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Kfarhata

Kfarhata: Eastern suburb to the town of Zgharta. In Kfarhata live the Shmer family that ruled the Zawieh in the 17th and part of the 18th century. In 1555, Kfarhata counted 22 males. In 1849, 72 males were counted and the number of houses was 22. In 1906, 200 males were counted. In 1988, 1109 persons were registered in the official records and they increased to 1330 in 1998. There is a high rate in emigration among the Christian community and 89 persons have not reported back since they went away. (List on the right in yellow)

Education: In the early 1940ies a school was opened in Kfarhata and of the teachers, Father Boutros Nakad from Kfardlakos and George Aoun. In 1959 the Archdiocese sponsored the school that lasted till the year 1976. Some of the teachers in that time were: Shaiban Saadeh from Asnoun, Alice Shehab from Fiih, Norma Al-Hosri from Zgharta, Lamia Mardini from Ardeh, Farideh Al-Shmer and Kronflah Jibra'il from Bnash'i.

Administration: Imagine a municipal council formed and elected by people not living in the area, just because they are registered in the records of the village. Out of the 9 members that form the council, the president and 4 other members do not live or ever lived or ever owned anything in the lovality. The majority of the listed voters come to Kfarhata occasionally only on election days. This is a unique situation in the whole country.

In May 1998, the first municipal elections since the 1960's took place. The  municipal council of 9 members is formed of: Khodr Khodr (President), Saadeh G. Saadeh (Vice President), Joseph Shmer, Antoine Al-Kolaa, Sarkis Ishak, Diab Zahaf, Rasoul Shebli, Ahmad Salloum, Khodr Hassoun.

The elected Mukhtar: Sheikh Nasif Al-Shmer. 

 

 

 

 

more to come

 

 

The names below are for emigrants, born after 1898, that left the country in the first half of the 20th century and didn't report back In the first column are the numbers of official citizens records. 

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Name

Mary

Mary

Khalil

Boutros

Nouhad

Alfred

Habib

Apline

Souad

Antonio

Lilia

Antoun

Mounir

Nasim

Norma

Mahasen

Salam

Shmer

Badawi

Habib

Lamia

Youssef

Wadad

Salwa

Nazha

Nouhad

Halim

Linda

Nazih

Maurice

Ghosn

Hanneh

Hayfa

Hanna

Jamileh 

Saydeh

Badawi

Mehsen

Nasif

Amine

Toufic

Saydeh

Josephine

Badawi

Rafqah

Tannous

Jamileh 

Jamil

Jirji

Boutros

Youssef

Mario

Lidia Eva

Najib

Shehadeh

Mariam

Nasir

Elias

Julien

Nasira

Rahil

Isabelle

Mariana

Amalia

Gerges

Mariam

Antonios

Ricardo

Rimeh

Alberto

Jamil

Jawad Youssef

Antonios

Emilio

Esther Maroun

Youssef

Zahia

Miguel

Fouad

Behzad Yousef

Paulina

Nelson

Mafelda

Mara

Sandra

Sophia

Antonios

Emelyne

Father's Name

Jabbour

Toufic

Kamil

Kamil

Kamil

Kamil

Antonios

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Nasim

Habib

Habib

Habib

Habib

Jawad

Jawad

Jawad

Jawad

Jawad

Youssef

Youssef

Aziz

Aziz

Habib

Assaad

Habib

Habib

Habib

Habib

Habib

Mikhaiil

Khalil

Nasif

Amine

Tanios

Sleiman

Hanna

Tannous

Tannous

Tannous

Tannous

Rashid

Rashid

Fahd

Rashid

Rashid

Rashid

Tannous

Sleiman

Tannous

Tannous

Tannous

Youssef

Youssef

Mikhaiil

Youssef

Youssef

Elias

Elias

Elias

Elias

Elias

Elias

Elias

Boutros

Boutros

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Aakl

Aakl

Aakl

Aakl

Shehadeh

Abdallah

Shehadeh

Shehadeh

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Emilio

Emilio

Gerges

Gerges

Abdallah

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Fouad

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Behzad

Behzad

Antonios

Amine

Youssef

 

Family

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Romanos

Shidiac

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Betty

Betty

Shmer

Shmer

Betty

Azar

Betty

Betty

Betty

Betty

Betty

Shmer

Alam

Shmer

Geagea

Aoun

Bou Haroun

Tanios

Baye'

Baye'

Baye'

Baye'

Nader

Nader

Bou Saab

Nader

Nader

Nader

Romanos

Sukar

Rimeh

Rimeh

Rimeh

Rimeh

Rimeh

Shmer

Rimeh

Rimeh

Younis

Younis

Younis

Younis

Younis

Younis

Younis

Rimeh

Rimeh

Moawad

Rimeh

Rimeh

Rimeh

Rimeh

Fahd

Shmer

Fahd

Fahd

Fahd

Fahd

Fahd

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Lafid

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Shmer

Zahoul

 

Date of Birth

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1920

1924

1926

1927

1929

1900

1902

1914

1929

1932

1933

1937

1938

1940

1941

1947

1951

1897

1902

1911

1913

1924

1925

1926

1929

1930

1932

1934

1924

1906

1907

1913

1901

1912

1935

1928

1933

1934

1938

1929

1931

1938

1943

1948

1950

1951

1909

1903

1902

1906

1935

1943

1927

1910

1909

1926

1926

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1917

1922

1907

1931

1934

1936

1938

1925

1909

1927

1924

1928

1947

1951

1911

1901

1905

1916

1934

1916

1945

1951

1908

1900

1910

 

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