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Paulus Sinjal
From Maliku, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Paulus Sinjal was the second son of Markus Singal. Born in Maliku on 18th December 1847 and died on 14th October 1930 at 82 years old. Paulus Sinjal was the fourth grandson of Rafael Singal (was known as Raer, a powerful village headman in Maliku), Paulus changed his Singal name to Sinjal. Based on the family hereditary story there are two reasons why he changed his name from Singal to Sinjal. First because once he included his name on an important document by putting two dots above the g alphabet in his Singal name signatures, since then Singal remains with the two dots above the g alphabet and forever more read as Sinjal. The second reason was; Paulus Singal changed his name as the recommendation from a Dutch priest, which said; Sinjal means "the sign", as Paulus followed the priest recommendation his name ever since changed as Paulus Sinjal.



Sinjal Family
Paulus Sinjal was married with Katharina Rumengan and had fourteen children, unfortunately three of them died before they married. Two among them died in a very young age and one at the age of (approximately) eighteen years old when she was engaged with a gentleman named Paul Kilapong. Paul Kilapong then married with Paul Sinjal's fifth daughter, Paulina Katharina Sinjal. Paulus Sinjal was married in a young age (about in the age of twenty or twenty two years old). The remained eleven children of Paulus Sinjals divided the family into nine clans (one son was unmarried, one son was undetected to whom he was married):


 * 1) Mogot - Tawas
 * 2) Lumanauw - Sinjal
 * 3) Rumagit - Sinjal
 * 4) Kilapong - Sinjal
 * 5) Saerang - Sarapung
 * 6) Wuwungan - Sinjal
 * 7) Sinjal - Mantiri
 * 8) Sinjal - Lapian
 * 9) Bolung - Sinjal

Paulus Sinjal Dedication of Work Life
Paulus Sinjal was a native teacher and a congregation teacher in Maliku. For his services as an intellectual and village educator, the Maliku people respects Paulus Sinjal and called him Tuang (Master), which remains inherent to them until the present day. Paulus Sinjal's full dedication in order to helped the children in Maliku and other areas brought him many material blessings as the children's parents gave him a lot of land, fields and gardens. The amounts of Paulus Sinjal’s land assets are exceeding the boundaries of Maliku territory (approximately more than 9 hectares) and difficult to traced until the present day. For the Maliku people those land, fields and gardens are known as the belongings of Tuang Sinjal (Master Sinjal) until today. But one thing that he could not do; to hold his own children who had been armed with the knowledge to not leave the Maliku village.

The Family Foundation and Church
Paul Sinjal wishful thinking was to give knowledge to the people in the village where he lived, for the progress and prosperity of the village, his dedication was also for Grandpa Raer who also once served as the village headman civil service in Maliku. Discipline, assertiveness, strong mental and moral integrity are the distinctive character of Paul Sinjal, which inherits to his children and descendants. He himself did not leave the village Maliku and worked until his death on 14 October 1930 and was buried in Maliku.

To honored Paulus sinjals his descendents built a family foundation and church in Maliku.