When 'Anitelu Lelenoa was born about 1821, in Kolofoóu, Tongatapu, Tonga, his father, Paula Malele 'a e tau, was 26 and his mother, Mele Maumi Fakahafua, was 22. He married Mafi Ngaakau in 1846, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died about 1891, at the age of 70.