When Natanahira Te Umutapu Wi Te Kakakura Parata was born in August 1852, in Waikanae, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand, his father, Wiremu Te Kakakura Parata MHR, was 15 and his mother, Unaiki Whareangiangi Pukehi, was 13. He married Oriwa Tuini Horomona about 1905, in Wellington, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 21 November 1932, in his hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Ruakohatu Urupa, Waikanae, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
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Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from barata ‘cockroach’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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