Hemi Kuti Te Kanawa Cootes (1840 - 1913)

Born 1840 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1913 at about age 73 in Otaki, Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

James Cootes is Notable.

James was born 1840. He was the son of James Cootes, a Whaler who married a Maori Chieftainess of the Ngati Toa Tribe. James died at the age of 74 at Otaki. He was survived by his wife , nine sons and one daughter. ( taken from Papers Past)

"This portrait depicts the blended family of Wiremu Neera (later contracted to Wineera) Te Kanae, great-grandson of celebrated warrior chief Te Rauparaha, and his two wives, sisters Harata and Hāna Kuti Te Kanawa, or Cootes... The origins of the Wineera Family - Descended from Greatness..." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Museum of New Zealand: 'Wineera family portrait : A picture tells a thousand words', by Matiu Baker; 1 February 2016." & Images.

Cootes, Hemi Tiapo, 1840-1913, Cootes, Tiapo, 1840-1913, Kuti, Hemi, 1840-1913, Kuti, Tiapo, 1840-1913, Te Kanawa, Hemi Kuti, 1840-1913, Tiapo, Hemi, 1840-1913 The family often used the surnames Te Kanawa, taken from their grandfather, and Te Rakaherea, taken from their grand uncle. Descended from the Ngati Te Ra hapu of Ngati Toa, Hemi Tiapo was the second son of Waitaoro Te Kanawa and James Cootes Sen. Born at Paremata in 1840 (probably in Toms whaling station or the adjacent Ngati Te Ra pa of his mother's people) he later lived with his parents on Kapiti Island, at Waiorua. With his father and older brother, Tame, he was a shearer on Kapiti and along the coast. He later became a policeman in Otaki, was said to be a famed wrestler, and was a noted authority on the history of his people. He married Eliza Lawton and had about 13 children. Two of his sisters, Harata and Haana, were married to the Ngati Toa chief Wineera Te Kanae. He died in 1913 aged 73 years. See also Otaki Historical Society Journal Vol 5 1982.