(3) NAHIL ZAKEM (1911- 1992)

N ahil Zakem born in 1911 in Kfair and was the youngest of the children of Joseph and Zaryfie Zakem. She came to Canada in 1925 with her mother, sister Miriam and brothers Said and Toufic.

I remember her as a very beautiful movie star type a person and my cousin Adeeb told me that his father George Sadd, said that when he first saw Nahil, it was love at first sight. They were married on October 23, 1929.

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George Sadd and Nahil Zakem

George Sadd was previously married in Lebanon but his wife and daughter died of the fever that was spreading the country at that time. He moved to the United States and was visiting my grandfather’s home in St Damien Quebec when he met Nahil. After they were married they moved to Toledo, Ohio where he owned and operated a neighborhood grocery store for some years. Nahil worked as cashier and up front “manager”.

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