Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 3, 1 March 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 theīslandof 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'uleiaihue Ah 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 PO. 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.

ALAPA - The Alapa 'Ohana Reunion will be held in St. George/Washington UT area from June 11-14, 2014. The descendants of 01iva and Pahuaniani Alapa invite their 'ohana for four days of cultural and fun activities. The opening activities will be held at the King's Row Club House at 180 N 1100 E #200 in Washington UT at 6 p.m., where the program and T-shirts will be distributed. Donations for 18 years and older is $25, 5 years to 17 years - $10 and those under 5 years are free. Please send donations to Vermine K. Haws at 180 N 1100 E #53 by April 1, 2014. Check family site on Facebook for cost of T-shirt. If you have any questions, eall Vermine at (435) 674-1439 or Linette Alapa Hunter at (503) 342-8700. HULU/KALALAU - Hulu and Kalalau 'Ohana planning a camping get-together Fourth of July weekend, July 3 to 6, 2014, in Hāna, Kaeieku 90 A Ulaino Road. Bring camping gear. Please kōkua 'ōlelo to 'ohana of Lucy Kalani Kalalau and John Kalalawaia Hulu. Your help is very important. Mahalo nui loa. In need of addresses. Can reach me, Kupuna Luke Nu (Hulu), by phone, 242-0733

or address: 638 Kohomua St., Wailuku, HI 96793. Or on Facebook. KALELEIKĪ - Descendants of Samuel Kekuaokalā'au'ala'iliahi Kaleleikī and Adeline Kaniho Glenny Kaleleikī; their children Herbert Mauliola Kaleleikī, Robert Kaleo Welolani Kaleleikī, Georgiana Koiamo Kaleleikī Kamanu, Jennie Kauluha Kaleleikī Kanekoa, Rebecca Kealohapau'ole Kaleleikī Cobb-Adams, Hattie Kahaunaele Kaleleikī Ani, William Leiloke Kaleleikī, Louisa Loika Kaleleikī Kahalepau'ole Helela, Mary Kaleleikī Lee, Oscar Kalā'au'ala 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 kōkua, please email hooheleikam akalepo @y ahoo ,com . KALEHUAWEHE - The descendants of Nalaniewalu and John I Kalehuawehe will be having a family reunion July 3-6, 2014, on the island of Maui at Hale Nanea. Please email us with your address, email or contact number so we ean send you the registration form and other information.

You ean email Shauna Gomes at hoolahou42maui@gmail.com or send any information to 42 Hoolahou St., Wailuku, HI 96793, or eall 808-357-8767. You ean also visit our Facebook page, "Are you a Kalehuawehe descendant." KA'UPU - Na 'Ohana 'O Edward Kikino Ka'upu family reunion is scheduled for July 25-26 at the old Kona airport facility in Kailua-Kona. Please contact Walter Wong Yuen at P.O. Box 29, Pāhala, HI 96777 or email dwong_yuen@yahoo.com for additional information. You may also email secretary Melani Mokuhalii, at pearl96720@hawaii. rr.com, to add your name to our mailing list to receive minutes of our monthly meetings. Send genealogy updates to Chauncy Wong Yuen at email wongyuenc001 @hawaii.rr.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 ehildren are ;Audrew 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 ;Audrew Taki. Samuel Kaukani married first Mele Kakaio and second Rebecca Malulu, children: 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. Maui family members are asked to give $10 per person donation or make a food item contribution to the menu. Off-island family members are asked to bring a dessert. Next Maui meeting is 3/8/14, 11 a.m. at Kahului Community Center Park upside beNveen the soccer field and tennis courts. Go to www.pioohana.com for updates on O'ahu meeting info, reunion pre-registrations, submit genealogy and pre-order items. 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.

THOMPSON - The Thompson 'Ohana will host a reunion on Aug. 2, 2014, at the Mānoa Grand Ballroom at 5 p.m. (Hawaiian buffet), on the Island of O'ahu for the descendants of William Thompson of Kainaliu, Kona, and Mary S. Sherman of Nu'uanu, O'ahu, and their seven children: William (Kamala) of Maui; Caroline (Frank Chaney) of O'ahu; Louisa Ana (Frank Poor) of O'ahu; Ellen (David Morton) of Maui/ O'ahu; John of O'ahu; Charles Edward (Annie, Akuini, Amoe Ahlo, Isabelle Namauu, Lillian Eckart) of Maui; and Mena (Franklin Ferguson) of O'ahu. For details, please contact Sharman Elison (808) 226-3288, email drelison@gmail.com; or Guy Patterson (808) 351-4286, email thompson ohana@gmail.com. ESTRELLA My great-grandparents arrived here in Hawai'i on the ship called the Abergeldie on May 10, 1883. Their names are ;Arsenio de Sousa Estrella from Sao Pedro, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel, Azores, and Carolina de Jesus Sosiro from Conceicao, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel, Azores. They eame with Manuel (B: 1881) and Maria (B: 1883). They then had: Wilhelmina (B: 1886) (my G-Grandmother); John (B: 1887) married Eliza - Children: Sammy, Ida, Walter, Frank, Vangelina, Violet & Ernest; Joseph (B: 1889) married Mary - Children: Mary, Henry, Violet, Emily, īhelma, Davidson, Evelyn & Robert; ;Autone (B: 1896) married Bella - Children: Lucy, Antone & Miriam. Wilhelmina, John, Joseph & .Anlone were bom in Hala'ula, North Kohala, Hawai'i. Arsenio had left the family and Carolina then married Christino Lorenzo (Lawrence) and had a son Frank Lawrence and were living in Wailuku, Maui. If anyone is a descendant of this 'ohana, please contact me by email, annette913@yahoo.com or eall (808) 896-4902. 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@kalau papaohana.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. SCHARSCH/UUMA - We are searching for descendants of Joseph Scharsch Sr. (born 1849 Alsace-Lorraine, France, died 1933 Kapa'a, HI) and Julia Kaalo Uuma (bom 1864 Ko'olau, Kaua'i, HI, died 1930 Kapa'a, HI). Their children: Catherine Puakou Scharsch (B: 1882) married Edward Morgan; Frank Scharsch (B: 1884) married Kini; Robert Scharsch (B: 1886); Edward Kaipolauae Scharsch (B: 1890) married Harrietta Aki; Beatrice Puamikinolia Scharsch (B: 1892) married Enoka Lovell Jr. ; Jennifer Scharsch (B: 1893) hanai'd to Akana Family; Joseph Scharsch Jr. (B: 1894) married M argaret Is aacs ; Agnes Keomoopu Sch arsch (B : 1896) married W.A. Fernandez; Margaret Miulana Scharsch (B: 1904) married Yutaka Hamamoto; Eileen Iwakiani Scharsch (B: 1906) married Dan Smith, We are hoping to update our genealogy and have a family reunion. If anyone is a descendant of this 'ohana, please contact Mary Moriarty Jones by email, maryjones808@outlook.com, or via mail: P.O. Box 241, Anahola, HI 96703. ■

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