Brief Life History of Siosaia
When Siosaia Fanua was born about 1885, in Lofanga, Ha'apai, Tonga, his father, Heamasi Fanua, was 15 and his mother, Alelia Vea, was 33. He married Tupou in 1911. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died about 1940, in Ha'apai, Tonga, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ha'apai, Tonga.
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Some characteristic forenames: Ethiopian Alemayehu, Legesse, Tesfaye, Yosief.
Czech: nickname derived from fantit se ‘to be crazy’.
Ethiopian: from the personal name Fanta, meaning ‘share’ in the Amharic language. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames, this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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