When 'Olini Havea was born in 1917, in Leimatu`a, Vava'u, Tonga, her father, Sosiua Manakofua, was 22 and her mother, Olini Havea, was 23. She married Finau Pipiki Fonua about 1936, in Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 2000, in Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga, at the age of 83.
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Tonga ceases to be a British protectorate and becomes fully independent within the British Commonwealth.
Tonga joined the United Nations.
Dutch and German: metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from Dutch and Low German haver ‘oats’. Compare Hafer , Haber .
English: nickname from Middle English haver ‘oats’ (Old Norse hafri), perhaps for a seller of oats. This is a likely source of the name in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the northern counties.
English: nickname from Middle English haver ‘billy goat’ (Old English hæfer).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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