Ta'isi Olaf Frederick Nelson (24 February 1883 – 28 February 1944) was a Samoan businessman and politician. He was one of the founding leaders of the...
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Safune (section Olaf Frederick Nelson)
constituency of Gaga'ifomauga. Safune is the birthplace of Mau leader Olaf Frederick Nelson and the filming location of Moana (1926 film), one of the first...
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blame of the Western Samoa unrest on the anti-colonial activist Olaf Frederick Nelson. During this period he served first on the Temporary Slavery Commission...
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widespread support. One of the Mau leaders was Olaf Frederick Nelson, a half Samoan and half Swedish merchant. Nelson was eventually exiled during the late 1920s...
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administration of Samoa were sent into exile in New Zealand, including Olaf Frederick Nelson. Samoa received its independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962...
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Aggie Grey Alexia Hilbertidou Maposua Rudolf Keil Gustavia Lui Olaf Frederick Nelson Matai’a Lynn Netzler Tupua Fred Wetzell Donna Rose Addis Tuifuisa’a...
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Party, but was defeated by Olaf Frederick Nelson and Charles Dawson. He contested the 1941 elections, but lost to Nelson and Amando Stowers. In 1944...
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the University of Auckland. Nelson was born in Samoa, the daughter of Olaf Nelson, a political leader in Western Samoa, and Rosabel Moors. She had five...
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during a Mau parade in Apia. He married Noue in 1934, a daughter of Olaf Frederick Nelson. The couple had four children; two daughters and two sons. In 1936...
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administration. One of the Mau leaders was Olaf Frederick Nelson, a half Samoan and half Swedish merchant. Nelson was exiled by the administration during...
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actress O. B. Nelson (1850–1922), Danish-American politician Olaf Frederick Nelson (1883–1944), Samoan businessman and politician Olive Nelson (1911–1970)...
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reported as being one of the main drivers of the Mau movement. When Olaf Frederick Nelson formed the Mau, Tamasese joined, and in 1927 appeared before a commission...
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Scotland. Her grandfather was Samoan businessman and politician Ta'isi Olaf Frederick Nelson. She met her husband John Atherton in Edinburgh and they had two...
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Spafford Richardson.: 73 In late 1926 he attended a meeting with Olaf Frederick Nelson and other independence activists at the home of Samuel Meredith...
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leader of Samoa's independence movement during the early 1900s, Olaf Frederick Nelson was born in Safune. In pre-history, the village of Safotu was settled...
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movement. Olaf Frederick Nelson, one of the leaders of the new Mau movement, was a successful merchant of mixed Swedish and Samoan heritage. Nelson was the...
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pre-history, the village of Safotu was a settlement for Tongans. Olaf Frederick Nelson, another exiled leader of the Mau movement in the 1920s, was born...
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Mau leaders in the 1920s was Olaf Frederick Nelson, a merchant born in Safune to a Samoan mother and Swedish father. Nelson was also exiled from Samoa....
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Charles Dawson and Olaf Frederick Nelson would not stand; Nelson due to ill-health and Dawson having left the Samoa. However, Nelson did eventually contest...
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contested the elections. The three elected members were the merchants Olaf Frederick Nelson and George Westbrook, and the plumber Arthur Williams. Results for...
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village, Savai'i Colonial buildings in Samoa Home of Mau leader Olaf Frederick Nelson on Upolu island, circa 1936 Tivoli Hotel in the capital Apia, 1896...
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administration. In late 1926 Tuimalealiʻifano attended a meeting with Olaf Frederick Nelson and other independence activists at the home of Samuel Meredith...
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Samoa Public Library (redirect from Nelson Memorial Public Library)
family of patriot, Mau leader and businessman Olaf Frederick Nelson. The library is named in Nelson's honour. Savai'i Public Library is the only branch...
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including the inquest into Black Saturday and the deportation of Olaf Frederick Nelson. After independence in 1962, New Zealand expatriates continued to...
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March 1928, elected member Olaf Frederick Nelson proposed a motion that Samoans should be represented in the Council. Nelson had made the same proposal...
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one of three people elected to the council. Like the other two, Olaf Frederick Nelson and George Westbrook, he was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement...
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appointed to the Council by the Administrator to replace elected member Olaf Frederick Nelson, who had been deported. Prior to the 1929 elections, Johnston resigned...
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in Western Samoa. In 1928 he joined O.F. Nelson and Co, working for his brother-in-law Olaf Frederick Nelson, before leaving in 1934 to establish a dairy...
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did not run for re-election in 1929. Like fellow elected members Olaf Frederick Nelson and Arthur Williams, he was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement...
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dates back to 1886 when customary land was sold to the family of Olaf Frederick Nelson. The village claims that the land is custom held and was never lawfully...
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