Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 11, 1 Nowemapa 2012 — HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS [ARTICLE]

HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

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KAPULE - To the descendants of Aene Kapule - Kapule, Kealoha, Kaahanui, Kalauao, Kamai, Keo'ole, Kaahanuili'ih'i and Mahi - planning is underway for the next Kapule 'Ohana Reunion Nov. 9-11, 2012, at Pā'ia Community Center. It's been more than 20 years since our last reunion, so plan to attend. We're looking forward to updating our genealogical connections, so please spread the word! Information and registration forms are available at: www.kapuleohana.com. Watch for regular updates to be posted as planning continues. Email kapuleohana@gmail.com, follow us on Facebook @ Kapule 'Ohana, or contact Lui at (808) 281-7562 or Leni at (808) 357-5950. THOMPSON - Charles Thompson, son of Lillian Eckart Thompson and Charles Edward Kealakekua Thompson, along with wife Momilani Thompson and 'ohana will be holding a Thompson family reunion on Maui for the descendants of (Papa) Charles Edward Kealakekua Thompson this Dec. 14-16, 2012. Papa Charles was married four times and we would be happy to see all of his children and children's children attend. With his first wife, Annie Akuini, he had 11 children: Edward Ku'ulei, Lena, Wilham, Matilda, Mina, Violet, Emma, Frank, Alexander Gay, Otto and Herbert. With his second wife, Amoe Ahio, he had two children, Judith and Mary Ann. With his third wife, Isabelle Namau'u, he had four children: Charles, Sherman, Isabelle and Pikake. With his fourth wife, Lilhan Eckart, he had 11 children: Charlene, Germaine, Gerard and Theresa, including adopted children Mary Elizabeth, Robert, Francis, Ann, Joseph, Charles and Adrienne Low. Contact Charles or Momi at 572-9079 or at PO. Box 790534 Pā'ia, HI 96779. Or, email them at cassi_ kassen@ y ahoo. eom. AKUNA - The descendants of Goo Tong Akuna/Puakaihma Kaholokula and Goo Tong Akuna/Chang Shee (aka Chang Oe) wih be holding their eighth family reunion in Las Vegas July 29-31, 2013. Check in is July 29. This event will be held at the Cahfornia Hotel. Deadhne to register is Dec. 1, 2012. All descendants of Ah Ki Akuna, Apiu Akuna, Ah Chuck Akuna, Mary Ah Pin Chung-Leong, HannahAh Han Ah Fong, Mabel Ah Lan Alana Wallaee, Jack Pun San Akuna, Henrietta Ah Hong Apo, Maha Maria Naehu, Edward K. Akuna, Agnes Neki Igarta, Lawrence Goo, Yeh Wah Goo, Sing Kum Goo, Sim Goo, and Choy Goo are invited to attend. For info, contact Elsie Kah at 9208 W. Meranto Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89178; or (310) 606-0049. Gr, contact Mev Igarta at 21129 Catskill Ave., Carson, CA; mevorhgarta@ sbcglobal.net or phone (310) 830-8356.

KINIMAKA - A July 5-7, 2013, family reunion in Honolulu is being planned for Kinimaka descendants, and descendants of Hanakeola and David Leleo Kinimaka. Kinimaka and his first wife, Ha'aheo Kaniu, were the mākua hānai of King Kalākaua. In 1844, Kinimaka married again to Pai and from this union they had one daughter and two sons. Their son David Leleo Kinimaka (hānai brother of King Kalākaua) rose to the rank of eolonel and became the commander of the King's Guard at 'Iolani Palaee. David married Hanakeola in 1874 and their children were: Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka (m) John Atcherley; Aliee Kehaulani Kinimaka (m) Samuel Mahuka Spencer; Rebecca Kekiionohi Kinimaka (m) Arthur Akina Apana; Fannie Kahale uki-o-Lih-ha Kinimaka (m) Joseph Kunewa, and Mathias Percival Ho'olulu Kinimaka (m) Virginia Keawe. Descendants of John Ka'elemakule Sr. (grandson of Kinimaka), descendants of Samuel Leleo and descendants of Matilda Leleo-Kauwe are all cousins invited to attend this family gathering. A highhght of the family gathering will be a guided tour of 'Iolani Palaee and a family lū'au on the palaee grounds. Mainland and overseas travelers are urged to book air reseivations early. For detailed reunion information, please visit the Kinimaka website at Kinimaka.com. NAKAGAWA/AH PUCK/LAU KONG/ THOMAS - Descendants of the Nakagawa, Ah Puek, Thomas and Lau Kong famihes of Waipi'o Valley will be having a family reunion July 26 and 27, 2013, on Hawai'i Island. Contact Yoko Lindsey (granddaughter of Rachel K. Ah Puek and Charles P. Thomas.) for more information. Email, hndsey.ohana@ gmail.com; phone, (808) 989-0854; maihng address, P.O. Box 463 Kamuela, HI 96743. PAHUKOA - The descendants of Thomas and Marianna Pahukoa are having a family reunion July 4-7, 2013, at the Ke'anae Peninsula on the island of Maui, Hawai'i. We have a committee of 'ohana that are putting together a fun event. We are working on housing. Shirts and genealogy books are available for presale and donations are also being accepted. Please eall 1-808-281-0040 if you are interested and want to eome or email me at lpahukoa@hotmail.com or my maihng address is 1885 Launiupoko Plaee, Wailuku, HI 96793. Please make checks payable to Pahukoa 'Ohana Reunion Fund. Order forms are being mailed out and we have been sending out newsletters. If you haven't gotten one, please eall me so that I ean add you to the mailing hst. Aloha and we hope to see all of our 'ohana there. There is also a website at www. pahukoa.ning.com and Facebook at Thomas and Maiianna Pahukoa.

AKANA - 1 am looking for descendants of Kamalii Akana and Akiona Akana. Akiona Akana was born in 1891 on Maui and Kamahi Akana was born 1895, also on Maui. Would greatly appreciate any information you're able to find. Mahalo, Marilyn Kido, mkidol0871@ hotmail.com. EWALIKO/GRUBE I am trying to locate family members on my mother's side. Mom's name was Harriet Kaehukaiopuaena (Ewahko) Grube, married Edward Miehael Gmbe Jr. and had five sisters (Ethel, Aileen aka Bess, Lihnoe aka Noe, Kuualoha aka Peaehie and Kaui) and five brothers (Wilham Jr., Otto aka Eddie, Valentine, Herbert, and David aka Boots aka Sonny Boy). Mom's father was Wilham Lonomakua Ewahko Sr., husband of Ehzabeth Kekumano and was born in Hilo, Hawai'i. I beheve that his father and mother were John Ewahko and Kaanaana Ewaliko and sibhngs David, George, Kalei (w), Emily and James Ewaliko. They hved on Amaulu Road in Hilo. I beheve that George married Lizzie, and had four daughters (Ruth, Virginia, Mary and Elizabeth), a son and grandson named John and moved to Anahola, Kaua'i. Kalei married Rufus Lyman, had three children (Rebecca, Francis and Clarence) as of 1930 and stayed in Hilo. David married Juha and had two daughters (Margaret and Marjory) and hved in Hilo. We met a Marjory at our mom's funeral in 2001. Any information is appreciated. Contact Ede Fukumoto at eafukumoto@hotmail.com. KA 'OHANA O KALAUPAPA Has records and resources that could provide you with information about any ancestors you might have had at Kalaupapa. Contact us by e-mail (info@kalaupapaohana.org), mail (Ka 'Ohana 0 Kalaupapa, PO. Box 1111, Kalaupapa, HI 96742) or phone (Coordinator Valerie Monson at 808-573-2746). There is no charge for our research. All descendants are also weleome to become part of Ka 'Ohana 0 Kalaupapa. MEDEIROS - Doing 'ohana research on Alfred B. Medeiros Sr. from South Kona, married Mary Kalani Ka'alele, also bom in South Kona, on Apiil 6, 1907. Mary Ka'alele's father, Wilham Kalani Kaalele, bom around 1883 married Annie Waikulani Burns, born June 12, 1883. Seeking additional information for Annie Waikulani Burns' father, John Teewale Bums, bom around 1856 in the South Pacific Islands. Would hke to have a family reunion in the near future in Kona. Contact Kimo Medeiros Jr. @ Kimomedeiros @ yahoo.com. NEULA -My name is Kelena Kamamalahoe 'o Kamehameha Kēpo'o 'o Kalani Nēula, and I am trying to locate family members on my father's side. My dad's name is Glenn "Keik"

Ho'ohuh-Nēula, and my grandfather's name was Wilham "Tuheitia" Nēula who's from Takapuna, New Zealand, one of the highest chiefs in rank. My grandmother's name is Queen Ella Kapa'ona-Nēula, who is from North Kohala, Hawai'i. If anyone has information on my 'ohana or are my relatives, please write to me, Kelena "Kelei" Nēula. I'm currently locked up in Arizona due to Hawai'i's overcrowded system. Please write: 1250 E Aiiea Rd.,Eloy,AZ 85131. OWENS/KAINAPAU The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame (HMHF) is searching for the 'ohana of Hany Owens and George Kainapau to honor these two gentlemen. Hany Owens was the music director at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and is credited with writing 300 hapa haole songs, including Sweet Leilani ; Hawaiion Hospitality\ Hawai'i Calls\ To You, Sweetheart , Aloha\ and Sing me a Song of the Islands. George Kainapau was a noted falsetto, and his Island Serenaders opened the Ale Ale Kai Room at the Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel in 1956. The next year, Kainapau was on the mainland performing and appearing in a number of Hollywood's Hawaiian-themed films, where he brought falsetto singing to a worldwide auelienee. If you have any information on the 'ohana of Hauy Owens or George Kainapau, eall Ann of HMHF at (808) 392-3649. PIO/KEPIO - We are looking for descendants of Victoria Nakoaelua Pio (Kepio), bom about 1867 in Kaupō, Maui, and died May 15, 1928, in Kaupō, Maui. Her father is Kepio aka Kelii Pio aka Kaawalauole Pio and mother is Keoahu. She married 1) Hale Kunihi and 2) Kahaleauki. Her children were Kalahiki; Lusiana Helela Kunihi Pio bom about 1890, died about 1902 in Honolulu, Hawai'i; and Nakoa, who married Hemy Stuart. She is buried at St. Joseph Church cemeteiy in Kaupō, Maui, under the name Mrs. V. N. Kahaleauki. We are tlie descendants of Victoria's siblings: Kahaleuahi (k), Malaea (w), Kaukani (k), Ipoaloha (w), Kaleohano (k). Please contact Mo'i Peters at (808) 590-7186 or epeters95@ yahoo.com. PUHI - Looking for Puhi family members or friends of Army Cpl. Daniel Kimokeo Puhi, fallen Vietnam veteran, who might have a photograph of him. According to his militaiy profile, Daniel was bom in 1939, and a war casualty in December 1967. He is mentioned in the book Days of Valor and also in the movie of the same name. I am trying to put a face to his online remembrance page (www.buildthecenter.org) and also at the Education Center at the Wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memoiial in D.C. This is a nationwide project to extend the legacy of the men and women of that war. I'm also helping George Apo, a Puhi descendant on his grandmother's side, search for his Puhi relatives. We Ihink there could be a family

eonneeīion between Daniel Puhi and Maiine Lanee Cpl. Keith Jon Puhi, a war casualty in December 1969. Both men are interred at the veterans' cemeteiy in Hilo. Any assistance and/ or leads will be traly appreciated. To see the Puhi remembrance pages, visit www.buildthecenter.org, eliek on "Search the wall," then eliek "Start your search." Scroll to the bottom and select Hawai'i from the list of states. Blossom T. Sullivan, tel: (910) 844-6184, sullivanwb4 @ embarqmai l.eom. RAYMOND - Haniet Ulihala Raymond (Aug. 4, 1910-Feb. 11, 1939) was bominNorth Kohala on Hawai'i Island. She was my maternal grandmother. I am looking for any artifacts that belonged to her and/or any photos of her. She died when my mother was 6 years old. My mother was told that a trunk containing her mother's possessions was given to someone from Kona with the last name of Kanakanui. I'm looking for info that ean lead to finding any mementos of Harriet Ulihala Raymond. Please email Bemadette K. Newcomb at wahine onaona@yahoo.com. RODRIGUES - Searching for the descendants of Mary, 01iver and Emma Rodrigues, who are the children of Alfred Rodrigues, bom 1889 in Puerto Rico, and Maty Isabella Medeiros Paeheeo, bom 1886 in Pāpa'ikou. Alfred and Mary married in Hālawa, Kohala, where their three children were bom. Emma was bom in 191 1, and Alfred died in Honolulu shortly after that. Maiy married a serviceman, Grover Runyan, in 1913, and after having two children in Hawai'i, they moved to San Diego in 1917, leaving Maiy's three ehildren behind. Grover and Mary had five ehildren: Victoria, Albert, Saul, Arline and Adeline (?). The 1910 Hawai'i census places Alfred, Mary, 01iver and Emma in Kohala, where Alfred worked at the Kohala Sugar Co. The 1920 Hawai'i census places all three children at the Kalihi Orphanage in Honolulu, aka St. Anthony's. 01iver left Hawai'i for Califomia in 1927, where he took the name 01iver Hamlin. Emma also moved to Califomia and married a man named Pena. After Pena died, Emma married Pena's brother. After the second Pena's death, she married Archie Young and is listed as Emma Hamlin. Both Emma and 01iver lived in San Diego. Maiy is purported to have lived on Maui. Contact: Clarence A. Medeiros Jr., CAMedeiros88@gmail.com, (808) 328-2074 (home), (808) 960-0179 (mobile). TONG - Aloha, I' m looking for any information regarding Agnes Kokai Tong, the mother of my grandmother, Elizabeth Kaehukui (Keaukai?) Akana. She was bom approximately in 1867 in, we believe, Hilo and died approximately in 1907. Call (808) 870-7740 or email bob@livemaui.com. ■