John Nisa descendents

Captain Josiah Nickerson Knowles's Timeline

First Marriage

Second Marriage

Mountain View Cemetery, 5000 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, California, 94611 USA

Josiah Knowles sired a son with a Tongan woman (name unknow); their son was James Knowles (Semisi)

[My correspondent tells me that Josiah Knowles sired a son named James with a Polynesian woman, who has descendants in Tonga and Fiji. Without dates and better places it is hard to confirm or deny.] dq

James Knowles (half Tongan) then, sired two sons: 1. William Knowles (Viliami) born around1865 and Charles Nisa Knowles (Siale) born around 1869.

Charles Nisa Knowles married Ana Lea ‘Oehau of Vava’u and had two children: John Nisa Knowles & Vailolomoli Nisa Knowles

James Knowles who served as Mate on board the "E. A. Wilson" around the 1870s in Mille, Mulgrave Island. JIM was referred to as a "Tongan Half-Caste". And was later hanged in Fiji for shooting Larsen, one of Messrs. Goddeffroy's Captains. James Knowles had two sons with a lady from Vavau in Tonga. The eldest being William Knowles (Viliami) born around 1865 and Charles (Siale) Nisa (Siale) Knowles born around 1868 or 1870. (Captain Charles Nisa Knowles had fathered two children with Anna (Tamai moe Fa'ee 'a Sione) a Tongan lady from Vavau island, John Knowles (Sione Nisa) and his sister Wailolo Knowles (Vailolo Moli).

 

Captain-Charles Nisa Knowles had fathered two children with Anna a Tongan lady from Vavau island, John Nisa Knowles and his sister Wailolo (Vailolo) Knowles. John Knowles stays in Tonga and that is his descendants of the Knowles family still in there today. Wailolo Knowles decides to follow her father to the Fiji Isles and ends up marrying a Mr.Corrie. Their descendants still in Fiji today. Captain-Charles Nisa Knowles then goes to the Fiji Isles maybe upon hearing about his father's fate then later marries Caroline Elizabeth Work the daughter of a Theologian Missionary from The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations which is a State in the New England Region of the United States. Captain- Charles Nisa Knowles and Caroline Eliabeth Knowles end up having two children, Moses Ezra Knowles born around 1901 and younger brother James Knowles born around 1904.Their descendants still in the Fiji Isles today and occupy a settlement called Kulukulu in the Sigatoka Sand Dunes.

John Knowles (Sione Nisa) stays in Tonga and that is his descendants of the Knowles family still in there today. Wailolo Knowles decides to follow her father to the Fiji Isles and ends up marrying Mr. Corrie. Their descendants still in Fiji today. Captain-Charles Nisa Knowles then goes to the Fiji Isles maybe upon hearing about his father's fate then later marries Caroline Elizabeth Work the daughter of a Theologian Missionary from The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations which is a State in the New England Region of the United States. 

Captain Charles Nisa Knowles and Caroline Elizabeth Knowles end up having two children, Moses Ezra Knowles born around 1901 and younger brother James Knowles born around 1904.Their descendants still in the Fiji Isles today and occupy a settlement called Kulukulu in the Sigatoka Sand Dunes." 

side notes: 

Barnstable Patriot, 28 April 1885 Yarmouth and Yarmouth Port "Capt. Josiah N. Knowles of San Francisco has been visiting Mr. A.H. Knowles, the past week." Barnstable Patriot, 27 January 1874 "The ship Glory of the Sea, Capt. Josiah N. Knowles (Sosaia Nisa Knowles), made the passage from New York to San Francisco in 93 days."

By Fred Temple Knowles

September 2015

 

Name: John Nisa Knowles

Estimated Birth date: 1877 to 1880

Birth Place: Vava'u

Father: Charles Nisa Knowles

*Mother: Analea Oehau Knowles

Grandfather: James Knowles (died in Fiji)

Sister: Vai Lolomoli Corrie (Fiji)

Wife: Seini

Children: 1. Charles (Siale) Nisa 2. Vili Nisa 3. Fifita Nisa 

 

[*John Nisa's moter's Name: Analea 'Oehau; Analea's Father: **Semisi lolo 'Oehau and Analea's Mother: 'Akesa

    -    **Semisi Lolo 'Oe hau mother: Pōmare IV, more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua, was the Queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877

    -    Semisi Lolo 'Oehau Father: 'Inoke Fotu (Veikune m Lavinia Veiongo) ]

Charles Nisa Knowles married Ana Lea ‘Oehau of Vava’u and had two children: 

1. John Nisa Knowles (Sione)  

2. Vailolomoli |Nisa Knowles .

[John (Sione) Nisa Knowles stayed in Tonga and Vailolomoli left with her father, Charles Nisa Knowles (Siale) to Fiji]

[Recap]

1. Josiah Knowles (Born in Eastham, Mass May, 26, 1830 to 1896, laid to rest in Mountainview Cemetery, in Oakland CA.)

2. James (Semisi) Nisa Knowles

3. Charles (Siale) Nisa Knowles (1869 to ___)

4. Sione (John) Nisa

5. Siale Nisa

6. Manongi Nisa

7. Louniutaha Tupou 

John (Sione) Nisa and Seini from Felemea/Nomuka Children: 

1. Fifita Nisa  

2. Vili Nisa  

3. Siale (Charles) Nisa, 

                                                                                                                                 

Fanau 'a Fifita

1. Fusi

2. Vaake

3. Halatoafa

4. Latu

5.  Sione Uikelotu

Fanau 'a Vili Nisa

1. Laukau Nisa

2. Siua Nisa

3. Animoni 'Aholelei

4. Sione Tiseli

5. Lesiel (Nomuka) 

Fanau 'a Siale (Charles) Nisa pea mo Nau

1. Manongi Kakala Siale.

2. Tevita Siale Nisa

                                                                                                                      

Manongi Kakala Siale Nisa 

1. Lounitaha

2. Nau

3. Liliena

4. Moana

 5. Puli

6. Fanavai

7. Lata

8. Tini 

   

Fanau 'a 'Eleni pea mo Tevita Siale Nisa's 

1. Netane 

2. Semisi

3. Malakai

4. Sione Ta'u

5. Kalaveni 

6. Elina Ketekoula

7. Fale

8. Taumohe

9. Kepu

10. Siale

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Fanau 'a Laukau

1. Saia

2. Sione

3. Siliveti

4. Lisiate

5. Sivihiva

6. 'Ana

Fanau 'a Siua (Matamoana)

1. 'Ofa

2. Fonua

3. Siliveti

4. Langoia

5. Samu

6. Lau'ese

Fanau 'a Antimoni (Mataiasi)

1. Mosese

2. Nafe

3. Pelisi

4. Levu

5. Mahe

6. Aulola

7. Pasiliti

8. 'Elenoa

Fanau 'a Sione Tiseli (Finau)

1. Kineleti

2. Soane

3. Viliami

4. Meta

5. Tesimoni

6. Naisa

7. Soni

8. Mele

Fanau 'a Lesieli

????

                                                                                                                            

Fanau 'a Fusi (Niko)

1. Lilo

2. 'Ana

3. Langaola

4. Kaikona

5. Vino

6. Sati

7. Latu

Fanau 'a Vake

1. Hainite

2. Selu

3. Sione

4. Seini

5. Viliami

Fanau 'a Halatoafa

1. Holika

2. Faingata'a

3. Fepaki

4. Lilio

5. Melania