Brief Life History of Josiua
When Josiua Anoa was born about 1820, in Ha'alaufuli, Vava'u, Tonga, his father, Taniela Fiekaipuaka Afu, was 68 and his mother, Finau- Mei- Pulotu, was 28. He was buried in Hancock, Virginia, United States.
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Parents and Siblings
1753– Male
1794–1852 Female
Siblings (3)
1816– Female
1820– Male
1825–1892 Female
World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 0
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
Age 4
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
Age 41
Name Meaning
German (mainly Saarland), French (from Alsace and Lorraine, of German origin), Slovak, and Hungarian: from the female personal name Anna, which comes through Latin and Greek from the Biblical Hebrew name Ḥanna meaning literally ‘grace, mercy’, but interpreted as ‘He (God) has favored me (with a child)’. The name is borne in the Bible by the mother of Samuel (1 Samuel 1: 1–28), and there is a tradition (unsupported by Biblical evidence) that it was the name of the mother of the Virgin Mary; this Saint Anne was a popular figure in medieval art and legend.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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