A photograph collage of traditional Lebanese dishes.

A photograph of young Wade and Kathleen Saleeby, standing outside together with a young child, perhaps their eldest son, Wade Samir Saleeby, Jr.

A photograph of a group of people at the wedding of Fred and Pat Saleeby (center). The group is posed behind a long banquet table holding flowers, gifts, and cake.

A portrait of Pat and Fred Saleeby on their wedding day, seated on the ground together on Pat's spread-out wedding gown. Fred is dressed in his United States Military uniform.

A portrait photograph of Helen Saleeby.

A census document containing information about George Richard (G.R.) Saleeby, his wife, Najaa, and the three of their eight children who were living at home in 1940: Sam, Joe, Samera, and Albert. Also living with them was "Joe," listed as a brother.

A page from the 1940 United States census depicting John and Helen Saleeby. Also listed are seven of their eight children: Fred, George, Wade, Lawrence, Michael, Ralph, and Claudette.

A photograph of Helen Saleeby holding an infant identified as Fred Saleeby.

Studio portrait of Helen Saleeby in a fur coat.

A copy of the Saleeby family crest. The dominant figure in the crest, the cross, stems from the origin of the name "Saleeby/Salibi," which derives from "saleeb," which means "cross" in Arabic. Family history says that the Saleeby/Saliba family was…