Frank Shigeto Watai was born on 24 November 1905, in Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States as the son of Walter Y Watai and Alehendrina Garcia. He married Jane Yoshiko Fujikawa on 23 December 1924, in Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hawaii, United States in 1905. He died on 13 June 1990, at the age of 84.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Indonesian: from the female personal name Wati, from the Balinese adjective wati ‘pretty, charming’. -wati is also a common Indonesian suffix denoting a woman, derived from the Sanskrit possesive suffix -vatī meaning ‘bearer’. — Note: This personal name and suffix were registered as a surname only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Indian (Arunachal Pradesh): habitational name from a place called Wati in Lohit district.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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