Mikhail Naimy family in Lebanon and glimpses of the family in USA

 

 

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Family members:

الأب: يوسف نعيمه، كنيْته ’بو ديب‘ تبْعاً لابنه البكر ’أديب‘

Father: Youssef Naimy, nicknamed as Bou Deeb

 

الأم: لطيفة خلَف، كنيتها ’أم ديب‘ تبْعاً لابنها البكر أديب

Mother: Lateefek Khalaf, nicknamed as Emm Deeb

الابن البكر: أديب\ديب، الذي حوّل اسمه إلى ’دجو‘ أبان إقامته في الولايات المتحدة

 

The eldest: Adeeb/Deeb, later in USA (since 1890), changed his name to Joe

الابن الثاني: هيكل، الذي تحوّل اسمه إلى ’هنري‘ عندما هاجر إلى الولايات المتحدة

The second: Haykal, later in USA, changed his name to Henry

الابن الثالث: ميخائيل

The third: Mikhail

 

الابن الرابع: نجيب

The fourth: Najeeb

 

الأخت الوحيدة: غالية

The fifth: Ghalia – the only girl among the siblings

 

الأخ الأصغر: نسيب، الذي توفى بداء السلّ وهو في العشرينيّات من عمره إبّان عودته من فرنسا حيث نال إجازة في الهندسة الزراعيّة.

The sixth and youngest: Nasseeb, who died in Baskinta in his early twenties of tuberculosis, after finishing his studies in France in agricultural engineering.

 

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Adeeb/Deeb, the eldest brother of Mikhail Naimy, traveled to USA in 1900 when he was 16 years old; he was sent by his mother to improve his life conditions. Haykal, the second brother, joined his brother later in USA. Both brothers chose Seattle, Walla Walla Washington, for their stay.  They both stayed in USA until the end of their lives.  Adeeb/Deeb, who changed his name to Joe, got married to a Lebanese from Baskinta, and had four kids.  Haykal, who changed his name to Henry in USA, got married to an American and had no children.

هاجر أديب، الابن البكر، إلى الولايات المتحدة سنة 1900، وهو في السادسة عشرة من عمره، وتبعه شقيقه هيكل، وذلك بإصرار من والدتهما لطيفة لتحسين وضعهما المعيشي. وسكن الشقيقان في مدينة سياتل - ولاية والاوالا واشنطن، ولم يعودا إلى لبنان أبداً.  تزوّج أديب\ديب، أو دجو، من فتاة لبنانية من قريته بسكنتا، وأنجبا أربعة أولاد.  أمّا هيكل، أي هنري، فاقترن بأميركيّة ولم ينجبا أولاداً.

 

In Lebanon:

 

  1. Najeeb, Mikhail Naimy’s brother who is 11 years younger, got married to Zakieh Haddad, and together got three children (in chronological order): May, Youssef, and Nadeem.
  • May: married her maternal cousin Fawzi Boutros Haddad who is from Baskinta, and got separated after two years, while pregnant with her daughter Suha. Their divorce came 17 years after their separation.
  1. Suha is not married.

 

  • Youssef: married to Siham Haleem Naimy, who is from Baskinta, and together had three children (in chronological order): Zakieh (taking the name of her paternal grandmother), Najeeb (taking the name of his paternal grandfather), and Vivianne (taking the name of her father’s cousin in USA).
  1. Zakieh was married to George Basseel and together they have three girls (in chronological order): Ghinwa, Dana, and Rand. Zakieh and George are now divorced.
  2. Najeeb is married to Aleen… and together they have three children (in chronological order): Varia, Youssef, and Ameen.
  3. Vivianne is married to Nidaa Abou Mrad, and together they have one daughter Cecile.

 

  • Nadeem: married Bushra Saleem Rabbani, who is from Palestine, and together they have two sons: Mischa (taking the nickname of Mikhail) and Nasseeb (taking the name of Nadeem’s youngest uncle who passed away because of the tuberculosis that had hit him when he was still in his twenties).
  1. Mischa is not married.
  2. Nasseeb was married to Nadine Mansour (now divorced) and together they have one son: Nadeem Naimy, nick-named as Naddy.

 

  1. Ghalia: married Ameen Sleiman Abou Haydar (mother Sa’ida), who is the seventh child of a family of nine, and who is from Baskinta. Together, they had the twins Hasseeba and Hasseeb (Hasseeba died at an early age), Sleiman (who passed away at an early age), Sameer, Jareer, and Adonis (who did not marry). 

 

  • Hasseeb: married Nelly Khoury, from Baskinta, and together they had (in chronological order) Salem, Bushra (named after Nadeem’s wife), Ameen (named after the father).
  1. Salem married Emily Haydar, who is from Baskinta, and together they have two children George and Jana.
  2. Bushra is married to Wadih Abou Zahr, and they have no children.
  3. Ameen is married to Noelle Maatouk, from Baskinta, and together they have three children (in chronological order): Elio, Ramy, and Aya.

 

  • Sameer: married Juliette Haddad from Baskinta, and together have their only son Rafeeq. Juliette died at an early age, leaving her only son behind, who traveled with his paternal uncle Jareer to London when he was 10 and continued his life there.
  1. Rafeeq is married to Mary … from Ireland, and together they have John and Christopher.  

 

Sameer remarried Marie Haddad from Ain Zhlata, Chouf Caza, and together have three children (in chronological order):  Ghalia (named after her paternal grandmother), Nasseeb (named after Mikhail Naimy’s brother – who is Ghalia’s brother as well- who passed away at an early age), and Elias (named after the father, Sameer’s, unmarried paternal uncle).

  1. Ghalia married Tony Karam, from Baskinta, and together they have three girls (in chronological order): Marie, Mia, and Christina.
  2. Nasseeb is married to Rabine Mdawwar, from Baskinta, and together they have three children (in chronological order): Rafeeq, Samy and Rita.
  3. Elias is married to Amal Abou Haydar, from Baskinta, and together they have four children (in chronological order): Sameer, Meera, Marie, and Christie.

 

  • Jareer is married to Fareeda, who is Jordanian, and together they have three children (in chronological order): Ghaly, Ammar, and Nadia
  1. Ghaly got divorced
  2. Ammar is married to Veronica, who is from England and together they have two children (in chronological order): Julia and Youssef.