So'oletala Fonoti

Brief Life History of So'oletala

When So'oletala Fonoti was born on 19 March 1901, in Vatia, Vaifanua, Eastern, American Samoa, her father, Viliamu Asuega Fonoti, was 29 and her mother, Suavaitotoolevaifagaloa Tuiasosopo, was 19. She married Teutusi Satele in 1917, in Tutuila, Eastern, American Samoa. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fagatogo, Maoputasi, Eastern, American Samoa in 1930. She died on 3 February 1976, in Vailoatai, Tualatai, Western, American Samoa, at the age of 74, and was buried in Vailoatai, Tualatai, Western, American Samoa.

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Family Time Line

Teutusi Satele
1893–1946
So'oletala Fonoti
1901–1976
Marriage: 1917
Penu Satele
1916–1968
Salamasina Teutusi Satele
1920–2005
William Teutusi Satele
1924–1996
Mosegi Teutusi Satele
1925–
Faanimo Teutusi Satele Leleua
1927–
Papu Teutusi Satele
1930–2006
Suavaitotoolevaifagaloa Asofitu Teutusi Satele A'etonu
1932–2014
Lautoa Teutusi Satele
1935–
Fonoti Paueli Teutusi Satele
1937–1995
Galu Teutusi Satele
1942–2022

Sources (9)

  • Sooletala, "United States Census, 1930"
  • So'Oletala in entry for Salamesina Satele, "American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965"
  • So'oletala in entry for Mosegi T Satele, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"

World Events (4)

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).

1926

American Samoa is devestated by a hurricane. Olosega, in the Manua Islands, suffered the most. The Navy Department gave the Territory 50 tons of rice, 10 tons of salmon and 15 tons of biscuits.

1939

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

Name Meaning

Samoan: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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