When Tavete Patea Fesala'i was born about 1914, in Sale`imoa, Samoa, his father, Leitu Fesala'i Patea, was 24 and his mother, Palepo Paitomaleifi, was 6. He married Tulauoneone Sooalo Masina about 1933, in Magiagi, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 17 March 1950, in his hometown, at the age of 37, and was buried in Sale`imoa, Samoa.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Padma, Prem.
Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan): habitational name from Patla village in Gujarat.
Polish: nickname from patla, a dialect variant of standard Polish pętla ‘noose, loop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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