Opetaia Gagai Allen

Male19 December 1939–4 September 2005

Brief Life History of Opetaia

When Opetaia Gagai Allen was born on 19 December 1939, in Matatufu, Atua, Upolu, Samoa, his father, Nai Fereti Allen, was 26 and his mother, Saifunae Loli Tomui Timaloa, was 20. He died on 4 September 2005, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 65, and was buried in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Nai Fereti Allen
1913–1998
Saifunae Loli Tomui Timaloa
1919–1988
Opetaia Gagai Allen
1939–2005
Pio Nai
1941–
Mio Telu
1945–1945
Fatolu Nai
1943–1950
Fatolu Nai Fereti Allen
1946–2008
MataAleipata Ropati
1947–2020

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War

    Age 4

    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband. 

    1947

    Age 8

    New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.

    1957 · Scott Base

    Age 18

    The New Zealand Antarctic research facility at Pram Point was given the name Scott Base in honor of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. It was set up to support field research and has become a center of research into earth sciences. 

    Name Meaning

    Lithuanian: from gagas ‘gander’, a nickname for somebody thought to resemble a goose or a metonymic occupational name for somebody who kept geese. This surname is virtually non-existing in Lithuania.

    Polish (also Gagaś): unexplained. This surname is rare in Poland.

    Greek: nickname for someone with a sharp nose, from Turkish gaga ‘beak’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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