Brief Life History of Vagivagi
When Vagivagi McCarthy was born in 1861, in Falealili, Samoa, her father, Malaki Charlies McCarthy, was 29 and her mother, Mary Mele Groate or Groht, was 25. She married Eli Hutchinson Jennings Jr. in 1880, in Falealili, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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1899
Germany annexes Western Samoa, the U.S. takes over eastern Samoa and Britain withdraws its claim to the islands in accordance with treaty between Germany, Britain and the U.S.
1914
New Zealand occupies Western Samoa during World War I and continues to administer it after the war by virtue of a League of Nations mandate (and a United Nations mandate after World War II).
1939
U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Liam, Cormac, Niall, Aileen, Brigid, Conor, Declan, Dermod, Dermot, Finbar.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh ‘son of Cárthach’, a personal name meaning ‘loving’. This was the name of a ruling family in Munster. In Ireland major branches were distinguished by the following epithets: mór ‘great’ in Kerry, riabhach ‘brindled’ in Carbery, west Cork.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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