Brief Life History of Mataʻese Fuaaliʻi
When Mataʻese Fuaaliʻi Sua was born in 1858, in Luma, Tau, Manu'a, American Samoa, his father, Suata’i John Christian, was 31 and his mother, Fouaimalo Tauveve, was 32. He married Mele Thompson in 1889, in Samoa, Humboldt, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1937, in his hometown, at the age of 79, and was buried in Luma, Tau, Manu'a, American Samoa.
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Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Fuaali'i Mataese Sua - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mata'ese Fuaali'i Sua
- Mataese, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
- Mataese in entry for Valusaga, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
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World Events (2)
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).
1926
American Samoa is devestated by a hurricane. Olosega, in the Manua Islands, suffered the most. The Navy Department gave the Territory 50 tons of rice, 10 tons of salmon and 15 tons of biscuits.
Name Meaning
Vietnamese (Sửa): possibly from the Chinese name 修, see Xiu 1.
Samoan: unexplained.
Spanish (mainly Cantabria; also Súa): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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