Maternal Ancestors means NANKE , and I am going to write about our Mothers Sardarni Kulwant Kaur urf KANTA , family from her Grandfather downwards.
Sardar SAWAN SINGH, VILLAGE GONDKI, DISTRICT SIALKOT, now in Pakistan. He was a SAHUKAR , means financiers, and had Three 3 sons, namely, A) Khushhal Singh , B) Lal Singh, C) Iqbal Singh . Their caste is MASAUN or now they call MASSON.
A) Khushhal Singh had five 5 kids,
1. Harbans Singh, now at Nainitaal, Uttrakhand
2. Balwant Singh
3. Amrik Singh
4. Jaswant Kaur
5. Jasbir Kaur, whose daughter NEETU SINGH is famous Actress ,MARRIED to Rishi Kapur of Bombay
B) Lal Singh , lived in Jalandhar, Basti Shiekh, he had 6 Six kids
1. Jagjit Singh
2. Beant Singh, who died very early working with Panjab Roadways, very lively man, his Son Raghbir Singh now lives in their house , at Jalandhar
3. Parbhatee Devi
4. Sheela
5. Vidya
6. Deepa
C) Iqbal Singh , our Naana, Grandfather, worked in Defence Accounts and retired as Account Officer, during British Times too, he had 5 Five kids
1. Kulwant Kaur, Kanta ( married Gurbachan Singh Luthra of Lahore , shifted to Simla, and later Chandigarh) has 3 Three sons , Devinder ( Cuckoo ), Abnash ( Tiny ), and Manmohan ( Babli )
2. Swaran Kaur, Dayya( married Ajit Singh from Paharganj , now in Lajpat Nagar ,New Delhi) has 3 Three kids Jasbir Kaur ( Pinki ) , Dalbir Singh ( Patty, now in USA ) , Harbir Singh ( Romi now in USA )
3. Surinder Singh( married Kulwant Kaur from Moga ) has 2 Two kids, Ruby ( Irwinder ) and Jatinder Singh Masson
4. Surinder Kaur ( married to Iqbal Singh of Ludhiana) has 4 Four Kids, Sonu, Bhappi, and Jodh Singh