When Eneliko Amoni Lemoa was born on 19 September 1901, in Lano, Samoa, his father, Lemoa Aluvale, was 17 and his mother, Tolopa Vui Kaavao, was 12. He married Tuputala Amoni about 1943, in Savai'i, Samoa. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 18 October 1979, in his hometown, at the age of 78.
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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.
Western Samoa becomes independent, the first Pacific island nation to do so.
Some characteristic forenames: Ethiopian Bekele, Mengistu, Seble, Aklilu, Amare, Ayele, Derege, Getachew, Girmai, Hirut, Kebede, Mekonnen. Italian Cosmo, Massimo, Angelo, Carmine, Nicola, Sisto, Valentino.
Italian: from the personal name Lemma, feminine equivalent of Lemmo , from Guglielma.
Ethiopian: from the personal name Lemma, which is interpreted as e.g. ‘he prospered’ in the Amharic language. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames, this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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