Descendants of Tok Nadhok @ Datuk Keramat

Tok Nadhok's daughter is Sona Bee. Sona Bee's daughter is Siti Kulsoom / Khulthum / Khulsom.

Siti Kulsoom's eldest son is Aladdin Merican Noordin. At the time her husband was Mashurdin Merican Noordin (MM Noordin).

From Ayah Wan Merican Noordin in Facebook (May 2014): Aladdin Merican Noordin adalah anak sulong Siti Kalthum. Semasa itu, suaminya adalah Mashurdin Merican Noordin (MM Noordin) https://www.facebook.com/wanmericannoordin

Ku Den Ku Meh (group photo)

Ku Den Ku Meh

Mashurdin Merican Noordin (MM Noordin)

Wan Naseruddin Wan Noordin (Ayah Wan)

1. The Merican doctors' families

The Merican family includes an early Malay doctor, Dr Ali bin Othman Merican (Dr AO Merican) and his 2 doctor sons - Dr Carleel Merican and his half-brother Dr Ezanee Merican. All 3 Merican doctors moved from Penang to work in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Dr AO Merican passed away and is buried at the royal graves at Langgar in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Dr Carleel Merican passed away in Malacca. Dr Ezanee Merican passed away in PJ and is interred at Sg Buloh.

2. Wan Nordin Merican families

There are 12 siblings. Datin Hajjah Wan Norsiha bt Wan Nordin, Ayah Wan Merican Noordin, and his siblings are descended from Tok Nadhok. Datin's daughter is Dina Sujak on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/dina.sujak

3. Malek Alhabshi

He owns Ben's Antique Toy Museum in front of Masjd Melayu Aceh in Penang.
https://www.facebook.com/max.ben.5

4. Dr Che Lah's families

Ayah Wan Merican Noordin called on 31 January 2014 (CNY). He said he found the family tree of my mother. According to him, my mother was descended from Tok Nadhok @ Datuk Keramat of Jalan Perak in Penang. My mother's father is Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, an early Malay doctor from Kg Dodol in Jalan Perak. Dr Che Lah and wife are interred at the graves of Masjid Sg Gelugor.

5. Pak Zan's families

Arwah Pak Zan (suami arwah Bikwa) and his children are NOT descended from Tok Nadhok.
https://www.facebook.com/baizura.mohdzan
https://www.facebook.com/mastura.mohdzan
https://www.facebook.com/Capt.Shawalludin
https://www.facebook.com/kamarulakhir

6. Zanariah's family

Zanariah Ahmad (cousin of Ayah Wan Merican Noordin and Baizura) is NOT the descendant of Tok Nadhok.
https://www.facebook.com/zanariah.ahmad.90

Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos

Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos 1903-1986

Please refer to Dr Che Lah's biography in my books:

1. Research on TEMD, pages 198-199
2. Biography of TEMD, pages 408-431

Birth date & place

I have mentioned his birth date and place on page 408 of Biography of TEMD.

None of his surviving family members knew his exact place of birth and date of birth. I obtained his date and place of birth from his work document and his application to attend the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).


Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, Wisma Persekutuan

Affandi and I visited Wisma Persekutuan today before noon. I had to renew my passport and MyKad. I obtained my new passport for RM300 (48 pages) and that should last me 5 years. My MyKad isn't ready and I have to wait 2 weeks.

While we were at Wisma Persekutuan, I asked Affandi if we could ask Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) and the Health Department about Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos. Affandi decided to help and do all the necessary talking in Kelantanese. I merely listened and followed.

At the central JPN counter, we were given 2 forms to fill, one for Kelahiran (birth) and another for Kematian (death). The lady explained and directed us to go and meet a lady at the main office where the counters were. We did as she directed us. At the counter, the lady said she cannot proceed if I do not have Dr Che Lah's IC #. She said she cannot do a name search. I was lost! How come a JPN computer cannot be searched by name? What sort of program does it operate that fails to have a name-search function? I was not mad but I was just very surprised that the JPN system is not as powerful as I had thought it to be.

We went back to the lady at the central counter and told her a name search wasn't possible and no search was possible without an IC #. She found it strange and asked that we immediately see the deputy director of JPN. We went back and told the counter lady. Again she refused to run a search because I could not provide an IC #. We asked to see the deputy director who had some people with her at the time. It was lunch time and we had to wait. In the meantime, I went upstairs to pick up my new passport and returned downstairs. The deputy still had people. We waited. Then the people left and we were called in.

I greeted the deputy director with salam and then salam her. Then all 3 of us got seated. She had my business card from the counter lady. I gave her 2 more cards for my 2 books. Now she had 3 cards. I told her I wanted to search for Dr Che Lah for my research. I said I did not have his IC#. She said she wished to help but without his IC#, no search was possible. I asked her what an old IC# appeared like and she described that to me. She said old IC# have a K/N number. The K/N is followed by a string of numerals. I told her I have not seen such a thing and I have to re-check the documents I have of him.


Hajj 1963 Passport (red)

After I returned from Wisma, I went straight to my bedroom and opened a box containing Dr Che Lah's photographs and the only printed document I have on him - his 1963 Hajj pass.

By the grace of Allah SWT, my sister was cleaning my mother's bedroom in her Penang home in 2004. She pulled out a lot of my old book boxes and hobby stuff from under my mother's bed (which doubled as her sewing room). She pulled everything out and of all things she found Dr Che Lah's Hajj pass of 1963. We were amazed at the find. My mother said to keep it. I asked for her permission to take it home to Kelantan for photocopying and scanning. I have not returned the Hajj pass to my mother because she died soon after that. I have kept that Hajj pass along with my mother's photos in my bedroom (which doubles as my live-in storeroom).

The Hajj pass was in a food plastic bag. Inside it was the Hajj pass and a pack of B/W photos of Dr Che Lah's 1963 Hajj, with many photos taken at (possibly) Swettenham Pier in Penang and at Jamratul Wusta in Mina. I must admit I have opened this pack of photos before but I never went through the photos one by one. Today, I studied each photo one by one, and to my surprise I was in 3 photos! There were 3 photos that had me as a kid at age 5. I don't remember being at the wharf but I remember my Malay grandmother returning to Banda Hilir, Malacca in 1963.

The 1963 Hajj pass has Dr Che Lah's IC# on the first page. I must have gone through the pass countless times but I didn't know that Kad Pengenalan Nombor is IC# today. It didn't occur to me that THAT was the IC#. We always referred to it as Nombor Kad Pengenalan and never as Kad Pengenalan Nombor. So now I have Dr Che Lah's IC#. Now I can return to JPN and request the counter lady to search for his details. I am glad I still have the Hajj pass despite the many junks in my bedroom (50% junk were burned last year when we did spring cleaning).

I have emailed the deputy director at JPN @ Wisma in Kota Bharu earlier this evening. I wrote a very long email to answer her questions earlier this afternoon. Still, I forgot to give her my mother's IC# which she required because the link to my maternal grandfather must be via my mother. Only my mother and her siblings can search their father's details. Otherwise JPN will not do a search for me since I am of granddaughter status. It is JPN policy that a grandchild cannot search for the details of her grandparents.

Sometimes I feel I should speak my mind. Sometimes I wished I could pull back time and ask my mother to search for her father's details instead. It is very difficult for Affandi & me to get this far just to find where exactly Dr Che Lah was born, in Butterworth in his mother's village or on Penang island at Kg Dodol off Jalan Perak. Both places are in Penang. Penang itself is vast and not a foot wide. Sometimes I think humans make silly rules and policies, and which retard good research. I think people should think and use their discretion and be helpful in any research that comes to a government establishment, like JPN. I really need a lot of cooperation from just about anybody. This research is already hard to do and going the next mile actually drains me too. I try to bring straight facts in my books and I feel bad when I cannot get the details I need.

Wisma Persekutuan in Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Red hardcover of Dr Che Lah's 1963 Hajj passport

Dr M. J. Che Lah's 1963 Hajj passport. Kad Pengenalan No. 2518843 (Blue). Alamat yang tetap: 219 Bukit Gelugor, Penang (this is now 219 Solok Pemancar. The house still stands despite neglect by the realty concerned). Kera'ayatan: P.T.M.    [P.T.M. = Persekutuan Tanah Melayu]

Dr Che Lah's Hajj passport photo and signature of 18 January 1963

Medical Mission cancellation mark.

A majestic steamer named Kuala Lumpur was used for the 1963 Hajj pilgrimage

Dr Che Lah's ticket (top portion of long ticket)

Dr Che Lah's ticket (bottom portion of long ticket)

AT SWETTENHAM PIER, PENANG

1963 Hajj (18 January 1963)
Family send-off

Watching the Hajj ship Kuala Lumpur docking to pick up passengers from Penang before sailing onward to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

With my siblings at the pier in Penang, 18 January 1963. I am at extreme right.

With my mother and siblings at the pier in Penang, 18 January 1963. I am partially hidden and on my mother's left..

My mother tending to us kids at the pier, 18 January 1963

SAUDI ARABIA

1963 Hajj Medical Mission

Stamps by the Hajj Office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The stamped date of arrival is in Jawi script.

Hajj Medical Mission 1963 headed by Dr MJ Che Lah (right most)

Dr Che Lah at Jamratul Wustar in Mina, 1963 Hajj, Saudi Arabia

Text at rear of the photo above (Jamratul Wustar in Mina).

UPON DR CHE LAH'S RETURN TO MALAYA

Dr Che Lah's grandchildren gathered at 262-T Banda Hilir, Malacca. With my siblings in May 1963. I am at second left. Boy in striped pyjamas is arwah Hamdan, my cousin.

**** This was the house of Haji Mohamed Sharif bin Ismail, my paternal great-grandfather. The house was adjacent to Masjid Banda Hilir but was demolished circa 2007. A bigger and modern Masjid an-Nur Banda Hilir stands on the former house site today. There should be 2 other houses that resemble the house at 262-T Banda Hilir somewhere in Malacca today. The search for these 2 houses continues. ****

**** The boy at second right in striped pyjamas is arwah Hamdan bin Haji Mohd Yusof. He is not my brother but my paternal cousin. He was the son of Cikgu Haji Mohd Yusof bin Bulat, also then the Imam of Masjid Semabok, and my father's brother-in-law. I called him Pak Ji Usop. Pak Ji Usop owned a wooden panel-dark green Morris Minor, probably the only one in Malacca. Pak Ji Usop was also the Kadhi who married off Malacca couples who are now residing in south of Perth and various pats of Western Australia. These couples still remembered him when I met them at Aidilfitri in 1989. ****

Search 56

SEARCH 56

7 November 2005

Monday, 7 November 2005, 8.03 am - 10.40 am.

I ran a search using Google on 24 August 2005 to find my uncle's e-mail address. I wanted to write to him to ask concerning the whereabouts of my maternal grandfather's workplace. I wrote 'kamaruddin che lah' in the search box. To my surprise Google returned 363 results for kamaruddin che lah within 0.22 seconds. I did not know which result to click next as there were 3 links which seemed interesting.

First link

I tried the first link of the search results which was http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/gen1088.html. The title of the web page read Sri Lankan Burgher Family Geneology. This page had all the names that my late mother had mentioned to me even though I had never met most of them. However, it did not contain the e-mail I needed but contained many names which are relevant for this writing. This page listed Dr Che Lah bin Joonoos (Family #1088). He had two wives.

First, Dr. Che Lah bin Joonoos married Daisy Katherine Decoursey Bulner (deceased). They had 4 girls - Jumabee Tulip (4 November 1931 - 5 June 2004), Jaleha Esther (1933), Jamaliah June (deceased), and Daisy Yvette. They also adopted a son, Philip @ Mohd Noor (deceased).

Jumabee Tulip (Puan Hajah) married Abdul Rashid Mohd. Yusope (Tuan Haji; 28 November 1931). They had 7 children - Mohd. Sharif (1956), Sharifah (24 October 1957), Faridah (15 October 1958), Rabi'ah (5 November 1959), Mohd. Farid (1961), Mohd. Amin (1962) and Aminah (1970).

Mohd. Sharif married Fatimah. They have 4 children - Aishah, Hafiz, Husna and Daniel.

Aishah is married and has 2 children.

Faridah (Puan Hajah) married Affandi Hussien (Tuan Haji; 20 January 1958). They have 6 children - Nuraishah Bazilah (26 April 1984), Muhammad Azfar Hakim (13 July 1985), Muhammad Ibrahim Adzim (22 August 1988), Nurfarahiyah Nasuha (21 May 1991), Nuramira Suraiya (29 August 1994) and Yusrina Faqihah (29 May 1999).

                    Nuraishah married to M Nizam Omar in November 2009.

Rabi'ah (Puan Hajah) married Ramli Hamid (1958, Tuan Haji). They have 5 children -  Mohd. Naim, Azizah, Mohsin, Aliah Farhana, and Mohd. Hanif.

Mohd. Farid married Kamariah Bujang. They have 5 children - Mohd. Afiq, Adibah Huda, Hanisah Huda, Safiah Aqila Huda and Mohd. Bazil Aiman.

Mohd. Amin married Zainah. They have 4 children - Mohd. Kusyairi, Mohd. Ashraf, Nuramira Bazilah, and Mohd. Hilman. Kusyairi is an engineer with Sapura.

Aminah (Puan Hajah) married Shahrul Nizam bin Ar. Hj. Abdullah Satar b. Hj. Teh. They have 4 children - Zulfakar, Sakinah, Nabilah and Nabihah.

Esther married Aelian Cantlay Schokman (1932). Esther had worked in the accounts department of the Malayan Railway till she retired. They have 2 children - Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman (1961) and Veronica Alison Christobel Schokman (1964).

Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman married Siti Noor Azar binti Majid (1961). They have 4 children - Muhamed Armin Schokman (1987), Nurlisa Sharmin Schokman (1990), Muhamed Aiman Schokman (1993), and Nur Hanis Schokman (1996).

Veronica Alison Christobel Schokman married William Conrado Duarete (1965).

Jamaliah June married Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel. They had 5 children - Stephanie Druscilla Nathaniel, Gerald Kingsley Nathaniel, Rex Allan Nathaniel, Vanessa Gloria Nathaniel and Amanda Zoe Nathaniel. (June is deceased.)

Rex Allan Nathaniel married Susan. They have 2 children - Claris Nathaniel and Kevin Nathaniel. (Rex is deceased)

Vanessa Gloria Nathaniel married Peter Yang. They have 3 children - Ian Timothy Yang, Melody Grace Yang, and Tabita Hope Yang.

Daisy Yvette married Robert Jansz (deceased). The family previously lived in Balga, north of Perth, Western Australia. She moved to Mandurah in November 2011 (years after Robert died before Christmas 1988). They had 7 children - Jennifer, Christopher, Robby, Vicky, Francis, Mildred and Andrew.

Philip @ Mohd Noor (deceased) married Harisah (Terengganu). They had no children. Harisah remarried after Mohd Noor's death.

Second, Dr. Che Lah bin Joonoos married Chong Nyet Lin @ Mariah (deceased). They had a son, Kamaruddin. They adopted a girl, Kamariah (1959).

Kamaruddin married Fauziah Shaikh Emam. They have a son, Kamarul Faisal (computer engineering student in Queensland, final year in 2006).

Kamariah married Syed Zain Syed Baharom. They have 3 sons - Syed Khairuddin, Syed Khairuzman and Syed Khairizwan.

Second link

I tried the second link of the search results which was http://thestar.com.my/news/list.asp?file=/_2003/7/12/nation/20030712142317  Penang Yang di-Pertua Negri's birthday honours list. It listed Kamaruddin Che Lah on the honour list but there was still no e-mail address.

Third link

I tried the third link of the search results which was http://www.mpsp.gov.my/pertanyaan/index.html . This was the Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai homepage. This page listed his details - En. Kamaruddin b. Che Lah, Pengarah Kejuruteraan, e-mail: kamaruddin@mpsp.gov.my, tel: 04-310 5600.

I called my elder sister (Sharifah) to ask for Kamaruddin Che Lah's home telephone number. She sent an SMS with his home telephone number.

I called my uncle's house in Seberang Perai to ask details of my maternal grandfather's siblings. His wife asked to contact her elder sister, Aishah Shaikh Emam ("Chom") in Minden Heights, Penang. I do not have her telephone number off-hand at the time of this writing.

I called my younger brother (Farid) in Bandar Baru Selayang to ask him if he knew Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman's e-mail. He e-mailed.

I then contacted my aunt (Kamariah) in Kuala Lumpur to ask if she could help provide the details of my maternal grandfather's workplace and nature of work. She promised to help out as much as she could but she needed time as the documents are currently not with her in Kuala Lumpur where she lives and works. I am still waiting for more details from her at the time of this writing. I also asked her for Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman's handphone number.

I then sent an e-mail and SMS to Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman prior to Ramadan 2005.

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Acknowledgement

Some of the names which appear above may not have been spelled correctly. But this is all there is to go by at the time of this writing.

Kamaruddin bin Che Lah

(Dr. Che Lah Mohd. Joonoos's son)

Pengarah Kejuruteraan (Engineering Director)

Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai

E-mail: kamaruddin@mpsp.gov.my

Kamariah bt. Che Lah

Petronas HQ, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur (now retired)

Sharifah bt. Abdul Rashid

Consumer Association of Penang (CAP)

Muhammad Farid bin Abdul Rashid

Forest Mensuration and Engineering Unit

Forest Management and Ecology Program

Division of Forestry and Conservation

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)

52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.

Tel: +603 6279 7523

E-mail: farid@frim.gov.my

Muhamed Al-Jeffrey Schokman

(Esther's son)

Taman Permata, Kuala Lumpur

E-mail: jeffct@tm.net.my

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