Posted on August 17, 2008 by levuka
The photo shows Nantucket sailor and trader, David Whippy, a bold and commercially-minded adventurer, who created a Fijian dynasty; myriads of Whippys descended from this Levuka gene-source. He was recorded as married in Fiji 1827. This first David Whippy of Levuka was in Fiji by the age of 25, and died in [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2008 by levuka
Clara LESTRO1 See more at http://www.caroleriley.id.au/familyTree/p53.htm
F, b. 1927
Father
James LESTRO1 b. 1901
Clara LESTRO|b. 1927|p53.htm#i7457|James LESTRO|b. 1901|p53.htm#i5869||||||||||||||||
Birth*
1927, Lambasa, Fiji1
Last Edited
4 Jun 2005
Citations:
[S3832] IGI “IGI batch 0360061, FHL Film 1553564Event(s):
Birth:
1927
Lambasa, Fiji, Pacific Islands
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father:
JAMES LETRO
Family
Mother:
SILO ROBINSON
, IGI batch 0360061, FHL Film 1553564.”
James LESTRO1
M, b. 1901
Birth*
1901, Nukutatavu, Lambasa, Fiji2
Family
Children
Clara LESTRO b. 19273
Marjorie LESTRO+ b. 14 Jul 1932, d. 24 Dec [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2007 by levuka
These pamplet draft by -Rev. Joseph Waterhouse - was designed to raised funds - and appear based on reports by John Calvert and John Hunt.
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Posted on September 30, 2007 by levuka
The systematic survey work that was carried out by ships of the royal (British) Navy over a long period of years, and which, indeed, is still going on, was begun in December, 1836, when H.M. brig Victor (Captain Crozier) visited Lakeba to inquire into the murder of four of the crew of the British brig [...]
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