MARRIAGE LICENSES
June 2, 1917.
Oliver K. Poniaulani, 47, Hawaiian, Paia; Mrs. Emily Rochfort, 43, Hawaiian, Paia. Ceremony by Father Francis.
(Maui News, 6/8/1917, p. 2)
Mrs. Emily Rochfort marries Oliver Knox Poniaulani, 1917.
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Oliver Knox Poniaulani celebrates 50th birthday, 1920.
COMMEMORATION OF JUBILEE AT KUAU, MAUI.
Mr. Editor, Salutations:—Please allow me an open space of our pride, so that the friends and intimates will know of the jubilee of the news sleuth of the Kuokoa.*
At my home at Kuau, Maui, on the 11th of May, 1920, my husband and I, his wife, celebrated his jubilee, that being the 50th year of his life on this round earth. Continue reading
An advertisement disguised as news? 1860.
Guano Men.
The Hon. C. H. Judd, the Governor of Baker Island and the Hon. S. G. Wilder, Governor of Jarvis Island returned along with their wives and 60 men or more. Continue reading
Mother’s Day a hundred years ago at Kaumakapili Church, 1921.
MOTHER’S DAY AT KAUMAKAPILI.
Whereas this coming Sunday, the 8th, is declared as the day to commemorate mothers, whether they have died or are here living.
Therefore, it will be commemorated at Kaumakapili Church at 11:00 on that day. Mother Mrs. Withington will be that one who talks about the full story and of the establishment of Mother’s Day, and it is remembered every year. Continue reading
Captain Samuel Mana, 1900.
A MAN WHO PERSEVERES AT HIS OCCUPATION
CAPTAIN SAMUEL MANA IS ADMIRED
KAPENA SAMUEL MANA.
Sam Mana is one of the Hawaiians who is employed in the Sailing Profession as a Captain, and he is the only one among us who has been at it from a very long time ago, and because of his fortitude, he has been promoted by his foremen, and has now become the Captain of the ship the Concord. Continue reading
Hawaiians who died at sea, 1858.
People who died on ships. Mahoe, aboard the ship “Baltic.” Kalua fell from that ship and died in the ocean, on the 8th of May.
On the 22nd of June, Nahau died aboard the ship “Corea.” C. S. Bartow Esq. was who reported this.
(Hae Hawaii, 12/1/1858, p. 138)
Death of Pilipo Naone, John K. Naone’s father, 1882.
PILIPO NAONE.
On the 16th of February past, Naone let out his last breath, and the man returned to his Lord whom he loved greatly, for whom he was a servant in many good works; Naone died at eighty or so years old. He was born up in Pauoa. His father was Mahi and his mother was Hama [?? it is hard to read]; his parents were from Kauai and then resided in Pauoa; these parents had three children: Pokaakua, along with P. Naone and D. Lima; Pokaakua and Lima died ealier, and only Naone lived until old age, living for more than 80 years. Continue reading
Six years later, Mary’s husband John K. Naone dies, 1906.
J. K. NAONE HAS PASSED ON.
On the 8th of this month, like a their in the night, the hand of death which has no compassion visited the home of John K. Naone, at Pauoa, Honolulu nei, and snatched away the spirit of the bodily abode of John K. Naone, at 64 years old 11 months and 7 days of life, and left behind dust to dust.
John K. Naone was the last child of Pastor Naone [Pilipo Naone] and Pele, his first wife. Hao was the first child, Hama, Daniela, and Meli, were the elder siblings of the one who passed on. He was born on the 31st of January 1841, at Pauoa, and he was educated at the Royal School of Kahehuna. He was married to Mele Ahia [Mary Ahia], but they had not children.
He was the head of the prison for some years, and a tax collector for the Ewa District for some years.
During the time of the Kamehamehas, he joined the guards, and he was a lieutenant in the Princeʻs Own Guards [ka pualikoa Prince Own], and he was a rifleman for that company.
He was a member of the Kawaiahao Church, and was in the choir for a number of years. He was a very skilled painter, and it is in that profession which he kept at until he grew weak and put it aside. Continue reading
Death announcement of Mary Ahia Naone, 1900.
SHE HAS PASSED, SHE IS GONE
On the night of the 7th of May, 1900, Mrs. Mary Ahia Naone left this life, and peacefully went on the path of no return, auwe! aloha for the parent, the companion, aloha for parent, the companion, the warm-bodied parent; it is he who creates and he who destroys, it is he who gives and he who destroys, and he who gives and he who takes away; Praised be your grace, O “Amazing one.”
She was born at Kema-u, Hamakua, Hawaii. From the loins of Abela Kapule and Palulu, her parents, on June 11, 1842, and when she passed she was 53 years old and some months. She was a true christian, a genial and kind and welcoming mother with an open heart, and she has left behind her grandchild and her partner, remember the grace and aloha of the one True God. Amen.
J. K. N.
Kalaekao, Kaalaa Luna
[This announcement is also printed in the Aloha Aina, 5/19/1900, p. 6 with slight changes. It is signed J. K. Naone, and her mother’s name is given as Pailili.]
(Kuokoa, 5/25/1900, p. 5)
Repost of the announcement attributed to Mrs. Maule of Waihee, 1893.
Mistaken.—I am the one whose name appears below, I show myself before the public, that I signed the aloha aina paper was not right; being that I signed my name without being explained what makes aloha aina right. And being that it was made clear to me the good and the benefits of annexation, with it right and correct in my understanding. Continue reading
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