Tuiluaai Polesa Tupuola Salamanesa

Brief Life History of Tuiluaai Polesa Tupuola

When Tuiluaai Polesa Tupuola Salamanesa was born on 19 December 1919, in Ofu, Manu'a, American Samoa, her father, Tupuola Pelesala Salamanesa, was 31 and her mother, Sanito Mao Samusamu, was 21. She had at least 6 daughters with Va'atausili Tuvale Mau'ai. She died on 16 April 1988, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ofu, Manu'a, American Samoa.

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Family Time Line

Va'atausili Tuvale Mau'ai
1922–1988
Tuiluaai Polesa Tupuola Salamanesa
1919–1988
Silimusa Va'atausili Mauai
1946–2009
Silimusa Mauai
Tiana Vaatausili
Tiana Va'atausili Mauai
1950–2002
Punavaiola Mauai
1957–2023
Punavaiola Va'atausili Mauai
1957–2023

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Tuiluaai Polesa Tupuola Salamanesa - Government record: birth-name: Tuiluai Tupuola Velega
  • Tuilua'ai Tupuola, "American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930"

World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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

Polish: nickname for a reliable person, from a derivative of polegać ‘to depend upon, to rely upon’.

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

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