Brief Life History of Afa
When Afa Tuitele was born on 24 April 1904, in Leone, Lealataua, Western, American Samoa, his father, Taeano Save Tuitele, was 52 and his mother, Emily La'ia Rosenberg Gibbons, was 48. He married Pusi on 7 May 1925. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 26 October 1960, in Leone, Fofo, Western, American Samoa, at the age of 56.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Hfatasi, "United States Census, 1930"
- Afa, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
- Afa in entry for Maosi, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"
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World Events (3)
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
Variant spelling of Alpha .
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