(3) JOSEPH (YOUSEF) KAYS (1891-1966) JOSEPH KAYS was the eldest child of Mary Lubra Marji . He married his first cousin Mariam Marji , my mother's sister in 1921 in Kfeir. He was heavy set like his brother Albert but that would be the only similarity. He was a nonsmoker, nondrinker and a very cautious and shrewd spender. He wasted nothing and he was a master at recycling building materials when he built or remodeled his buildings. He died on April 16, 1966 after twenty five year history of diabetes, (see section under Mariam Marji page 72). (3) ALBERT ( ABDULLAH ) KAYS (1908-1973) ALBERT KAYS , second oldest of Mary Lubra Marji , was married to my father's sister Mariam (Mary) Zakem on October 9th, 1929. He, like his brother Joe, also opened a corner store but left the running of it mainly to my aunt who also had to bring up five children. He was always looking for a get rich quick schemes and was a bit of a gambler, completely the opposite to his brother and my uncle Joe Kays . This took him away from home quite often. He also had a diabetic problem likely because of his overweight and heavy smoking habit. See section under Mariam Zakem , page 56. (3) Sophia Kays (1904-1967) SOPHIA was the first of the four children that Mary Lubra Marji had when Mary returned to Lebanon from Prince Edward Island . Sophia married Ayoub Tweel (1886- 1936) in 1925 in Kfeir. Ayoub was the son of Hanna Tweel and Ghytoum Zahghour. Ayoub died in 1936 at the early age of fifty, the same year their youngest of four children was born. That meant that Sophia at 32 years of age was left with four young children to look after. I can remember my parents talking about the hard times the people in the small communities had and how they looked forward to clothing and money sent to relatives from Canada and the U.S.A. I don't think they distinguished between Canada and the U.S.A. To them it was all America. Everyone's dream was to go to America, stay a few years, make your fortune and return to Lebanon. The reality was that very few went back to live in Lebanon once they got settled and started to raise their family. Sophia and her children came to Canada via on June 20th 1950. They operated a small lunch bar for a short period. Said and Salomon did some peddling until they opened their own businesses. Peddling, which was very popular in the early 1900's, was not as viable a venture in the 1950's because the transportation system had improved greatly and there were more stores opening where people could obtain whatever they needed. 80