Mary Theresa Betham

Brief Life History of Mary Theresa

When Mary Theresa Betham was born on 11 March 1926, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa, her father, John Joseph Ernest Betham, was 36 and her mother, Mary Theresa Muban Fruean, was 31. She married Angus "Pa'o" Mason Macdonald on 11 May 1948, in Samoa. She died on 12 May 1999, in her hometown, at the age of 73, and was buried in Upolu, Samoa.

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Angus "Pa'o" Mason Macdonald
1912–1989
Mary Theresa Betham
1926–1999
Marriage: 11 May 1948

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    World Events (3)

    1939

    U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.

    1962

    Western Samoa becomes independent, the first Pacific island nation to do so.

    1997

    Western Samoa changes its name to Samoa, a move which causes some tension with American Samoa.

    Name Meaning

    English: see Beetham .

    Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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