Because of the joining of friends and intimates along with us, the family of Mrs. Sarah Naukana who left behind this life, in our hour of sadness and grief for our beloved mother who left us; also for the many floral gifts that you all gave generously to adorn her body; Continue reading
With strong body and without knowing of the weakness upon her body, Mrs. J. W. Naukana met with a quick death in midday on last Tuesday, because of a stroke, and in a very short time, her breath left her, and all the efforts on the part of the doctors to save her life were all for naught. Continue reading
Mrs. J. W. Naukana, 68 years old, died at Queenʻs hospital yesterday following a stroke of apoplexy which came upon her while she was walking on King street earlier in the day. Continue reading
Kaukana Young on Hotel Street [alanui Hokele], Jan. 4.
Moses Bright on Kanoa Lane, Jan. 5.
Joseph K. Kanakaoluna on Buckle Lane, Jan. 7.
Mrs. Kaililanu Kanuha on School Street [alanui Kula], Jan. 7.
Lizzie Hugo on Archer Lane, Jan. 8.
Maraea young on Kaumualii Street, Jan. 8.
Ioane Kuhihewa at Lunalilo Home [Home Lunalilo], Jan. 8.
Mrs. J. W. Naukana on Emma Street [alanui Ema], Jan. 11. Continue reading
The day that the funeral services will be held.—In the mourning announcement [bila kanikau], we saw that the funeral over the body of Queen Kapakuhaili will be held this coming Saturday, the 8th of October. In that mourning announcement can be seen the order of the funerary procession.
(Au Okoa, 10/6/1870, p. 3)
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
The responsibility has fallen upon us to carry the bundle of grief, sadness, and woe, and with regret, we report to you of the death of the Alii, the Dowager Queen Hakaleleponi, Kalama, Kapakuhaili, at 11:02 on the past 20th of Sept., at her residence at Haimoeipo, Honolulu. Continue reading
Following an illness, Mrs. Maggie Kapoina Dandridge, the mother of Mrs. J. K. Mokumaia, grew weary of this life in the morning of this past Tuesday at the age of 77.
(Kuokoa, 10/28/1926, p. 5)
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)
Toured U. S. and Europe as Cowboy and Crack Shot With Buffalo Bill’s Show.
“Two-Gun” Mokumaia, a picturesque character of Honolulu, is dead. He was widely known in Hawaii, and during the last few years, as foreman of the Capitol grounds, he made friends with hundreds of tourist visitors. In his youth Mokumaia, says the San Francisco Chronicle, was a paniolo (cowboy) and became so proficient as a horseman, roper and crack shot that he joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, touring the United States and Europe as a Hawaiian cowboy. Continue reading
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