Preamble, MALAYSIAN NATIONAL CENSUS 2000, MINORITIES, Eurasians in the development of the country, Malaysians of the future, the legal definition of a surname, A SERANI/EURASIAN SURNAME, SERANI
PART 3.1 Phuket-Pulau Tikus Catholic Surnames 1791-1861, Burials at The Phuket Catholic Cemetery,
PART 3.2 Burials at The Kelawei Road Cemetery Pulau Tikus,
PART 3.3 The 1987 Penang Eurasian Association Survey of Penang Eurasian Malaysian Surnames, THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT CONCERNS OF THE EURASIANS AS MALAYSIANS in the 1987 Survey
CHAPTER3
1. Title: RECORDED SERANI/EURASIAN MALAYSIAN
SURNAMES 1717 – 1987 IN PHUKET and PENANG.
It seems necessary, at this stage of Malaysian history, to write about SERANI/EURASIAN SURNAMES of, as classified by the MALAYSIAN NATIONAL CENSUS 2000, an ‘Ethnic Group or Dialect Group’ numbered 71 to 79 and referred to as ‘MINORITIES’ as follows; 71 Thai, 72 Filipina, 73 Myanmar, 74 Jepun, 75 Korea, 76 Bangsa Asia Lain, 77 Serani/Eurasian, 78 Bangsa Eropah, 79 Lain-lain.
Today many Malaysians and surprisingly even adults are wondering who their fellow Malaysians are with surnames evolved from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Westerners who have settled in Malaysia since 1511, and had mixed marriages with locals, which is currently in vogue. These Humans, their Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren and more, are very much Malaysians of all sizes, shapes and colours, and are here to stay.
In the 1980s, Malaysia’s leading statesman Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu while addressing Penang Eurasians in a function organised by their Association during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Penang, indicated that racism was working itself out. After acknowledging the important roles played by Eurasians in the development of the country, he went on to say: “More important, they have contributed an important share towards the promotion of goodwill and harmony among people of various ethnic origins and backgrounds, and co-operated closely and well with the Government in its tasks of creating a just, progressive and united nation. In Malaysia of tomorrow ethnic barriers and artificial cultural limitations will have been eliminated to give rise to an integrated, forwarding-looking community imbued with a deep sense of civic responsibility and national pride. In their community Eurasians can see glimpses of Malaysians of the future.”
What is the legal definition of a surname?
SURNAME. 1. A name which is added to the Christian name, and which, in modern times, have become family names. 2. They are called surnames, because originally, they were written over the name in judicial writings and contracts. They were and are still used for the purpose of distinguishing persons of the same name.
A SERANI/EURASIAN SURNAME, or family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person’s family or tribe or community depending on its culture. Depending on the culture, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames. A personal name or full name is the set of names by which an individual is known and that can be recited with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual. The term is synonymous with the birth name or legal name of the individual. The Serani/Eurasian has been distinctly known for a Christian heritage so, nearly all individuals possess at least one given name (also known as a first name, forename, or Christian name), together with a surname, also known as a last name or family name (cf. Wikipedia). NO a/l or s/o (anak lelaki or son of).
The history of the PENANG EURASIAN COMMUNITY began long before they were ethnically classified as ‘Eurasians’ by the British in the 1820s – thus the blurring of their heritage. Before being called Eurasians, they were popularly referred to invariably as Portuguese or Portuguese Descendants or Roman Catholics or SERANI [by local Malays and others]
The remnants of the Thai-Portuguese Catholic Community fled Phuket in 1811 when the massacre of Catholics extended to the island. Under the leadership of their Parish Priest Father John Baptist Pasqual, they made their way to Pulau Tikus. In his own handwriting (below) from his church records entitled ‘Liber Defunctorum, Ecclesioe, Districtus Pulo-Ticus Ad Anno 1811’, Father Pasqual testifies that as a result of war and its devastations, he was moving his parish to ‘Civitate Pinang’. Prior to his arrival, ‘Pulo Ticus’ was mainly settled by Thai-Portuguese Catholics most of whom came from Phuket and were Father Pasqual’s relatives and friends. He set up his Church in a tent and the dead were buried around it, as it was then the practice, on land that is presently the Kelawei Road Catholic Cemetery.
Father Pasqual brought with him the church burial records of his Community in Phuket i.e. the ‘Liber Defunctorum, Ecclesioe, Districtus Pulo-Ticus Ad Anno 1811’ and continued using it for burials at the Kelawei Road Catholic Cemetery in Pulau Tikus Penang.
The first few pages of the Records indicate surnames of Catholics in Phuket from as early as a person born in 1717;
PART 3.1
PHUKET-PULAU TIKUS CATHOLIC SURNAMES 1791-1861
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BURIALS AT THE PHUKET CATHOLIC CEMETERY
CUJETANI; Dorethea (40 years old-1795), De OLIVEIRO; Petronillo (1795) De SILVA; Gregorius (1795), Innocentus, Joachim, FIMA; Antonia (1795) JEREMIA; Ritta (1791) JURIANO; Anna (1796), KHAU; Rosa (1795), Martius, MALINA; Manoel (1797), MARTINS; Philippus (25 years old-1796), MASANG; Brigitta (4 years old – 1795), Angelinia, Simonis, Sebastiana, MENDES; Antonius (1795), Rosa, Petrus, Josephi, Athanasia, Josephus, Antonia, OLIVEIRO; Petrus (Peter 20-year-old-1791), Philipide, PAN; Joseph (60 years old - 1797) PASCOAL; Martinny (10 days old – 1791), Rose & Paul, Petrus (3 years old), Petrus, Andreas, Lucia (5 days old 1796) PERERA; Sebastiano 1791), Jacobus, Joannes, Wenceslaus (1814), Peter, Lucia, Antonius (42 years old – ex-Junk Ceylon), VASCOU; Joseph (55 years old -1797), Rosa (80 years old) 23.9.1797 last entry in Phuket by Father P. Cave’. |
PART 3.2
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BURIALS AT THE KELAWEI ROAD CEMETERY PULAU TIKUS
A: *ALVENS (1817 TO 1860); *AMANG (1831); *AUGUSTIN (1840); *AVAS (1829). B: *BAPTISTE (1848 TO 1949); *BARMANA (1814); *BOTHNABA; *BREEN (1841); *BROWN (1842); *BUOR. C: *CAFER (1826 TO 1855); *CAFRA (1811 TO 1836); *CAFRI; CAPER (1837); *CAPHER (1830 TO Josephus 100 years old 1835); *CASSIANA; *CATHECU; *CATO; *CEZAIR (1861); *CHIAN; *CIVIANA, *CIZER (1852 TO 1861); *COC; *CORNELIUS (1857); *CORNELLIS (1834 TO 1842); *CULE. D: *DANIEL (1828 TO 1858); *De AUGUSTIN (AUGUSTINHO) (1829); *De COSTA Josephus (90 years 1837, ex-Junk Ceylon – Pioneer; * De CRUX (1844); *De CRUZ (1838); *De CUNHA (1824 TO 1856); *De FONCECA; (1827); *De GOIS; *De LUIS (1840, 70+ years old); *De ROSARIO (1837 TO 1847); *De ROSELLS (1839); *De ROZARIO 10.1.1811 in Pulau Tikus by Fr. J.B. Pascoal; *De ROZEL (1834); *De SOUZA (1830 TO 1850); *De SYLVA (1837 TO 1839); . E: *EMAUNG (1857 TO 1861). F: *FAVE (1841); *FELIX (1843 TO 1844); *FERDINANDES; (1830); *FERNANDES (1843); *FERRAD (1821); *FERRAO (1848 TO 1858); *FIDELIS (1859); *FREDERIC (1859); *FREDERICK (1861), G: *GABRIEL (1837); *GADING (1822); *GAUDART (1859 TO 1861); *GOES (1828); *GOIS (60 years old 1833 TO 1852 90YEARS); *GOMES (1816 TO 1835); * GOMEZ (1836 60+years old TO 1849); *GONZALEZ (1846, 70 years, ex-Junk Ceylon); *GONZALOES (1848, 70years); *GREGO (45 years old); *GREGORY (1854 TO 1861); *GUILELMO (60 years old 1832 ex-Junk Ceylon); *GURTHERMO (ex-Junk Ceylon). H: *HYACINTO (1814), J: *JACOB (1831 TO Agnes (1857, 87years); *JACOBS (1841 TO 1841); *JALE (1830 TO 1843); *JALEPH; *JALLEY (1857 TO 1860); *JAMBOO (1839, 70+ years old TO 1857); *JAMBU (1820); *JEK; *JEREMIAH (1856 TO 1860); *JEREMIAR(S); *JIAMENYES; *JINENAS; *JOSEPH (1836); *JULEY; (1852). K: *KANNU; *KIEEN. L: *LEANDRO (1843, 80 years TO 1861); *LIZER; (1841); *LONG; *LOPEZ; (1824); *LUIS (1820). M: *MALININEG; *MASSANG (1849); *MASSAO (1848 TO 1854); *MATEX; *MATHEU (1839); *MAUNG (1846 TO 1849); *MAY; *Mc INTYRE (1819); *MILES (1832); *MIRANDA; *MOIJOT. O: *OLIVEIRO (1838, 70+years old, ex- Junk Ceylon). P: *PANCHI (1835); *PASCOAL Thomasia (1815), Ambrosius (11.12.1822), Maria (1846, 100 years, ex-Junk Ceylon); *PASQUAL (1848, baptised by Thomasia Pasqual), Josephis, Anatalisia, Anatolisia (1849), Thomasia (18.12.1859, 85 years); *PEREIRA; Petrus (1831- born in Junk Ceylon TO Elizabeth (1858, 75years); *PERERA Petrus (1840 ex-Junk Ceylon); *PETER (1848 TO 1849), ; *PHUN. R: *REMEDIOS Felix (1847, 60years); *RODRIGUES (1817), Simonis, Sabrina, Simon (100 years old 1829 ex-Junk Ceylon [Phuket]); *RODRIGUEZ; (1856 TO 1858); *ROSELLS Emmanual ( 1838, 60+ years old TO 1853); *ROSS (1841, 60 years old); *ROZELIN; * ROZELLINS (1841); *ROZELLS (1860 TO 1860); *ROZELS (1819). S: *SCALY (1841 TO1843); *SIMEONS (1853); *STEVENS (1840); *SYMON; (1859 TO 1860), T: *TALEP Bababas (1839, 90 years old); *THOMAS (1836); *THOMPSON (1857), V: *VUN. W: *WHIM (1818); *WILLIAMS; *WINTER.
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PART 3.3
IN 1987 PENANG EURASIAN ASSOCIATION Hon. Secretary Anthony Sibert and his Team conducted a SURVEY of Penang Eurasians in all 32 Post Code Areas of Penang.
Of the 1,451 Eurasians in the SURVEY 223 EURASIAN MALAYSIAN SURNAMES were identified;
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A=10: *Aeria; *Agerbeck; *Alberto; *Allan; *Andrew; *Andrews; *Anthony; *Augustin; *Augustine; *Augustus.
B=15: *Bain; *Baker; *Balhetchet; *Banabas; *Bany; *Blaike; *Boudville; *Britto; *Bruyns; *Byrne.
C=17: *Campbell; *Capel; *Cardosa; *Carlos; *Carr; *Carrier; *Carballo *Caunter *Clark *Clunisross *Conetta *Cooke *Coombs *Cornelius; *Cox; *Cross; *Cutter.
D=27: *D’Almeida; *D’Orville; *D’Ranjo;*D’souza; *Da Silva;*Daniel; *Danker; *David; *Davies; *De Alwis; *De Britto; *De Bruyne; *De Castro; *De Costa; *De Cruz; *De Cunha; *De Rozario; *De Souza; *De Vries; *De Witt; *De’ Melo; *Decena; *Denis; *Dibble; *Dielenberg; *Dragon; * Dutton.
E=6: *Edward; *Ellias; *Emuang; *Erskine; *Espiritu-Santus; *Estrop.
F=12: *Farm; *Felix; *Ferdinand; *Fernandez; *Fidelis *Fitzpatrick; *Fletcher; *Foley; *Franciscus; *Frankfort *Fredericks; *Froude.
G=10: *Galistan; *Gasper; *Gautier; *Gawthorne; *Geddie; *Gehrid; *George; * Gomes; *Green; *Gregory.
H=8: *Harris; *Head; *Hendricks; *Holloway; *Holmes; *Howell *Humphries; *Hwatt.
I=1: *Ignatius.
J=11: *Jackson; *Jacobs; *Jalleh; *Jambu; *Johnson; *James; *Jan; *Jenner; *Jeremiah; *Jones; *Joseph; *Jules.
K=6: *Karl; *Kemp; *Kessler; *King; *Kortenberg; *Kuen.
L=7: *Labrooy; *Langan; *Lazaroo; *Lesslar; *Lopez; *Lowe *Lunberg.
M=11: *Mansfield; *Marcus; *Martin; *McGuire: *McIntyre; *Michael; *Mitchell; *Moissinac; *Monteiro; *Mourin; *Murphy.
N=10: *Narcis; *Natusch; *Nelligan; *Netto; *Newman; *Nichol; *Nicholas; Nieukey; *Nonis; *Nunes.
O=3: *Ogle; *Oliveiro; *Oxley.
P=12: *Pasley; *Pasqual; *Pavanaris; *Pedley; *Pereira; *Perera; *Perkins; *Peterson; *Pharoh; *Phipps; *Pinto; * Prior.
R=17: *Rae; *Rangel; *Rasen; *Read; *Remedios; *Reutens; *Richards; *Ritchie; *Robinson; *Robless; *Rode; *Rodriges; *Rodrigues; *Rowlands; *Rozario; *Rozells; *Ruxton.
S=18: *Samson; *Saunders; *Scully; *Seaton; *Shortland; *Sibert; *Siebel; *Simon; *Skading; *Skinner; *Smith; *Souza; *Spykerman; *Sta Maria; *Stewart; *Stothard; *Surin; *Symons.
T=7: *Tait; *Talbot; *Teehl; *Tegjeu; *Theseira; *Thexeira; *Turner.
V=2: *Van Huizen; *Vaz.
W=11: *Wales; *Warren; *Weber; *Wemyss; *Westwood; *Williams; *Woodford; *Woodworth; *Woolley; *Wright; * Wyllie.
X=1: *Xavier.
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The Malaysian National Census 2000 indicated that the population of the Penang Eurasian/Serani Community was 1,469; which was 11.6% of the Eurasian Malaysian Population of 12,650 then. There were 223 EURASIAN SURNAMES of 1,451 Penang Eurasians [1:6.5] in the 1987 Survey.
Place of Birth showed that 77.2% in the Survey were born in Penang while the remaining, in descending order, were Perak, Kedah, Selangor, Melaka, Wilayah (KL), Singapore, Johore, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan, Pahang, Thailand, Sarawak, and Sabah. The small community is almost everywhere in Malaysia.
THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT CONCERNS OF THE EURASIANS AS MALAYSIANS in the 1987 Survey were Religious Freedom 25%, Employment 19.4%, Education 19%, followed by Peace 18.7%, Housing 9%, Medical Services 8.3%.
Pretty much the same, it can be assumed, in as much as the concerns of other Malaysians today.
23.5.2020 aesibert@yahoo.com
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