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I am a Māori designer based in
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Keti Pakura Te Hei Pounamu Cook/Kuku

Father: Te Rangahau
Mother: Whirirangi

Spouses: Charles Arthur Cook/Kuku, Thomas (Tame) Samuel Joyce II
Children: Hare Charles Cook/Kuku, Maraea Te Hei Pounamu Ututaonga Tihei (nee. Cook/Kuku), Mere Cook/Kuku, Rangipaku Cook/Kuku, Thomas Samuel Joyce III


Keti was born about 1810 in Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand.

She married Charles and had four children.

She later remarried to Thomas Samuel Joyce II and had a son.


Children

  • Hare was born about 1834 in Paihia. He had a daughter Mereanu Ruru in about 1852, daughter Rangipaku Ngahuia around 1860 in the Bay of Islands, daughter Maraea around 1866, daughter Hipirini Hii around 1871, son Kamira Hare around 1872 in Auckland, daughter Pinekira around 1874 in Rawene. His daughter Mereana died around 1900. Records show he was living in Auckland in 1908. He died on November 20, 1929 in Rawene.

  • Maraea was born about 1840 in Taumarere. See here for more information.

  • Mere was born about 1841. She died about 1921.

  • Rangipaku’s birth and death year is unknown.

  • Keti had a son Thomas with her second husband. He was born about 1930 in Waimate. Thomas married Miriam (Kereopa) Te Onui-Whanaupani around 1852 in Paihia and they had sixteen children together: Thomas died on August 1, 1902 in Paihia.

Keti’s son Thomas. Ancestry.com Database.

Keti’s son Thomas. Ancestry.com Database.


Keti’s second husband Thomas. Ancestry.com Database.

Keti’s second husband Thomas. Ancestry.com Database.

References

  1. Ancestry.com Database. “Keti Pakura Te Hei Pounamu.” https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113483618/person/262089021262/facts

  2. [Keti’s son Thomas]. Ancestry.com Database. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/113483618/person/262089020988/media/23e4e55f-c485-48c9-aad6-556c77bb5399?_phsrc=WGW1&usePUBJs=true

  3. [Keti’s second husband Thomas]. Ancestry.com Database. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/113483618/person/262089021261/media/6505cbc2-15d1-4d70-b120-8aca10aa9941?_phsrc=WGW2&usePUBJs=true

Captain Charles Freeman

Charles Arthur Cook/Kuku

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