Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 1, 1 January 2005 — FAMILY REUNIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FAMILY REUNIONS

E nā 'ohana Hawai'i: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola o OHA will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings are printed chronologically and should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for length. Send your information to OHA, or e-mail kwo@OHA.org. E ola nā mamo a Hāloa!

Panaewa — A planning meeting for the August 2006 Panaewa 'ohana reunion will be held on Jan. 16, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Sizzlers restaurant in Waipahu. We invite the families and descendents of George Kahoiwai Panaewa, Solomon Kahaluakea Panaewa and Richard Keliinui Panaewa to participate. Preparation for the reunion began with a meeting held on Oct. 24, 2004. Members of the 'ohana eame forward to sers?e on the planning committee. 'Ohana who are interested in sen?ing on supporting committees are encouraged to attend our next meeting. For more information and to get on our mailing list for updates, contact Alohalani Pang on O'ahu at 696-8139 or Kahili Kawainui Norman at 808-885-6792 on Hawai'i Island. Kana'e — All descendants of the late Samuel Joseph Keliikaapunimoku and Agnes Nawahine Kana'e are invited to attend a family get together on Sun., Feb. 20, 2005, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Bellows Air Force Base. The reunion will be held in pienie areas one and two. Filling out genealogy forms, sharing family information, having fun and planning for future reunions will be the topics for this day.

Descendants include all children and/or grandchildren of Esther K. (Wilson), Julia K. (Kaanapu), Samuel K., Clarence K., Agnes K., Francis K., Hugo K., Marjorie K. (Akana), William (Bill) Meheula, Jenny K. (Okada) and Mae K. Kana'e. For more information, contact Corrine Kana'e at (808) 672-4431; Anita Naone at (808) 261-2952; or e-mail Margaret Tyler at resluvly@verizon.net Brown — In preparation for the 2005 reunion of the John and Benjamin Brown 'ohana of Hilo, Hawai'i, the Honolulu 'ohana is asking for all family members to update their contact information, births, deaths or marriages or share contact information about other family members. The family will be holding its reunion on O'ahu from July 1-3, 2005. The 'ohana includes the descendents of William Christopher Brown, Enoeh Brown, Violet Nathaniel, Mealoha Anakalea, Benjamin "Tuna" Brown, Keala Kuamo'o, Valentine Brown, Manoa Brown and Maria Hendershot. A newsletter on the reunion was sent out at the end of August 2004. All interested parties are invited to attend monthly reunion planning meetings held the 2nd Sunday of

every month. Please eall Ku'uipo McFadden Shimizu at (808) 6261645 or email brownohana2005@yahoo.com. Kahanamoku family search - Kimo (James) Kianoha Kahanamoku (Cook) was born between 1902 and 1905, and died in 1932. His wife was Annis Eloise Cook. She is my great-grandmother and is still alive. James was born in Honolulu and died in Eugene, Ore., of tuberculosis. His mother's name on his death certificate is Elizabeth and his father's is Manuel. My great-grandma said they worked in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikīkī. Kimo left Honolulu on a ship and eame to the Port of Seattle and worked his way down the coast to the Coos Bay area where he met my great-grandma. He must have eome over in the early 1920s from the Honolulu. Kimo had 5 children before he died: Betty Lou Cook (died shortly after birth), James Lloyd Cook (died in 2004), Helen Delores Cook (my grandmother), Harold Joseph Cook and Manuel Kianoha Cook. I am looking for any relatives or information about him anyone may have. If you have any information, please contact Mikayle by phone at 541-344-4377 or 541-912-1021, or by mail at 2230 Tyler Street, Eugene, OR 97405-2159. ■

Ho'ohiii 'Ohana