Category: Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu

Anna Lim Ah Keow, Catholic Missionaries, Cecelia, Luan Hong, Joanna Tiang, Joseph Lim Ah Kiap, Low Family, Lucia, Guek Louen, Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu, Maria No Kea, Pedro, No Kea, Victoria No KeaLeave a comment

Pedro Tan No Kea in church records

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Sacramental Records throw up 56 mentions of Tan No Kea / Chen Nu Zhai / Zi  (and another seven of his wife Anna after his demise) in the registers of three MEP churches (Foreign Missions Society of Paris / Mission Estrangers de Paris) churches – the Church of St Joseph (Bukit Panjang/Timah) (opened: 1840s/52), Cathedral of Good Shepherd (opened:1833/47) and the Church of Sts Peter & Paul (opened: 1869/70). Church registers reveal that Pedro had three wives: Sacramental certificates also show that Pedro was not alone in Singapore. In 1856, Chen Nu Zi god-parented forty year old Tan Hoe Liang, … Continue reading Pedro Tan No Kea in church records

Anna Lim Ah Keow, Catholic Missionaries, John, Hay Seng, Joseph Lim Ah Kiap, Low Family, Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu, Pedro, No KeaLeave a comment

Joseph Lim Ah Kiap & Emerentiana Heng

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Joseph Lim Ah Kiap & Emerentiana Heng were the parents of Magdalena Lim Gek See who married John Tan Hay Seng, the son of Pedro Tan No Kea and Anna Lim Ah Keow in 1868 at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. We have traced nine of their children: Like Pedro and Anna, Joseph and Emerentiana were active in church, god-parented many infants and adult converts and witnessed their weddings. My surmise is that Joseph Lim Ah Kiap and Anna Lim Ah Keow were siblings. Even if not, the two couples were very close friends. Emerentiana Ah Kiap witnessed the … Continue reading Joseph Lim Ah Kiap & Emerentiana Heng

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Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu (1852-)

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Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu (1852-) married John Tan Hay Seng, son of Pedro Tan No Kea and Anna Lim Ah Keow in 1868 and they had twelve children including my grandfather Francis Tan Khoon Boo. Magdalena was the daughter of Joseph Lim Ah Kiap & Emerentiana Heng. If my surmise that Joseph Lim Ah Kiap and Anna Lim Ah Keow were siblings, Magdalena and John were first cousins. We have traced eight of Magdalena’s siblings: Agnes? (name illegible) baptised on 26 Dec 1850 at St Joseph’s Church, Bukit Panjang; Joanna (1853, Cathedral of Good Shepherd); Matthew Joseph (1856, Cathedral of … Continue reading Magdalena Lim Gek Tsu (1852-)