When Silalovi Futi was born in 1891, in Manono, Samoa, her father, Futi Salatielu Va'aelua or Vaailua, was 27 and her mother, Telesia I Papeau, was 43.
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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.
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 Aldo, Bruna, Gino, Manlio, Pasquale, Pietro, Romano, Silvano.
Italian: patronymic or plural form of a short form of the personal name Benvenuto .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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