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