When Nele Tavete Leiataua was born on 17 June 1887, in Manono, Samoa, her father, Tavete Piki Leiataua, was 38 and her mother, Leuta Magalei, was 20. She married Tinei Su'a on 15 April 1907, in Sauniatu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 31 May 1943, in Tutuila, Eastern, American Samoa, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mapusaga, Tualauta, Western, American 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.
An area in the Mapusaga village is called Mapusagafou, which translates to New Mapusaga. Another area in town is known as Mapusagatuai, meaning Old Mapusaga.
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).
Medieval short form of Eleanor , Ellen , and Helen . For the initial N-, compare Nan and Ned . It was the name by which Charles II's mistress Eleanor Gwyn ( 1650–87 ) was universally known to her contemporaries, and at about that time it also became established as an independent name.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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