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| Lebanese family, early 1900s |
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By the late nineteenth century, the nominally Muslim Ottoman Empire had begun a crackdown on the mainly Christian population of Lebanon. By 1900 nearly 10,000 Lebanese a year were leaving the country for pastures further a-field. The refugees from two villages in particular, Kfeir and Dier Mimas, began to arrive on PEI at about the same time. Initially greeted with the casual racism endemic of society at the time, by 1986 times had changed enough for PEI to elect Canada’s first premier of non-European ancestry and son of a Lebanese shopkeeper, Joseph Atallah Ghiz. Here, the Lebanese family of F.N. Kays poses for the camera shortly after his arrival to PEI in 1900.
Original Charlottetown Camera Club 1967 description:
"Lebanese Settlers. Mr. F.N. Kays of Charlottetown is the last of the original settlers who came to the Island in the year 1900. Mr. Kays came to Montague and lived there for some time, later moving to Charlottetown. These settlers have contributed greatly to the progress of our province by their industry and good citizenship. In this group there are, reading from left to right: George Mariage, Mrs. Mary Lubra, Michael Kays, uncle of F.N., and F.N Kays on the right." | | Next>>> | | Previous<<< |
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