Adi Arieta Koila

Brief Life History of Adi Arieta

When Adi Arieta Koila was born in 1839, in Tailevu, Central, Fiji, her father, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, was 39 and her mother, Adi Litia Samanunu, was 23. She married Ratu Timoci Vakaruru Qiolevu about 1861, in Naitasiri, Central, Fiji. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1887, in her hometown, at the age of 48, and was buried in Fiji.

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Family Time Line

Ratu Timoci Vakaruru Qiolevu
1832–1872
Adi Arieta Koila
1839–1887
Marriage: about 1861
Ratu Peni Tanoa
1864–1922
Ratu Apenisa Ravulo
1864–
Ratu Timoci Qiolevu
1866–1923
Adi Sainimili Rokolewasau
1870–
Ratu Alivereti Ravulo

Sources (1)

  • Aruta Kuila, "Fiji, Vital Records, 1900-1989"

World Events (6)

1844

First Roman Catholic missionaries arrive in Lakeba.

1845

The 11 year war. On a June morning the Roko Tui Dreketi, Banuve, was invited aboard Cakobau's canoe, Ra Marama, where he was to formally accept Cakobau's offer of peace, but no sooner had he stepped on board when Cakobau split his head with his battle axe. Chief Cakobau gains control of most of western Fiji, while another Christian convert, Ma'afu from Tonga, controls the east.

1868

Cakobau sells Suva, the current capital of Fiji, to an Australian company.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nels. Finnish Reino, Waino.

Finnish:

habitational name from any of various farms named with Finnish koti ‘home’ + the locative suffix -la.

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

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