The “Syrians” in St. Louis, Missouri: The Descendants of Joseph Webbe

Stricklin, Dawn C.

Annals of Genealogical Research > Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012)

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The “Syrians” in St. Louis, Missouri: The Descendants of Joseph Webbe

Dawn C. Stricklin, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Abstract
Since their immigration to the United States, Webbe and Wahby family members who settled in St. Louis, Missouri self-identified, or were identified by others, as “Syrian.” However, their areas of immediate origin are located within the current boundaries of Lebanon. This article provides a condensed historical account of Lebanon’s boundary changes, a brief genealogical summary of the descendants of Joseph Webbe and Sarah Azar who immigrated to the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and recommendations for further research.

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Cite as: Dawn C. Stricklin, "The “Syrians” in St. Louis, Missouri: The Descendants of Joseph Webbe," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=44

Subject areas: Webbe; Maronite; Turkey; Syria; Hadchit; Hadsheet; Hadcheet; Lebanon; genealogy; St. Louis, Missouri; Azar; Elias; Simon; Leisure; Nassif; Mueller; John; Kopchala; Griffin; Thomas; Nasser; Wahby; Wehby; Reask; Provance; Powell ; Hadchit; Mt. Lebanon; Syria; Lebanon; Turkey; St. Louis; Missourii

Annals of Genealogical Research - ISSN 1555-9904