Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 3, 1 March 2009 — HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS [ARTICLE]

HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

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Kau • Spring/Summer 2009 Cho - In preparation for the 2009 reunion for the descendants of Sin Kun and Anela Kelekolio Cho, the planning committee is requesting that all family members update their contact information, births, deaths or marriages and share updated contact information of other family members who may not subscribe to Ka Wai Ola. Information may be emailed to dianecho@hotmail.com or keokiokona@aol.com. The family will be holding its reunion in Hōnaunau, Hawai'I, on July 4-5, 2009. More information ean be found on the reunion website, members.tripod.com/ cho_ohana/. Next planning meeting is scheduled for Sunday, April 12, 1 p.m., Hōnaunau Catholic Church Lot. Please eall Diane Cho at (808) 483-7337 or email dianecho@hotmail. eom for more information. Holau - In preparation for a family reunion in 2009 of Kupuna Eddie Holau of Lāhaina, Maui, the 'ohana is asking for all family members to update their contact information including birth, marriage, death, adoption and hānai, to share your information conceming your family or other members within Ihe 'ohana you know. The Holau 'Ohana of Maui will be hosting and reuniting their families for the first time including descendants of Kupuna Eddie Holau aka Eddie Laikupu and his daughter Lucy Holau-Laborte of Lahaina, Maui, and her siblings Eddie, George, Billy, Thomas and Andrew, Etha and Henrietta. Preliminary information regarding the reunion was sent out in January. All interested parties are invited to attend. For more details and information you may contact Makanani Catugal at (808) 665-9966 ext. 122, Eddie and Donna Curimao at (808) 264-3178, or by e-mail, holauohanamaui2009@hotmail.com. Ka'auhaukane - Na Lala 0 Ana Lumaukahili'owahinekapu Ka' auhaukane will celebrateour 5th 'ohanaho'olaule' a andpā' ina, scheduled for Aug. 9, 2009, at Key Project in Kahalu'u on the island of O'ahu. Ana's makuakāne was Kamokulehua'opanaewa Ka'auhaukane (k) and makuahine was Pailaka Ho'ohua (w). Ana was born on March 3, 1845, in Ka'auhuhu, North Kohala, on the island of Hawai'i. Her date of death is Jan. 30, 1917. Her kaikua'ana was Kealohapauole Kalaluhi Ka'auhaukane (w). Ana first married Joseph Kaiamakini Kanoholani (k) and they had 'ekolu kamali'i: Joseph Kaiamakini Kanoholani (k), Makini Kanoholani (k) and Mary Kaiamakini Kanoholani (w). Later, Ana married John Von Iseke and they had 'umikūmākolu kamali'i: Maria, Elizabeth (Kapuaakuni and MeKee), Theresa (Kapiko and Quin), John Isaacs (Lineoln), Joseph, Antone, Anna, Henry, Louis (Silva), Joseph Joachim (Cockett), Frank (Pereira), Charles and Katherine (Sing). The 'ohana would like to update all genealogy information, records of birth, marriages and death, photos, address, telephone numbers and e-mail. For more information, contact Conkling Kalokuokamaile MeKee Jr. at (808) 734-6002, Jackie Kapiko at (808) 235-8261, Colleen (MeKee) Tam Loo at (808) 398-1600, Peter (Kapiko and Quinn)

Machado at (808) 689-0190, "Boss" (Iseke) Sturla at (808) 664-9795, Louie (Isaacs Iseke) Peterson at (808) 216-9331 or Pauahi (Baldomero and Wegener) Kazunaga at (808) 842-7021. The mo'opuna kuakahi would be very pleased to weleome anyone willing to participate in our monthly 'ohana reunion meetings. For information, contact Puanani (MeKee) Orton at (808) 235-2226. Kinimaka - This is a reminder to all Kinimaka descendents of Colonel David Leleo Kinimaka and his wife Hannan Keolakala'au Allen Kinimaka of a date change to our Kaua'i reunion. It is now rescheduled for July 30 & 31 in lieu of July 29 & 30, 2009, as previously announced. The Planning Committee apologizes for any inconvenience this change may have caused. Please visit our family website KINIMAKA.COM for further details and updates as they occur. If you don't have a personal computer, eall Kaupena Kinimaka (Kaua'i) at (808) 639-2319 or Nani KinimakaDavis (O'ahu) (808) 391-1493, to register or for information. Although still months away from the reunion, an initial head count of who's coming will be helpful to the Planning Committee. The Committee has set the shared reunion entry cost as follows: Family with children under 21 yrs, $100, individuals, 21 yrs and over, $50. We are fortunate to have cousin, kupuna, and family historian Patricia Atcherley Hitchcock in attendance. If you are interested in your family history, where it started, etc., then you will be pleased to receive a Kinimaka Ancestral CD produced by cousin Patty and her husband John. Eaeh family household will receive one free of charge, compliments of the Hitchcocks. Also on display will be a large wall chart of the Kinimaka 'Ohana genealogy and history. Manuwa/Paele - The family of Harry Keali'i Manuwa and Hattie Paele will be holding a reunion April 23-26, 2009 at Hale Nanea in Kahului. Camping on the Hale Nanea grounds is permitted. Harry Manuwa, my grandfather, was born in Honokohau Valley, and Hattie Paele, my grandmother, was bom in Kahakuloa Valley. My mother, Helen Nehoa Manuwa Castillo, was bom at Honolua Bay. All of my mom's family eame from the west end of Kahakuloa. Some of the names from Kahakuloa Village given to me by my mom are Apuna, Hoewaa, Hoopii, Kana, Kauhaahaa, Kekona and Nakoa. She also mentioned that everyone who lived in Kahakuloa Valley was related somehow. Some of those names are Kahahane, Kalama, Kamaka, Kukahiko, Manuia, Naleieha, Palakiko, Pali and Sarol. So if any of you recognize the names, please eall me, Loretta Kepa, at home (808) 7602465 or eell (808) 344-0861. Zablan - Hui 0 Zablan is planning the 2009 Annual Pienie on Sat., Aug. 8, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. at Section 30, Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park. Look for the Hui O Zablan sign. Reunion Luneheon will be Sat, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Tree Tops Restaurant at Paradise Park in Mānoa. Quarterly Meetings are at 1 p.m: April 18 at Cousin Pretty Shimabukuro's; July 18 at Cousin Stanley

Victor's. Thanks to Cousin Joe Asis for family T-shirts. Cousin Kimo Zablan is designing Ihe coming year's T-shirts. If you have questions about the events, eall Auntie Leatrice at (808) 734-4779. Ma Hope • Later Ahyo - A family reunion of Cheng Yuk and Helen Laikealoha Kaihomua Ahyo is set for July 22-24, 2010, in Hilo. All descendants of the siblings of Gabriel, Andrew, Lizzie, Josephine, Julia, Katherine, Cecilia, Annie, Edna, Mary Ahyo and Gilbert Aio are asked to contact Dennis Ahyo of California at (408) 224-0336, (408) 896-4283, or email 29431027 @comcast.com; or Veronica Magno of Hilo at (808) 935-6426 to update information of current home and e-mail addresses. A newsletter will be sent out with more details as the committee progresses in the planning of Ihe reunion. If you would like to receive the newsletter, please contact Dennis or Veronica. Elderts/Mahoe - The Johannes Emil Elderts and Keai Mahoe 'ohana is planning a family reunion in October 2010. We need to update mailing and e-mail addresses, phone numbers and family information, so please contact Lauren "Paulette Elderts" Russell at eldertsohana@hotmail.com or eall her at (808) 239-2913 or (808) 285-4124. Kamehameha I/Kaneikopolei - A Grand Reunion is being planned in 2010 for the royal descendants of Kamehameha I and his first wife, Kaneikopolei, also known as Kahulilanimaka. They had two children, a boy named Kaulaokekukui who died young, and a girl, Kahiwakaneikopolei, named Reginaby ihe Catholic church. Regina Kahiwakaneikopolei (w) was married twice. The first marriage was to Chief Kahaaulani (k) by whom she had three children. The son was named Kaahiki Kalamakuikeaokukuipiooleolwikauikaua after her mother's brother, Ihe chief of Hilo. Surnames are Poepoe and Keaulana. A daughter named Keliikipikaneokaolohaka married John Palmer Parker of Parker Ranch. Surname is Parker. The third child, Honoululani, was without issue. After the death of Chief Kahaaulani, Regina Kahiwakaneikopolei married Namiki, a high priest of the Paao Order, and had two children, Puahaunapuoko (w) and Kahoaliikumaiewakamoku (k). Puahaunapuoko married Ewaliko Piimauna (k) of the Kumuhone line of O'ahu. They had three children, two girls and a boy. The eldest daughter, named Victoria Kaleiula (w) married Lau Sung Iu (k). Surnames are Aiu, Koki, Guerrero, Kealohi and Devereux. The son, Ernest Moanalihaikawaokele (k) married Kailianu (w) and has no issue today. The youngest daughter, Hanamuahaleonaihe (w) married Andrew Nohokaikaleikini (k) and had three children: Kilikina Kaweluolanihuli (w) who died with no issue, Andrew Iaukea Keliikinaiahi, also known as Andrew Iaukea Bright (k), and Nohokaikaleikinikeliikaapuni (k) who died about the age of five. Andrew Iaukea Bright married Aliee Keahiokekuahu Kekipi (w). Surname is Bright. Lastly, John Peter Kahoaliikumaiewakamoku was named

Zepherin by the Catholic church, translated to French and Ihen Hawaiian as Kepelino. Kepelino was well educated and accompanied Queen Emnia to England. He is known for authoring Traditions of Hawai'i. Surname is Kepilino. If anyone is interested in working with us in planning the reunion or for more information, contact Kanoe Cheek at kcheek0722@yahoo.com or mail info to Na Kuauhau O Kahiwakaneikopolei, PO Box 5411, Kāne'ohe, HI 96744. 'lmi 'Ohana • Family Search Cheong - I'm Miehele Cheong, daughter of Alexander Mamo Cheong (parents are Tam/ Tan Cheong and Mary Parker). I believe I am related to the Parker Ranch family. I am an only child, and I am looking for some family. Please email me at blackorchid@hawaii. rr.com, or eall (808) 485-0411. Kailikini - Seeking the parents and any vitals of Kailikini (k), bom circa 1837, died before 1920 (when his wife was listed as a widow in Ihe 1920 census). He married on April 23, 1851, to Huia Kalua [aka Huia (w)]. They were known to have had at least two children: Kanehoalani (k) [aka Kaneholani Kailikini; Kaneholani Smith; Iokewe Kaneholani], bom Oct. 17, 1862, in North Kona, Hawai'i; and Piko Kailikini born April 18, 1884. I would like to share genealogical information with anyone with ties with these 'ohana. Please contact Richard at (808) 349-2378 or email rsouther@aloha.com Mahalo nui! Kapua Kupahu - Seeking the parents of Kapua Kupahu (w) born Jan. 1848 at South Kohala and died after the 1900 census was enumerated. She is said to be of the line of Hewahewanui (k). She married Kanehaku Pai [aka K. Pai (k)]. They had the following ehildren: Hapakue (k); Maunakea Pai (k); Fannie Keli'imahiai Pai; Evelyn N. 'ōhi'a Kaohulani Pai; Leimakani Pai (k); Joseph Opi'o Pai; Lydia Kanalulu Pai and Jack Pai. I would like to share genealogical information with anyone with ties with these 'ohana. Please contact Richard at (808) 349-2378 or email rsouther@aloha.com Mahalo nui! Kauakahi/Keanui/Keaunui - My name is Phyllis Kauakahi Specht. I am searching for long lost relatives that may still be living on the north shore of O'ahu that belonged to Anna Keanui Kauakahi 'ohana. My Tūtū Kauakahi was said to have been born on Ni'ihau in ihe late 1800s. She and her 'ohana lived in Nānākuli for a time before her death in 1940. If anyone knows of or is part of this 'ohana, please contact me at spechthaus@ yahoo.com. Mahalo! Kekahuna - My great-grandfather is Francis Koakanu Kekahuna, born on O'ahu to Henry Enoka Palenapa Kekahuna and Ida Peters Pedro Ferreira. There were four other children that eame from this unity: Henry Kekahuna, Ida Kekahuna (married Lee), Ella Kekahuna (married Akana), and Beatrice Kekahuna (married Matsumoto). I greatly appreciate any insight on my 'ohana that I've never known. I ean easily be reached at anwat@aol.com or (808)891-1596. Mahalonui! □