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Family Tree of the Shaik Ahmad clan

Is there a family tree for the Shaik Ahmad clan? Yes. I am a 5th-generation descendant (G5) from Shaik Ahmad. Where are you on the Shaik Ahmad family tree?

Sources of Information

(1) From Uncle Din (Kamaruddin bin Che Lah)
There is a family tree constructed of Shaik Ahmad's clan.

(2) From Uncle Dahlan bin Daud & Aunty Aishah adopted d/o Daud
There is a family tree constructed by Abdul Hannis bin Abdul Aziz.

(3) From Abdul Hannis bin Abdul Aziz
Abdul Hannis has constructed the Shaik Ahmad clan family tree and that is available online.

(4) From Datuk Dr Zulkifli bin CD Ismail
Datuk Dr Zulkifli operates the Yahoo Group for the Shaik Ahmad clan online. Please email him at: Shaikahmad-owner@yahoogroups.com

(5) From Azizah Begum bt Shaik Habib Noohu
Puan Azizah (formerly at USM Penang; moved to UMP, Pahang) is a relative. She says the clan is also related to Habib Noh in Singapore.

(6) From Ayah Wan Noordin Merican (deceased)
Ayah Wan Noordin Merican (Facebook) says Tulip Che Lah and the Shaik Ahmad clan are related to the Merican clan. Ayah Wan Noordin Merican is a cousin of Baizura Mohd Zan, Mastura Mohd Zan, Syawaluddin Mohd Zan, and Kamarul Akhir Mohd Zan.


First Generation (G1)

In Malaya, Shaik Ahmad married Puan Hajar of Butterworth and they had six children (three sons and three daughters) (G2):-
  1. Hamidah Bee bt Shaik Ahmad
  2. Jan Bee bt Shaik Ahmad
  3. Mohd Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad 
  4. Mohd Ali bin Shaik Ahmad 
  5. Mariam bt Shaik Ahmad, and
  6. Captain Md Noor bin Shaikh Ahmad.

Second Generation (G2)
  1. Hamidah Bee bt Shaik Ahmad 
  2. Jan Bee bt Shaik Ahmad 
  3. Mohd Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad was a clerk. Mohd Joonos married Juma Bee binti Kassim and they had five children (a daughter and four sons) (G3):-
               1) Che Bee (Mak Besar Bee) bt Md Joonos
               2) Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos
               3) Ali Baba bin Md Joonos
               4) Osman bin Md Joonos and,
               5) Mohamad bin Md Joonos.
   4. Mohd Ali bin Shaik Ahmad
   5. Mariam bt Shaik Ahmad, and
   6. Captain Md Noor bin Shaik Ahmad.


Third Generation (G3)

1) Che Bee (Mak Besar Bee) bt Md Joonos (eldest sister of Dr Che Lah),
2) Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (eldest of 4 brothers),
3) Ali Baba bin Md Joonos,
4) Osman bin Md Joonos and,
5) Mohamad bin Md Joonos. 

  • Mak Besar Bee married Omar 
  • Dr Che Lah married twice.
  • Dr Che Lah’s younger brother, Ali Baba married Bee Bee Johara bt Mohd Jalaludin and they had 11 children.
  • Osman was a train engine driver.
  • Nothing is known about the youngest brother, Mohamad.


Fourth Generation (G4)

Dr Che Lah married twice to non-Malays.


First marriage. Dr Che Lah first married a Ceylon Burgher trainee nurse who studied at the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, named Maimunah @ Catherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner  in early 1931. Catherine was born on 5 March 1911 in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and came to Malaya as a child with her family. The Straits Times of 24 July 1933 reported Dr and Mrs Che Lah had attended a concert held at the Anglo-Chinese School in Klang on 17 July 1933. The concert was for raising the building fund for the ACS at Kapar. Others who were present at the concert were Mr L Forbes (District Officer, Klang), Che Osman (Magistrate, Klang), Inche Mohd Salleh (District Office, Kuala Langat), Dr and Mrs Farris, and Dr A Visuvalingam.  According to Esther, Dr Che Lah remained with Catherine till after the war (1948). They went separate ways in 1949.

Second marriage. Dr Che Lah then married a Hospital Bangsar matron, Mariah @ Chong Nyet Lin in 1953. She was Hokkien and was popularly known as Matron Mariah or Matron and was addressed as Madam Chong on envelopes received at her home at 355-A Lengkok Pemancar, Gelugor, Penang.

Children. Dr Che Lah had four daughters by Daisy Catherine and a son by Mariah. He adopted two more babies. He adopted a Eurasian infant named Philip @ Mohd Noor from a Singapore orphanage and raised him at Sungai Buloh during the war. After the Malayan Independence, Dr Che Lah adopted a Chinese newborn as his own daughter.
  1. Jumabee Tulip bt Che Lah (Wednesday, 4 Nov 1931-Sat, 5 June 2004) 
  2. Jaleha Esther (born Friday, 10 March 1933-deceased) 
  3. Jamaliah June (Friday, 29 June 1934-1982) 
  4. Daisy Yvette (born Wednesday, 17 July 1935) 
  5. Philip @ Mohd Noor (born 1944; deceased 1970s); adopted son
  6. Kamaruddin bin Che Lah (born February 1955)
  7. Kamariah (born 1959); adopted daughter 

Fifth Generation (G5)
Jumabee Tulip bt Che Lah married to Haji Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope. They have seven children – Mohd Sharif, Sharifah, Faridah (that's me), Rabi’ah, Mohd Farid, Mohd Amin and Aminah.

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