When Taeulavao Papalii Fonoti Fatu was born on 6 March 1903, in Poutasi, Atua, Upolu, Samoa, her father, Papalii Fonoti Fatu Gatuitasina, was 24 and her mother, Tavae Lupeomanu, was 24. She married Fekisone Alolevave Lesa on 8 March 1908. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 6 April 1960, in Tuana'i, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa, at the age of 57, and was buried in Poutasi, Atua, Upolu, 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: Italian Rocco, Angelo, Francesco, Nazareno, Orazio, Salvatore.
Italian: status name from papa ‘priest, father’ (see Papa ) + the personal name Elìa (see Elias ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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