Koorey Family Reunion Booklet 1981

KOOREY REUNION 1981

BESKINTA, among the olive groves, with the LEBANON MOUNTAINS in the background

DUE TO TURKISH OPPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY BACK IN THE 1800’s, THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER LEFT THEIR HOMELAND IN THE LEBANON, TO TRY AND FIND A NEW LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY. THAT COUNTRY WAS TO BE NEW ZEALAND AND WE, WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TO-DAY, HAVE COME TOGETHER TO HONOUR THEIR MEMORY AND SPEND THIS TIME IN CONVIVIAL COMRADESHIP.

WE, IN WANGANUI, EXTEND A VERY HEARTY AND SINCERE WELCOME TO YOU ALL, AND TRUST YOU WILL TAKE ANAY WITH YOU ONLY HAPPY MEMORIES OF THIS REUNION.

BESKINTA..
Relative’s house visited by Patrick Koorey during World War II.

Looking down the Lebanon Mountains from BESKINTA.

FAMILY RECORD

KEY:
I = MARRIED
* * = RELIGIOUS
* = DECEASED

LAZARUS KOOREY X SMEYAH

HALIM
NAHIM
HELENA
KARIM (CAREEM)

HALIM KOOREY X DELIA FAHEY

MARY X JOHN KANE *
ANTHONY *
LAWRENCE *
LOUIS *
THERESA *
PATRICK
KATHLEEN

NAHIM KOOREY X MATILDA

LEO
ALVERNA X TONY MARINOVICH
SMEYAH X KUZMICICH
ROSELLA X HANSEN

HELENA KOOREY X AZAR
SHEKR *
DAVID *
CECILIA *

CARREM [CAREEM] KOOREY X LILLA BELL

ADMAH X RAPHAEL GEOR *
NAZAIRE X KARAURIA MURFITT
ROSA *
CECILIA X GEORGE BARNES *
PETER X ELIZABETH DOWNING