Brief Life History of Gauta Fuatina
When Gauta Fuatina Brown Talauega was born about 1902, in Lona, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Upolu, Samoa, his father, Loto Sekope Talauega, was 30 and his mother, Mrs Tuia Brown, was 27. He married Taute'e L. Taneolevao on 23 December 1922, in Lona, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Upolu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in his hometown.
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Sources (9)
- Gauta, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
- Gauta, "American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965"
- Gauta in entry for Iutika, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
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World Events (5)
1914
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).
1939
U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
1962
Western Samoa becomes independent, the first Pacific island nation to do so.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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