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"Sohan" [Subhan]                                                       Photo Album

 

The youngest of four brothers who orginally came from India as indentured servants.

The "Sohans" settled in Dundee, Mahaicony, Guyana.

 

According to Mohamed Kassim (Kash[S7]), in his letters he wrote that his father Sohan was born in Trinidad. Perhaps, en-route to British Guiana from Grenada, the family may have stopped in Trinidad for some time. It may be assumed that Sohan was born during this brief stop. One should not, however, totally dismiss the likelihood of Sohan also being born in Grenada. More research is needed in this connection. It is reasonable to suggest that Sohan was born sometime around 1865 to1870. 

Due to his young age, it is known that Sohan arrived in British Guiana as a free agent. We do not know much about his early education except that he communicated in writing to his relatives in India in either Urdu or Gugrati which meant that he probably received his early schooling, either in Trinidad or at Vryheid's Lust estate, from someone who was literate amongst the indentured population . He worked for the Georgetown Municipality with The Water Works* under Alexander Russell, Chief Engineer. Thereafter, he bought his first property at Plaisance [Kash, Babjin]. He then acquired properties in Mahaica, Dundee and Bara Bara. He also had one of the few Model-T Ford motor car in British Guiana at that time.

In 1888 Sohan married Naziran aka "Dhanda" from Non-Pareil, East Coast Demerara [McDoom Village, East Bank Demerara according to Kash] and in 1890 was blessed with their first child, Mohammed Hussain who was born at Plaisance. In total there were five sons and three daughters. Naziran was known to be a tall stately woman of fair complexion perhaps of Pathan-Punjabi lineage. One of her well known characteristics was the stutter in her speech. It may well be that the distinctive Sohan stutter  could have been derived from her.

Sohan died on 6th. Dec. 1933 and Naziran on 17th. 1943. Both are buried at Lot 3 (North), Dundee, Mahaicony. May Allah Suhanahu wa Ta'ala shower His Rahmah (Mercy) on them.

* The Georgetown Water Works began laying of water mains throughout Georgetown in 1866 and in 1867,


 

[S1]    Maulvi Mohamed Hussain  b. 1890 - d. 28 April 1954

           ++ Johora Ameer (Mahaica) d. 19 Oct. 1948
            == 8 sons, 3 daughters:

  1. Omar
  2. Hyatt

  3. Haniff

  4. Shaheed

        ++ Ronya

    1. Akleema b. 29th Jul 1937  ++ Amjad Ali - b.16th. Apr 1927- d.15th May 1988
      (married Amjad Ali - Victoria Village, Cove & John, 1952. Father Abdul, mother Nurbie)
      Click here for pictures
    1. Rholamin b. 1953
    2. Sheik Ali b. 1955
    3. Anna b. 1957
    4. Muntaz  d. at birth
    5. Sharifa b. 1959 aka Totsie
    6. Ashuq aka Buddle b1960 d. 27th May 1968 of Leukemia  (Very good friend, Was really saddened by his death)
    7. Haroon
    8. Ayube aka Ludo d. 9 yrs.
    9. Shahida
    10. Yacoub
        ++ Sara  (Canada)

       2.  Rita (UK) 

  5. Rasheed

  6. Mohamed Sheriff

    1. Bebe ++ Noor Ali (Bush Lot)

      1. Zeefo

      2. Nazifa ++ Furqan Ramzan

      3. Shameer

      4. Zabeer

      5. Baby

    2. Mustapha

    3. Aftabodeen

    4. Zainul

    5. Zohra

    6. Fada

    7. Salima

    8. Amir

    9. Iqbal

    10. Haseeb

    11. Taslima

  7. Mohamed Adam

    1. Lillo

    2. Qayyum

    3. Zabeeda aka Mummy

    4. Masood

    5. Naimoon

    6. Jabbar

    7. Vallie aka Fatty

    8. Daughter aka Finey

    9. Shazam

    10. Pamy

    11. Son

  8. Shan Rahmat ++ Amin Khan d 2005-uk

    1. Dr. Omar Khan (Trinidad)

  9. Mohamed Nazir  aka Baad

    1. Bilqis

    2. Rahim

    3. Azeem

    4. Hakeem

    5. Shaamie   (d. Nov. 2000 in Venezuela)

    6. Baby   (lil baby)

    7. Boy

    8. Mikey

  10. Nazool

  11. Safoora

 


[S2]    Alli Noor   b. 1895 - d. 21 Aug. 1960
          ++ Khadija Ameer (Mahaica) b.1901 - d. 4 Dec. 1948
           == 4 sons, 5 daughters:

  1. Shaira ++ Osman (Rosignol)

    1. Habiban (b.Feb28 1940) ++ Rahmat Khan

    2. Ayube Ally (b.Dec31 1941)

    3. Aisha Bacchus (b.Oct 8 1943)

    4. Muntaz Ali (b.Jan 28 1947  d.2006)

    5. Karamat Usman (b.Dec28 1948)

    6. Rahmat Ally aka Bullo (b.Oct13 1951)

    7. Miriam Doorga aka Mimi (b.May05 1953)

    8. Rasheed Ally aka Jo Young (b.Mar25 1955)

    9. Afroze Usman (b.Mar26 1958)

    10. Feroze Saran (b.May01 1960)

  2. Halima ++ Hussain (Cotton Tree)

    1. Batool         UK

    2. Akleema     L.A.- California

  3. Sharifan ++ Mohamed Habib Parjohn (d. 1984 Branch Road)

    1. Ishaq Habib aka Joe b. 1942

    2. Maimoon Neesha (b. Oct 6,1943 - d. Dec. 8,1971)++ Mohamed Gaznabbie

    3. Mohamed Ishmail  aka Buddy Boy

    4. Eye

    5. Abdul Rahman aka Shanka

    6. Amin aka Apty

    7. Nazmoon Neesha aka Bukso

    8. Haroon Habib aka Soldier boy

    9. Youngest son died at age 13

  4. Mohamed Maideen  aka Foreman (d. 1994 Dundee) ++ "Baby Aunty"

    1. Reeda

    2. ++ Knoll
      1. Len

      2. Ken

    3. Zar ++ Sam

      1. Wazim

      2. Razeena

    4. Faazi ++ Jaggid

      1. >>>> 2 sons , 3 daughters (Ejaz to provide more data...)

    5. Nazaleen ++ Fazal Bacchus

      1. Radeyah

      2. Zafirah

      3. Sabirah

      4. Tariq

    6. Shameena ++ Rai

      1. Alicia

      2. Filo

      3. Trishan

    7. Leema ++ Iqbal Hussain

      1. Shabanna

      2. Arshad

      3. Farhana

      4. Khalid

    8. Kamelah ++ Sheik Mohamed Saeed Farouk

      1. Bibi Farahnaz Sheharazad

      2. Sheik Ejaz Faoud

      3. Sheik Reyaaz Mohamed

    9. Wazir ++ Shahnaz

      1. Sabirah

      2. Farzana

      3. Aliyah

    10. Nazelah aka "Kaata" ++ Arif

      1. Annisa

      2. Fiyaz

      3. Nawaz

    11. Zabie ++ Greg Hansen

      1. Amir

      2. Aliya

    12. Sherry ++ Dave

  5. Kulsum ++ Ramlochand

    1. Maureen

    2. Harvey

    3. Baby

  6. Latifaan ++ Azeez

    1. Boy

    2. Afrose

    3. Girl...

  7. Mohamed Solaiman  aka Son-son (b. 31/03/1936 d. 4/12/1969) ++ Alimoon Hazrat aka Tara (Bush Lot)

    1. Khairoon Neisha aka Girly  ++ Azad Bacchus
      1. Hafiz Nasir Bakhsh  (memorized Holy Qur'an at the age of 15)
       

    2. Mohamed Abdi Munaf
      ++ Nadra
      1. Saleem Khurshid Ahmad  b.1986 d.31 Dec.2000
      2. Musa Ahmad Ansari  b.1988
      3. Muhammad Abdul Qadir b. 1992
      4. Afeefah Khanam b. 1998

      ++ Nazma
      1. Nabeelah Amrita b. 1992

             3. Boy (died at 2 weeks)

 

             4. Jameela aka Baby ++ Hafeez Abdul Manraj

                  1. Ameer  b. 1987
                  2. Safiya   b.1989
                  3. Imran  b. 1993

 

8. Mohamed Rahman  aka Toag

  1. Fazlur Terry

  2. Sabina

9. Mohamed Sultan Alinur aka Babjin ++ Shamshun Hack
Dedicated teacher who started Rampur School, Berbice

  1. Tariq

  2. Salim

  3. Aleya

 

 

[S3]     Sakina [Baby]   b. ???? - d.1934  (epidemic)
          ++ (Mahaica)
          == 1 son         

  1. Mohamed Hashim aka Tallis (Guava Bush)                  d.1987, London,Ontario,Canada

          ++ Shamshoon  d. 1991, Port Morant

          == 5 sons, 4 daughters       

  1. Zainul aka Inshan  d. March 20th. 2004 Edmonton, AB Canada
  2. Qayyum London,On. Canada (519) - 686-6863
  3. Faizoon
  4. Neisha
  5. son deceased
  6. Jeff
  7. Son
  8. Daughter
  9. Daughter
 


[S4]     Roshan aka Rose   b.???? - d.1934  (epidemic)
           ++ Eman Shaw (Mahaicony) b.???? - d.????
           == 1 son, 1 daughter     

  1. Mohamed Adel Shah aka Mahmood    b. Feb. 23rd 1920  d. Jan. 5th. 1985

          ++ Sakina Baksh (Bloomfield)

  1. Kamroon aka Nisha

  2. Nurudeen aka Poloboy

  3. Bibi & Nisha died at birth (twins)

  4. Mehroon aka Chinee

  5. Nazeen

  6. Ziboon aka Shio

  7. Mursaleen aka Bull

  8. Bibi Khiroon aka Sally

  9. Basheerudeen

++ Durpatti  d, May 15 1981

  1. Noorjahan aka Bibi

  2. Rafeek

  3. Mezaun aka Babsi

  4. Azeezan aka Babo

  5. Emam aka Showboy

++ Lilly  d. 1980

  1. Salima
     

Three adopted children
1. Azmin

2. Fazal a/k Morganie

3. Rakee (grandson to Mamoo Kash)
 

  1. Lilly ++ Osman == 1 daughter -  Lilly died at childbirth
    (Osman later
    married Shaira Alli Noor[S23])
    1. Neisha
 
 

[S5]    Mohamed Yusuf   b. 1904 - d. 20 June 1950
          ++ Catherine (Blairmont) b. 1908 - d. 1970  (arrived from India on S.S. Sutlej in 1913)
           == 8 sons, 2 daughters

  1. Mohamed Amin b. 26 Dec 1926                        Toronto
  2. Aminah aka Gaal                                             Whim Village, Corentyne
  3. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed                                           UWI, Agriculture - Trinidad
  4. Mohamed Kamaal                                             Bloomfield
    1. Yasmin

    2. Naeem

    3. Kwaaza

    4. Moby

    5. Son

  5. Mohamed Swideek  ++ Shireen (d.2007)           Kabawa, Blairmonth, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    1. Sherry

    2. Zami

  6. Mohamed Rafudeen
  7. Mohamed Nazamudeen
    1. Riyad

    2. Zina

  8. Dr. Mohamed Haroon                                        Montreal
  9. Mohamed Shaieb                                               Montreal
  10. Neisha ++ Samad Khan                                    Winnipeg,Toronto
    1. Dr. Imtiaz Khan

    2. Zaila

 


[
S6]     Mohamed Mubarak   b. ???? - d. (when Zohra Sheriff was born)
           ++ ????
           == no children

  1. 1 step daughter - Neisha ++ to C.M. Kanhai
          ++ ???? (Portugese lady)
          == 1 son
  1. Jimmy
 


[S7]     Mohamed Kasim Sohan (Kash)  b. 1909 - d. 198?
          ++ married many times
           == 2 daughters, 1 son (carries the name 'Sohan')     

  1. Jameela
  2. Neisha
  3. ????
 


[S8]     Mariam aka Ghetty    (d. 1945)
          ++ Rahim Baksh "Lal" Jameer (Britannia) b. 1906 - d.1999
           == 7 daughters, 1 son     
  1. Zulika Alladin b 1928 – d 1991                                            Thanks to Khalid Alladin for compiling this information
  2. Fathima b 1931
  3. Bismilla Kalamadeen (Bee) b1931
  4. Salima Alladin (Little) b 1935
  5. Shireen Sahib (Kato) b 1937
  6. Maimoon (Data) b 1939
  7. Azeezan (Hassan) b 1941
  8. Ishmael Jameer (Leon) b 1943