Joanna Sikurioum (SiKen) - Is Sikorioum a misreading of records

Started by Peter Gerard Boyle on Friday, June 18, 2021
Problem with this page?

Participants:

Profiles Mentioned:

Showing all 5 posts

Joanna SiKen/SiKeen surname in the Assumption Church marriage with Philip Reuten and is consistent with the marriage record for their son Stephen Reuten to Innocent Pun, the 1782 record of her earlier marriage to Felix Rozells, as well as with the 1788 census, so where does the "Sikorioum" come from? One possibility is that it is a product of misreading of the record of Stephen's and Innocent's marriage. What might be read as something like "Sikorium" might actually be "SiKeen oriundus ex hac insula" which is Latin for "SiKeen native of this island". The section of the sentence being "Stephen Reuten the legitimate child of Philip Reuten and Anna SiKeen native of this island".

- Peter Boyle

Private User

Peter, Christine Choo on Serani Sembang on Sikorioum: Philip Reuten m. Joanna Si Keen aka Anna Sikurione aka Simphoroza who was said to be possibly

(1) Portuguese (origin of name: Secarion. Source: A. Reutens, 1992) or
(2) Thai or Laotian.

Chris's story of the Siamese princess supports (2).
Another speculation (my own) is that she could have been married to Secarion, then Rozel then Reuten. But this is stretching the imagination!
I favour the name Joanna Si Keen because the name Joanna is used for a daughter of Philip and Joanna.
Philip and Anna are said to have been married in 1790 or 1791 in Kuala Quedah. Anna died in 1798.
She was the widow of Folius Rozels when she married Philip Reuten. She was recorded in the Penang Census of 1788.

Surge on "Si Keen" on SS and you find the topic and get in contact with Christine.

We are almost out of lockdown. Yippy

Gerard

Hi Gerard
I am in contact with Christine and those speculations are well known in the Reutens family. However, I think SiKeen or SiKen is her recorded name and I suspect all the speculations about variations of Sikorioum/Securion are based on a misreading of their son Stephen’s marriage record.

Private User

Peter, I only quoted Christine on SS to let you know she also started years ago a discussion on Si Keen / Sikurium. Sorry to also quote the speculation.

No worries Gerard, these speculations have been going in the extended Reutens family for decades but I seriously wonder if it all started from a misreading of a single marriage record. Speaking to my Reutens uncles who looked at the church records in the 1960s, they just saw a scrawl relied on Fr Decroix to read the Latin records and translate. So there is plenty of room for error.

Showing all 5 posts

Create a free account or login to participate in this discussion