David WHIPPYS’s Levuka dynasty; five Fijian partners and 12 known children with Adi TULIA, Yunus, Dorcas DELAU, and Tosaka 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 [...]

David Whippy-Levuka family genealogy: marriage to Tosaka Levuka, 1836

Clara LESTRO1  See more at http://www.caroleriley.id.au/familyTree/p53.htm

F, b. 1927

Father
James LESTRO1 b. 1901

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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 [...]

1850: Rev. Joseph Waterhouse described 1836 cannibal cultures to his sponsors as he seeks funds for mission in Fiji

These pamplet draft by -Rev. Joseph Waterhouse - was designed to raised funds - and appear based on reports by John Calvert and John Hunt.

December, 1836: H.M. brig Victor (Captain Crozier) visited Lakeba

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 [...]