When Waru Nene Puru was born in 1893, in Hokianga, New Zealand, his father, Te Manene or Nene Puruwhero or Puru, was 23 and his mother, Aneta Rautangi Kaio Te Uri, was 31. He married Mereana Te Ao Harris in 1916, in Hokianga, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 26 December 1964, in Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 71.
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Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Reino, Toivo, Wilho.
Finnish: topographic name from puro ‘creek, bog’. This surname is found mainly in central-western Finland, but also occurs as an ornamental name in southwestern Finland. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of a longer Finnish compound name such as Hautapuro ‘pit creek’.
Italian: from puro ‘pure, honest’, applied as a personal name, or occasionally as a nickname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAt the height of the Spanish flu pandemic, Te Waru Puru relocated from Waima to Papua with his family. Casualties of the influenza were mass buried in Papua to stop the spread and protect the residen …
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