Madam Tijah - Beloved Nursing Mother (Bukit Brown)

After up righting the fallen marble headstone, i was truly stunned. It was something i never encountered before after more than a decade exploring Bukit Brown and reaffirms that fact there is still new discoveries to be uncovered. The headstone with lead etching reads;

No. 93 G,

In Loving Memory 

of 

Madam Tijah

Beloved Nursing Mother of 

Madam Peck Swee Eng

Swee Kim & Swee Geok

Died 24th August 1928

Chinese 10th Day of 7th Moon

Madam Tijah - beloved nursing mother 

This is an amazing discovery from so many angles !

From the burial registrar, Madam Tijah was 56 years old when she passed away. 

So many questions went through my mind

• Was Madam Tijah a malay woman buried in Bukit Brown or Tijah was just a nickname ?
• Was this tomb erected by Madam Peck Swee Eng, Peck Swee Kim and Peck Swee Geok to honor Tijah as their nursing mother or was Madam Tijah the nursing mother of this women's children?

It is my first time seeing the words - NURSING MOTHER etched on the tomb. Does it mean that Madam Tijah was the woman who breastfeed them, when they were young and to honor Madam Tijah, they erected this tomb for her ? 

Location of tomb 

Block 2 Division G, plot 93