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  • Tags: Immigration

Date: 1897 June 15
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_028.pdf

Date: 1897 June 15
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_029.pdf

Date: 1897 June 18
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_030.pdf

Date: 1897 June 24
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_033.pdf

Date: 1897 June 24
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_136.pdf

Date: 1900 Feb 8
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_062.pdf

Date: 1900 Sept 11
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_082.pdf

Date: 1900 Sept 12
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_083.pdf

Date: 1900 Sept 8
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_081.pdf

Mettrey Wehbie Naturalization Certificate
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2015_071.pdf

Naturalization Papers for George Joseph Safy dated 2 Nov 1903. Occupation listed as cigar dealer. Year of arrival listed as 1894. Reference testimony given by Anthony M. Nofal.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0031/kc0031_003.pdf

Date: 1904
From Trey Matthews: "Passport Application for George Joseph Safy dated 6 Aug 1904. Birth date listed as 4 Jan 1877 in Syria. Year of arrival listed as 1894. Witnessed by Salim B. Nofal."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0031/kc0031_002.pdf

Date: 1905 June 23
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_034.pdf

Date: 1905 June 27
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_126.pdf

Date: 1905-1915
Handwritten diary entries of Maron Domit Barkett providing an account of the early years following immigration of to America, arranged chronologically by date. Subjects include the birth of his children, health of his family, and his search for work.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0022/kc0022_023.pdf

Date: 1907
Caption from Trey Matthews: "Passenger list for the S.S. Majestic, departing Chergourg, [sic] France, arriving in New York 21 Aug 1907. Listed are George and Soosan (Susie) Safy."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0031/kc0031_001.pdf

Date: 1907 May 14
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_141.pdf

Date: 1909 July 29
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_152.pdf

Date: 1909 Oct 4
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service on October 4, 1909. This record was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_JabourBoutros001_wm.pdf

Date: 1909 Sept 9
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on September 9, 1909, sent to the Superintendent of Schools of Lawrence, MA, and signed by Commissioner William Williams. It states that Nassif Fadellah arrived in the United States on July 17,…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_FadellahNassif001_wm.pdf

Date: 1910
A copy of a photograph of a group of Lebanese Immigrants from Bqaatouta (Bkaatouta, Bqaatouta), Lebanon in Carthage, New York in front of a department store.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-218.pdf

This record, produced in Marseille, France, on August 25, 1910, gives information about Kalil Joseph Assid's immigration in 1910. It provides his age as 17 and birthdate as August 8, 1903. The back of the document gives information about him: he…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AssidKalil001.pdf

Date: 1910 Nov 7
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on November 7, 1910, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Commissioner William Williams. It certifies that Najeeb R. Hauna arrived in the United…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HounaNajib001_wm.pdf

Date: 1910 Oct
Contract for transportation by sea by the Transatlantic General Company out of Marseille, France. Phillipe Hatem was travelling to New York and left on October 22, 1910. The liner he was travelling on was called the Florida [Floride]. The back of the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HatemPhilippe001_wm.pdf

An immigration record, produced in Marseille, France, on September 15, 1910. It lists Rosa Bon Assaby as 17 years old and her destination as Lawrence, Massachusetts. The back states that she can read and write, is Syrian, a housewife, and on her…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_BonAssabyRosa001_wm.pdf

Date: 1911
A postcard depicting the Whitehall Building on Washington St. in Battery Place. There was a store in the bottom corner of the buildling run by a Syrian man by the name of Kato or Kado. This view of the building shows what the Arabs saw when they were…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0059/LJacobs012.pdf

Contract for transportation by sea for Youssef Nassif, who was travelling to New York on the Bretagne and was departing on April 29, 1911. He was travelling with his daughter, Hafya Nassif [17], and his other child, Shekri [11]. On the back of the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_NassifHayfa001_wm.pdf

Date: 1911 Aug 10
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on August 10, 1911, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It certifies that Amin Vagibey arrived in the United States…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_VagibeyAmin001_wm.pdf

Date: 1911 Dec 2
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service on December 2, 1911, at Ellis Island. It was sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_MradLisa001_wm.pdf

Date: 1911 Dec 30
An immigration record for Abdulla Woysouf issued on December 30, 1911, in Marseille, France. It lists his age as 16 and his destination as Lawrence, Massachusetts. Handwritten on the bottom is a pencil notation that reads "Card [ill.] 1-19-12 Joseph…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_WoysoufAbdulla001_wm.pdf

Date: 1911 Dec 30
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service, on December 30, 1911. It was was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HajjarMarie001_wm.pdf

This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on December 26, 1911, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It confirms Maria Ajar's arrival in the United States on…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AjarMaria001.pdf

Date: 1911 Nov 17
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service on November 17, 1911. It was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HabilAlice001_wm.pdf

This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on November 10, 1911, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It confirms Milia Ahi's arrival in the United States on…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AhiMilia001.pdf

An immigration record from Marseille, France, created on September 16, 1911. The record lists Alice Abdalla as immigrating at age 17 in 1911. On the back of the record is information including her profession, the fact that she could read, that it was…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AbdallaAlice001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912
An immigration record for A[?] Selim indicating prepaid passage on the Austro-American line in 1912. On the back, handwritten in pencil, is "Arrived October 17, 1912 at New York."
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_SalemJ001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912
An immigration record for Nasib Dow created in 1912. On the front is a document issued upon his passage on an Austro-Americana line sailing from Argentina. Another name is listed along with Dow's, though it is illegible.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_DowNasib001_wm.pdf

Contract for transportation by sea for Hatem A. [Adio] Nasser who was travelling to New York on the Touraine and was departing on April 20, 1912. The back of the document states that Hatem was born on May 1, 1896. He was Syrian, his destination was…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_NassarAdio001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 Aug 13
An immigration record sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, on August 13, 1912, certifying that Byron Hall and the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service, was unable to find immigration…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_MohamedAli001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 Dec 14
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on December 14, 1912, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It certifies that Catherine Siyoufi arrived in the United…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_SiyoufiCatherine001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 Dec 14
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service, on December 14, 1912. It was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_GoenemToulfi001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 Jan 6
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on January 6, 1912, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It certifies that Malsina Tilfly arrived in the United…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_TilflyMalsina001_wm.pdf

This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on January 11, 1912, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It confirms Layla Akel's arrival in the United States on…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AkelLayla001.pdf

Date: 1912 July 22
An immigration record copied from information created at Ellis Island, New York. It was created on July 22, 1912, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. The record details the admission of Mershed N. Abdalla into the United States. This record…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AbdallaMershed001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 June 14
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service, sent on June 14, 1912. It was was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HassanAbdalla001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 June 29
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on June 29, 1912, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It certifies that Bahia Rahmi arrived in the United States on…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_RahmiBahia001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 May
Contract for transportation by sea for Nicola Nazria (16) and her sister Nabeha Nazria (11). They were going to New York and were departing on June 1, 1912. The back of the document states that Nicola was Syrian, was travelling to Dover, New…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_NaziraNicola001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 May 12
Passport for Sailem Assid, written in French and Arabic. This passport was given to Sailem in Lebanon (then Ottoman Empire territory). The information portion of the document states that he was 19 years old and was born in El Chamis, Yemen. His…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AssidSailempassport_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 May 15
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on May 24, 1912, sent to Bernard M. Sheriden, superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It confirms Elias Assad's arrival in the United States on May…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AssadElias001.pdf

Date: 1912 May 18
A letter from Byron Hall, acting Commissioner of the United States Immigration Service, to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, sent on May 18, 1912. It states that his office was unable to verify that Joseph Schickrie was…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_SchickrieJoseph001_wm.pdf
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