When Mao Tevita was born about 1880, in Salelologa, Samoa, her father, Tevita Siovaiata, was 26 and her mother, Fangatapu Tu'ipelehake, was 23. She married Puipuia about 1900, in Salafai, Samoa.
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Germany annexes Western Samoa, the U.S. takes over eastern Samoa and Britain withdraws its claim to the islands in accordance with treaty between Germany, Britain and the U.S.
New Zealand occupies Western Samoa during World War I and continues to administer it after the war by virtue of a League of Nations mandate (and a United Nations mandate after World War II).
U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
‘Honest’; also short for any name beginning with Nao-.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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