Penang Relatives - Zanariah Ahmad

Zana's mother is Che Som bt Mashohor. She attended the Malayan Teachers' Training College (MTTC) in England. Che Som is Pak Zan's sister. Pak Zan is Mohd Zan bin Mashohor. Pak Zan married Safura bt Mohd Yusope (Bik Wa), parents of Baizura, Mastura, Shawal and Kamarul Akhir. Safura @ Bik Wa is my father's younger sister.

Zana and I attended Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC) in Seremban. I attended TKC in 1974-1975 (Form 4 - 1974, Form 5 - 1975 MCE 1975). I knew Zana at TKC when my mother informed me that Zana is my relative, but she didn't tell me how we are related.

Che Som and Pak Zan were from the "Penang side" of my mother's family. They were from the "Noordin Merican" clan. They were my mother's close relatives. Zana's grandmother is Tok Bibi or Bibi Hashim.

Zana and siblings

Zana and daughter Ezarina Abdul Aziz

Zana's father (rightmost)

Md Mashurdin married 2 wives: 

1. Esah

2. Siti Kulsom (Sona)

Md Mashurdin Merican Noordin (1848-1924) married Esah and they had a son: 

1. Senna @ Wan Mat Merican Noordin married Hjh Maryam Boyan (Bu Yam)

Md Mashurdin Merican Noordin (1848-1924) also married Siti Kalsom. They had a son:

1. Aladin Merican Noordin (1898-c1944)

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Tengku Mohd Radin (Ku Din Ku Meh) (1848-died) married Siti Kulsom (Sona). They had 4 children:

1. Tengku Rahmah Tengku Mohd Radin married to Dr Shaik Mohd Baboo Ahmad Al Bakish (1894-1964)

2. Tengku Maheran Tengku Mohd Radin married __

3. Private

4. Girl married __

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Kulop Endut @ Pandak Endut (died 1877) married Che Puteh and they had a son, Tok Ki Mashohor Pandak Endut @ Kulup Endut.

Tok Ki Mashohor Pandak Endut @ Kulup Endut married Bibi Hashim (Tok Bibi to Zana) and they had 7 children:

1. Teh Rafeah Mashohor (1924-2001)

2. Mohd Wyme Tik Mashohor married Aminah Abdul Raof

3. Hashim Mashohor

4. Che Som Mashohor married Ahmad Dahan (parents Zana and Zahidi)

5. Mohd Zan Mashohor (died 1981) married Safura Mohd Yusope (1935-1977) (parents of Baizura, Mastura, Shawal and Kamarul Akhir). Safura Mohd Yusope @ Bik Wa is my father's younger sister.

6. Rahmah Mashohor

7. Zainah Rahim @ Che Teh Mashohor

Teh Rafeah Mashohor (1924-2001) married to Wan Noordin @ Isdin Merican Noordin (1919-2000).

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Kassim had a daughter named Jumma Bee bt Kassim (Kg Dodol), Penang.

Jumma Bee bt Kassim married twice, to Mohamed and to Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad (Tok Bogart), c1875-c1952). Her marriage order is unknown.

Jumma Bee bt Kassim and Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad had 5 children:

1. Che Bee bt Md Joonos @ Mak Besar Bee married Cikgu bin Hj Nasaruddin

2. Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (1903-1986) married twice, first to Daisy Katherine de Courcy Bulner, (1911-1981), and then Hjh Mariah @ Chong Nyet Lin (1915-1996)

3. Ali Baba bin Md Joonos (1919-1981) married Bee Bee Johara bt Mohd Jalaludin (1925-1979)

4. Osman bin Md Joonos married Zaina @ Yaya

5. Mohamad bin Md Joonos married Mak Wan

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Jumma Bee bt Kassim (Kg Dodol) married Mohamed and had a daughter named Wan Su bt Mohamed.

Wan Su bt Mohamed married to Aladin Merican Noordin (1898-c.944) and they had 5 children:

1. Wan Noordin @ Isdin Merican Noordin (1919-2000) married 2 wives, Teh Rafeah Mashohor (1924-2001) and then Roslina bt Sulaiman.

2. Noor Sayang Merican Noordin (1928-1999) married to Habibur Rahman Amran

3. Hasim Noordin Merican Noordin

4. Noorlaila Merican Noordin

5. Wahidin Merican Noordin

Wan Noordin @ Isdin Merican Noordin married 2 wives, first Teh Rafeah Mashohor (1924-2001). They had 8 children:

1. Datin Hajjah Wan Norseha bt Wan Nordin

2. Wan Mohd Naseruddin bin Wan Nordin (1957-2014) - first cousin Baizura, Mastura, Shawal and Kamarul Akhir.

3. Norlaili bt Wan Noordin (1960-2019) married to Muhammad Daldiri bin Muchjat

4. Wan Aladin bin Wan Nordin married Hamzaiton 

5. Norzehan bt Wan Nordin married Kamarul Zaman bin Ismail

6. Norsham bt Wan Nordin married Mahmud bin Ali

7. Hishamudin bin Wan Nordin married Kamariah bt Harman

8. Norsaadah bt Wan Nordin married to Mohd Nasir

Wan Noordin @ Isdin Merican Noordin married a second wife, Roslina bt Sulaiman.

Datin Hajjah Wan Norseha bt Wan Nordin married to Datuk Abu Sujak Mahmud (1939-2021). They had 10 children:

1. Girl 1989- married to Brandon Boyd

2. Girl married

3. Girl

4. Girl

5. Boy

6. Girl married to Daud

7. Girl

8. Boy

9. Ahmad Zuhdi Abu Sujak

10. Nabila Abu Sujak married to Azman Halim

Wan Mohd Nasserudin bin Wan Nordin married twice, first to Wan Rohani bt Wan Jusoh (1958-), and second to Zaiton Mohd Talib (1961Wan Rohani had 5 children:

1. Wan Azmeer Merican Noordin (1983-) married Desi Sovia Nika

2. Wan Sona Afzan (1988-) married to Mohd Fazli bin Atan

3. Wan Jumma Izfan (1989-) married to Mohd Aizat

4. Wan Sofia Izzati (1991-)

5. Wan Ahmad Afiq Noordin (1992-) married Ummi Athirah bt Zamri

Noor Sayang Merican Noordin and Habibur Rahman Amran had 11 children:

1. Wan __ bt Habibur Rahman (1946-) married to Wan Zakiuddin Wan Zainal Abidin (1943-) and they have 4 children: Wan Flora Zakiuddin (1979-), Wan Fariq bin Zakiuddin (1981-), Wan Ahmad Fiqri Zakiuddin (1983-) and Wan Nur Fathia Zakiuddin (1985-)

2. Wan Jeleha Habibur Rahman (1951-) married to Mohd Khairi Yakub and they have a son, Mohd Zahiruddin (1987-)

3. Wan Jamilah Habibur Rahman married to Dr Rahmat (brother of Dr Abdul Ghani and Datuk Kamal). They have 4 children: Kamarul Hafiz, Kamarul Idzaham, Wan Amira and Kamarul Faris.

4. Kamarul Azman Habibur Rahman married and has 3 children: Wan Nur Shakirin, Wan Nur Shakira, and Wan Nur Shazmin.

5. Kamarul Azlan Habibur Rahman married Rudina. They have 2 children: Amir Ruzman and Umar Rizwan.

6. Kamaruzzaman Habibur Rahman married Aishah and they have 2 children: Zamani and Nurul Huda.

7. Wan Chik Habibur Rahman married Sabudin

8. Wan Zaharah Habibur Rahman married to Ayub and they have 3 children: Azuan, Sakinah and Izaddin.

9. Wan Fadillah Habibur Rahman married to Aznam and they have 5 children: Mohd Razak, Mohd Redza, Wan Raihan, Mohd Rafiuddin and Wan Rafhanan.

10. Kamarudin Habibur Rahman married Salmah Mohd Hassan and they have 6 children: Wan Edorra Kamarudin, Ahmad Nazri Kamarudin, Wan Nadia Kamarudin, Wan Ezzety Kamarudin, Wan Diana Kamarudin, and Ahmad Syafiq Kamarudin.

11. Khairudin bin Habibur Rahman married Normazwin bt Jamaludin and they have 4 children: Khairil, Alia, Faiz and Anis.

Zana Ahmad @ Anggerik Queen @ Zanna Ahmad

 

Zana and her father, Cikgu Ahmad Dahan

Zana's daughter's wedding 2015

Pak Zan at his workplace

Pak Zan at rumah Banda Hilir, early 1960s. Pah and Mak in the bkgr.

Bik Wa's family and Wan Nasserudin Wan Noordin (Abang Chel)

Tiffin Che Som Mashohor

Tiffin Tok Bibi Hashim

Zana, Zubaidah Nasir (Che Zu Pasir Puteh) and Alina

Zana's and Baizura's family trees
Link to Geni

Safura bt Mohd Yusope

Bik Wa in Banda Hilir 1962/63

Full name: Safura bt Mohd Yusope
Call name: She addressed herself as Awa. Mak called her Safura. Aunty Hasnah addressed her as Kak Wa. I called her Bik Wa.
Occupation: Telephone operator at Bukit Nenas in Kuala Lumpur
Languages spoken: Malay and English
DOB:  (Lahir Selasa, 8:27 malam, 21/5/1935) Tuesday night, on 21 May 1935 at 8:27 pm
Date of demise: 11 November 1978
Location of grave: Taman Ibukota, Gombak Bt 5

Husband: Mohd Zan bin Mashohor (saudara sebelah Mak; adik mak Zana)
Call name: Bapak and Mak called him Abang Zan. I called him Pak Zan.
Occupation: ?
DOB: ?
Birthplace: ?
Names of parents: Tok Ki Mashohor and Bibi Hashim
Names of siblings: Mohd Zan, Som ...
Date of demise: 13 May 1981?
Location of grave: ?

Date of marriage: Akad nikah on 25 December 1960 at Aunty Kamsiah's house on Fletcher Road, Kuala Lumpur. (info from Jua via Fida, 22 Feb 218)

Children: 4

1. Baizura - schoolteacher; lives in Sg Buloh
2. Mastura (born 11 July __) - works at ANGKASA; married to Baharom; lives in Dato Keramat
3. Shawalludin (born 27 December __) - Captain Shawal. Shell, Brunei. Married Tatiana Abdullah. Lives in Brunei
4. Kamarul Akhir (born 8 April 1976) - professional photographer, founder & owner of Asiana (sports photos). Lives in Puchong. Married Siti Rafidah Sabihim.

Grandchildren: 10  (7 boys + 3 girls)

1. Muhammad Afiq Bahrom (anak Mastura)
2. Nur Syahirah Faiha Shawalludin
3. Muhammad Syamil Farhan Shawalludin
4. Muhammad Syafiq Fauzan Shawalludin
5. Muhammad Amir Aizat Aziz (anak Baizura)
6. Muhammad Arif Lutfi Aziz (anak Baizura)
7. Nurin Atiqah Aziz (anak Baizura)
8. Muhammad Irfan Hilman Aziz (anak Baizura)
9. Muhammad H Azizi Kamarul Akhir (MHAKA)
10. N Aisyah Z Kamarul Akhir (NAZKA)

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Arwah Kak Wa dulu kerja sebagai operator telefon kalau tak silap. Lepas kahwin she lived in Kg. Bahru for a few years...rented a house near pasar minggu. - from Aunty Hasnah Salleh.

Telephone operator at Bukit Nenas..after Kg Bahru we shifted to a few places throughout Malaysia..and finally Mak bought a terrace house at Tmn Perwira 1, Gombak..we all settled there...now the house is sold (to) a Malay family... - from Baizura Mohd Zan.

From Baizura in Facebook (2 August 2014, Hari Raya Aidilfitri ke-6):
Baizura Mohd Zan:
Wksalam..Selamat Hari Raya to you & family kat kelantan..
Date of birth : 21.5.1935
Date of demise..11.11.1978
Taman Ibukota , Gombak Bt 5

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Bik Wa had worked very hard as a telephone operator .. and came home very tired from work ... she had to cook ... and she was asthmatic (lelah). One day she suffered (possibly chest pain) and Bapak and Mak wanted to take her to hospital. Mak pangku Bik Wa in the back seat of the car. Before they could get to hospital, Bik Wa passed away on Mak's lap; she was blue ... indicating cyanosis ... from lack of oxygen ... Bik Wa probably died of asphyxia or a heart attack. - from me (based on my Mak's account of Bik Wa's demise).

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Bik Wa passed away first, and less than 3 years later, Pak Zan too passed away. Pak Zan told my Mak that he missed his wife (arwah Bik Wa) very much. Mak taught Pak Zan how to care for his 4 kids after Bik Wa passed away. Pak Zan was close to Mak; they were actually blood relatives from the Merican clan in Penang. After both Bik Wa and Pak Zan died, Mak Bedah helped to look after the 4 kids in PJ, as they were orphans (anak yatim piatu).

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Date of Pak Zan's demise was calculated from Syawal's info:

FB post dated 13 May 2014 - "33 years ago ... Early morning call from hospital.." - from Syawal (Sha MoZa in Facebook).

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Discussion in Facebook:

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Family photos

Photo from Shawal's FB

Sibs - Aunty Som and Pak Zan

Pak Zan having tea at 262-T Rumah Bandar Hilir, possibly circa 1962/63. Bik Wa is standing behind him. My sibs Abang Sharif and Sharifah (Pah) are the 2 kids. Mak is standing next to Bik Wa at right.  Photo from Bapak's pendrive 2009.
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There is an early photo of Bik Wa with Tok Alang Kg Bharu and his family. Photo was provided by Prof Hamzah anak Tok Alang.

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Edited photo of Bik Wa. The original photo was from Nonie anak Pak Din.

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Marriage

Gambar perkahwinan Bik Wa (siap frame) - ada di rumah Mak Sarah di Banda Hilir; di bilik belakang (info from Mohd Nordin anak Mak Sarah).

Date of marriage: Akad nikah on 25 December 1960 at Aunty Kamsiah's house on Fletcher Road, Kuala Lumpur (info from Jua via Fida, 22 Feb 218).

Pak Zan and Bik Wa kahwin at Aunty Kamsiah's house on Fletcher Road, KL, on 25 December 1960.

Photo from Nordin anak Mak Sarah.

Bik Wa in her wedding chamber, 25 December 1960.

All the sewing could have been done by Nenek Jenab of Kg Baru.

Photo from Nordin anak Mak Sarah.

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Visiting Banda Hilir

Bik Wa and Pak Zan at 262-T Rumah Banda Hilir, probably circa 1962/63. I do not know who the 2 kids are; the little girl could be Baizura. Photo from Bapak's pendrive 2009.

Photos 1979 & 2015:

Baizura (ages?), Mastura (ages?), Shawal (ages?), and Kamarul (3 & 39 years old)

Muhammad Afiq Hj Bahrom, Mastura Mohd Zan,Muhamad Irfan Hilman, Baizura Mohd Zan, Kamarul Akhir, Fida Phied Sabihim, Tatiana Abdullah Shawalludin and Muhammad Syafiq Fauzan Shawalludin 

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Full name: Baizura bt Mohd Zan

Call name: Bai, Kak Bai, Baizura, Ju'a

DOB: ?

Occupation: Schoolteacher

Workplace: SMK Bukit Rahman Putra

Past: SMK TMN Ehsan and Sek Keb Sultan Hishamuddin Alam Shah

Academic: Studied English at University Putra Malaysia

Past: Sultan Idris University of Education and MPIK

Residence:

Lives in Rawang, Selangor

From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Baizura's family

Baizura Mohd Zan + Aziz Karim

-  4 kids: 2 (B) 2 (G)

https://www.facebook.com/baizura.mohdzan

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Full name: Mastura bt Mohd Zan

Call name: Mas, adik Mas, Mastura

DOB: 11 July __

Occupation: ?

Workplace: ANGKASA

Academic: Studied at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang

Past: Sek. Men. (P) Jalan Temerloh, Kuala Lumpur

Residence:

Lives in Keramat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mastura's family

Mastura Mohd Zan + Hj Bahrom*

- 1 son, Muhammad Afiq

*Bahrom - former office mate of (Pak Cik) Mat Rashid, adik Pak Cik Hassan - from Mat Rashid.

https://www.facebook.com/mastura.mohdzan

M Afiq kahwin (Masjid Terapung, Tanjung Bungah, Penang 19 March 2017):

Photos from Aunty Hasnah Salleh (anak Tok Alang Kg Baru, KL):

Majlis kenduri kahwin M Afiq anak Mastura

From left: Nonie anak arwah Pak Din, aunty Hasnah anak arwah Tok Alang, aunty Siti Zaleha anak arwah Nenek Endon (Alor Setar) and Dora anak arwah Mak Nya. Mak Bedah is seated.

Standing from left: Aunty Kamsiah anak arwah Tok Ali Gombak, Aunty Hasnah anak arwah Tok Alang Kg Baru, Aunty Zaleha anak arwah Bik Endon Alor Setar, Kedah, Mak Bedah, and Tatiana, Shawal's wife.

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Full name: Shawalludin b Mohd Zan

Call names: He addresses himself as Awal. We call him Shawal. His friends addressed him as Captain.

DOB: 27 December

Occupation & Workplace:

Former Marine operation supervisor at Sarawak Shell Berhad 2003 to 2007

Schooling: Went to Bukit Bintang Boys School, Class of 1986

Residence:

Lives in Seria, Brunei

From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shawalludin's family

2 children from previous marriage, 1(B) 1(G).

Nur Syahirah Faiha Shawalludin
Muhammad Syamil Farhan Shawalludin

Qa!Shawalludin Mohd Zan + Tatiana Abdullah (m. 30 June 2007)

Muhammad Syafiq Fauzan Shawalludin

https://www.facebook.com/Capt.Shawalludin

Shawal's family

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Full name: Kamarul Akhir bin Mohd Zan

Call name: Kamarul

DOB: 8 April 1976

Occupation: professional photographer

Workplace: Asiana

Founder and Operation Manager at asiana.my - All Sports Images And News Agency

Past: TheSun Media

Academic: Studied at Institut Belia Negara Peretak

Past: SMKA Maahad Hamidiah and Maahad Hamidiah Kajang

Residence:

Lives in Puchong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hp: 013-248 0525

Kamarul Akhir's family

Kamarul Akhir Mohd Zan + Fida Phied Sabihim

- kids: 2 (1B + 1G)

https://www.facebook.com/kamarulakhir

http://www.fidavanilla.com/

http://www.fidavanilla.blogspot.com/

Kamarul's family

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Gambar baby Nuraishah, me, Dora and Kamarul at rumah Mak Bedah, Seksyen 14, PJ in Feb 1985: Kamarul was 8+, going on 9 years old; Dora was 15 years old; Nuraishah was 9 months old; and I was 26 years old.

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FAMILY TREE

From Facebook:

Arwah Pak Zan was related to arwah Ayah Wan Merican Noordin (Wan Mohd Nasserudin Wan Noordin). Pak Zan and Ayah Wan's mother were siblings (brother and sister).

https://www.facebook.com/wanmericannoordin

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From me:

Zanariah Ahmad (Zana, TKC MCE 1975) was related to arwah Ayah Wan Merican Noordin and Bik Wa's 4 children; they are first cousins.

Arwah Mak was related to arwah Ayah Wan Merican Noordin and Zana. I don't know how.

https://www.facebook.com/zanariah.ahmad.90

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From arwah Ayah Wan Merican Noordin (now deceased):

His sister is Datin Wan Norsiha Wan Noordin. Her husband is Datuk Sujak. Her daughter is Dina Sujak.

https://www.facebook.com/dina.sujak

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