Vila Lavulo

Female1914–1982

Brief Life History of Vila

When Vila Lavulo was born in 1914, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, her father, Taniela Mahanga Lavulo, was 28 and her mother, 'Ofa Siulangapo, was 24. She died in 1982, in Suva, Central, Fiji, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Vila Lavulo
1914–1982
Emeline Elika
1940–2010

Sources (1)

  • Alisi Kato in entry for Paula Nau Fifita, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"

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World Events (5)

1914

Age 0

Fijians served as allies to France in World War I.

1943

Age 29

WWII. Fiji was occupied by Allied forces. Fijiians served in the army in the Solomons and a Bougainville. They terrified the Japanese. Indian emigrants did not serve in the army.

1963

Age 49

Women and Fijians enfranchised. predominantly Fijian Alliance Party (AP) set up.

Name Meaning

From Latin viola ‘violet’. The name is relatively common in Italy and was used by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night, where most of the characters have Italianate names. Its modern use in English has been influenced by the vocabulary word denoting the flower.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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