 In reporting official occasions he was referred to by Australian newspapers as Prince Joseph Celua of Fiji.His date of birth is unknown but he was said to be 17 in 1872, and 19 in 1874, suggesting an 1855 birth date although at the time of his death, in 1886, he is said to be 26 which suggests an 1860 birth.Celua had four older siblings and three younger half-siblings from his father's second marriage.