Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Ah Sue was born on 15 December 1885, her father, Shing Ah Siu, was 36 and her mother, Anae Paugata Dickson, was 40. She married Kiligi Yandall in 1906, in Upolu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 16 August 1961, in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wellington, New Zealand.
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- Ellen in entry for George Churchward, "New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963"
- Ellen Ah Sue Churchward in entry for Ottilie Churchward, "Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996"
- Ellen Ah Sue in entry for Samuel Perez Churchward, "Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996"
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1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.
1893
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
1907
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
Name Meaning
Chinese: from the vocative prefix 阿 or 亞, used before Chinese personal names (mainly monosyllabic personal names) and kinship terms, particularly in central and southern China.
History: Among early Chinese immigrants in the US, Chinese names prefixed by Ah were widely recorded in the US federal censuses. Ah appears to have been adopted as a new surname by some of the descendants of those early Chinese immigrants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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