IS THERE ANYONE WHO COULD HELP ME FIND MY GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED WITH HER SON GEORGE SOLOMON, HER NAME WAS MARY SOULEIMAN, OR SHE COULD HAVE USE THE NAME OF MARY SOLOMON, SINCE SHE CAME HERE FROM LEBANON IN 1917 OR 1918-1919, DATE NOT SURE. HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER WERE KILLED IN LEBANON AND SHE CAME TO THE USA SOMETIME DURING THOSE YEARS,(SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY GOT KILLED,), BUT KNOW THAT SHE TOOK HER THREE DAUGHTERS TO USA AND HER SONS FOLLOW IN AUGUST 1920. SHE LIVED WITH HER YOUNGEST SON GEORGE, UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1930. SHE WAS BURIED IN THE U.S. SYRIAN R.C. CEMETERY IN LAWRENCE MASS. I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE ADDRESS OF THIS CEMETERY WITHOUT LUCK, IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF THIS CEMETERY, IT'S LOCATION, IS IT SAFE TO VISIT. I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO THE SEXTON, TO GET THE LOCATION OF HER GRAVESITE, BECAUSE I AM PLANNING A TRIP TO MASS. IN AUGUST AND WOULD LIKE TO VISIT HER GRAVE. I ALSO HAVE AN AUNT EMILY SOULEIMAN, WHO BECAME A NUN WITH THE NORTE DAME ORDER, AS A TEACHING NUN, SHE DIED IN 1929 OR 1930 AND BURIED IN THE CALVERY CEMETERY, LAWRENCE MASS. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME THE ADDRESS OF THIS ORDER OR THE NAME , ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FROM THOSE YEARS, SO I COULD GET A COPY OF HER OBIT. WHAT IS THE ADDRESS AND HONE NUMBER OF ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH AND CEMETERY IN LAWRENCE. THANK YOU ANY HELP OR DIRECTION YOU COULD SHARE WITH ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JOYCE DEBELLE SOLOMON [email protected]
I think this is the church you are looking for - St Anthony Maronite Parish 145 Amesbury St Lawrence, MA 01841 Phone: (978) 685-7233 Fax: (978) 688-4475 A Parish of Eparchy of St Maron of Brooklyn I found this also - St. Anthony Maronite was established in 1903 to take care of the spiritual needs of Lebanese Catholics I found the Syrian Cemetery on a map, but not its address. If you call the church, they should be able to help you with that information. You could try here as well - http://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/ Lawrence History Center, formerly Immigrant City Archives, One newspaper is the Eagle Tribune http://www.eagletribune.com/framesets/comphistory.htm lisa [email protected] Lisa [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 3:51 PM Subject: [GenCT] Re: GenConnecticut-D Digest V04 #99 > IS THERE ANYONE WHO COULD HELP ME FIND MY GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED WITH HER SON > GEORGE SOLOMON, HER NAME WAS MARY SOULEIMAN, OR SHE COULD HAVE USE THE NAME OF > MARY SOLOMON, SINCE SHE CAME HERE FROM LEBANON IN 1917 OR 1918-1919, DATE NOT > SURE. HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER WERE KILLED IN LEBANON AND SHE CAME TO THE > USA SOMETIME DURING THOSE YEARS,(SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY GOT KILLED,), BUT > KNOW THAT SHE TOOK HER THREE DAUGHTERS TO USA AND HER SONS FOLLOW IN AUGUST > 1920. SHE LIVED WITH HER YOUNGEST SON GEORGE, UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1930. > SHE WAS BURIED IN THE U.S. SYRIAN R.C. CEMETERY IN LAWRENCE MASS. > I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE ADDRESS OF THIS CEMETERY WITHOUT LUCK, IS THERE > ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF THIS CEMETERY, IT'S LOCATION, IS IT SAFE TO VISIT. > I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO THE SEXTON, TO GET THE LOCATION OF HER GRAVESITE, > BECAUSE I AM PLANNING A TRIP TO MASS. IN AUGUST AND WOULD LIKE TO VISIT HER > GRAVE. > I ALSO HAVE AN AUNT EMILY SOULEIMAN, WHO BECAME A NUN WITH THE NORTE DAME > ORDER, AS A TEACHING NUN, SHE DIED IN 1929 OR 1930 AND BURIED IN THE CALVERY > CEMETERY, LAWRENCE MASS. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME THE ADDRESS OF THIS ORDER OR > THE NAME , ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FROM THOSE YEARS, SO I > COULD GET A COPY OF HER OBIT. > WHAT IS THE ADDRESS AND HONE NUMBER OF ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH AND CEMETERY IN > LAWRENCE. > THANK YOU ANY HELP OR DIRECTION YOU COULD SHARE WITH ME WOULD BE GREATLY > APPRECIATED. JOYCE DEBELLE SOLOMON [email protected] >