Brief Life History of Mona
When Mona Coles was born on 6 October 1899, in Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, her father, Charles Roby Coles, was 32 and her mother, Amalia Elisabeth Thodsen, was 28. She married Leslie Mace Macfarlane in 1924, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 23 December 2004, in New Zealand, at the age of 105, and was buried in Hautapu, Waipa, New Zealand.
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- Birth Index for Mona Coles
- Mona Macfarlane, "Find A Grave Index"
- Birth and Death for Mona Coles
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1907
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1907 · Dominion of New Zealand
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
1939
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Cole , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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