Old Resident Of Tahiti
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A month or two ago, this well-known old resident of Papeete, Tahiti, Mrs.
Nordman, celebrated her 75th birthday, and, at a gathering at the home of her son, Mr. Oscar Nordman, she was warmly congratulated. She was a Miss Julia Thompson; her father, a direct descend ant of one of the early English pioneer settlers in America, landed on Maupiti Island, from an American whaler (the “Charles W. Morgan” of New Bedford) in 1860, and settled there. Miss Thomp son married Mr. Nordman, an ex-gun ner of the United States Navy; and now she has many relations in Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia. A niece is married to a member of the crew of the now famous New Zealand warship “Achilles”.