When Samisoni Lemani Fonongamoela'a Havea was born in 1868, in Leimatu`a, Vava'u, Tonga, his father, Tevita Tu'akoi, was 28 and his mother, Sisilia Napou, was 29. He died in 1995, in Lavengatonga, Tongatapu, Tonga, at the age of 127.
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Tonga ceases to be a British protectorate and becomes fully independent within the British Commonwealth.
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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