Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 12, 1 December 2013 — HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS [ARTICLE]

HOʻOHUI ʻOHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

E na 'ohana Hawai'i: lf you are pianning a reunion or iooking for geneaiogicai 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 all submissions for length. Send your information by mail, or e~mail kwo@OHA.org. E o/a namamo a Haloa!

AWEAU - The Aweau 'ohana is planning a reunion in October 2014. Join our chairperson, Kamana'opono Aweau-Agres, and AWEAUFAMĪLYTREE on Facebook. The Aweau family tree document is going on the road. īt will be on display for you to see on Feb. 8, 2014, at Kapolei Regional Park, across the street from the 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. īf 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 sumames in the Aweau document are: Agres, Aipia, Aweau, Choy Foo, Domingo, Fern, Hitchcock, īng, Kawai, Keamo, Ku, Kuikahi, Leong, Morgan, Nalaielua, Padeken, Tong, Watson and Williams. For more info, e-mail aweaufamilytree@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 e-mail leimomicummings@yahoo.com or see the Cummings 'Ohana Facebook page to get a hold of us. KAIALAU - To all descendants of Simeona Aiwohi Kaialau andsibling SophiaManoa Kaialau, we areplanning 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 AnakaleaAV aalani (Margaret Wong, Moke, īliwaalani, Bertha Kalehua Kauhi), Simeon Kaialau (Robert Holi, Hillgard Kaohu, Wilbur, Ohlla 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 Myma Bucasas at e-mail myrna. bucasas@gmail.com or eall (808) 337-9475. We also have a Kaialau Facebook page with information regarding the upcoming reunion. 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 ehildren who used the sumame Kepio or Pio at some point in their lives: Kahaleuahi (k), Nakoaelua (w), Malaea (w), Kaukani (k), īpoaloha (w) and Kaleohano (k). Sampson Kahaleuahi married Anadasia Kealoha, ehildren: Andrew Kaawa Sr., Anna (Kapaona), Domitila Namahana (Hui Sing), Poni, Kahalepaahao, Cecilia Kupu aka Tupu (Kaaihue), Kanoho, Kaawaliilii, Mahana, Kamaka, Joseph īukewe 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 Adrew Taki, Samuel Kaukani married first Mele Kakaio and second Rebecca Malulu, children: Joseph Kaaialii, Annie (Peters), Samuel Jr., Paul. īpoaloha married Theodore George Kalalani Kekiwi, children: Agnes Kamilanui (Kailewa), Mary Melia LAiona, 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 Aoiau, ehildren: Nani Choy, Minnie (Lancaster), Violet Mauloa (Kowalski). Reunion meetings are held on Maui and O'ahu. Next O'ahu meeting is 12/7/13, 10 a.m. at Zubland (Forac) Beach, Nānākuli, potluck luneh to follow. Next Maui meeting is 01/11/14, 11 a.m. at Kahului Community Center Park upside between the soccer field and tennis courts, potluck luneh to follow. Contact: Ka'apuni Peters~Wong 808-375-4321, Toni Kowalski 808-436-1845, Donna HueSing Curimao 808-264-3178, Valda "Sweetheart" Baisa,AQdaya 808-572-9245, Judy Kaawa Opunui 808-227-4497, or e-mail pioohana@gmail.com. ALO/LOW - We are looking for descendants of James Herman LAhsun) Alo/Low. He was born on Maui and his parents were Thomas Look Tam and Meleana Ahana Wong. There were nine ehildren with Annie Kalanihale Kai. The children were: LydiaAyok, Mary Keahilani, James 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). īf 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: e-mail mel5261v@ hotmail.com, or eall 909-244-9902, ualhpd@hawaii. rr.com, D.Cota77@gmail.com, LGspeck@aol.com, Kimberlymiller424@gmail.com. BISSEN/KIN CHOY - Aoha no! My name is John De Cambra. ī'm looking for family on my mother's side. My mother's name is Wendy Kin Choy of Maui, my grandmother is Rebecka Bissen and my grandfather is William "Bill" Kin Choy of Wailuku, Maui. I am trying to put together my mo'okū'auhau (genealogy). ,AQyone with information or any family members who ean help me search for Bissen and Kin Choy 'Ohana ean write to me at: John De Cambra, 1252 E. Arica Road, Eloy, AZ 85131. ESTRELLA - My great-grandparents arrived on the ship called the Abergeldie in Hawai'i on May 10, 1883. Theirnam.es areAsenio deSousa 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 Atone, John, Guilhelmina and Joseph bom in Hawai'i. They lived in North Kohala, Hawai'i, and Asenio had left the family. Carolina then married Frank Lorenzo (Lawrence) and had a son Frank Lawrence and lived in Wailuku, Maui. īf anyone is a descendant of this 'ohana, please contact me bye~mail, annette913@yahoo.com. KALIMA - Looking for Henry Kalima, last known residence was Mississippi. He was also in the Navy. He is the brother of the late Adrew Alii Espirito of Honolulu, son of the late Henry Kalima of Moloka'i and Annie of Wai'anae. Please e-mail kalima_ohana@yahoo.com if you have any infor~ mation. ■

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