PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The estates belonging to this family are, 'Utungake and Ha'afakahenga
and Futu in Niuafo'ou. Title holders
were...
- FAINGA'ANUKU [Toloakaiasi], 1st Tuita; married Latu Taufa,
and had issue.
- 'UPOLUTELE, 2nd Tuita; married, 1stly, 'Anaukihesina,
daughter of
Ngalumoetutulu, 2nd Tu'i Ha'apai, and
his wife, Siu'ulua, married 2ndly, Finaumuivai, daughter of
Tu'ihalamaka Vuna, and his wife, Niumoefanga Niukapu, married 3rdly,
'Uluakimata, daughter of Kau'ulufonua (see Tokemoana),
and had issue.
- KAHOMOVAILAHI (by 'Anaukihesina)(qv)
- Noa'isiapua (by Finaumuivai), married Teuki'utavava'u,
son of Tokemoana 'i Lo'amanu [Toutaitokotaha], 4th Tokemoana, and had
issue.
- Palumamohu'akosi (by Finaumuivai)
- LILO (by 'Uluakimata), married, Siuti, daughter of
Fangaake Tuituiohu, and his wife, Nanasi, and had issue.
- Tonga Lilo, married, 'Ulima, 1st Motu'apuaka, and had issue.
- KAHOMOVAILAHI, 3rd Tuita; married 1stly,
Latufu'ipeka,
5th Tamaha, died about 1805, daughter of
Latunipulu'iteafu'a,
and his wife, Nanasipau'u, married 2ndly, Finaukovi
Lautu'ula,
daughter of Po'oi Tupouto'a, Tu'i Ha'apai,
and his wife, Palu, married 3rdly, Tausisi, and had issue.
- Makahokovalu
TUITA (by Latufu'ipeka), married 1stly, Fatafehi
Fanga'afa, daughter of Samuelio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, 39th Tu'i Tonga, and his
wife, Si'ulolovao, married 2ndly,
Fatafehimei, and had issue.
- SIAOSI 'ULUKIVAIOLA (by Fatafehi Fanga'afa) (qv)
- ʻAmelia Noaʻisiapua Tuita (by Fatafehi Fanga'afa)
- 'Amelia Tu'imala Tuita (by Fatafehimei)
- Latuniua Tuita (by Fatafehimei)
- Lakepamo'afitu TUITA (by Fatafehimei)
- Latuniua Tuita (by Latufu'ipeka), married 1stly, Tupou
Malohi,
16th Tu'i
Kanokupulu, married 2ndly, Samuelio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, 39th Tu'i Tonga, and
had issue.
- Vuki TUITA (by Latufu'ipeka), married 1stly, Mafihape,
daughter
of
Tu'ipulotumatapule,
and his wife, Atu'ohakautapu, married 2ndly, Tupou, married 3rdly,
Funakilotovale, married 4thly, ʻUheina, and had issue.
- Malakai Lavulo TUITA (by Mafihape), married Luseane
Halaevalu
Mata'aho,
12th Tu'i Tonga
Fefine, daughter of Tupouto'a, and his wife, Tupou'ahome'e, and had
issue.
- Hon. 'Anaseini Tupou Veihola, married 1853, Hon.
Viliami
Halatuituia, 1st
Tungi, died 13th
June
1900, and had issue.
- Vaohoi
- Sione Talaumokafoa TUITA, married, Mele Puatoka
Malaloi,
and had issue.
- Atuohakautapu Tuita
- 'Asipeli Tu'ihalafatai TUITA
- 'Elenoa Ngataialupe Tuita
- Ngininginiofolanga Tuita
- Kilimi Tuita
- 'Ufimomoko Tuita
- Latuniua Tuita (by Mafihape)
- Taumoepeau TUITA (by Mafihape), married, Tupoutu'a
Laumanukilupe, daughter
of Samuelio Fatafehi Laufilitonga,
39th Tu'i Tonga, and his wife, Fala'oetau,
and had issue.
- Hon. 'Akanesi Tu'ifua Taumoepeau, married, Hon.
Siosateki Tonga Veikune,
1st Veikune, and had issue.
- Tevita FATAFEHI, married Kalesita Lehape Haveapava,
and had issue.
- Samiuela Niumataevalu FATEFEHI, born 1878,
married
Melenoa Tonga, daughter of Tonga 'Usaia Fale'osi, and his wife,
Makelesi Lupe Mu'a, and
had issue. He died 1st September 1939.
- Tupoutu'a Laumanukilupe Niumataevalu, born 1900,
married
Robert Louis Isikula Skeen, born 1893, died 1959, and
had
issue. She died October 1978.
- Sione Mafoa'aeata NIUMATAEVALU, born 1902,
married Pomana and they
are adoptive parents
of Viliami Mafoa. He died November 1961.
- Makelesi Lupemu'a Niumataevalu, born 1904,
married Maka from
Taoa. She died September 1959.
- Filisonu'u NIUMATAEVALU, born 1906, died 1913.
- Kalolaine Molitahisi Niumataevalu, born
1914, married
1stly, Semisi
Tu'ipulotu,
married 2ndly, Filimone Maketi Tongilava, and had issue. She died 25th
April 1972.
- Taupatelele Liongi'otupouto'a
Niumataevalu, born January 1938, died 23rd May 1972.
- Siale'uvea NIUMATAEVALU, born 1916, died 1927.
- Viliami Kafoitokelau NIUMATAEVALU, died 1929.
- Simulata Niumataevalu, died 1918.
- Mo'ateau Niumataevalu, died 1930.
- Mesake Fifita'ila NIUMATAEVALU, died 12th
November 1914.
- 'Anamanu Niumataevalu, died 1916.
- Taitusi Funaki Niumataevalu
- Meleni Taumoepeau, married (as a secondary wife),
Hon. Siale'ataongo
(Charles Ma'afu), and
had issue (see Tu'i Kanokupulu).
- Vuna TUITA (by Mafihape), married and had issue.
- Mo'aeteau TUITA (by Tupou)
- Fainga'anuku Fakatoulavea TUITA (by Funakilotovale),
married
Ngalutoto, and had issue.
- Suliana Latuniua, married Tevita Kaumavae
Tui'onetoa (son of Tongapuku
Tui'onetoa Vaha'i), and had issue.
- Malakai Lavulo, married Luseane Kuinita
Vaipuna Tu'uhetoka, and had issue, six sons and two
daughters, and was ancestor of the Lavulo
family.
- Niumataevalu TUITA (by ʻUheina)
- Latu'otusia Tuita (by Latufu'ipeka), married Makapapa
Talia'uli, and had issue.
- 'Emeline Moala'pau'u Tuita, married Liemalohi, and had
issue,
three children.
- Latuola'ifotuika Tuita (by Latufu'ipeka), married 1stly,
Tu'ifua 'Anaukihengalu, married 2ndly, Vakautapola, and had issue.
- Fonokimoana (by Tu'ifua Anaukihengalu), married
and had issue.
- Naulivou (by Vakautapola), married Fifita
Holeva, and had issue.
- Tupouha'apai
- Pita
Vakautapola
- Uate Molipala
- Siosiua Fakatoko
- Lataitokelau Tuita (by Finaukovi)
- Paula Nunumofaa'ikea [Nunufa'aekia] Tuita (by Finaukovi),
married,
and had issue.
- Penisimani Latuselu, adopted by Makapapa
Talia'uli, and
his wife, Paluleleva; married 1stly, Kasalaine Fakaheka Vaka, daughter
of Tauvaka Maili'e Tonga, and his wife, Henoa, married
2ndly, Naulongo'akau, married 3rdly, 'Ilaisaane Tupou'ahau, died 1867,
daughter of Maealiuaki Fatukimotulalo, and his wife, Kaunanga, and had
issue.
- Hon. Kasanita Noa'isiapua Kaho (by Kasalaine),
married
Taniela Langi, and had issue, eleven children.
- Hon. Ngaluafe'fine Taukaima'u Kaho (by
Kasalaine)
- Hon. Sione Latuselu (by Naulongo'akau)
- Hon. Tiliti Latuselu (by Naulongo'akau)
- Hon. Mele Muimui Latuselu (Naulongo'akau)
- Hon. Ilaise Latuselu (by Naulongo'akau)
- Hon. Sosiana Tae Manusa (by 'Ilaisaane),
married
1stly, 2nd March 1875, Hon. Sioeli Kivalu Panuve, 9th Ma'atu, married 2ndly, 1890, Tevita 'Ula
'Afuha'amango, and had issue, by both husbands. She died 5th July 1931.
- Noa'isiapua Tuita (by Finaukovi), married Fuapau, and had
issue.
- Fifitahape, married 1stly, 'Isileli Tupou
'Anga'angmofai, married 2ndly, Ma'u from Lape, and had issue.
- Sisilia
Tupoumolakepa Halaholo (by 'Isileli)
- Mele Siu'ilikutapu Mafile'o (by 'Isileli)
- Tu'inauvai Tupou (by Ma'u), married (as her
first
husband), Mafikihakautapu Finefeuiaki, daughter of Hon. Siosaia
Finefeuaki, 9th Nuku, and his first wife,
Popua, and had issue.
- Munakifalemei, married Metuisela Vehikite, and
had issue.
- Lupemeitakui Vehikite
- Sokopeti Atuohakautapu
- PO'OI NIUTUPU'IVAHA (by Finaukovi) (qv)
- Fainga'anuku Tuita (by Finaukovi), married Kafoa.
- Tupoukenutu Tuita (by Tausisi)
- Sioana Tuita (by Tausisi)
- ....
- PO'OI NIUTUPU'IVAHA, 5th Tuita; married 1stly, Mateitalo
Tu'i'afitu, married 2ndly, (as her third husband), Siulolovao, daughter
of Sisi Toutai Tokemoana, and his first wife, Fataimoemanu, and had
issue.
- Mekemeke Tuita (by Mateitalo Tu'i'afitu), married
Manumata'ongo, and had issue.
- Tautau Tuita (by Mateitalo Tu'i'afitu)
- Melenoa Tuita (by Mateitalo Tu'i'afitu)
- Manase Kahomovailahi TUITA (by Si'ulolovao), married
1stly,
Tupoumanakofolau, married 2ndly, 'Anaseini
Tokilupe'evaitoafa, daughter of 'Uiliami [Viliami 'Aokatoa
Vaeamataele], 6th Tu'ivakano, and had issue
(see Tu'i Vakano title).
- 'Anaukihesina Tuita (by Tupoumanakofolau), married,
Hingano
Niukapu, and had issue, one daughter.
- 'Ulukilupetea (by Si'ulolovao)
- Hon. SIAOSI 'ULUKIVAIOLA, 6th Tuita -/1909, married 1stly,
Hon. Lesieli 'Afu
Ha'apai, daughter of Hon. 'Avala'aetau
Naufahu, and his wife, Hon. 'Alilia Funakitoutai, married 2ndly, Hon.
Nanise, married 3rdly, Hon. Naukovi Fokonofo Likiliki, born 1st October
1855, died 15th January 1899, daughter of Pita
Likiliki (see Tu'iha'apai), and his wife,
Seluvaia Lolohea, and had issue.
He died
30th June
1909.
- Hon. Lisita Ate Tuita (by Lesieli), married Hon. Tevita
'Ungamotingitau
Taufu'i'aevalu, died
after 1918, and
had
issue. She died 17th September 1917.
- Hon. ISILELI TUPOU 'UNGA (qv)
- Hon. Sunia Manuheufaki'availahi 'Akaveka,
married,
Hon. Popua Hokafonu, daughter of Hokafonu Tu'uhetoka
of Houma, and his wife, Mafile'o Kalu, and had
issue.
- Tutoe
- Sioape Kaho
- Simoa
- Moaeteau
- Ema Lavaka
- Tupou Fangaafa
- Tu'ipulotu Pau'u 'i Langitu'oteau
- Tevita 'Unga
- Finaulahi (by Soko)
- Hon. Sione Mateialona, married Hon. Siokapesi
Tauali'i of
Kolomotu'a, and had
issue.
- Hon. 'Alipate Hangakilangi
- Hon. Tevita Tiliti Matangi
- Hon. 'Ilaisaane Kafaikamoana
- Hon. Simoa Tuita, born 11th May 1891, married
15th January 1924, The
Noble Ve'ehala [Hon. Feleti Vi], 16th
Ve'ehala, and had issue.
- Hon. Sela Lepolo Tuita, married The Noble Nuku [Hon. Nuku Fe'ao of Kolonga], 13th Nuku, and
had issue, one
daughter.
- Tangakina Nuku, married Dr. Sione
Tapa,
retired Minister
of Health.
- Hon. Vika Mafile'o Tuita, married The Noble Vaha'i [Hon. Vilisoni Fahitaha Namoa], and had
issue.
- 'Ana Fu'utoa Makelani, born 3rd March 1891,
married Sione Fehi'osi Fameitau, born 18th October 1894, died 5th April
1969, and
had
issue (see Tu'uhetoka). She died 1966.
- Hon. Siosateki Vuna TUITA (by Lesieli), died splvp
1930.
- Hon. Hulita Tu'ifua Tuita (by Lesieli)
- Hon. Sione Mo'aeteau TUITA (by Nanise)
- Hon. Lisiate Mafile'o TUITA
- Hon. Samiuela Mafile'o TUITA (by Naukovi), married 1stly,
Hon. 'Amelia Tonga Veikune, died 6th April 1946, daughter of The Noble
Veikune (Hon. Siosateki Tonga
Veikune), 1st Veikune, and his wife, Hon.
'Ane Manakoikafo'ou
Fusifusi Vahai'i, married 2ndly, Makasini
'Ikahihifo, daughter of Sione 'Ikahihifo, and his wife, Meleane,
married 3rdly, 'Ele Pahulu, daughter of Pahulu, and his wife, Mele Mau,
and had issue.
- Latu Mafile'o (by 'Ele), born 10th June 1898, died 18th
November 1918.
- 'Alipate Mafile'o (by 'Amelia), born 19th January 1904,
died 21st
May 1955.
- Siaosi Ulukivaiola Mafile'o (by 'Amelia), born 12th
July 1906, died
6th March 1949.
- Hon. 'Isileli Tuita Toluafe (by Naukovi), died 7th
December 1898.
- Hon. Sifa Laka Toluafe (by Naukovi), died 27th April 1916.
- Hon. ISILELI TUPOU 'UNGA, 7th Tuita 1909/1972, born 12th
May
1895 in
Nuku'alofa, married
15th June 1919 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Luseane Halaevalu Mata'aho, born
10th May
1899 in Tongatapu, died
8th December 1978, daughter of Hon. Siosiua Fotofili, 6th Fotofili, and his wife, Hon. Leafa'itulangi,
and had issue. He died 1972.
- Hon. SIOSAIA ALEAMOTU'A LAUFILITONGA (qv)
- Hon. Makahokovalu Tuita, born 17th May 1922 in Lapaha,
married and had issue. He died 13th March 1948.
- Taufu'iaevalu Tuita, married and had issue.
- Tongafuesia Tuita
- 'Akiheuho Tuita
- Taufu'iaevalu Si'i Tuita
- Catherine Siulolovao Tuita
- Hon. Tu'iniua TUITA, married 1947, Hon. Ouida Sarah
Wolfgramm of
Nei'afu,
Vava'u, born 1926, died 8th July 2003, daughter of 'Oto Lui Wolfgramm,
and his wife, 'Alisi Peau Lavaki, and had
issue. He was buried 7th September 1996 in the Pine Grove Cemetary,
Sydney,
Australia.
- Siaosi Makahokovalu Tuita, married Chris, and has issue.
- Ketoni Tuita, married and has issue.
- Lisita Ate Tuita, married Manulevu Koloamatangi, and
has issue.
- Fatafehi Lapaha Tuita, married Taani Hopoi, and has
issue.
- Luseane Halaevalu Tuita, married and has issue.
- Frederick Tuita, married and has issue.
- Arthur Tuita, married and has issue.
- Afu Ha'apai Tuita, married 1stly, Vaisiliva Tu'ivai,
married 2ndly,
Silivenusi
Taumoepeau, and has issue.
- Atiu Tuita, married Alfred Cowley, and has issue.
- Takalaua Tuita, married and has issue.
- Sisilia Papaha'amea Tuita, married and has issue.
- Hon. SIOSAIA ALEAMOTU'A LAUFILITONGA, [The Noble Tuita],
8th Tuita 1972/1998,
born 29th
August
1920 in
Lapaha,
Baron Tuita of 'Utungake; educated at Tupou College, Tonga and Wesley
College,
Auckland; Governor of Vava'u 1957/-, married, 1949, Hon. Fatafehi
Lapaha
Tupou, daughter of Hon. Viliami Vilai Tupou, and his wife, Hon. Tupou
Seini Vaea, and
had issue, as well as adopted issue and further issue. He died 30th
November 1998.
- Captain
Hon.
Siosaia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita (by Hon. Fatafehi
Lapaha) (qv)
- Hon. Fatafehi Tu'ilokomana Tuita (by Hon. Fatafehi
Lapaha)
- Hon. Va'etu'Ikoloa Tupou'ahome'e Tuita (by Hon. Fatafehi
Lapaha), married Sepuloni Faupula, and has adoptive issue, one
daughter.
- (A) Birgot 'Alaifuifuilupe Latu'otusia Faupula
- Hon. Siaosi Tu'ihalafatai Tuita (by Hon. Fatafehi
Lapaha), married Hon. 'Emeline 'Uheina'i Luvuluvu Katoa, daughter of
Timote Katoa, and his wife, 'Atalua Mafile'o Katoa, and has issue,
seven children,
as well as two adopted children.
- Hon. Fatafehi Tu'ilokomana Amira Tuita
- Hon. Siaosi 'Ulukivaiola Kahomovailahi Tuita
- Hon. Va'etu'ikoloa 'Amelia Tunakaimanu Tuita
- Hon. 'Utufia 'i Moana 'a Tupoumoheofo Tuita
- Hon. Luseane Halaevalu Fatafehi Fangaafa Tuita
- Hon. Dean Osaiasi Solomone Tu'iniua Tuita
- Hon. Siosaia Aleamotu'a Laufilitonga Tuita
- (A) Latu'otusia
(Tuita) Faupula
- (A) Mele Tupou
(Tuita) 'Utoikamanu
- Leafa Tuita (by Mele Latu), married 1stly (div.), Mesake
P. Latu,
married
2ndly, John H. Taumoepeau, and has issue, two daughters (by 1st
husband).
- Luseane Fuituilupe Latu
- Amelia Krystal Latu
- Siaosi Moahengi 'o Vava'u Tuita (by Siu Lingisiva),
married Tupou,
and
has issue.
- Fehoko Tuita
- Malakai Tuita
- Vika Tuita
- 'Unaloto Tuita
- Semisi Halaholo Tuita (by Mele), married 'Isapeli,
and has issue.
- Milika Tuita
- Solomone Tuita
- Mele Sungu Tuita
- Sione Mateialona Tuita
- Siaosi Lolotau'ai Vaha'i (by Simuoko Mataele), adopted by
Hon. Vika and the
Hon. Vaha'i, married Loisi Tu'ipulotu, and has issue, one son.
- Sione Nailoni Tonga (by Sela Lepolo), married Langitoto,
and has issue.
- (A) Kafaikamoana
Naufahu Tuita, daughter of Hon. Vaohoi Konahe'ulu'o 'Aho'eitu Tupou,
and her husband, Hon. Penisimani Katavake Naufahu, married Siosifa
Nacagilevu, and has issue.
- William Nacagilevu
- Joshua Nacagilevu, married Leata Hones, and
has issue.
- Fuaniniuava Nacagilevu
- (A) Salote Tanginitopa Leyla, daughter of
Soakai
Motu'apuaka.
- (A) Kalolaine Vaea
Faye Tatau Kakala Hingoa Tuita
- Capt. Hon. SIOSAIA MA'ULUPEKOTOFA TUITA (see above)
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born
21st March 1951, educated at Wanganui College, New Zealand at the
University
of Auckland, New
Zealand and at
Oxford University, U.K; he joined the Prime Minister's Office as
Official Translator in 1972; promoted to Senior Executive Officer for
Foreign Affairs in 1973, then to Assistant Secretary for Foreign
Affairs in 1978; he was appointed First Secretary to the Tonga High
Commission in London in 1979, then became Counsellor from 1980 to 1985;
appointed Deputy Secretary, Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in 1986 and again in 1997; Tongan High Commissioner to
the U.K. and Ambassador to the E.E.C. 1989/1992; Tongan Consul General
to the U.S.A. 1992/1996; Governor of Vava'u 1998/-; Minister of
Agriculture and Forestry 2002/-; married 21st July 1976, HRH Princess
Salote
Mafile'o
Pilolevu Tuku'aho of Tonga, born 17th
November
1951, and has issue, four daughters and an adopted son.