Weddings of 4 Sisters

1953 Daisy Yvette married to Robert Bertram Jansz

1955 Tulip married to Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope

1958 June married to Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel

1959 Esther married to Aelian Cantlay Schokman

My mother was the eldest of 4 sisters. The sisters are named after flowers, season or month - Tulip, Esther, June and Daisy. That's how Dato Mahadzir Lokman remembers them - with "flower names". They all married and have families, kids and grandchildren. 

My parents are Tulip and Abdul Rashid.

I have met Aunty Esther but not her husband Aelian Schokman. I have met their son Jeffrey, Jeffrey's wife Siti Azar and their children, at Hotel Impiana KLCC in KL when I was writing my book (draft). I have met their daughter Veronica Schokman at my brother Farid's daughter Adibah's wedding at Masjid Firdaus (atas bukit) at Templer Park, outskirt of KL.

I have not met both Aunty June and her husband Devdass Nathaniel Kingsley. I have not met any of their children (my cousins).

I have met both Aunty Daisy Yvette and her husband Robert Jansz at their home in Western Australia, before Uncle Robert passed away on 11 December 1988 (2 weeks before Christmas). I also met all her children (except Frances) when I visited Aunty Daisy after Uncle Robert passed away. I met Frances for the first time when I visited her family home at her farm in Sepertine Way, Stake Hill, WA on 10 February 2013. Aunty Daisy took us there - myself, my youngest daughter Yus, and husband Affandi.

Tulip and Abdul Rashid bersanding on 24 December 1955 at 262-T Banda Hilir, Malacca. Akad nikah was held earlier in November 1955.

Esther and Aelian Cantlay Schokman married on 5 September 1959, in KL.

June and Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel married on 8 February 1958, in KL.

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According to my cousin Jeffrey and his mum (my Aunt Esther), Aunty Daisy got married first.

In a 1953 wedding photo of Catherine's youngest daughter, Daisy Yvette, we can see many of the family members gathered on the steps of the church. Daisy informed me that she married not at St Mary's Church in Kuala Lumpur (level with the Merdeka Padang), but at a church up on a hill. This church would be St John's Church (now cathedral), Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.

Daisy Yvette's wedding in 1953 at St John's Church. Front row from left: Bridesmaid is Esther, standing next to Robert Jansz (groom). Daisy Yvette (bride), and bridesmaid at right is groom's sister, Aunt Hazel.
Back row from left: Humphry @ Edward Bulner, Daisy Catherine de Coursey Bulner (lady with white hat), groom's father, Mr Jansz/Robert Oliver Jansz, Uncle Reg standing behind groom and bride, and groom's mother, Mrs Jansz/Victorine Alfonso (lady with black hat)

Daisy Yvette and Robert Jansz,

St John's Church (now cathedral),

Bukit Nenas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1953.

When I visited Aunty Daisy in Mandurah in mid February 2013, she helped to identify the people in her 1953 wedding photo above.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1235.html

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Tulip bt Che Lah (6) Send-off 1952

Before my mother left for her studies overseas, her family and relatives gathered for the send-off in KL and in Penang. There were a few photos taken of her family and relatives. One photo was taken at the Maxwell home which had a big garden. Another photo was when the family gathered at the KL railway station. In another photo the family gathered at her aunt's house in Sg Gelugor in Penang. In another photo, the family and relatives gathered on board a ship, the Carthage, which possibly docked at Swettenham Pier in Penang.  That's what I know from reading history. I think my mother and her family visited their Penang relatives before she sailed to Great Britain in 1952. My mother said, her father was newly married when she was about to sail overseas. She said she met them both as both came to see her off. Her step-mother is in one of the family photos at the KL railway station. She's from Bangsar.

At Maxwell Rd home in KL

In a train coach at KL railway station

Katherine Daisy (left) and eldest daughter, Tulip, at the KL railway station 1952

My grandmother Katherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner at KL railway station 1952

Family members and relatives gathered at KL railway station 1952.
From left: Mr FW Bulner, Daisy Yvette (youngest daughter), Katherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner (ex-wife), a schoolfriend of Tulip, Tulip (eldest), who?, Che-cheh (Chinese maid), June (third), Philip (boy), Esther (second) and possibly Dr Che Lah's second (new) wife.

Visiting Aunty Besar at home in Sg Gelugor, Penang 1952. From left: Philip (adopted), Wan Tam, Esther, Daisy Yvette, Wan Chik, and June. Dr Che Lah is standing on the verandah. Wan Tam and Wan Chik are the daughters of Aunty Besar, Dr Che Lah's eldest and only sister.

Gathered on board the P and O Carthage in Penang, before Tulip sailed to England in 1952. From left: June, daughters of Aunty Besar, Philip, Tulip, Daisy Yvette, Esther. Aunty Besar is at extreme right.

On board the Carthage 1952. From left: Aunty Besar/Mak Besar Bee (eldest sister of Dr Che Lah), her daughters, Wan Chik; June, and Wan Tam (extreme right); Esther is kneeling.

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Aunty Daisy Visited Malaysia

Aunty Daisy and her family migrated to Western Australia in the early 1970s, maybe in 1972. I was in Form 2 at Malacca Girls' High School (MGHS) in Durian Daun, Malacca. Aunty Daisy often returned to Malaysia, mainly to celebrate her father's (my grandfather) birthday. I was away at Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (1974-75) or overseas (1976-1982).

Aunty Daisy Yvette arrived at Subang International Airport. From left: Grandmother Daisy Catherine, Aunty June, Aunty Daisy, Aunty Esther and Dr Che Lah. His wife Mariah is behind him.

From left: Dr Che Lah, adopted daughter Kamariah, wife Mariah, Amanda and Katherine Daisy.

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Grandmother and Great-Grandmother

My cousin Amanda Zoe Nathaniel keeps many family photos of her family. My late Aunty June was her mother. I went through her Facebook photo album and found 2 photos which I thought I would never get to see. These are the photos of my maternal grandmother and my great-grandmother. My mother used to tell us a lot about them when I was a little girl.

From left: Stephanie, Aunty June, grandmother Daisy Catherine DeCoursey Bulner (eldest of 6 sibs), Edward Kenneth Bulner @ Humphrey (youngest brother of Daisy Catherine), Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel (June's husband), Vanessa, Rex and Amanda. Gerald is not in this photo.

Front row from left: Rex, Jeffrey Schokman, Amanda, Vanessa, Veronica Schokman.
Back row from left: Stephanie, great-grandmother Emma Frances Krasse and Gerald.

Online family tree:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1235.html

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