When Siaumau Lealiifano Roberts was born in 1864, in Salani, Samoa, her father, John Roberts, was 22 and her mother, Eseta Lealiifano, was 22. She married Katopau Faaolesa Malietoa Ainu'u in 1884, in Samoa. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 November 1918, in Vaovai, Samoa, at the age of 54.
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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).
English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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