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Z. P. Kalokuokamaile’s genealogy, 1931.

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GENEALOGY ON THE SIDE OF MY MOTHER.

I am Z. P. Kalokuokamaile, living in Napoopoo, South Kona, Hawaii. I am 82 years old.

My ancestors were born in the Ahupuaa of Kiloa II, and Waipunaula, Napoopoo, South Kona. During the time when Kamehameha I ruled. This is the story of my ancestors until me, their descendant.

Namoku (m) dwelt with Hoopuleolani (f)

Born was Kawahapaka (m)

Born was Kauaula (f)

Born was Keoholau (m)

Kawahapaka (m) dwelt with Makuakane (f). There were no children.

Kauaula (f) dwelt with Nuuanu (m).

Born was Kalama (f)

Born was Keoni I (m)

Born was Kaaihue (f)

Born was Keahi (m)

Kalama (f) dwelt with Rev. S. W. Papaula (m)

Born was Lydia (Lilia) (f)

Born was (Koa (m)

Born was Huleka (f)

Keoholau (m) dwelt with Kapuleiolaa (f)

Born was Kawahanoeau (f)

Kawahanoeau (f) dwelt with Nailihaulani (m)

Born was Z. P. Kalokuokamaile (m).

In these Ahupuaa my ancestors lived without moving and going here and there until they all left for the other world. And during the time when my kupuna and the family of the wife of Creston Cummins, the owner of the Ahupuaa, Kiloa I, Kiloa II, and the Waipunaula. And in 1901, I bought the ownership of these Ahupuaa from Mrs. Kamai Nahina.

I built the Salmon store, while going to Honolulu to purchase pounds and barrels of salmon, and began to sell it with much success. And then the time came when government workers arrived and demolished the grounds surrounding my store; destroyed was my sweet potato, sugarcane, bananas, pumpkin, along with my store; the loss was $250, and until this day I have not been paid a cent.

But the Math book clarifies: If the one that comes ahead is bad, then the one to follow will be bad as well, and it will not have a long life in this world. However, if the one that comes ahead is good, its follower will indeed be good. Long will be its days.¹

Me with aloha, to the Editor of Ke Alakai o Hawaii.

Z. P. KALOKUOKAMAILE.

¹I don’t know what book this refers to, and i am not clear on what the excerpt means or how it applies here.

(Alakai o Hawaii, 11/19/1931, p. 4)

MOOKUAUHAU MA KA AOAO O KO'U MAKUAHINE

Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Buke 3, Helu 29, Aoao 4. Novemaba 19, 1931.

One more on the passing of Jane Loeau, 1873.

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The Death of Jane Loeau.

On Wednesday, July 30, Mrs. Jane Loeau Kaelemakule died, at Puunui, in this town. She died quickly; she had a pain in her chest after bathing in water; this is the ailment she died of, while still strong in body. She was born in Waimea, Kauai, in the year 1828, therefore she was 45 years old when she died. Her rank and ancestry is very famous in the history of succession of alii of Hawaii nei. Her father was Kalaniulumoku, and Liliha was her mother. On her mother’s side, it can be said that she was a great-granddaughter [moopuna kualua] of Kamehameha I. Here is clarification: Kamehameha lived with Kualii (f) and bore Loeau (the first) (f). Koakanu lived with Loeau (the first) and bore Liliha, the mother of Jane Loeau. During her childhood, she was educated under the teaching of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, and she was a schoolmate of the past two Monarchs who passed away as well as our present King, and also the royal descendants living today. Her passing may not be something that will greatly mourned by the people, as that blossom was plucked from the generation of alii; however, it is the moolelo of her ancestry that will show us these features [? na ka moolelo o kona hanauna e hoike mai ia kakou i na hiohiona i like pela]. Being that:

“Ua hala ka pili ka owa o Hakalau,
Hala ke kaha, ke ohi kumano ia mano,
I Kaumakaamano i ke kapu ka ai,
I ka ouli maka o Hanaimalama,
Ke ohi la i ka liko lau o ke Pahili,
I Hili mo—e, i Hili pawa, o Hele—i—pa—wa,
Mea e ka hele a hoi mai e,
E waiho ia hoi ka hele a kipakuia—a.

(Ko Hawaii Ponoi, 8/6/1873, p. 2)

Ka make ana o Jane Loeau.

Ko Hawaii Ponoi, Buke I, Helu 8, Aoao 2. Augate 6, 1873.

Joseph Heleluhe, 1900.

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THE GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH HEWAHEWA KAIMIHAKULANI HELELUHE.

FROM HIS KUPUNA, ALONG WITH HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Keakealani was the man. Kalehuna was the woman. Born was Keawemainui (m).

Keawemainui was the man. Kaleikumaielani was the woman. Born was Kuhailiilii (f).

Kuhailiilii was the woman. Alapai was the man. Born was Keaweopala (m).

This was Alapai, the King of Hawaii. The one who crushed a number of Rulers [Alii Aimoku]. Alapai died at Kikiakoi, Kawaihae, in the year 1753, and Keaweopala his child became the ruler of the districts [okana] of Kona, Kohala, Hamakua, and Hilo, in 1753.

Keaweopala was the man. Namoe was the woman. Born was Kanekoa (m).

Kanekoa was the man. Molao was the woman. Born was Kanoa (f), Kanepipi (f), and Kapela (m).

Kanoa was the woman. Heleluhe was the man. Born was Keoki (f), Kaioewa (f), Joseph Hewahewa Kaimihakulani Heleluhe (m), Kanoa (f), and Ana (f).

Joseph Hewahewa Kaimihakulani Heleluhe was educated in the district schools of Puna, his land of birth, and educated at Hilo Boarding School [Kula Hanai o Hilo].

He graduated, and then lived in Kau, and did physical labor. He moved to Honolulu and lived with King Kalakaua, and after Kalakaua was done, he then lived with Queen Liliuokalani as her Steward [Puuku], and remained in that capacity until they went to America in 1896.

On that journey to America, upon him was also placed the duty of secretary to Queen Liliuokalani.

He received that position because of his propriety, and his meticulousness.

They went once again to America in 1899 and returned home to the aina on June 4, 1900; he left behind his labors and hardships of life in this world on July 8, 1900.

He left behind him, his Royal Mistress [Haku Alii], his wife, his mother, a number of sisters, his children, and his friends.

He was an amicable man with an open heart, and the voice of his Queen was important to him.

He was a true patriot, and he was an envoy from the Hawaiian nation to America.

He was born in Kapoho, Puna, Hawaii, on June 2, 1855. He made 45 years old and 16 days.

(Aloha Aina, 7/28/1900, p. 1)

MOOKUAUHAU O JOSEPH HEWAHEWA KAIMIHAKULANI HELELUHE.

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke VI, Helu 30, Aoao 1. Iulai 28, 1900.

Birthday of Queen Kapiolani, 1876.

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Queen Kapiolani.

Yesterday, December 31, was the birthday of the Alii, Queen Kapiolani, the royal daughter of Kuhio (m) and Kinoiki (f), and this made her forty-first year, for she was born on this day in the year 1834. Yesterday at 12 noon, she saw in Iolani Palace all those who came to see her and to give her joy on this proud day of a person’s life, and the cannons were shot off in salute for her birthday. Just as with the happiness and the congratulations of those who went to see her, so too are we who are outside, with prayers for blessings from the heavens that her life may be extended until extreme old age.

Here is the genealogy of birth of Queen Kapiolani:

Keawe dwelt with Lonomaikanaka; Kauhiokeka (f) dwelt with Keawe (m); Kekaulike (f) dwelt with Kepoomahoe (m); Kalanikauleleiaiwi 3 [?] (f) dwelt with Kanekoa (m); Pomaikaulani (f) dwelt with Elelule (m); Kuhio (m) dwelt with Kinoiki (f); born was Kapiolani (f), Kapooloku (f), and Kekaulike (f).

Long live the Queen, Kapiolani.

[Here is another article probably submitted by Robert William Wilcox (Wilikoki) dealing with Queen Kapiolani’s genealogy. Kuokoa, 7/21/1899, p. 2. “KA MOOKUAUHAU ALII O KA MOIWAHINE KAPIOLANI.”]

(Kuokoa, 1/1/1876, p. 2)

Ka Moiwahine Kapiolani.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XV, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 1, 1876.

Remembrance, 1918.

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A PARCEL OF TEARS OF LOVE.

KAOWAKAOKALANI KEAMUAMUKU.

Gone, no more, is that royal descendant of the land—Kaoakaokalani Keamuamuku (f)—a scion of Liloa, King of Hawaii, with Akahiakuleana (f); Umi a Liloa (m) joined with Kapukini (f), begot Keliiokaloa (m), joined with Makuahineopalaka (f), begot Kukailani (m), joined with Kaohukiokalani (f), begot Makakaualii (m), joined with Kaakanaoao (f), begot Pueopokii (f), joined with Kalanikaaoao (m), begot Lonoikamakahiki (m), joined with Kailuapea, Kailuakea (f), begot Hookuiniaumakaokalani (m), joined with Kahoowaha (f), begot Kainahopukahi (m), joined with Kauopuaikanuumealani (f), begot Luukia (f), joined with Kauhiaimokuakama (m), begot Ikawahi (f), joined with Ihikolopana (m), begot Kaleimakalii (f), joined with Keakealani (m), begot Keawekuikaai (m), joined with Kihawahine (f), begot Kaaloaikanoa (f), joined with Umihulumakaokalani (m), begot Palena (m), Paia (m), Luahine (m), joined with Hikuikekualono (f), begot three sons, one daughter, Kahaopulani (f), the one who raised Kamehameha I, King of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Kahaopulani (f) joined with Kioula (m), begot Kuakane (f), the one fed on the same milk as Kamehameha I. Kuakane (f) joined with Kamoeau (m), begot Akimakaokalauhue (f), joined with Kamalanaikuaheahe (m), begot Kapiimoku (f), joined with Kekahili (m), begot Kaoakaokalani Keamuanuku (f).

……..

[This is an interesting death announcement for the picture (if the newspapers were rescanned clearly, it would surely be a much better picture), for the genealogy and who appears in it, and also the mele at the end.

Note the reference to the kahu hanai of Kamehameha I here being not Naeole, but Kahaopulani.]

(Kuokoa, 10/4/1918, p. 2)

HE PUOLO WAIMAKA NA KE ALOHA.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LVI, Helu Helu 40, Aoao 2. Okatoba 4, 1918.

Kuakini, and Hawaiian tradition, 1845.

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BIOGRAPHY OF KUAKINI.

Kuakini was the son of Keeaumoku, the son of Kalanikauleleiaiwi, the sister of Keawe. They are the royal ancestors of Hawaii Island’s high chiefs, Kuakini was befitting the class of high chiefs amongst Hawaii’s alii nui.

Kuakini was the son of Namahana who was born from Kalanikuihonoikamoku, and they are Maui’s royal ancestors, and therefore, Kuakini is amongst Maui’s…

…class of high chiefs; Kuakini was born as an alii.

Kuakini was born in the year 1792 perhaps; he was born in the year of [battle of] Kepuwahaulaula; at Keauhou in Kona in Hawaii was where he was born.

His caretaker [kahu hanai] was Kameheaiku, and Kuakini grew up at Keauhou, and he was made by his father, Keeaumoku, to pray to the wooden gods; this was Kuakini’s duties in his youth, the worship of the wooden gods.

He was the one who cared for all the temples in Kona, along with the Loulu temples, and in regard to his worshiping, one of the names Kuakini was called was Kiipalaoku, for Ku was the god for whom he would fetch pala fern.

Kuakini was a thinker from when he was small; he was meticulous; he often would sail boats with the other children in his youth, and when he grew up, he went with his parents to Maui, and thereafter he lived with Kamehameha I.

He became an aikane of Kamehameha I, because Kuakini possessed a fine body, he was skilled in English, he thought much about the way a body functions, he was sullen, and was a man of few words.

When Kamehameha I died, Liholiho them went to Oahu, and Kuakini was appointed Governor of Hawaii, and it was he that was to care for Hawaii until his recent death.

When Kuakini was assisting intently with the kingdom of God, it was he who built the great churches here on Hawaii Island.

O Armstrong [Limaikaika], please ask of Thurston [Tatina] or Bishop [Bihopa], for they know what he was like for both of them lived with him.

O Father Armstrong, I am living here on Hawaii these months, and will then return to Maui, or perhaps not. D. MALO.

(Nonanona, 1/7/1845, pp. 89–90)

KA MOOOLELO O KUAKINI.

Ka Nonanona, Buke 4, Pepa 19, Aoao 89. Ianuari 7, 1845.

papa alii nui, he alii no o Kuakini...

Ka Nonanona, Buke 4, Pepa 19, Aoao 90. Ianuari 7, 1845

Autobiography of Joseph Kawai Opunui, 1929.

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THE STORY OF JOSEPH KAWAI OPUNUI AND HIS DESCENDANTS

Joseph Kawai Opunui was born on June 16, 1853 of Hapuku Opunui (m) and Kauhailama Waiwaiole (f) at Kalapana, Puna, Hawaii; and when he grew older, he would go around Kapoho, Puna; and when he was 15, came to Honolulu. Here he entered the English school at Kawaiahao in 1868, on the 3rd day of the month of May; David Malo was the teacher there. He stopped attending that school on July 20, 1870, and entered the Royal School of Kehehuna [Kula Alii o Kahehuna] in 1871. He left that school on April 6, 1872 and went to work for C. P. Ward [Ka Pepee] at Old Plantation as a grass cutter, as a pond worker at the pond of Koula, and as a coconut tree planter of the coconut grove growing there to the present.

He took a wife on October 6, 1873, and had his first child on September 29, 1874. My wife gave birth in Honolulu.

I took care of the jitney cart [kaa kika-ne] for my boss, Mr. Ward, for wages of four dollars a week. That was a lot of money in those days. After that, I went to work for Henry May & Co., food purveyors, weighing coffee, rice, sugar, potatoes, and so forth. They pay was ten dollars per week. I stayed with that employer until they merged with J. T. Waterhouse and McIntyer under the company name of Henry May & Co. It is still in operation today.

From there, I went to work for the government on roads for $1.25 a day, for 15 years. This was under the territory, and then 12 years under the county. I am retired now, but am receiving a pension.

This past 16th of June, I made 76 years old.

We have 1 son and 3 daughters from our loins;

Philamina, Joseph, Christina and Kealohapauole.

Philamina had 17 children. She was married twice. Her first husband was Herman Kaouli, and the second was William Keiki. With him she had six children, and with H. K. Ha’o she had eleven children.

The second child of Joseph Jr. died at the age of three.

One child is living in China. Kealohapauole is childless.

Between Philamina and Herman Kaouli, 2 children are living; with H. K. Ha’o, 2 children are living.

The first child is Margaret; the second child is Victoria. Margaret married J. Kaakua, and they had two children: Mary Laniwahine (deceased) and the second child, Hiram K. Kaakua.

Victoria married Isaac K. Kaawa and they had three children: Thomas K., Margaret Kahalelaulani, and Victoria.

The one living child of William K. Keiki is Clara, and she has five children: Philamina Nohokula, Manuel Kawai, Clara Hiilani, William Weheikekapu, and Frank.

Andrade is the name of Clara’s husband, and he is the father of those children.

I have three generations. With aloha.

Joseph Kawai Opunui

1805 Kalani St., Honolulu.

[I came across this interesting autobiography the other day. Usually, this type of information is submitted by someone else when a person dies, but here, Joseph Kawai Opunui is telling his own story.]

(Alakai o Hawaii, 6/27/1929, p. 4)

HE MOOLELO NO JOSEPH KAWAI OPUNUI AME KANA MAU MAMO

Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Buke 1, Helu 9, Aoao 4. Iune 27, 1929.

Oamaru, New Zealand graves searchable online, 2013.

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Cemetery database makes family searches easier

A new Oamaru cemeteries database has the potential to provide insight into the past, a supporter of the initiative says.

The database is available through the Waitaki District Council website and allows users to search for people buried in the Oamaru Old and Lawn Cemeteries by surname and/or first name, and shows information such as the age of the deceased and what block and plot they are buried in.

North Otago Museum archives curator Eva Garbutt says tracing family history is becoming a popular pastime, with more people than ever wanting to unearth their roots.

“In the past year the demand for putting our cemetery database online has increased as more and more people are getting into doing their family history.

“Now people will be able to search for their ancestors buried in the Oamaru cemeteries thanks to the wonderful

efforts of our volunteers, who have spent many hours putting the information from the original burial registers into a digital and searchable format.”

Waitaki District councillor and historian Helen Stead is a huge supporter of the database and says she is delighted it is up and running.

“I think it places us in the research and genealogical world, because people can look at the database that relates to Oamaru from anywhere in the world.”

Mrs Stead also believes the database could unlock dozens of stories about Oamaru’s past that have been lost with time.

[For the entire article from The Timaru Herald, click the link below:

Cemetery database makes family searches easier]

A New Year’s Gift: a Genealogy of Rulers, 1874.

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A NEW YEAR’S GIFT.

The Kuokoa, on this first issue of its proud days of 1874, wants to gift this Genealogical List of the Rulers over the Hawaian people, starting from Kahiko Luamea, from the pen of S. M. Kamakau. It was upon Oahu that the ancient ones first lived, and the genealogy from before this is not from here in Hawaii, but it is said that they were from the sky [lewa]. The first people in this genealogy, it is widely stated that they are from the Islands of the South Pacific, New Zealand, and the islands to the Western North Pacific. And the listing of Alii Genealogy below just pertains to those who were Aliiaimoku. From Kahiko Luamea to Kapawa, they just ruled on Oahu. From Kapawa to Palena, most of the Alii were on Oahu and Maui; one was from Kauai, Luanuu; and two on Hawaii, Wahieloa and Pohukaina; and from Palena is where Hawaii’s royal Ancestry from Maui come from. And from Palena was born Hana, thereafter Maui’s and Hawaii’s chiefly line have been born until this time. It began from Abraham, being that the laws were the same, the genealogy was the same, and the circumcision was the same. Here are the alii listed out:

Kahiko Luamea,
Awakea [Wakea],
Haloa,
Waia,
Hinanalo,
Nanakahili,
Wailoa,
Kio,
Ole,
Pupue,
Manaku,
Lukahakoa,
Kahiko,
Luanuu,
Kii,
Ulu,
Nana,
Nanaia,
Nanaialani,
Waikulani,
Kuheleimoana,
Konohiki,
Wawana,
Akalana,
Mauiakalana,
Nanamaoa,
Nanakulai,
Nanakaoko,
Kapawa,
Heleipawa,
Hulumanailani,
Aikanaka,
Hema,
Kahai,
Wahieloa,
Laka,
Luanuu,
Kamea,
Pohukaina,
Hua,
Pau,
Paumakua,
Huanuiikalailai,
Haho,
Palena,
Hana,
Lanakawai,
Laau,
Pili,
Koa,
Loe,
Kukahoulani,
Kaniuhu,
(Kanipahu Kalapana)
Kahaimoeleaikaaikapukupou,
Kalaunuiohua,
Kuaiwa,
Kahoukapu,
Kauhola,
Kiha,
Liloa,
Hakau,
Umi,
Keliiokala,
Keawenuiaumi,
Kanaloakuaana,
Umiokalani,
Lonoikamakahiki,
Iwikauikaua,
Keakakamahana (w [wahine])
Keakealani (w),
Keaweikekahialiiokamoku,
(Kalaninuiiamamao Keeaumoku),
Alapai a Kauaua,
Keaweopala,
Kaleiopuu,
Kiwalao,
Kamehameha I.
Liholiho (Kamehameha II),
Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III),
Liholiho II (Kamehameha IV),
Kapuaiwa (Kamehameha V),
Lunalilo.

[This seems to be a little different from what is seen in the appendix of Kamakau’s “Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii”.]

(Kuokoa, 1/3/1874, p. 2)

HE MAKANA MAKAHIKI HOU.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XIII, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 3, 1874.