Born to Farris ibn Guttas and Catherine Joseph Al Khoury in the parish of St. John The Baptist where his uncle was the pastor in the small village of Salima in the Baabda [or Southern Matn, Metn] District in Lebanon's Mount Lebanon Governorate. Baabda District was then occupied by a population of almost entirely Christian with some Druze and even fewer Shias.
Yuseff anglicized his name to Joseph and emigrated to America circa 1903, before the collapse of the Lebanese and Syrian silk industry. After immigrating to West Virginia he was working as a fruit merchant before becoming the founder of the Farris Quality Ice Cream factory.
He married Mary Solomon [Suleiman] of Beit Chabab and they had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon Aloyisius (1925). A hard worker, but described as stern and gruff by a nephew. Joseph was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He suffered from Diabetes Mellitus and lost his sight as a result.
Yuseff anglicized his name to Joseph and emigrated to America circa 1903, before the collapse of the Lebanese and Syrian silk industry. After immigrating to West Virginia he was working as a fruit merchant before becoming the founder of the Farris Quality Ice Cream factory.
He married Mary Solomon [Suleiman] of Beit Chabab and they had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon Aloyisius (1925). A hard worker, but described as stern and gruff by a nephew. Joseph was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He suffered from Diabetes Mellitus and lost his sight as a result.
Born to Farris ibn Guttas and Catherine Joseph Al Khoury in the parish of St. John The Baptist where his uncle was the pastor in the small village of Salima in the Baabda [or Southern Matn, Metn] District in Lebanon's Mount Lebanon Governorate. Baabda District was then occupied by a population of almost entirely Christian with some Druze and even fewer Shias.
Yuseff anglicized his name to Joseph and emigrated to America circa 1903, before the collapse of the Lebanese and Syrian silk industry. After immigrating to West Virginia he was working as a fruit merchant before becoming the founder of the Farris Quality Ice Cream factory.
He married Mary Solomon [Suleiman] of Beit Chabab and they had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon Aloyisius (1925). A hard worker, but described as stern and gruff by a nephew. Joseph was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He suffered from Diabetes Mellitus and lost his sight as a result.
Yuseff anglicized his name to Joseph and emigrated to America circa 1903, before the collapse of the Lebanese and Syrian silk industry. After immigrating to West Virginia he was working as a fruit merchant before becoming the founder of the Farris Quality Ice Cream factory.
He married Mary Solomon [Suleiman] of Beit Chabab and they had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon Aloyisius (1925). A hard worker, but described as stern and gruff by a nephew. Joseph was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He suffered from Diabetes Mellitus and lost his sight as a result.
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