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TitleLettoof familyDescriptionLettoof (Latouf)
Melhelm (Malcolm) Lettoof Kayrouz of Becharre had been living in the United States of America for some years, returning to Lebanon in the 1890s to marry Zahee Antony (Jubba clan) of Hysroun. In 1898 Melhelm and Zahee emigrated to Dunedin and settled in Carroll Street where they had seven children: Jumele, Jamelie, Budieah, Badiea, Labibi, Latifie and Yousef (Joe).
Melhelm was renowned for his avid interest in horse racing. Zahee and her sister Marian, had the support of their uncle Paul Ferris-Raad in Dunedin.
The late Suzanne Kallil compiled this family history and photos of the Lettoof (Latouf) Kayrouz and Kallil (Khalil Shem) families as of March 2011.
It has been uploaded on her behalf by,
Margaret Woodford (nee Thomas/Bundo/Hananeia)
Melhem Lettoof married Zahee Antony (Jubbah) from Hasroun. They had seven children.
Jumele, Bediea, Jamelie, Budieah, Latifie, Libiby, Yousef(Joe) (all deceased)
Melham had a sister in Wellington her daughter was Anita Souk. No further connections or contact after Latifie died.
Another sister who visited the family in Dunedin went to Melbourne and sold her Stradivarius violin for 5 thousand pounds in the 1920s. He was estranged from both.
Paul Ferris was Zahee's uncle and by that relationship we are related to the Ferris family. Uncle Paul was married to Aunty Rose both from Hasroun.
The children were Madeline, Joyce, Foteen, Marie, Eddie, Raymond,Frederick.
Also related to the Kelly ( Kay Kayrouz) family through Melham. He was brother to Madeline Kelly's grandmother. Madeline had two sons Jackie and Leslie.
Jumele (Jim) went to Lebanon with his mother and married Yvonne Kayrouz from Becharre,they had 5 children, Gabrielle, Sonia, Nadia, Malcolm and Rachielle.
Gabrielle married Tony Fakhri from Melbourne, they had three sons Simon, Joseph, and Charabel.
Jo married Kathy, no issue. Kathy had a son Ricky,from a previous relationship.
Charabel married Dr.Carol Elzain,and had a daughter Safia born 24/1/2018.
Sonia first marriage was to Ross Wilson from Dunedin. Her second marriage was to Ralph ? from Switzerland.Sonia had three children David, Lelania and Naciema.
Naciema has a daughter Jordon and Billy,her husband is Ray Clark from Australia.
Nadia is married to George Succar from Becharre.
They have 4 children, George, Therese, Dianna and Antony.
Therese is married to George,they have Chanel and Antony and Alana.
Dianna is married to Rami they have 2 children, Lucy and Laura.
Ede is married to Aggie Romanos,they have two children Georgie and Benjamin.
Malcolm is married to Alma from Sydney,they have 4 children. Jumele, Budieah, Yvonne and Habib.
Budieah is married to Jasmine.
Jumele is married to Zoe.
Yvonne is married to Damien.
Rachielle is married to Joe Taouk, they have 3 children, Michael, Paul, and Natalie.
Michael is married to Jacky.
Labibi (Lily) married and separated from Alan Mangan. There was no issue.
Bert (Budieah) married Phyllis Wallinger.There is no issue.
Jumelie married John Joseph. There is no issue.
Bedeia (Biddy) (deceased 14/11/1978) marries Saba(Seba) Farry (deceased 19/6/1968) They had seven children.
Gabriel married Rona Arib(Farr) (deceased) they had two boys, Saba and Gerrard. They were born on the same day 15years apart. Gabriel then married Claire.
Saba (Seba) married first Joanne Erceg. Divorced then married Jane Clarkson (deceased). Saba and Jo had one son Jesse.
Jesse is married to ? Elder.
Gerrard married Gabrielle ? they had two girls Mia and Rosa.
Tony (deceased 16/1/1980) married Margaret Blackley,they had five children.
Joanne married John Cutler,they had four children,Tony, Matthew, Simon, and Sarah.
Tony is married to Kate and has a son Harry, and daughter Riley born 2017.
Victor married and separated from Fiona Heers, they had two children, Danielle and Samuel.
Danielle with Andrew have three children, Finn, Otis and Leila.
Nichola married first Mike King and they divorced,no issue. She married Warren Jackson and they had two girls Emma, and Hannah.
Christopher married Collen Coop, they had two children Ben and Caitlan.
Stephen is unmarried.
Lila (deceased 22/6/2002) married Victor Arib(Farr) and they had five children, Delia-Rose, Michele, Ricky, Malcolm and Louise.
Delia-Rose is married to Walangari Kurunwatta.
Ricky married Bridget Eastern and they had two boys Jamie and Tom (deceased),they separated. Ricky's partner is Kathy Carr.
Jamie is married to Miranda,they have a daughter Mariette Leila.
Malcolm is married to Cynthia, they have three children Venice,Nasser and Amir.
Gloria (deceased 17/12/1984) married David LaHood they had four children, Mark, Ann-Bronwen, Jason, and Sarah-Jane.
Mark married Donna-Marie Fitzgerald and they had three children Claudia, Joseph, Samara.
Ann married Carl Metzger and they had three children Seba, Luca, and Sophia.
Jason is married to Sherree Brundell and they had two children Samuel and Harlow.
Sarah is separated from Tim Dobbs they had a daughter Lila and son Oliver David.
Jumelie (Jimmi) married Neale Alexander,there is no issue.
Malcolm married Lyn Riddell and they had eight children Yasmin, Gareth, Victoria(twins) Luke, Daimon, Sasha, Alysha,and Samara.
Yasmin married Glenn Heenan and they have a son Asa.
Victoria married Jeremy Sutton they had three children Noah, Isla and Jude.
Sasha married Regan Bennett and they have a son Ezra.
Alysha married Nicholas Blair they have a son Sonny born 2016, and expecting a daughter 2019.
Gareth married Elizabeth Purnaman (NZ Indian) separated. Gareth married Eva-Marie and they are expecting 2019.
Lucas married Ester Lau and they have a daughter Sana-Rose born Ocrtober 2016,and they are expecting in 2019.
Daimo married Yuki (Japanese) they have two sons Rumi and Sahara.
Richard married Christine Rowcroft they have five children, Paul, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kimberly, Farah and Leila.
Paul married Angelina they have Jack and Hunter.
Jackie married Clint and has a daughter Biddy.
Kim married Gerald Smith and they have Sebastian, William and Siena.
Farah married Nick ? they have Theo and Arlo.
Latifie (deceased) 26/8/1998 married first Watson Williams (deceased),they had Thomas (Tom/Tommy).
Second marriage to Halim Assef Kallil (Khalil) (deceased) 3/4/1974. They had 4 children Kinnon(deceased) 16/3/2018.
Zahee(deceased) 15/12/1947.
Suzanne and Katrina.
Tommy married Margaret Farry. They had 3 daughters.
Lisa, Jami, and Tara.
Lisa married John McCarthy and they had a son, Jackson Ratapu Thomas.
Tara married Krishnender Majumda,and they had a son Eshaan Niall.
Ken(Kinnon) married Eleanor Smith, and they had 5 children, Simone,Danielle,Hallam,Dominic and Jared.
Eleanor(deseased) Feb 2018, Kinnon (deseased) March 2018.
Simone pregnant to Pakewa Watene Kahlil,Pakewa Watena born 20/12/2018.
Suzanne married David McPhee (separated) and has one son Seth.
Katrina married Robert McGuinn (separated) and they had Joel and Daimon Brown.
Yousef(Joe) married Milce Holland and they had 5 children,Paul, Anne-Louise, John,Christopher and Richard.
Anne-Louise married Vince Cronin(separated),they had Laura and Claire.
John married Michelle (separated), they had 3 daughters,Hayley, Danielle,and Brittany.
Hayley is married and has two sons Nash and Jye.
Christopher married Lisa(divorced) they had Bethany and Damian.
Richard has two daughters Lily and Ruby.
Khali Shem
Najibi married ?Lahoude?
they had a son (deceased) Halim, Hasna, Josephine and Carmen. (all deceased)
Hasna has 3 children, 2 boys and Yvonne.
Halim and Josephine were the only ones to leave Lebanon.
Yvonne married Michele.
The 2 brothers have children.
Josephine married Nick Zemba (deceased) had 1 son Paul.(deceased)
DateJune 2022
Melhelm (Malcolm) Lettoof Kayrouz of Becharre had been living in the United States of America for some years, returning to Lebanon in the 1890s to marry Zahee Antony (Jubba clan) of Hysroun. In 1898 Melhelm and Zahee emigrated to Dunedin and settled in Carroll Street where they had seven children: Jumele, Jamelie, Budieah, Badiea, Labibi, Latifie and Yousef (Joe).
Melhelm was renowned for his avid interest in horse racing. Zahee and her sister Marian, had the support of their uncle Paul Ferris-Raad in Dunedin.
The late Suzanne Kallil compiled this family history and photos of the Lettoof (Latouf) Kayrouz and Kallil (Khalil Shem) families as of March 2011.
It has been uploaded on her behalf by,
Margaret Woodford (nee Thomas/Bundo/Hananeia)
Melhem Lettoof married Zahee Antony (Jubbah) from Hasroun. They had seven children.
Jumele, Bediea, Jamelie, Budieah, Latifie, Libiby, Yousef(Joe) (all deceased)
Melham had a sister in Wellington her daughter was Anita Souk. No further connections or contact after Latifie died.
Another sister who visited the family in Dunedin went to Melbourne and sold her Stradivarius violin for 5 thousand pounds in the 1920s. He was estranged from both.
Paul Ferris was Zahee's uncle and by that relationship we are related to the Ferris family. Uncle Paul was married to Aunty Rose both from Hasroun.
The children were Madeline, Joyce, Foteen, Marie, Eddie, Raymond,Frederick.
Also related to the Kelly ( Kay Kayrouz) family through Melham. He was brother to Madeline Kelly's grandmother. Madeline had two sons Jackie and Leslie.
Jumele (Jim) went to Lebanon with his mother and married Yvonne Kayrouz from Becharre,they had 5 children, Gabrielle, Sonia, Nadia, Malcolm and Rachielle.
Gabrielle married Tony Fakhri from Melbourne, they had three sons Simon, Joseph, and Charabel.
Jo married Kathy, no issue. Kathy had a son Ricky,from a previous relationship.
Charabel married Dr.Carol Elzain,and had a daughter Safia born 24/1/2018.
Sonia first marriage was to Ross Wilson from Dunedin. Her second marriage was to Ralph ? from Switzerland.Sonia had three children David, Lelania and Naciema.
Naciema has a daughter Jordon and Billy,her husband is Ray Clark from Australia.
Nadia is married to George Succar from Becharre.
They have 4 children, George, Therese, Dianna and Antony.
Therese is married to George,they have Chanel and Antony and Alana.
Dianna is married to Rami they have 2 children, Lucy and Laura.
Ede is married to Aggie Romanos,they have two children Georgie and Benjamin.
Malcolm is married to Alma from Sydney,they have 4 children. Jumele, Budieah, Yvonne and Habib.
Budieah is married to Jasmine.
Jumele is married to Zoe.
Yvonne is married to Damien.
Rachielle is married to Joe Taouk, they have 3 children, Michael, Paul, and Natalie.
Michael is married to Jacky.
Labibi (Lily) married and separated from Alan Mangan. There was no issue.
Bert (Budieah) married Phyllis Wallinger.There is no issue.
Jumelie married John Joseph. There is no issue.
Bedeia (Biddy) (deceased 14/11/1978) marries Saba(Seba) Farry (deceased 19/6/1968) They had seven children.
Gabriel married Rona Arib(Farr) (deceased) they had two boys, Saba and Gerrard. They were born on the same day 15years apart. Gabriel then married Claire.
Saba (Seba) married first Joanne Erceg. Divorced then married Jane Clarkson (deceased). Saba and Jo had one son Jesse.
Jesse is married to ? Elder.
Gerrard married Gabrielle ? they had two girls Mia and Rosa.
Tony (deceased 16/1/1980) married Margaret Blackley,they had five children.
Joanne married John Cutler,they had four children,Tony, Matthew, Simon, and Sarah.
Tony is married to Kate and has a son Harry, and daughter Riley born 2017.
Victor married and separated from Fiona Heers, they had two children, Danielle and Samuel.
Danielle with Andrew have three children, Finn, Otis and Leila.
Nichola married first Mike King and they divorced,no issue. She married Warren Jackson and they had two girls Emma, and Hannah.
Christopher married Collen Coop, they had two children Ben and Caitlan.
Stephen is unmarried.
Lila (deceased 22/6/2002) married Victor Arib(Farr) and they had five children, Delia-Rose, Michele, Ricky, Malcolm and Louise.
Delia-Rose is married to Walangari Kurunwatta.
Ricky married Bridget Eastern and they had two boys Jamie and Tom (deceased),they separated. Ricky's partner is Kathy Carr.
Jamie is married to Miranda,they have a daughter Mariette Leila.
Malcolm is married to Cynthia, they have three children Venice,Nasser and Amir.
Gloria (deceased 17/12/1984) married David LaHood they had four children, Mark, Ann-Bronwen, Jason, and Sarah-Jane.
Mark married Donna-Marie Fitzgerald and they had three children Claudia, Joseph, Samara.
Ann married Carl Metzger and they had three children Seba, Luca, and Sophia.
Jason is married to Sherree Brundell and they had two children Samuel and Harlow.
Sarah is separated from Tim Dobbs they had a daughter Lila and son Oliver David.
Jumelie (Jimmi) married Neale Alexander,there is no issue.
Malcolm married Lyn Riddell and they had eight children Yasmin, Gareth, Victoria(twins) Luke, Daimon, Sasha, Alysha,and Samara.
Yasmin married Glenn Heenan and they have a son Asa.
Victoria married Jeremy Sutton they had three children Noah, Isla and Jude.
Sasha married Regan Bennett and they have a son Ezra.
Alysha married Nicholas Blair they have a son Sonny born 2016, and expecting a daughter 2019.
Gareth married Elizabeth Purnaman (NZ Indian) separated. Gareth married Eva-Marie and they are expecting 2019.
Lucas married Ester Lau and they have a daughter Sana-Rose born Ocrtober 2016,and they are expecting in 2019.
Daimo married Yuki (Japanese) they have two sons Rumi and Sahara.
Richard married Christine Rowcroft they have five children, Paul, Jacqueline (Jackie) Kimberly, Farah and Leila.
Paul married Angelina they have Jack and Hunter.
Jackie married Clint and has a daughter Biddy.
Kim married Gerald Smith and they have Sebastian, William and Siena.
Farah married Nick ? they have Theo and Arlo.
Latifie (deceased) 26/8/1998 married first Watson Williams (deceased),they had Thomas (Tom/Tommy).
Second marriage to Halim Assef Kallil (Khalil) (deceased) 3/4/1974. They had 4 children Kinnon(deceased) 16/3/2018.
Zahee(deceased) 15/12/1947.
Suzanne and Katrina.
Tommy married Margaret Farry. They had 3 daughters.
Lisa, Jami, and Tara.
Lisa married John McCarthy and they had a son, Jackson Ratapu Thomas.
Tara married Krishnender Majumda,and they had a son Eshaan Niall.
Ken(Kinnon) married Eleanor Smith, and they had 5 children, Simone,Danielle,Hallam,Dominic and Jared.
Eleanor(deseased) Feb 2018, Kinnon (deseased) March 2018.
Simone pregnant to Pakewa Watene Kahlil,Pakewa Watena born 20/12/2018.
Suzanne married David McPhee (separated) and has one son Seth.
Katrina married Robert McGuinn (separated) and they had Joel and Daimon Brown.
Yousef(Joe) married Milce Holland and they had 5 children,Paul, Anne-Louise, John,Christopher and Richard.
Anne-Louise married Vince Cronin(separated),they had Laura and Claire.
John married Michelle (separated), they had 3 daughters,Hayley, Danielle,and Brittany.
Hayley is married and has two sons Nash and Jye.
Christopher married Lisa(divorced) they had Bethany and Damian.
Richard has two daughters Lily and Ruby.
Khali Shem
Najibi married ?Lahoude?
they had a son (deceased) Halim, Hasna, Josephine and Carmen. (all deceased)
Hasna has 3 children, 2 boys and Yvonne.
Halim and Josephine were the only ones to leave Lebanon.
Yvonne married Michele.
The 2 brothers have children.
Josephine married Nick Zemba (deceased) had 1 son Paul.(deceased)
DateJune 2022
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