When Malia Tuafono Toga Su'a was born about 1885, in Salelologa, Samoa, her father, Tuafono Toga Sua Tagaloa Epelame, was 28 and her mother, Sa Meto Saitumua, was 24. She died in her hometown.
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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.
Vietnamese (Sửa): possibly from the Chinese name 修, see Xiu 1.
Samoan: unexplained.
Spanish (mainly Cantabria; also Súa): unexplained.
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