Brief Life History of Mariposa
When Mariposa Skelton was born on 28 April 1892, in Savalalo, Samoa, his father, John Skelton, was 57 and his mother, Emmaline Letele'ausasala Fruean-Zimmermann, was 27. He married Anna Lomialagi Vui Teo on 11 April 1913, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 2 December 1984, in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 92, and was buried in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Mariposa Skelton, "Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996"
- Mariposa Skelton in entry for Kathleen Jacqueline Skelton, "Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996"
- Mariposa Skelton in entry for Peter John Skelton, "Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996"
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World Events (8)
1893
New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.
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.
1921
On 1 November 1921, Waikumete was renamed Glen Eden, when the area was formed into a town district. One of the reasons why the name changed was that the name Waikumete had become closely associated with the cemetery. The new name referenced the central Auckland suburb of Mount Eden, as well as the many valleys (glens) in the suburb. After the area was formed into a town district, the area boomed as a working class neighbourhood. Glen Eden is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand, located at the foothills of Waitākere Ranges.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name mainly from Skelton in Cumberland, or any of various places called Skelton in Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, and East Yorkshire. The placenames probably all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, with initial Sk-, instead of Sh-, due to Scandinavian influence. However, in some cases, the first element may be a lost river name, from Old Norse skjallr ‘resounding’; compare Skelding . This English surname has been established in Queen's County [Laois], Ireland, since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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