Thursday 9 January 2014

Abu Bakar bin Mohd Yusope

Pak Bakar at Pulau Besar, Melaka 1948
Pak Bakar in Singapore 1960s

Pak Bakar at Lrg Sarina/Toa Payoh house, Sg, 1980s.

PHOTOS 1a, 1b, 1c
Abu Bakar bin Mohd Yusope
@ Pak Bakar/Pak Kau (abang Bapak)

Full name: Abu Bakar bin Mohd Yusope
Call name: Bapak called his brother Abang Bakar. I called him Pak Bakau.
Relationship: He was Bapak's eldest brother, and the eldest boy in the family.
Born: 7:28 pm, malam, Khamis, 19 March 1930
Deceased: __ (after 1987)

Wife: Mariam?
Her call name: Mak Yam, Mak Cik Mariam
Children: 2
  1. Abu Hasan Abu Bakar (@Alang Tel: 02-2505710 old #)
  2. Mastura

Pak Bakau held odd jobs and spoke good English. He often spoke to Mak. He married a Singaporean Malay lady and had 2 kids (a boy and a girl). They lived in Singapore.

I remember his family visited us when we lived at Jalan Day, Alor Star in Kedah. Later, he divorced Mak Cik, and the family returned to Singapore. I don't recall whether he remarried or married someone else.

He returned to Singapore, died in Singapore and is buried in Singapore. His siblings attended his funeral in Singapore.

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Family photos

PHOTO2
Pak Bakar's wedding photo. From Baharin Tamby, Singapore.

PHOTO3
Pak Bakar, wife Mak Cik Yam and children Mastura and Abu Hasan. Photo early-mid-1960s. Photo from Abang Sharif.

PHOTO4
From left: Mastura Abu Bakar, kak Habsah Abas, Mak Bedah, Mak Cik Zahrah isteri Pak Saleh, Suhaila, Pp, Pak Saleh, Abu Hasan Abu Bakar, Mak Cik Yam isteri Pak Bakar and Mak Cik Hajijiah Sulaiman isteri Pak Cik Tamby bin Ahmad (Tamby HABHAL). Before 1987. Photo from Baharin bin Tamby

PHOTO5
My parents and uncle Pak Bakar visited Tamby and family in Toa Payoh, Singapore. From left: Mak, Mak Cik Hajijiah (Tamby's wife), Baharin bin Tamby (Tamby's younger son), Tamby bin Ahmad (Bapak's first cousin), and Pak Bakar (standing). Photo from Bapak's pendrive. 1987

PHOTO6
From left: Bapak, Pak Bakar's son Abu Hasan, boy could be Affendi bin Tamby?, Mak and Pak Bakar's daughter Mastura. Photo from Bapak's pendrive. 1987

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