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Dr. Yaacoub (Jacob) Massouda
ד״ר יעקב מסעודה3 January 1894, Egypt · died Egypt · buried Doc.M.C-4
Alon's wife's father's mother's fatherMassoudaAlso written: Yaacoub / Jacob / Giacomo Massouda; Arabic يعقوب فرج مسعودة
What we know
From our research
- Physician in Cairo. A family account says he served as Cairo's minister of health (unverified; possibly a senior health-ministry post)
- Married his first cousin Claire Massouda on 1 Mar 1920 in Cairo: his father Farag and her father Yafet were brothers
- Father of eight: Nellie (1921), Suzanne (1922), Daniel (1924), Benjamin (1926), Aimee (1929) and three younger children
- Probably the "Giacomo Massouda" (d. Jul 1976) buried beside "Clara Massouda" in Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario (birth year there given as 1889: to verify)
Sources
- Mani Web Site
- Les Fleurs de l'Orient, "Karaite Families" database (farhi.org), compiled from David Elichaa (1926-2007)
- Obituary of his son Dr. Benjamin Massouda
- Find a Grave: Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Windsor ON