Mak Sekmah, Pak Cik Muhammad and Prof Fauziah Aziz

Inchek Sekmah bt Mohd Yusope is my youngest paternal aunt (ibu saudara sebelah Bapak).  I called her Mak Sekmah. Her children are Norzilah, Norsimah, Azmi, Zaini, Zainudin/Nordin, and Idris.

Family Reunion 2015
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 7 am - 11 pm
Venue: Perkarangan Rumah Pak Busu Abdul Latif
Batu 14, Hulu Langat, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Recently, Prof. Fauziah Aziz (UPNM) wrote to me in LinkedIn and informed me that Mak Sekmah was also her aunt, and that Norzilah, Norsimah and their brothers are her first cousins. She mentioned that Pak Cik Muhammad bin Idris and Mak Sekmah were cousins. Prof. Fauziah's mother (Puteh @ Mariam bt Idris) is the elder sister of Pak Cik Muhammad.

Siblings: 6

1. Maria bt Idris
2. Hassan bin Idris
3. Mariam bt Idris @ Puteh bt Idris (estimated 1901-1961)
4. Mohamad bin Idris @ Pak Cik Mat (b.22 Feb 1928-deceased), Limbongan, Melaka
5. Mahawiah bt Idris
6. Abdul Latif bin Idris (Pak Busu)

Cousins:

1. Muhammad bin Idris (husband)
2. Inchek Sekmah bt Mohd Yusope (wife)

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Puteh's family

Full name: Mariam bt Idris
Call name: Puteh
Husband: Abd Aziz
Children: 7

1. Fadzillah bt Abd Aziz
2. Azam bin Abd Aziz
3. Siti Aminah bt Abd Aziz
4. Prof Fauziah bt Abd Aziz
5. Anuar bin Abd Aziz
6. Azhar bin Abd Aziz
7. Patemah bt Abd Aziz

I asked Prof. Fauziah how we are all related. She is looking up the salasilah for her family, which was prepared by her grandfather in tulisan Jawi.

Prof. Fauziah is Prof. Fauziah bt Haji Abdul Aziz. Her father is Haji Abdul Aziz bin Haji Hussein. The family traces its origins to Linggi, Negeri Sembilan. In Negeri Sembilan, Prof. Fauziah's uncle was the late Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Said bin Mohamed, the first elected Menteri Besar (MB) of Negeri Sembilan after Merdeka.

Prof Fauziah's sister is Fadzillah Abdul Aziz. She has a daughter Husniya, who did a business course in Seattle, Canada. Husniya is now in the USA.

Fadzillah Abdul Aziz
https://www.facebook.com/fadzillah.abdaziz.1

Husniya
https://www.facebook.com/HannaNia

Prof Fauziah Abdul Aziz
019-862-0813
afauziah@upnm.edu.my
Retired from UPNM in 2019
https://my.linkedin.com/pub/fauziah-aziz/31/2b0/a99

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Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Said is Datin Halimah's father. Datin Halimah bt Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Said was a lecturer in Linguistics at Universiti Malaya (UM). She is retired and writes as well as paints.

Prof. Fauziah said Tan Sri Dr Mohamed's eldest daughter Maznah's son is Mustafa Farid Wajidi, a biologist in USM. His correct name is Assoc. Prof. Dr Mustafa Fadzil Farid Wajidi. He is a molecular biologist and worked at Pusat Pengajian Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (PPPJJ), USM in Penang.