Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 1, 1 January 2014 — HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS [ARTICLE]

HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

E nā 'ohana Hawai'i: lf you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit a 1 1 submissions for length. Send your information by mail, or e-mail kwo@OHA.org. E ola nāmamo a Hāloa!

AKANA - The Akana 'Ohana will host a reunion July 18 and 19, 2014, on the Island of O'ahu for the descendants of the children of Wong Sing Akana and Kailianu Ka'ōpūiki. The children are: Ami (Akana) Lee; Aiona Akana; Ah Yee Ka'ili (Akana) Keanini; Emma Meliaka (Akana) Machado; Esther Po'ohiwi (Akana) Todd; Joseph Kepa Akana; Rose Pi'ipi'i (Akana) Sayers; Martha Ho'okano (Akana) Smith; Rebecca Leilani Ah Choy (Akana) Tim Sing; William Ku'uleiaihueAh Lei Akana; Poha Ah Tuck Akana aka Albert Ling Hing Lam; Harriet Ah Lin Ku'uleialoha (Akana) Loo and Mary Nāwahine (Akana) Kealoha. For detailed information, please contact us: by email, Yvette Kama at akanaohanareunion@gmail.com; by phone, Shawny Stone at (808) 295-4139; by mail, Jeanette Stone at P.O. Box 179394, Honolulu, HI 96817 or join our Facebook Group - Ku Ho'okahi ka AKANA 'Ohana at https:// facebook.com/groups/AkanaOhana/. We are seeking branch line volunteers who ean assist

with contacting 'ohana, event planning, genealogy research, gathering stories and pictures of the 14 children. AWEAU - The Aweau 'ohana is planning a reunion in October 2014. Join our chairperson, Kamana'opono Aweau-Agres, and AWEAUFAMILYTREE on Facebook. The Aweau family tree document is going on the road. It will be on display for you to see on Feb. 8, 2014, at Kapolei Regional Park, across the street fromthe library^; Feb. 22, 2014, at Ke'ehi Lagoon Park; March 8, 2014, at Waimānalo Beach Park. The times are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Look for the red banner. You are weleome to eome socialize and bring your info and photos to add to the document. If you have the original document created by Larry Aweau or Henry Nalaielua, please bring it. The family tree goes back to 1670 with the ancestors from the marriage of Aweau to Kelupainahaole. Major surnames in the Aweau document are: Agres, Aipia, Aweau, Choy Foo, Domingo, Fern, Hitchcock, Ing, Kawai, Keamo, Ku, Kuikahi, Leong,

Morgan, Nalaielua, Padeken, Tong, Watson and Williams. For more info, email aweau famiH4ree@hawaiiantel.net. CUMMINGS - The descendants of Thomas Booth Cummings will be having a Reunion 2014 to be held July 11 and 12 at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center, Pāpōhaku Park, Wailuku, Maui, Hawai'i. Please make sure we have your address so that we ean send you the registration form and other information for the occasion. Please contact Parker Henry and Momi Cummings at (808) 242-4571 or (808) 268-5584 or email leimomicummings@ yahoo.com or see the Cummings 'Ohana Facebook page to get a hold of us. KAIALAU - To all descendants of Simeona Aiwohi Kaialau and sibling Sophia Manoa Kaialau, we are planning a family reunion Aug. 15-17, 2014, on the island of Kaua'i. Family descendants of Simeona Aiwohi Kaialau are: Poni Kekahu (John, Aloha Hookano, Hana Suga, Victoria, Pilipo, Thelma Blake, Kawelo

Sabarre and Simon), Bertha Ku Anakalea/ Waalani (Margaret Wong, Moke, Iliwaalani, Bertha Kalehua Kauhi), Simeon Kaialau (Robert Holi, Hillgard Kaohu, Wilbur, Otilla Kaikaka, Elizabeth Freitas), and Marie Kahumu Cox (Kaniau Torris, Frank Westly Cox, Herbert Hoover Cox, Lenore Seto). Family descendants of Sophia Manoa Kaialau are: Robert Alaka'i (Robert Alaka'i and Edward Alaka'i), Sophie Lyman (Emily Rabe, Alexander, Arthur, William, Harry), Martha Makaawaawa (Sam Makaawaawa, Robert Makaawaawa and Marie Carson), Rosebella Machado (Ellenbelle) and Tim (Kim Kapahu), Masa, Shima, Albert, Edward, Ashford (Kala), Rebecca Niheu, Mary Aviguetero, Anna Keamoai and Julia Nakaya. For information contact Myrna Bucasas at email myma.bucasas@gmail.com or eall (808) 337-9475. We also have a Kaialau Facebook page with information regarding the upeoming reunion. KALELEIKĪ - Descendants of Samuel Kekuaokalā'au'ala'iliahi Kaleleikī and Adeline Kaniho Glenney Kaleleikī. Hui Kaleleikī 'Ohana is facilitating a "Holoholo" at Kamakalepo on June 21, 2014. We need kōkua with the food, logistics and activities committees. Anyone who ean help, please email hooheleikamakalepo@ yahoo.com. MOSSMAN - From Feb. 12 -17, 2014, Mossman descendants from around the world will gather on O'ahu for a five-day event that celebrates heritage and family. Genealogy and other workshops will be held, there will be an 'Ohana Pienie, a lū'au and more exciting events. Registration is required at: www.pouhana.com/ mossman, or for more info, email the planning eommiūee at gatheringmossmans@gmail.com. PIO - The descendants of Kepio aka Kaawalauole/Kaawalauloa/Keliipio/Pio and first wife Keoahu of Kaupō, Maui, will be having a family reunion on Maui island, July 3-6, 2014. Kepio and Keoahu had six children who used the surname Kepio or Pio at some point in their lives: Kahaleuahi (k), Nakoaelua (w), Malaea (w), Kaukani (k), Ipoaloha (w) and Kaleohano (k). Sampson Kahaleuahi married Anadasia Kealoha, children: Andrew Kaawa Sr., Anna (Kapaona), Domitila Namahana (Hui Sing), Poni, Kahalepaahao, Cecilia Kupu aka Tupu (Kaaihue), Kanoho, Kaawaliilii, Mahana, Kamaka, Joseph Iukewe aka Teve and Margaret. Victoria Nakoaelua (we are still searching for her descendants) married Samuel Kahaleauki and had possibly 1-2 other marriages, children: Kalahiki, Lousiana Helela (Joseph Keawe, their hānai children are Andrew Alameida and Martha Smith) and another daughter possibly named Nakoa (Henry Stuart). Julia Malaea "Maria" married first Keahinuuanu and second Sam Akahi Sr., children: Paul Keahinuuanu Adams Sr., Kaaialii, Kalahele, Paahao, Kalei, Kamuela, Lika S., Liilii aka Sam Jr., Kawailani and Andrew Taki. Samuel Kaukani married first Mele Kakaio and second Rebecca Malulu, ehildren: Joseph Kaaialii, Annie (Peters), Samuel Jr., Paul. Ipoaloha married Theodore George Kalalani Kekiwi, children: Agnes Kamilanui

(Kailewa), Mary Melia (Aiona, Cuarisma), Henry Kamaelehua aka Hua, Benjamin Keliikalahale, James Kalalani, Manuel Piimauna aka Mauna, Jessie Kamilaliilii, Agnes Akaneki (Yap, Palafox, Pimental, Perry), Julia Melia, Rachael Lahela (Baisa) and Boniface. Joseph Kaleohano married first Mele Kanakaokekai and second Minnie Aloiau, children: Nani Choy, Minnie (Lancaster), Violet Mauloa (Kowalski). Reunion meetings are held on Maui and O'ahu. Next Maui meeting is 1/11/14, 11 a.m. at Kahului Community Center Park upside between the soccer field and tennis courts, potluck luneh to follow. Next O'ahu meeting is 1/25/14, 10 a.m. at Zubland (Forac) Beach, Nānākuli. Contact: Ka'apuni Peters-Wong 808-375-4321, Toni Kowalski 808-436-1845, Donna HueSing Curimao 808-264-3178, Valda "Sweetheart" Baisa Andaya 808-572-9245, or email pioohana@gmail.com. ALO/LOW - We are looking for descendants of James Herman (Ahsun) Alo/Low. He was born on Maui and his parents were Thomas Look Tam and Meleana Ahana Wong. There were nine children with Annie Kalanihale Kai. The children were: Lydia Ayok, Mary Keahilani, Jam.es Kahana, Edward Carl, Thomas, Lueille, Paul Blaise, George Herman and Annie Kalanihale. There were seven children with Lillian Marion Eckart. The children were: Mary Elizabeth, Robert Herman, Francis Adrian, Ann Delores, Joseph Carl, Charles Barry and Adrienne Rita (Mui Lang). If you are a part of this 'ohana, please contact us. We are hoping to have an 'ohana gathering, on O'ahu in June 2014. For more information: email mel5261v@ hotmail.com, or eall 909-244-9902, ualhpd@ hawaii.rr.com, D.Cota77@gmail.com, LGspeck@aol.com, Kimberlymiller424@ gmail.com. ESTRELLA - My great-grandparents arrived on the ship called the Abergeldie in Hawai'i on May 10, 1883. Their names are Arsenio de Sousa Estrella from Sao Pedro, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel, and Carolina de Jesus Sosiro from Conceicao, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel. They had two children with them, Manuel and Maria. They then had Antone, John, Guilhelmina and Joseph born in Hawai'i. They lived in North Kohala, Hawai'i, and Arsenio had left the family. Carolina then married Frank Lorenzo (Lawrence) and had a son Frank Lawrence and lived in Wailuku, Maui. If anyone is a descendant of this 'ohana, please contact me by email, annette9 1 3 @ yahoo.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 email (info@kalaupapaohana.org), mail (Ka 'Ohana 0 Kalaupapa, P.O. 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. ■

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