Nimery Samaan

Brief Life History of Nimery

When Nimery Samaan was born on 15 June 1893, in Lebanon, her father, Bisharah Samaan, was 21 and her mother, Zehic Shaheen, was 21. She married Hanna Haddad on 21 December 1918, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Ogden City Legislative District 1, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 24 October 1955, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Hanna Haddad
1892–1972
Nimery Samaan
1893–1955
Marriage: 21 December 1918
Nicholas John Joseph
1919–2003
Lewis Joseph
1921–1987
Joseph
1923–1923

Sources (20)

  • Mary Joseph, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Mary Malouf, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • 1942 US Draft Record for Lewis Joseph (son of Mary Joseph)

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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.

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

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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