August Toleafoa Tuiletufuga Fruean

Brief Life History of August Toleafoa

When August Toleafoa Tuiletufuga Fruean was born on 10 August 1873, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa, his father, Charles Fruean, was 28 and his mother, Mealefu Iosua Tuiletufuga, was 28. He married Leila Emil Foster on 11 July 1908, in American Samoa. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 16 December 1965, in his hometown, at the age of 92, and was buried in Faleula, Samoa.

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Family Time Line

August Toleafoa Tuiletufuga Fruean
1873–1965
Leila Emil Foster
1890–1956
Marriage: 11 July 1908
Maud Fruean
1907–1908
James Silipa Fruean
1911–
Ernest Fruean
about 1917–about 1917
Frank Sesele Fruean
1908–1968
Maggie Fruean
1910–1991
Joseph Faima Sua Fruean
1912–1983
August Fruean
1914–1965
Eddie Fruean
1916–1988
Tuiga Fruean
1918–1919
Fialupe Fruean
1919–1967
Faava Fruean
1921–
Fiaui Fruean
1921–1965
Lata T. Fruean
1925–1972
Lilomaiava James Silipa Fruean
1928–1994
Fetuauro Tuiletufuga Fruean
1930–1962
Ruby Fruean
1933–1938
Emil Kolose Fruean
1935–1999

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: August Toleafoa Tuiletufuga Fruean - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: August Tuiletufuga
  • Aokuso, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
  • A Fruean in entry for O Joseph Fruean, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"

World Events (4)

1899

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.

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.

Name Meaning

English: see Frewin .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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