The Seror Family of the Middle EastUpdated February 27, 2003 |
Yona Hassibe Srour 255 West 95th St., Apt#2D NY, NY 10025 United States 212-749-2191 Fax: 212-953-6022 queenpaperweight@msn.com |
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| Link to the Free Translator at the bottom. I've been working on The Seror/Srour Genealogy for the last two years. My heritage is rich in history. We are a very old family. The biggest question in everyone's mind is where did we originally come from? And how did we end up in Lebanon? So far the unproven theory is that we came from Morocco/Tunisia, still unproven. We do have proven documentation that we are indeed from Seville, Spain. Jean-Louis Seror of Algiers and now France told me, that an article written in 1955 by the Great Rabbi of Algiers, Maurice Eisenbeth discussed the exudes of Jews in 1391 from Spain to North Africa. Four families came to Algiers with Rab Ephraim Ankaoua and Rabbi Isaac Bar Checheth called Barfat or Ribach. These families were Stora, Duran, Seror and Benaim. Thousands of Jews immigrated in 1391 because there was a great deal of persecution against the Jews of Seville and Majorca. There were also a few Seror Rabbis from Algiers between 1625 and 1780. Solly Srour of Wisconsin said that there were three people named Shama, Levy and Srour and they traveled on a pilgrimage to Israel. It is conceivable that if they are descendants of these Rabbi's that they would want to make the excursion to Jerusalem. The three decided to settle in Deir-el-Qamar, Lebanon for two major reasons. Firstly, by being situated on a mountain it gave them relief from the humid weather. Secondly, they traded below in the port city of Sidon, which was then the major port city. Originally, I had thought that we resided in Lebanon for roughly 400 years and that we immigrated over Northern Africa because of the Spanish Inquisition. However, if we came from Algiers, that would date the Srour family to an estimate immigration from 1725 to 1780, approximately 250 years. When Solly Srour was burying his father Daoud, they found a tombstone that dated back to the crusades (1100's). This tombstone was taken to a museum. This may date Jews in Lebanon back over a thousand years, but probably not the Srour family. The oldest Jewish Families in Lebanon were Srour, Mann, Hannon, and Dana. We also built the synagogue in Deir-el-Qamar. I have also found some Srours residing in Columbia (we are still looking for the link). They had two ancestors, Jamie Faired and her brother Elijah who built a synagogue in Beirut. They also had a story, which I have heard of before but I don't know from where. The story is of Raphael and another brother; They ran away from Lebanon because they killed a man who was trying to kidnap their sister to marry her. Has anyone heard of this story before? Another relative, Alfredo Claude Srour, who currently resides in Brazil, spoke with a Rabbi. The Rabbi said that it is possible that the Srour Family is descendants of Queen Esther from The story of Purim. Esther's children after the attempt at genocide were known as the children of Happiness. Srour means happiness. The word Srour is reportedly in the Torah-Tanach twice. Cousins are missing in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Israel and France. If you have any information about a Srour that you know (even with a different spelling) or any information about general Jewry in Lebanon. I am now including books of Seror/Srour/Srur/Serur/Serour/Sroor/Serure/Sroore/Sror from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Syria. If you want to register your family. Please email me. If you have any information to add to what I have about the history of the Seror families of the Middle East. Please email me. If you want to be included in the mailing list email me. VERY IMPORTANT, Please email the website address to any and all Srour's in the World. Sincerely, Yona H. Srour PS The Family Tree is easier to read through the OUTLINE. Another cool feature is the Calendar (found in the BOOK), which tells you everyone’s birthday and their age. Email me!!! Tell me what you think!!! |
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