Martin Kleis

Christian Martin Kleis (1850–1908), known as Martin Kleis, was born in Denmark and died in the Ellice Islands (Tuvalu). Kleis was the resident trader on Nui in the late 19th century.[1][2][3]

Martin Kleis (1850–1908) with Kotalo Kleis and their son Hans Martin Kleis (unidentified person at rear). Photo taken on Nui atoll, Ellice Islands.

Kleis sold copra to Henderson and Macfarlane.[4] In 1892 Captain Davis of HMS Royalist reported on trading activities and traders on each of the Ellice Islands. The ship visited Nui on 29 July 1892. Captain Davis recorded in the ship’s journal that Kleis exported about 100 tons of copra in a good year.[5]

References
  1. Chambers, Keith S.; Chambers, Anne (2001). Unity of Heart: Culture and Change in a Polynesian Atoll Society. Prospect Hts, Illinois: Waveland Press. p. 74. ISBN 1-57766-166-4.
  2. Mahaffy, Arthur (1910). "(CO 225/86/26804)". Report by Mr. Arthur Mahaffy on a visit to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Great Britain, Colonial Office, High Commission for Western Pacific Islands (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office).
  3. "Christian Martin Kleis" (PDF). TPB 02/2012 Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau. 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. Sotaga Pape, Hugh Laracy (ed.) (1983). "Chapter 10 – Nui". Tuvalu: A History. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu. p. 76.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. Resture, Jane. "TUVALU HISTORY – The Davis Diaries (H.M.S. Royalist, 1892 visit to Ellice Islands under Captain Davis)". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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