Re: ASSSALY (Abouassali) and SHAMAS Families

I may be of some help. My grandparents were Shaker and Emillene Shamas, both from Lebanon, who immigrated to Oklahoma before statehood (1907).They had a dry goods (clothing) store in Bristow.They had three sons (Ellis[my father], deceased, George, deceased, and Ray) and three daughters (Margariet Horany, Lourice Saffa,deceased, and Lucille Horany). As a child I had heard my father refer to an aunt "Waidi". I will try to learn more.