Tooto Dordie Katu

Brief Life History of Tooto Dordie

When Tooto Dordie Katu was born on 29 January 1928, in Oparure, Waikato, New Zealand, his father, Pakuwera Katu, was 23 and his mother, Hariata Hughes, was 24. He married Catherine May Cooper in 1950, in Te Kūiti, Waikato, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 17 January 1988, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Tooto Dordie Katu
1928–1988
Catherine May Cooper
1932–2008
Marriage: 1950
Hariata Harriet Katu
1951–2012
Peter Katu
1961–1991
Milly KATU
1967–2022

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    World Events (8)

    1939

    WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.

    1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War

    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband. 

    1947

    New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Russian Boris, Mikhail, Leonid, Vladimir, Lev, Yefim, Aleksandr, Iosif, Konstantin, Semyon, Yuriy, Alik. Jewish Mikhael, Yakov, Aron, Isaak, Naum, Ahron, Basya, Erez.

    Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Katz .

    Dutch (also Van Kats): habitational name for someone from Kats in Zeeland.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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