Poole Line Checklist

Between the two posts I've done on the Poole line these are the things I am trying to work out:

Who was Thomas C W Poole's first wife? Did they have children? (I could also look for the people of his second wife Rebecca Pihe.) My sister thought it was Ann Aylett(e)/Alyett- but I am not so certain that Francis Thomas Poole and T C W Poole are one and the same.
What about the second husband of Thomas' sister Annie Poole? Is he the same Pilipo who married a Makasilasila?
I should look for Beke under Peke, and Benjamin E. Poole under last name Pua as he is listed on this marriage record for his son Thomas.

Here is the 1910 Census with Tom and Lepeka, taken 27 April 1910 in Honolulu. They've been married for a year, She is listed as having had 1 child with 0 living. Is that for this marriage? Both are listed as having been married twice. She is Hawaiian, and he is Caucasian Hawaiian, with Dad born in England. ? My tutukane always said he was English, the record I found has a Benjamin Poole coming via the US.

Here's Annie Aylett Poole divorcing Thomas Poole for nonsupport in Honolulu in 1907.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1907-11-29/ed-1/seq-7/;words=Aylett+Poole?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=Aylett+%2B+Pool&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=2

Seemed this started much earlier- maybe a separation initially or just a divorce proceeding never completed? Here we have the "F" listed in front of Thomas' name.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1897-01-25/ed-1/seq-1/;words=Aylett+Poole?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=Aylett+%2B+Pool&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=3

Annie Aylett Poole in 1901 is described as Hawaiian. She became the treasurer of the Kapiolani Maternity Home (which besides being supported by Kapiolani's heir Prince Kawananakoa was also supported by our KSBE's C.R. Bishop Trust. He was a good man.)

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047097/1901-02-20/ed-1/seq-3/;words=Aylett+Poole?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=Aylett+%2B+Pool&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1

Here's another article about the Kapiolani Maternity home mentioning Annie Aylett Poole. I wonder if she met with the officers of the Home who were the princes of our Hawaiian people.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047165/1901-02-20/ed-1/seq-3/;words=Aylett+Poole?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=Aylett+%2B+Pool&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0

Tom Poole is the Royalist who when chased/fired upon shot a member of the Citizens Guard, part of the fake Republic of Hawaii (a bunch of rich foreign businessmen who overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom using threat of military, then kept rule via corruption). The man he shot was Charles Carter, the descendant of missionaries, a lawyer, and an aide to Sanford B. Dole.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1895-01-25/ed-1/seq-3/;words=Pool+Tom?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=Tom+Poole&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=9

Here is Thomas Poole getting called for jury duty.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1904-03-08/ed-1/seq-8/;words=Thomas+Poole+F?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=F.+Thomas+Poole&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0

My great- grandmother- Martha Kamaka Luaehu, was the daughter of John Luaehu Pauahi and Annie Elizabeth Poole. Her maternal grandparents were Benjamin E. Poole and grandmother was Beke, (according to information listed in the church pedigree database).
I think this is Benjamin's naturalization record that I found on Ulukau. (There is also a *William Poole listed. A relative?)

Whoever put him into the church database listed his father as Benjamin Pool. Notice different spelling on the last name....
The problem with this information in the church database is that no source was listed. Also, I have found that people will find the same name in a vital stat record, assume it is their relative, use the information- but it is the corresponding information (like relations, vital stat records which corroborate family stories) that help us know for sure that is our ancestral line.
The information listed in the church database looks like someone found the matching name and then input the vital stat information- so when I find the same records I could say, AHA! Found it. When actually, the vital stat info CAME fr that record  and I need more evidence.

This naturalization record is part of that evidence needed to build a picture and when used with other information, build a trustworthy link to an ancestral line.

My sister is the one who initially told me in fact our grandfather was a small bit English. Maybe haole is a better word- being more general, since we just know Benjamin E. Poole came via the USA. I'd grown up thinking my tutukane was half Hawaiian and half Korean. Even though he said he was English. He didn't look English to me. hahahaha. But 1/8 English is sometimes hard to see, as is my 1/8 Korean. My take on ancestry is the same as Isaiah's take on the House of Israel- if you are just a little part- you are still part- those are still your people. We don't exist without every single direct ancestor in our family tree.

I'd also heard a mean story that his family had tried to change their birth certificates to 'not' be thought of as Hawaiian, since in that era, there was a social hierarchy, and native, as in other places where the indigenous population was supplanted, was on the bottom. I'd heard they looked down on their Hawaiian ancestry I had never heard a reliable source corroborate this. But still when my tutukane used to say he was English I used to wonder if it was going along with that.

But when my sister said he was indeed part haole, I knew he was just telling the simple truth.

I did not find him in the Citizenship- Denization and Citizenship- Passports section.

I did find him in the First Circuit Court Divorces Index for 1851-1908. I don't understand the entry below the first. Was he petitioning to remarry Beke or someone else? I assumed this before.

And I believe this is him in the Deaths- Second Circuit- Probate Records. Really would like to see the original of this.See about heirs, etc. Then I would know if Beke were still living if they did in fact remarry.)

(How to read the records: The Hawaii State Archives holdings for Second Circuit Court Probate case files are organized in two numerical sequences. The first sequence begins with case 1 and ends with 1761. The second sequence begins with case A1 and ends with A149. Probate case files have been microfilmed and cataloged as MFL 55, available in the Hawaii State Archives Microform Research Room.

To look at a probate, please note MFL 55 and the probate number preceding the name of the individual you are researching.

For more information about Probate Case Files of the Second Circuit Court, please refer to the Inventory of Records of the Judiciary located in the Hawaii State Archives Research Room.)

*Here is a William Pool (notice the last name spelled differently) listed in the Letters of Denization from 1846-1898. His date matches the year of naturalization listed above.

Portuguese (Azores) Ancestors to Kaua'i

This lists my great-great-great grandparents and their children who arrived 1883 May 4 on the S.S. Abergeldie from the Azores to Hawai'i. Listed is Guilherme who is not listed in NFS, and missing are William, Jose, and Manoel (who are listed in NFS).

This may be my great-great-great grandparents Luis Joao Medeiros and Maria Augusta Nunes. Have to research this some more.

I got these records by going to the Native Hawaiian Genealogy Society External Links, then to Hawai'i Ship Passenger Records Manifest, then the Portuguese Passenger Records Manifests.

This is the 1900 census where my Medeiros Family is listed. Maria Pavao is listed as marrying a Perreira in NFS vs Pavao, and I think she is the same Maria listed on the HighFlyer above. It's weird that on the census her parents and she are listed as coming at different times...?...and the HighFlyer Manifest contradicts the Census information on her parents birth years. Hard to ever know if it was a transcription error in the manifest, or errors on the census. Both common.

This is a pic of the Koloa Sugar Plantation from the Hawai'i State Archives (lacking a date). This KHS site has also some historical documents related to it. My family lived in Koloa and the earlier census records I've seen list them as working there. My tutu said her father Louis John Medeiros was a luna who was murdered when she was two. That he came across some workers gambling in the field. I know his father, John Louis Medeiros, was a luna (these were plantation managers) according to earlier census records, and Louis John Medeiros started off as a chauffer, I assume for the big boss...?...She remembers living in the luna house and having a maid and bathing in a hot Japanese style furo, with her Portuguese relatives making bread in the outside oven. But she says all of that changed when her father died, due to conflict with her dad's family and her mother who she says they didn't really approve of because she was a Mormon and Hawaiian. His wife, my great-grandmother was Esther Kameakaulana Nu'uhiwa-a Keale-Nu'uhiwa born on a wa'a between Ni'ihau and Kaua'i. In her latter years, my tutu became very interested in her Portuguese ancestry and joined a Portuguese club. I had never really heard much of this side of her family before then. Mostly meeting mainly the Ni'ihau side.

I did search through the Hawaii State Vital Statistics Collections and another favorite database of mine Papakilo run by OHA for Medeiros family. No luck with my direct ancestors.

The lady whose been running the Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and HeritageWeb Site since 2001 which had a link to this research guide and also a list of genealogical aids for researching Azores ancestry and also runs her separate blog where she documents her Portuguese ancestry research, said that looking for records of church's in the area our ancestors lived would be a good idea.

My tutu says her dad's side was Catholic. (Which makes sense, obviously.) And that she herself was baptized in the Catholic church (which does so very early) though her mother was a staunch Mormon and she was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when she became of age. (We don't baptize children until they are at least 8 in the hopes that they understand the covenant.)

Anyway, I found a site that said St. Raphael's church in Koloa is the oldest on the island, so maybe when I go home next I will pay them a visit. Of course, what I need to do is talk to my Portuguese family still living. (Who my father has the contact information for.) Take my own advice I give when teaching, collaboration brings the richest rewards.