Pita Teahana
1938–1944 (Age 5)
Nasinu, Central, Fiji
The Life of Pita
When Pita Teahana was born on 16 August 1938, in Nasinu, Central, Fiji, his father, Pita Teahana, was 53 and his mother, Mere Dugulala Avanua, was 34. He died about 1944, in Wailoku, Central, Fiji, at the age of 6.
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Family Time Line
Pita Teahana
1885–1956
Mere Dugulala Avanua
1904–
Sereana Rusa Teahana
1924–1968
Sereana Rusa Teahana
1924–1968
Teresia Raloka Teahana
1926–1937
Tomu Vateai Teahana
1927–1993
Luse Mociwai Teahana
1931–1975
Karalaini Lewatu Teahana
1933–1938
EmaE'ara Arekeniaro Teahana
1934–1943
Tevita Avanua Teahana
1936–1940
Pita Teahana
1938–1944
Mele Araka Teahana
1940–1944
David Avanua Teahana
1944–1985
Jio Tahisimai Teahana
1948–2010
Parents & Siblings
1885–1956Male
- Mere Dugulala Avanua
1904–Female
siblings
(12)
1924–1968Male
1924–1968Female
- Teresia Raloka Teahana
1926–1937Female
- Tomu Vateai Teahana
1927–1993Male
1931–1975Female
+7 More Children
World Events (1)
1943
Age 5
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Téacháin ‘descendant of Téachán’, a personal name probably derived from teitheachán ‘fugitive’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Pita Teahana - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Pita Teahana
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