My close family in Morocco

My father Aaron Henri Foinquinos, his brother Albert Foinquinos and his sister Allegria Foinquinos were born in Tanger. His father was Moses Foinquinos and his mother Esther Abecassis, they both died when my father was a few years old. My father was the youngest.
Esther Abecassis' sister, Simone Abecassis, took care of them. She was very strict, I think she was a teacher, but raised them with dignity and values.

My father moved to Casablanca and to Safi, to manage and then own fish, apricot and tomatoe canneries. He was the president of the Cannery industry in Morocco, was a practising jew as he studied in a yeshiva, was known for his humor and his generosity. He died at 44, and is burried in Tanger where we were vacationing.

He married my mother Annette Bohbot, the same Bohbot family who imported all the tea for Morocco. Four daughters were born from this union. I am the first, Cathy the second, Caroline the third and Patricia the fourth. We all left Morocco in 1970 about one year after my father death to live in Israel. I remember, it was a few months after the attempt on the king's live at the Skirat Palace.

Today we all live in different countries, my sister Cathy is still in Israel with my mother, my sister Caroline in Geneva, Switzerland, my sister Patricia in Paris and me in San Diego, California.

My oncle Alberto, lived also in Casablanca and then in Marseilles and in Israel where he died last year in Kfar Saba, a village not far from Tel Aviv. He managed also canneries and worked in real estate. He was married with Perla Levy and had 5 children, Maurice, Jacquie, Jojo, Evelyne et Lily. All live in Israel except Jojo who lives in the South of France. Jacquie did too, but he is going to retire in Israel very soon.

My aunt Allegria, was the only one to stay in Tanger. She had a school for small children and I remember teaching there in the summer when I was only 14. She also loved playing canasta at the Casa d'Espana. She did not marry and had no children. She moved to Spain with her longtime friend Juan Delgado and is burried in Israel.


When I know more about how we all relate to the rest of the family, I'll post it.