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Vital Statistics, 2/19/1870.

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MARRIAGES.

Feb. 14.—Ii wed Kauhane (m) and [?????] (f).
Apr. 19.—II wed T. Kaupena (m) and [?????] (f).
May 14.—Ii wed A. [????] (m) and Rahaba (f).
May 16.—Ii wed Solomona [????] (m) and Kahaulelio (f).
July 24.—Ii wed [????] (m) and [????] (f).
Dec. 4.—Ii wed [????] (m) and [????] (f).
Dec. [??].—Ii wed M. [????] (m) and [????] (f).
Dec. 20.—Ii wed [????] (m) and Hoohie (f).
Dec. 20.—Ii wed [????] (m) and [?????] (f).
Dec. 20.—Ii wed [????] (m) and [?????] (f).
Dec. 22.—Ii wed Manuela [????] (m) and Ruka [????] (f).
Dec. 26.—Ii wed [?????] (m) and [?????] Kahea (f).
Dec. [??].—Ii wed Ehu (m) and [?????] (f). Continue reading →

Kauai voter registration, 1920.

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BY AUTHORITY

VOTER REGISTRATION NOTICE

For the convenience of the electors of the County of Kauai the undersigned will be at the places named below at the time stated except as stated otherwise, for the purpose of registering applicants as voters of the said County of Kauai at any future elections to be held within the County of Kauai: Continue reading →

On opening of Kamehameha School for Boys, and why newspapers were important, 1887.

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A CORRECTION.

With the words “Ema Kaleleonalani” and “the Dowager Queen,” amongst the articles last week under the title “Kamehameha School [Kula Kamehameha];” what was correct for that part was Mrs. B. Pauahi Bishop. The words above were inserted by mistake because of the influence of reminiscences for Emma, and also because these high chiefs of the land sank down together, dying one after the other. Continue reading →

Hawaii news from 1837.

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From the Sandwich Islands.—We have received a file of the Sandwich Island Gazette to March 11. The Gazette contains a recommendation to the inhabitants of the island to erect a monument to the memory of Captain Cook, at Hawaii, on the spot on which he was killed. The Gazette of Feb. 25, announces the marriage, by Mr. Bingham of Kauikeauli [Kauikeaouli], King of the Sandwich Islands, to Kalama, daughter of Naihekukui. Continue reading →

Death of a different George Makalena, 1878.

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[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”]

Death of G. C. McLean.—This past Tuesday, Keoki Makalena [George McLean], a haole very familiar to there people here in Honolulu, died; and he was the one who owns the Shop called, “Ka Halekuai Bolabola.”*

[Oftentimes foreign people were given Hawaiianized names like Makalena for McLean, Wilikina for Wilson, or Poe for Boyd. I have started tracking some of these names, because I think it would be helpful when doing research in Hawaiian language documents. See the list by clicking here.]

*George Christie McLean was also known to Hawaiians as Bolabola. His store seems to have been known in English as George C. McLean’s Store.

(Kuokoa, 12/14/1878, p. 3)

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XVII, Helu 50, Aoao 3. Dekemaba 14, 1878.

The function of warships, 1856.

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[Found under: “Ka Hoku Loa o Hawaii”]

What is the nature of a warship [Manuwa]?—Is it something that destroys? It is supplied with weapons of war to bring punishment upon the unethical [kolohe] lands who act unethically towards the land to whom the ship belongs. It is something that protects those who go to foreign lands to Trade, so that the way of life and trade there is protected. That is its main purpose when there is no war. Let us not be mistaken, it is something that brings destruction. Like a proper chief, it brings protection to the land, and it punishes those who are unethical in that it makes them afraid to overthrow righteousness; that is a proper warship. Continue reading →

Announcing the new Hawaiian-language section of the Garden Island, 1912.

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[Found under: “LEI MOKIHANA: Edited by J. M. Kaneakua and A. G. Kaulukou.”]

Something to Benefit the People

Because of the many requests that came to us to give some columns of the Garden Island newspaper in the Hawaiian language for the good and benefit of our fellow makaainana who do not know English [ike namu ole], therefore we agreed to those requests and are establishing LEI MOKIHANA Continue reading →

English coverage of the marriage of Carrie Nakapuahi and Theophilus Metcalf Rowland, 1898.

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ROWLAND—NAKAPUAHI.

A Very Pretty New Year’s Wedding in Puueo.

The marriage of Carrie K. Nakapuahi to Theo. M. Rowland last Sunday evening was a very happy event. Rev. S. L. Desha performed the ceremony using the beautiful service of the Episcopal Church. Continue reading →