Mary's parents were David SOLOMON [SULEIMAN ibn DAWOOD] and Remia Yameen HAYEK [HAICK]. Born at Beit Chabab (pronounced Beit Chabéb), located 24 km north of Beirut in the Matn (or Metn) District, part of Lebanon's Mount Liban Governorate when it was still under the Ottoman Empire.
It is a mountain village and the location of Lebanon's only bell foundry, its bells are sold to Christian communities in Lebanon and abroad. Its etymology derives from Syriac "Bet Shebāba"—house of the neighbor.
She emigrated to Charleston, WV in America sometime between 1903 and 1910, to marry Joseph Farris who was originally from the village of Salima. During her long voyage she kept a fig tree seedling with her to plant in the garden of her new home. Together Mary and Joseph had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon (1925).
It is a mountain village and the location of Lebanon's only bell foundry, its bells are sold to Christian communities in Lebanon and abroad. Its etymology derives from Syriac "Bet Shebāba"—house of the neighbor.
She emigrated to Charleston, WV in America sometime between 1903 and 1910, to marry Joseph Farris who was originally from the village of Salima. During her long voyage she kept a fig tree seedling with her to plant in the garden of her new home. Together Mary and Joseph had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon (1925).
Mary's parents were David SOLOMON [SULEIMAN ibn DAWOOD] and Remia Yameen HAYEK [HAICK]. Born at Beit Chabab (pronounced Beit Chabéb), located 24 km north of Beirut in the Matn (or Metn) District, part of Lebanon's Mount Liban Governorate when it was still under the Ottoman Empire.
It is a mountain village and the location of Lebanon's only bell foundry, its bells are sold to Christian communities in Lebanon and abroad. Its etymology derives from Syriac "Bet Shebāba"—house of the neighbor.
She emigrated to Charleston, WV in America sometime between 1903 and 1910, to marry Joseph Farris who was originally from the village of Salima. During her long voyage she kept a fig tree seedling with her to plant in the garden of her new home. Together Mary and Joseph had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon (1925).
It is a mountain village and the location of Lebanon's only bell foundry, its bells are sold to Christian communities in Lebanon and abroad. Its etymology derives from Syriac "Bet Shebāba"—house of the neighbor.
She emigrated to Charleston, WV in America sometime between 1903 and 1910, to marry Joseph Farris who was originally from the village of Salima. During her long voyage she kept a fig tree seedling with her to plant in the garden of her new home. Together Mary and Joseph had three daughters Josephine (1910), Katherine (1912), and Louise (1916) before having two sons George Paul (1921) and Raymon (1925).
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