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You never know who you will find… 1923.

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APPRECIATION

MY BELOVED HUSBAND HAS LEFT ME

To you, Mr. Editor of the Hoku o Hawaii.

Much aloha between us:

Please be so kind as to insert this bundle of sadness shown above in an open space of our newspaper, Ka Hoku o Hawaii, and it will be you who flashes all over the land so that the family and friends of my beloved husband who has left me will see.

That being on the 23rd of Oct., this past month, while I was relaxing at our home, a car arrived from Waiohinu revealing to me this:

“The two of us have come; the train of Punalulu [Punaluu] has gone off the tracks.” That is my husband was on the train, as he works as the stoker. At that moment, I thought that it might be my husband, and I left immediately to the ocean-side of the mill to ask the people of the mill who got injured, but  I first got to where Mrs. Kawaha was doing the wash, and I asked her if she heard the news, and she said she did not.

I told her that I heard the train toppled, and at that moment I saw the sheriff, Moses Kawaha and the doctor.

I called to the sheriff, asking who from the train got injured, but he didn’t respond, then I asked the doctor who was hurt, and his answer to me was Willie, the man from house number 2. Right then my hopes were gone; I returned to our home and everyone else had heard and the house was full of friends. His body was returned here, and I thought maybe he was still breathing, but it was not so, his body was cold and he had gone earlier; he had many injuries.

The reason for the accident is not known; how horrifying to think about.

Puna of the fragrant bowers of pandanus [Puna paia aala i ka hala] is where he was born. He is a true grandchild of Maunakea and Lilia; he grandmother is Puna.

I was joined with my loving husband, William K. Kumukahi in the pure covenant of marriage in the month of March 16, 922 in Kona, Kealia, by reverend John Keala. I think about the places were were together, alas; my husband who has gone afar. We were brought here by the parents [?], Ben Kamoku, to come and be the assistant blacksmith for the mill, and he ended up doing various work. He was kind to me and to all others; my children were important to him.

Alas, I am without my provider [makua], beloved are all the places we were together; he just left this morning to go to work but he has gone forever. His own mother came from Opihikaa [Opihikao?], Puna, but she did not see how he looked; his Kuku [grandparent] and Cousins and Aunty, they saw what he looked like. And his funeral procession went on to the cemetery at Kauahao [Kauahaao?], Waiohinu.

It is there that he lies alone. With the friends and family go my great thanks, those who stayed up with me that night till day, and also the lei, the bouquets of flowers from the friends, and to the family is my endless appreciation.

All of us in sadness:

Mrs. Mary Kumukahi

Miss Alice Kumukahi

Samuel Kumukahi

Mrs. Kawaa Lohiau

Mr. L. K. Lohiau

[I found this article by chance. Genealogy and family stories abound in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers. Hopefully the names and important information will be inputted faithfully so that if you look up your kupuna, you will find them every time they appear!]

(Hoku o Hawaii, 11/15/1923, p. 3)

HOALOHALOHA

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke XVII, Helu 25, Aoao 3. Novemaba 15, 1923.

More from Kalaupapa, 1912.

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A REMEMBRANCE OF THE ONE WHO HAS GONE.

O Nupepa Kuokoa, Aloha oe:—Please be so kind as to include in an empty space of your columns the article with the title above, “A Remembrance of the One Who Has Gone,” that being Mrs. Kalamau.

She came to the leprosy settlement on March 29, 1912, and died on September 27, 1912 in Bishop Home, and it was your writer who took care of her. We lived together for about six months when she left me.

Her family is in Pahala, Kau, Hawaii. Her father, mother, and husband, you will no longer see her hand on white stationery with the black of ink.

O Pahala in the blustery winds, you shall no longer see Mrs. Kalamau; O Pahala in the soft blowing Kehau, i have no gift for you, only aloha.

I end here; my aloha to the type setting boys of the Kuokoa. Me, in the shade of the hoi [ho’i?] leaves.

Mrs. H. P. Paniani.

Bishop Home, Kalaupapa, Molokai, Oct. 5, 1912.

(Kuokoa, 10/18/1912, p. 7)

HOOMANAO ANA I KA MEA I HALA

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 42, Aoao 7. Okatoba 18, 1912.

Vital Statistics, 1912.

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MARRIAGES.

Lui Hoana Koo to Josephine Marianna Ku, Feb. 29.
Joseph Haole Kealakai to Anna Kaluawai, Feb. 29.
Fred Colburn to Helen Dutro, Mar. 2.

BIRTHS.

To Harry Lee Kwai and Hattie Alapai, a daughter, Feb. 27.
To Nameless and Helen Kamaka, a daughter, Feb. 27.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Ke, a son, Feb. 27.
To Joaquin G. de Silva, a son, Feb. 28.
To Hilo and Hannah Frye, a daughter, Feb. 29.
To Hale and Helen Kanoho, a daughter, Mar. 1.
To Mr. and Mrs. Sol Burke, a daughter, Mar. 5.

DEATHS.

Alexander McCandless, at Queen’s Hospital, Feb. 25
K. M. Koahou, at Makala Boat House [?], Feb. 27.
George N. Shaw, on Ilaniwai Street, Feb. 28.
A baby of William Kuekue, on Queen Street, Feb. 29.
A baby of Charles Kahawai, on Halekauwila Street, Feb. 29.
Pekelo Kinikini, on Dowsett Lane, Feb. 29.
Henry M. Kaeo, on 2nd Avenue, Mar. 3.
Julia Hilo, a the Children’s Hospital, Mar. 4.
Hattie Keala, on Manoa Street, Mar. 5.
Keauloa, at Lunalilo Home, Mar. 6.

(Kuokoa, 3/8/1912, p. 8)

NA MARE / NA HANAU / NA MAKE

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 10, Aoao 8. Maraki 8, 1912.

Death Announcements and the importance of checking all available sources.—1912.

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GEORGE NAALEHU SHAW PASSED AWAY.

Quickly, without any previous knowledge, George Naalehu Shaw left this life, that native son of the Paupili rain of Lahaina, at his home makai of Kakaako, at noontime on Wednesday. Before noon, he was preparing food for him and his wife. He did not reach the place to put the food, when he collapsed and lay on the floor. When the younger sister of his wife saw him lying there, she went to massage him and called out to Mrs. Shaw and others in the house who continued to massage him; but he passed on. He was not sickly, and was in town in the morning meeting with friends.

According to the doctors, he died of heart disease. He was 56 years old. Surviving him are his wife, children, an older brother, and sisters.

His body was carried from the mortuary of Manuel Silva to the cemetery of Kawaiahao yesterday evening.

Aloha to this brother of the land.

(Kuokoa Home Rula, 3/1/1912, p. 1)

GEORGE NAALEHU SHAW UA HALA MAO.

Kuokoa Home Rula, Buke X, Helu 9, Aoao 1. Maraki 1, 1912.

[It is important to check all available sources and not just one! Look at this announcement of George N. Shaw’s death in Aloha Aina. Although it may seem short and uninformative, it adds to the information given above!]

George N. Shaw left this life on this past Wednesday; he is well known to Honolulu’s people as Keoki Pia [George Pia]. Aloha to that Hawaiian who has gone.

(Aloha Aina, 3/2/1912, p. 1)

Ua haalele mai i keia ola ana...

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XVI, Helu 9, Aoao 1. Maraki 2, 1912.

[Even the Vital Statistics column from the Kuokoa that we posted earlier this week, although just two lines, gives added information!]

Vital Statistics column from Kuokoa, 3/1/1912, p. 8.

[I just did a search for “George Shaw” in the Hawaii papers in 1912 on Chronicling America, but found nothing. This does NOT mean that there are no announcements there, because sometimes words and names come out garbled and are not findable using the word search. If you have the luxury of knowing when an event occurred, it is always best to do a manual search of the newspapers around that date!]

Vital Statistics, 1912.

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MARRIAGES.

George E. Gall to Helen Bruns, Feb. 19.
Edwin Ernest Brandt to Annie Kane, Feb. 23.
William Kahoii to Rose Castino, Feb. 23.
L. K. Aiu to Henrietta Apa, Feb. 24.
August Reimann, Jr. to Helene Kulolia, Feb. 24.

BIRTHS.

To Sam Kakelaka and Luisa Apo, a son, Feb. 20.
To Thomas Naehu and Lehua Kalani, a son, Feb. 20.
To Henry Akau and Lokalia Puaalaa [?], a son, Feb. 23.
To Mr. and Mrs. Pascal, a daughter, Feb. 27.
To Sam Kalili and Lokalia Perry, a son, Feb. 28.

DEATHS.

Miss Rebecca Koo, on Ilaniwai Street, Feb. 16.
Keola Naeole, at Kalihi Hospital, Feb. 19.
Ahea Kalani, at Leahi Home, Feb. 19.
Bernice pa, on Luso Street, Feb. 19.
Imiola, on Kukui Street, Feb. 22.
Malie Gehan, on Insane Asylum Street, Feb. 22.
Solomon Hinai, on Kukui Street, Feb. 22.
Louis Foster, on Beritania Street, Feb. 23.
Charles Yim On, Jr. on Kauluwela Lane, Feb. 25.
Kealoha Kepano, on Keawe Street, Feb. 25.
Alex McCandless, at Queen’s Hospital, Feb. 25.
George N. Shaw, on Ilaniwai Street, Feb. 28.

(Kuokoa, 3/1/1912, p. 8)

MARE / HANAU / MAKE

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 9, Aoao 8. Maraki 1, 1912.

William G. Kahuakaipia is killed in California, 1868.

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Wiliama G. Kahuakaipia is Dead

Shot by an Indian with a Bow and Arrow at New Year’s Diggings, Mariposa County, California.

To the Heads of the Kuokoa; Our Aloha:—

We are sending you this new gift, and it is for you to place it in some open space of our Greatest Prize (the newspaper Kuokoa) so that the personal friends living in Manoa, Oahu, of the person mentioned above, may see, along with the story below of his death.

At 5:30 in the evening of Saturday, the 15th of September, we went to the shop of John Paremal, and as we got closer to the store, there was a group of Indians getting drunk; and we got to the store, and finished our food shopping, then we hung around for a few minutes; and as we looked around at the nice items in the shop, the sun left on its usual path and the stars were seen twinkling in the heavens. That was when we got ready to leave, carrying our good by hand and on our shoulders; and while we were enjoying our way back, an Indian met up with W. G. Kahuakaipia while he was a bit away from us, and a half gallon jug of alcohol was taken from his hand, and he went after that Indian, thinking to retrieve the half gallon jug. Right then, another Indian came out from the shop and drew back his bow and the [arrow] flew and struck the chest; “and Kahuakaipia pulled out the arrow breaking the stone head off within,” (the arrow entered six inches). That was when he spoke his last words, with sadness and aloha.

O You guys! I am dead. Hey you guys!! and when we heard this call by our friend, we didn’t believe it was true, for when we saw the Indian pull back his bow, we thought that he wouldn’t let the arrow fly, but no, the weapon of the Ignorant [Waawaaikinaaupo] youth flew swiftly and struck our friend. And when we approached to see him, he already lay there, his last breath gone with blood flowing profusely from the wound. Right then we went to look for the murderer in the store aided by the light of a lamp and we found him in a room hiding under a couch; he was pulling back his bow, thinking to shoot one of us. But he was not able to because he was grabbed by us and tied up with rope and thrown into a secured building which we guarded all night until day. And on the next night, the news reached those living at Kanaka Camp, Tuolumne County, and when the men and women had gathered by where the body lay, then L. H. Kapua stood and read some passages from the Holy Book about the dead one, and after his talk, he read Hymn 67 (Wide is the path to go down, Down to eternal death). And after the hymn was over and the glorification of God, we carried the coffin with the procession following behind, and let it down into the depths of the bowels of the earth.

After the body was gone, a coroner’s jury of six was chosen by Hon. J. McPherson so that this murder case would be resolved quickly. With the questioning of the witnesses of both sides, and after the presentations by both sides were finished, come to find out, the murderer was set free by the stupid jury without them considering the testimony of both sides.

And on the 17th of that same month, we went before the district judge of La Grange, Stanislaus County, and when we were speaking of and explaining what was done by the past jury in the crime of murder, the judge immediately sent an officer to arrest the murderer, and he was found 16 miles away from where he took the life of our friend, and was taken to the jail of Mariposa.

Then on the 27th of November, this murderer was retried by a jury before Hon. J. F. Jones Probate judge, the head judge of Mariposa County. When everyone was gathered in the courthouse, each witness for both sides stood one by one, and after they were done with their statements, then the lawyer for the murderer stood and did his job of twisting right into wrong and wrong into right; and when the eloquent speeches by the lawyers of both sides were completed, the judge stood up and read the law dealing with murder and instructed the jury to carefully consider the testimony by both sides, and when he was done the jury went into a room. After half an hour, everyone gathered again in the courthouse and the judge read the decision of the jury. The murdering Indian will be taken to the great prison of San Francisco where he will be incarcerated for 10 years with hard labor; and the court was adjourned.

The is what was done in the two trials. We are true witnesses of the deceased. With appreciation.

Hon. John L. Kalani,

J. H. Wahinealoha,

James Ma,

Moses Nahora, Secretary.

Kanaka Camp, Tuolumne County, California.

November 29, 1867.

[I am not sure if this Moses Nahora and the Moses Naehola of the earlier post are the same person or not…

And how awesome is this, Mariposa County History page has a sponsor!]

(Kuokoa, 2/1/1868, p. 4)

Make Wiliama G. Kahuakaipia

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VII, Helu 6, Aoao 4. Feberuari 1, 1868.

Vital Statistics, 1912.

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MARRIAGES.

Robert Kamaunu to Iwa Kua, Jan. 27.
Nicholas Zablan to Ella Mokulehua, Feb. 10.
Loke Kealoha to Mamie Fisher, Feb. 12.
A. L. Auguair to Georgina Kahoohiki, Feb. 14.
Edward D. Hullet to Julia Manini, Feb. 14.
Herny [Henry?]  Ah Moon to Waianae, Feb. 17.
Charles Williams to Victoria Kaai, Feb. 18.
Hiram Aukai to Nani Puulei, Feb. 19.
Pahoa Kihei to Kalani Kukilani, Feb. 19.

BIRTHS.

To Lau Hoon Tai and Miu Lan Tai, a daughter, Feb. 12.
To Ng Young and Annie Kahaulelio, a son, Feb. 13.
To Frank Sharech and Kini Akana, a son, Feb. 15.
To Sam V. Kakekelaka and Luisa Apo, a son, Feb. 20.

DEATHS.

Hattie Lonokai, on Kawaiahao Street, Feb. 11.
David Paku Nahupu, on the corner of Punchbowl and Queen Streets, Feb. 12.
Lucy Mahoe, at Queen’s Hospital, Feb. 13.
Robert Lewers Colburn, on Kinau Street, Feb. 14.
Miss Rebecca Koo, on Ilaniwai Street, Feb. 16.
Keola Naeole, at Kalihi Hospital, Feb. 19.
Ahea Kalani, at Leahi Home, Feb. 19.
Bernice Pa, on Luso Street, Feb. 19.

(Kuokoa, 2/23/1912, p. 8)

NA MARE / NA HANAU / NA MAKE.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 8, Aoao 8. Feberuari 23, 1912.

Another death announcement for John Kaaeae, 1912.

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A CARRIER OF TEARS,
MY HUSBAND IS GONE.

[Here is another death announcement for John Kaaeae, but this one is written by his wife. There is added biographical information in the prose as well as the mele.

From the prose portion we see that John Kaaeae died at 6 a. m. He was a member of the Kalihi Church [Ekalesia o Kalihi?]. He belonged to the organizations, Hui Alumni [?] and Hui Lunalilo. Here it says he was born on July 13, 1877. They were married on August 15, 1896…

The mele seems like a chronology of their lives together.]

…

My husband in the calm of Kihalani

Where we were together

There we were joined

In the sacred covenant of marriage

My husband at the bow of the ship

My husband on the Alenuihaha Channel

My husband at the shores of Lahaina

Beloved is the home of the parents

…

Turned back to the calm of Kona

My kane on the Alenuihaha Channel

My kane on the sands of Kailua

Aloha to that sand upon which my kane travelled

…

Left Kona

Turned back to Honolulu

On the restless prow of the steamship Maunaloa

Beloved are those seas

…

My husband employed as a stevedore at the docks

My husband working a pickaxe for the Government

…

Became a delegate to choose a candidate

For the Republican party

My kane, a voting inspector

For three terms

&c., &c., &c.

(Aloha Aina, 2/17/1912, p. 4)

HE UKANA NA KA WAIMAKA, KUU KANE UA HALA.

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XVI, Helu 7, Aoao 4. Feberuari 17, 1912.

John K. Kaaeae passes away, 1912.

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JOHN K. KAAEAE PASSED AWAY.

My dear Kuokoa, Aloha oe:—Please announce to the public of the passing from this life of my dear younger brother, John K. Kaaeae, on the 31st of this past month, January.

He died of tuberculosis, at his sister’s place, and glided off alone on that path of no return, auwe! aloha to our younger sibling who left us.

He was educated at the Chiefs’ Children’s School at Kahehuna, and was employed at the post office in Honolulu; and it was his illness which took him away from his work and family for all times.

His place of birth was Haukoi, Hamakua, and he came forth from the loins of his parents, T. K. Kaaeae and Nawahinelua, on the 13th of March, 1873. He survived by a wife and three sisters, who are in grief and mourning for him.

With sincerity,

Jason Matoon.

[The Vital Statistics columns are not the only place where information about deaths (and births and marriages) appear. There are often entire articles or letters to the editor announcing a single death, birth, or marriage, with greater detail than what usually appears in the vital statistics column!]

(Kuokoa, 2/16/1912, p. 8)

O JOHN K. KAAEAE UA HALA.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 7, Aoao 8. Feberuari 16, 1912.

Vital Statistics. 1912.

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MARRIAGES.

Nelson Spencer to Rose Wright Kaululaau, Feb. 3, 1912.
Manuel C. Silva to Evon Bertelman, Feb. 3.
Daniel Kaonohi Kalai to Julia Camacho, Feb. 3.
Samuel Kalani to Victoria Silva, Feb. 5.
Makaila Kaai to Rebecca Silva, Feb. 5.
William K. Kua to Luka Edwards, Feb. 6.
Louis Steinberg to Lena Kaleikini, Feb. 6.

BIRTHS.

To Samuel Upa and Kaleo Koo, a son, Jan. 10.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kahalewai Ke, a son, Jan. 18.
To Ernest Enos and Alice Sabaru, a son, Jan. 22.
To Paul Kaahanui and Helen Keawekane, a daughter, Jan. 30.
To Pang See Hang ande Annie Robinson, a son, Jan. 31.
To Willie Asing and Adeline K. Akaka, a daughter, Feb. 5.
To Joseph Kaiapoepoe and Martha Hano, a son, Feb. 6.
To David Hakuole and Annie Kawai, a son, Feb. 9.
To Enos A. Foster and Malia Kaai, a son, Feb. 11.
To John Schley and Adelaide Rawson, a son, Jan. 13.

DEATHS.

F. K. Leoiki, at Buckley Lane, Feb. 6.
Uhiuhi Mahi, at the Insane Asylum, Feb. 7.
Herbert Enos, on Luso Street, Feb. 7.
Kealoha, at Lunalilo Home, Feb. 8.
Helen Kaakau, on Liliha Street, Feb. 8.
William Buffandeau, on Kewalo Street, Feb. 8.
D. C. Paukele, at the Children’s Hospital, Feb. 8.
P. Kane, Jr., on School Street, Feb. 9.
A baby of Kaehuokawai, on Brokaw Street, Feb. 10.
Hattie Lonokai, on Kawaiahao Street, Feb. 11.
David P. Nahupu, on the corner of Punchbowl and Queen Streets, Feb. 12.

(Kuokoa, 2/16/1912, p. 8)

NA MARE / NA HANAU / NA MAKE

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 7, Aoao 8. Feberuari 16, 1912.