother Said returned to Kfeir on August 6, 1923 and were met by his mother, brother Toufic and sisters Mariam and Naheel.

Dad married my mother Haniya (Ann) Marji on August 3, 1924. My parents, along with Yvonne, who was four months old at the time, left Kfeir on Tuesday September 15, 1925. Yvonne was was born on May 7, 1925. They took a 14000—t0n ship called “Canada” from Beirut and it stopped at Marseille, Paris and Sherbrooke, France. From France they took a ship called “Mannedosa” and arrived in Quebec October 16, 1925. They were met at the station by my grandfather and in his notes my father mentions that there was six

inches of snow on the ground.

Parents wedding 1924 Lebanon

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