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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide ]] > French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, Society Islands (includes Tahiti), Austral Islands'' <br> [[Image:Tahitian girls in mission clothes.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tahitian girls in mission clothes, 1860-1879]] | ''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide ]] > French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, Society Islands (includes Tahiti), Austral Islands'' | ||
[[Image:French_polynesia.png|thumb|center|650px]]<br>[[Image:Tahitian girls in mission clothes.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tahitian girls in mission clothes, 1860-1879]] | |||
==== Background information ==== | ==== Background information ==== | ||
[[Portal:French Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south they are Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, Society Islands, and Austral or Tubuai Islands. Papeete, Tahiti is the capital. The population is about 92,000. About half of the people live on the island of Tahiti.<br> | [[Portal:French Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south they are Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands, Society Islands, and Austral or Tubuai Islands. Papeete, Tahiti is the capital. The population is about 92,000. About half of the people live on the island of Tahiti.<br> | ||
==== Customs ==== | ==== Customs ==== | ||
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"My great grandfather was born in ''France ''( a pedigree chart which records him as Pierre Jules Buchin, born in 1833. will appear here). | "My great grandfather was born in ''France ''( a pedigree chart which records him as Pierre Jules Buchin, born in 1833. will appear here). | ||
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He married a woman whose father was ''English''. (The pedigree chart shows her as Elizabeth Moehauti P. Gibson, whose father is Andrew Gibson, born in ''Liverpool England ''in 1813 and her mother as Vahinerii Moehauti Pupa). | He married a woman whose father was ''English''. (The pedigree chart shows her as Elizabeth Moehauti P. Gibson, whose father is Andrew Gibson, born in ''Liverpool England ''in 1813 and her mother as Vahinerii Moehauti Pupa). | ||
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There is also a picture of the Mission Schooner. It was in use from 1950 to 1956. I sailed to all of the islands with the mission president when I was a member of the Church Band. He organized it and I was in it for 3 years. I later became a teacher in the elementary schools of our Church. Our home is now in ''Moorea, Tahiti''. | There is also a picture of the Mission Schooner. It was in use from 1950 to 1956. I sailed to all of the islands with the mission president when I was a member of the Church Band. He organized it and I was in it for 3 years. I later became a teacher in the elementary schools of our Church. Our home is now in ''Moorea, Tahiti''. | ||
==== <br>Marquesas Islands <br> | ==== <br>Marquesas Islands <br> ==== | ||
These islands are known in Polynesian legends of the ''Maori, Hawaiians, Rarotongans, and Easter Islanders ''as the Sacred ''Land of Hava`iki,'' from whence their ancestors came. They lie ten degrees south of the equator, are 4,000 miles west of ''Peru'', and are the northernmost of ''French Polynesia''. Population is about 1,800 people, most of them living on ''Hiva Oa.'' | These islands are known in Polynesian legends of the ''Maori, Hawaiians, Rarotongans, and Easter Islanders ''as the Sacred ''Land of Hava`iki,'' from whence their ancestors came. They lie ten degrees south of the equator, are 4,000 miles west of ''Peru'', and are the northernmost of ''French Polynesia''. Population is about 1,800 people, most of them living on ''Hiva Oa.'' | ||
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==== Historical background ==== | ==== Historical background ==== | ||
1543 Magellan’s Portugese fleet discovers ''Puka Puka'', northeast ''Tuamotu<br>''1616 Dutchmen Jacob Le Maire and Willem Scheuten reached ''Puka Puka, Takaroa, Takapoto, Manihi, and Rangiroa, all of the Tuamotu islands.<br>''1722 Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen reached ''Maketea of the Tuamotus and Bora Bora of the Leewards.<br>''1765 Englishman John Byron reached ''Tepoto, Napuka, Takeroe, Takapoto, and Rangirao''.<br>1767 Englishman Samuel Wallis charted and claimed the islands for ''Britain.<br>''1768 The ''French'' claim the islands.<br>1806 Pomare II extends his power on the northern and central ''Tuamotu Islands''. His wife, Tetua, dies.<br>1826 ''Tahitians ''who will not accept the ''Mamaia ''religion flee to the ''Tuamotos.<br>''1831 Uprising of chiefs against Pomare Vahine IV, who is forced to condemn the Mamaia sect.<br>1833 First Catholic Vicar Apostolic in the islands.<br> Defeat of the chiefs of the ''Taiarapu ''(supported by the ''Mamaia'' sect) heralds its decline.<br>1841 Last members of the ''Mamaia'' sect die because they refused vaccination.<br>1842 Establishment of a ''French protectorate ''on ''Tahiti.<br>''1845 Mormon missionary Grouard has great success on the island of ''Anaa. <br>''1852 Catholic persecution of Mormons on Anaa. They are forced to flee, die, or attend the Catholic Church.<br>1860 Raids of the ''Peruvian'' slave traders begin.<br>1862 Slave traders captured in the ''Tuamotus.<br>''1903 Hurricane in ''Tuamotu. <br>''1905 Phosphates discovered in ''Makatea, Tuamotu.<br>''1908 Leprosy spread to the eastern ''Tuamotu Islands.<br>''1918 Flu epidemic kills 20 percent of the population. <br> Phosphates are exploited in Makaeta, Tuamotu. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1225252115296_925"></span> | 1543 Magellan’s Portugese fleet discovers ''Puka Puka'', northeast ''Tuamotu<br>''1616 Dutchmen Jacob Le Maire and Willem Scheuten reached ''Puka Puka, Takaroa, Takapoto, Manihi, and Rangiroa, all of the Tuamotu islands.<br>''1722 Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen reached ''Maketea of the Tuamotus and Bora Bora of the Leewards.<br>''1765 Englishman John Byron reached ''Tepoto, Napuka, Takeroe, Takapoto, and Rangirao''.<br>1767 Englishman Samuel Wallis charted and claimed the islands for ''Britain.<br>''1768 The ''French'' claim the islands.<br>1806 Pomare II extends his power on the northern and central ''Tuamotu Islands''. His wife, Tetua, dies.<br>1826 ''Tahitians ''who will not accept the ''Mamaia ''religion flee to the ''Tuamotos.<br>''1831 Uprising of chiefs against Pomare Vahine IV, who is forced to condemn the Mamaia sect.<br>1833 First Catholic Vicar Apostolic in the islands.<br> Defeat of the chiefs of the ''Taiarapu ''(supported by the ''Mamaia'' sect) heralds its decline.<br>1841 Last members of the ''Mamaia'' sect die because they refused vaccination.<br>1842 Establishment of a ''French protectorate ''on ''Tahiti.<br>''1845 Mormon missionary Grouard has great success on the island of ''Anaa. <br>''1852 Catholic persecution of Mormons on Anaa. They are forced to flee, die, or attend the Catholic Church.<br>1860 Raids of the ''Peruvian'' slave traders begin.<br>1862 Slave traders captured in the ''Tuamotus.<br>''1903 Hurricane in ''Tuamotu. <br>''1905 Phosphates discovered in ''Makatea, Tuamotu.<br>''1908 Leprosy spread to the eastern ''Tuamotu Islands.<br>''1918 Flu epidemic kills 20 percent of the population. <br> Phosphates are exploited in Makaeta, Tuamotu. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1225252115296_925"></span> | ||
==== Gambier Islands or Mangareva <br> | ==== Gambier Islands or Mangareva <br> ==== | ||
These atolls have a population of about 6,500 people. Whaling ships stopped here in the 19th century. One of the last strongholds of cannibalism, overzealous missionaries worked the population to death. The majority are Protestant. LDS Missionaries have begun to work here. | These atolls have a population of about 6,500 people. Whaling ships stopped here in the 19th century. One of the last strongholds of cannibalism, overzealous missionaries worked the population to death. The majority are Protestant. LDS Missionaries have begun to work here. | ||
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They are: ''Mangareva (Pearl), Taravai (Belcher), Temoe, Aukena (Elson), and Akamaru (Wainwright)'' | They are: ''Mangareva (Pearl), Taravai (Belcher), Temoe, Aukena (Elson), and Akamaru (Wainwright)'' | ||
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==== Historical background ==== | ==== Historical background ==== | ||