Tomu Wateai Teahana
1879–1950 (Age 71)
Marata, Solomon Islands
The Life of Tomu Wateai
When Tomu Wateai Teahana was born about 1879, in Marata, Solomon Islands, his father, Peni Teahana, was 9 and his mother, Ema Holakeni Teahana, was 4. He died about 1950, in Wailoku, Central, Fiji, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Peni Teahana
1870–1905
Ema Holakeni Teahana
1875–1910
Tomu Wateai Teahana
1879–1950
Pita Teahana
1885–1956
Jone Ruamaiya Teahana
1889–1965
Parents & Siblings
- Peni Teahana
1870–1905Male
- Ema Holakeni Teahana
1875–1910Female
siblings
(3)
1879–1950Male
1885–1956Male
1889–1965Male
World Events (6)
1879
Age 0
More than 60,000 indentured laborers brought in from the Indian subcontinent to work on sugar plantations.
1880
Age 1
The United States Exploring Expedition reached Fiji, after spending three months in Fiji waters charting the major islands of the group under the leadership of Commodore Charles Wilkes.
1899
Age 20
Germany cedes the northern Solomon islands to the United Kingdom, which had declared a protectorate over the southern Solomon islands in 1893.
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: Tomu Vateai Teahana - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Tomu Vateai Teahana
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