Brief Life History of Lagi Tuamafa
Lagi Tuamafa Tautaiolefue was born about 1812, in Samoa. She married Leaituolalonei Tagataoleao Tagaloa about 1840, in Saluafata, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died about 1914, at the age of 104.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Tuamafa Tautaiolefue - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Tuamafa Tautaiolefue
Spouse and Children
World Events (2)
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.
about 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).
Name Meaning
Pronounced ‘lah-nee’: modern coinage from the Polynesian word meaning ‘sky, heaven’, which is commonly used in Hawaii in compound names such as Leilani ‘flower of heaven’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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