When Christina Nickel was born on 13 March 1926, in Lalomanu, Atua, Upolu, Samoa, her father, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Nickel, was 44 and her mother, Vitolina Siolo Taitu'uga, was 33. She married Samuel Percy Churchward on 3 May 1947, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa. She died on 11 September 2002, in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 76, and was buried in Taitā, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
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U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Armin, Bernd, Gerhard, Hans, Helmut, Adelheid, Dietrich, Erhard, Ewald, Franz.
German and Dutch: from a pet form of Nick, a short form of the personal name Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is rare in the Netherlands.
English (northern): from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)ol(e), a vernacular form of Nic(h)olas (see Nicholas ). It was also sometimes used as a female name. See Nichol .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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