Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau^[1]

1842 - 1901  (59 years)

• Name	Epeli Nailatikau
  Prefix	Ratu
  Suffix	Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau
  Birth	1842	Bau, Tailevu, Fiji, Pacific Islands
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	Roko Tui Tailevu
  Ceded Fiji to Great Britain	1874
  	He was also a signatory to the 1874 Deed of Cession to Great Britain
  Acceded	1883/1901	Bau, Tailevu, Fiji, Pacific Islands
  	Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau
  	«b»Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau«/b» is the Paramount Chief of the «u»Kubuna Confederacy «/u», loosely translated the title means «i»Warlord of «u»Bau «/u»«/i» or Root of War. The Turaga na Vunivalu ni Bau is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, which belongs to the Tui Kaba clan based on Bau Island, and is generally considered to be the highest chiefly title in Fiji. The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high ranking member of the Tui Kaba clan. The Vunivalu when installed, also takes the title of Tui Levuka, as he is the traditional leader of the Levuka people of Lakeba, Lau. The wife of the Vunivalu is titled Radini Levuka.
  Fact 1	1st son
  	1st son
  Name	Ratu Abel
  Name	Ratu Epeli
  _FSFTID	2CMM-BCG
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=2CMM-BCG
  Death	1901	Fiji, Pacific Islands
  Notes	http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12494312/family?cfpid=12735103152&selnode=1 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/64518634/family?cfpid=38120753235 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73723490/family?cfpid=30279627868&selnode=1 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/62431448/family?cfpid=46089824120 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12494312/family?cfpid=12586795294 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12494312/family?cfpid=12586792915 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/598059/family?cfpid=-803560878 (Research):«b»Ratu Epeli Nailatikau I«/b» (1842 - 1901) was a Fijian Paramount Chief, who was posthumously made the Vunivalu of Bau . He was the eldest son of the first Tui Viti , Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his first wife, Adi Litia Samanunu . He acted as his father's right-hand man in the Bauan struggles for power, and was subsequently made a Governor of many of the Fijian states, (including being made the Roko Tui Tailevu ) and a minister in various early portfolios. He was also a signatory to the 1874 Deed of Cession to Great Britain Ratu Epeli's eldest son, Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu inherited the title of Vunivalu, while his second daughter, Adi Moce was the wife of Ratu Alifereti Finau and the grandmother of Fiji's Founding Father , Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epeli_Nailatikau_I «b»Vunivalu «/b»1883-1901 Ratu Epeli Nailatikau 1883/1901, born 1842, Roko Tui Tailevu, never installed as the 7th Vunivalu of Bau, but posthumously recognized as such, married 1stly, Adi Kelera (Na Baubau), married 2ndly, Adi Nanise, married 3rdly, Adi Koila, and had issue. He died 1901. Ratu F. L. Temesia (by Adi Kelera) Ratu Etuate Wainiu (by Adi Kelera), married and had issue. Adi Kelera, married and had issue. Adi Miriama Vireti Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu (by Adi Nanise) (qv) Ratu Tuisavura Adi Lagilagi Adi Ateca Moceiwaqa, married Ratu Alifereti Finau, Tui Nayau, died April 1934, and had issue. http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/fiji/vunivalu.html
  Person ID	I284	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	8 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Tui Viti,   b. Abt 1815, Lakeba, Lau Island Group, Fiji, Pacific Islands d. 1 Feb 1883, Bau, Tailevu, Fiji, Pacific Islands (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Adi Litia Samanunu,   b. Abt 1815, Fiji, Pacific Islands d. Bef 1914, Fiji, Pacific Islands (Age ~ 98 years)
  Marriage	1833	Fiji, Pacific Islands   [1]
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adi Lavenia, Radini Levuka,   b. Fiji, Pacific Islands d. Fiji, Pacific Islands
  Marriage	Fiji, Pacific Islands
  Children	1. Adi Ateca Moceiwai   d. Apr 1934   2. Ratu Stewart Oliver, Tui Savura,   b. Abt 1870, Bau, Tailevu, Fiji, Pacific Islands d. 26 Jul 1936, Fiji, Pacific Islands (Age ~ 66 years)   3. Ratu Tuisavura   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Adi Lagilagi   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Adi Kelera, (Na Baubau)   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Ratu F. L. Temesia   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ratu Etuate Wainiu   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551619408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family 3	Adi Nanise   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu, Vunivalu of Bau,   b. Fiji, Pacific Islands d. 1914, Fiji, Pacific Islands
  Family ID	F551619409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family 4	Adi Koila   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551619410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2015

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
  		A Chiefly Group in front of Government house view showing a group, sitting in two rows in front of the verandah of Government House at Suva. All the men were Government 'Rokotui' (Roko = local officers in charge of a district, Tui = king or sovereign). All the men were high chiefs in their own right. 1-6 left to right, front row: 1. Not known; 2. Katonivere, Rokotui Machuata; 3. Not known, Rokotui Ra; 4. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Rokotui Tailevu (eldest son of Seru Cakobau); 5. Marica Toroka, Rokotui Lomaiviti; 6. Not known. 7-13 left to right, back row: 7. Not known; 8. Ratu Peni, Rokotui Naitasiri; 9. Not known; 10. Ratu Luke Nakulanikoro, Rokotui Nadroga; 11. Ratu Timoci, Rokotui Rewa (and, by Fijian title, Rokotui Dreketi); 12. Ratu Timoci Tavanavanua, Rokotui ? (son of Seru Cakobau); 13. Ro Matanitobua, Rokotui Namosi
  		Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

  
  

• Sources

  [S284] Verbal records: Supplied by Adi Divono, Roko Tui Waimaro, (Adi Fulori's Ancestry: From Oral History recited to me by Roko Tui Waimaro, Adi Pataresia Vonokula (Adi Divono) and taken down by hand by me at her home in Nabukaluka, Waimoro, Fiji 1983).