Bunder Samaan

Brief Life History of Bunder

When Bunder Samaan was born about 1894, her father, Bisharah Samaan, was 23 and her mother, Zehic Shaheen, was 23. She married Sam Malouf on 17 May 1914, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 15 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 11 January 1976, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Sam Malouf
1887–1969
Bunder Samaan
about 1894–1976
Marriage: 17 May 1914
Emil Edward Malouf
1916–1997
Amelen Malouf
1919–1988

Sources (4)

  • Bunder Malouf in household of Sam Malouf, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Bunder Samoah in entry for Emil E Malouf, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Bonder Maloney in household of Sam Maloney, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens

The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Kamel, Mousa, Nader, Adnan, Asaad, Ashraf, Ayoub, Azmi, Bahjat, Chawki, Ehsan, Fadel.

Arabic (Levant and Egypt): most likely a variant of Samman ‘butter-merchant’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Compare Semaan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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