Faapopoaonia Soua Saena

Brief Life History of Faapopoaonia Soua

When Faapopoaonia Soua Saena was born in 1886, in Samoa, her father, Saimoa Ene Saena, was 9 and her mother, Osooso Moega Ilimaleota, was 92. She married Tipi Leiataualesa about 1905, in Faleu, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Upolu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1963, at the age of 77, and was buried in Tuana'i, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa.

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Family Time Line

Tipi Leiataualesa
1882–1965
Faapopoaonia Soua Saena
1886–1963
Marriage: about 1905
Lusila Lei'ataua
1930–1969
Saimoa Leiataualesa
1940–1940

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    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

    Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Antonio, Enrico, Pietro, Romeo, Sal, Vito.

    Italian (Sardinia):

    nickname for someone with prominent front teeth, from sanna ‘large, protruding tooth’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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