Looking at my Mom's side of the family. My grandmother is a King, and I found this website of a distant relative with some narratives and pictures.
http://user.xmission.com/~jatwood/index.html
It's interesting that in Culbert King's bio that it talks about him serving amongst the Kanosh (round about Cedar City). http://user.xmission.com/~jatwood/CK-1836/__html/sld1.html http://user.xmission.com/~jatwood/TRK-1813/Rice%20&%20King%20Family%20Genealogy.pdf He became the bishop there and baptized 85 members of the tribe. (Interesting to me since I attend a native ward.) There is also the story of his mother Matilda King singing a song in the native language of the area when some native men came into Cove Creek up in Fillmore. I am not to find of the lyrics as I see them as very reflective of the time and how the white LDS settlers viewed native people.
I decided to poke around BYU's missionary journals see if I could find anything of Culbert's. (I did find William King's mislabeled diary when I went in person there- misfiled under one of his wife's names. That was a great day. I was reading through the diary when I realized that 'she' could not have been administering in the priesthood duties...William King was brought to my attention by my mother's brother- Dale Bowers who served decades in the church genealogy department and helped develop the interface for indexing. He let me know about the book King's of the Kingdom since I research Iosepa- a Native Hawaiian Colony. William King served as a missionary in Hawai'i and brought Hawaiians up to Iosepa located in Tooele, Utah. He served as Mission President there for a year because he died suddenly.)
I found this entry- most likely of LDS men who were jailed for polygamy.
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SCMisc/id/7680
What's interesting is also named on this page is John Bowers (I have a great-great-great grandfather on my Grandpa Wes Bower's side named this), and Henry Dinwoodey (possible relation to our ancestor Charlotte Dinwoodey- the great-great grandmother of my granmother Nathele Bowers nee King).
I also see a Hugh Gowan there- possible relation of a Korean friend of mine hanai/adopted as a child by the Utah Gowans.
Here is a link to Charlotte Dinwoodey Hall Lee Cooney (last three names are from her marriages). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58315031
Can't find much on her 1st kane William Hall. Not sure if they had children. We come of the Lee line (she married him in 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri. He passed. Then in Salt Lake she married a soldier stationed at Fort Hall- where she is buried with their son Charles (Jr.)
Pukana Aloha is a beloved keepsake- for me being my family stories and genealogy. This blog is dedicated to Family History. I loved going with my dad as a child to talk story with our kupuna. Genealogy is such a blessing in my life. Besides serving as my research log, I'll share favorite tools, tips, sites, & things I learn.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Wainiha Nu'uhiwa
Wainiha is an area on Kaua'i.
My Nu'uhiwa people are from that area. (My paternal great-grandmother Esther Kameakaulana Nu'uhiwa was the daughter of Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa- her mother was a keale from Ni'ihau).
Today I read about Reverand David Nu'uhiwa. He was my great-great-great grandfather, and the first Hawaiian Assistant Minister at the Wai'oli Mission to Abner Wilcox/ Here's some information about him.
http://www.hawaiianencyclopedia.com/hanalei-history-part-2.asp
(To my family if you use the control + f and get the search box on the above link- type in Nuuhiwa and you will go to the section on him.)
His son Simeona Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa was born in Hanalei.
I found this newspaper article in The Garden Isle, Tuesday, Sept 11, 1917 about him losing his land due to back taxes and fees.
http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524/28181/1917091101.pdf?sequence=1
This caused me to research the Hui Ku'ai 'Aina o Wainiha. I found this chapter written by haole Reverand John M. Lydgate .
http://books.google.com/books?id=w0QKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=Hui+Ku%27ai+%27Aina+o+Wainiha&source=bl&ots=Tp6UKmgNLU&sig=sZdT4lMXOMNBsbM2TkPHYo3EuLA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b76SUNbnDOmMiALP3oDgAQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=hui%20kuai%20aina%20o%20wainiha&f=false
I always read all sources with a grain of salt. My ancestor was said to have been given an ill fitting broadcloth suit to sway him... Here's my recap of what was said.
This chaper also tells abt Kekauonohi who acquired Waihina in the Mahele borrowing 10 grand fr to outfit a schooner Manuokekai to sail to China w/sandalwood. Didin't come back....he then decided to sell his lands in Wainiha (where our Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa was) to make up the debt he owed. 71 families took it on- getting advances fr the plantation and scrimping...Dividing it up was described as a process of who was most intimidating- Kanaka-nui being mentioned as one of those who bullied their way to the best .ended in various ways...
Very interesting the part about 65 Menehune being counted in the Census at La'au. During the time of Kaumuali'i his konohiki counted 65 menehune in La'au, Kaua'i during the census. (My tutu told me several times the same story of her and her sister riding the horse to school and seeing menehune working on it who ran away. very interesting.)
The bit about the Manuokekai could be the basis of a move or a play. I wonder what happened to it- did the captain make his way to China, sell the good, then tae off with his Hawaiian crew? Or did it sink at sea in a storm?
Apparently the Hui in Wainiha was still around according to this Kuokoa artcile dated August 13, 1925 describing a meeting of the Hui.
http://papakilodatabase.com/papakilonupepa/cgi-bin/pnupepa?a=d&d=KNK19250813-01.1.5&cl=&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-20--1---IN-----
Wainiha now is a million dollar homes area.Initially, the members of the Hui did not know how they would make any money on the land, though those who held onto it later would realize the water was one way...Now it's all about location, location, location.
Here is some about Kia'aina also dancing at George Mossman's village. Meant to preserve Hawaiian culture, because it was not sponsored by the state or local governments, it also was for tourists, having that element of objectification.
http://books.google.com/books?id=AgH9xngze1cC&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=kiaaina+nuuhiwa&source=bl&ots=1ClzJ2mmd4&sig=wfdhlsFVZ9rNlw_q4NGebL6xTVU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5C2TUPTIE6PjiALsmoGgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=kiaaina%20nuuhiwa&f=false
Wainiha is an area on Kaua'i.
My Nu'uhiwa people are from that area. (My paternal great-grandmother Esther Kameakaulana Nu'uhiwa was the daughter of Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa- her mother was a keale from Ni'ihau).
Today I read about Reverand David Nu'uhiwa. He was my great-great-great grandfather, and the first Hawaiian Assistant Minister at the Wai'oli Mission to Abner Wilcox/ Here's some information about him.
http://www.hawaiianencyclopedia.com/hanalei-history-part-2.asp
(To my family if you use the control + f and get the search box on the above link- type in Nuuhiwa and you will go to the section on him.)
His son Simeona Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa was born in Hanalei.
I found this newspaper article in The Garden Isle, Tuesday, Sept 11, 1917 about him losing his land due to back taxes and fees.
http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524/28181/1917091101.pdf?sequence=1
This caused me to research the Hui Ku'ai 'Aina o Wainiha. I found this chapter written by haole Reverand John M. Lydgate .
http://books.google.com/books?id=w0QKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=Hui+Ku%27ai+%27Aina+o+Wainiha&source=bl&ots=Tp6UKmgNLU&sig=sZdT4lMXOMNBsbM2TkPHYo3EuLA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b76SUNbnDOmMiALP3oDgAQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=hui%20kuai%20aina%20o%20wainiha&f=false
I always read all sources with a grain of salt. My ancestor was said to have been given an ill fitting broadcloth suit to sway him... Here's my recap of what was said.
This chaper also tells abt Kekauonohi who acquired Waihina in the Mahele borrowing 10 grand fr to outfit a schooner Manuokekai to sail to China w/sandalwood. Didin't come back....he then decided to sell his lands in Wainiha (where our Kia'aina Nu'uhiwa was) to make up the debt he owed. 71 families took it on- getting advances fr the plantation and scrimping...Dividing it up was described as a process of who was most intimidating- Kanaka-nui being mentioned as one of those who bullied their way to the best .ended in various ways...
Very interesting the part about 65 Menehune being counted in the Census at La'au. During the time of Kaumuali'i his konohiki counted 65 menehune in La'au, Kaua'i during the census. (My tutu told me several times the same story of her and her sister riding the horse to school and seeing menehune working on it who ran away. very interesting.)
The bit about the Manuokekai could be the basis of a move or a play. I wonder what happened to it- did the captain make his way to China, sell the good, then tae off with his Hawaiian crew? Or did it sink at sea in a storm?
Apparently the Hui in Wainiha was still around according to this Kuokoa artcile dated August 13, 1925 describing a meeting of the Hui.
http://papakilodatabase.com/papakilonupepa/cgi-bin/pnupepa?a=d&d=KNK19250813-01.1.5&cl=&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-20--1---IN-----
Wainiha now is a million dollar homes area.Initially, the members of the Hui did not know how they would make any money on the land, though those who held onto it later would realize the water was one way...Now it's all about location, location, location.
Here is some about Kia'aina also dancing at George Mossman's village. Meant to preserve Hawaiian culture, because it was not sponsored by the state or local governments, it also was for tourists, having that element of objectification.
http://books.google.com/books?id=AgH9xngze1cC&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=kiaaina+nuuhiwa&source=bl&ots=1ClzJ2mmd4&sig=wfdhlsFVZ9rNlw_q4NGebL6xTVU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5C2TUPTIE6PjiALsmoGgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=kiaaina%20nuuhiwa&f=false
Saturday, October 27, 2012
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
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.
*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.
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.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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).
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.
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.
This may be my great-great-great grandparents Luis Joao Medeiros and Maria Augusta Nunes. Have to research this some more.
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.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Alvah Beeman, Sally Burtts, Daughters & Husbands
This is from my maternal grandmother's line.
[mdn before stands for maiden name; names after that are married surnames, #ed if more than one marriage]
Me---> My Mother ---> Grandmother mdn King 1.Bowers----> Lottie Ethel mdn Noble 1. King 2. Crandall ----> Benjamin Noble---> Mary mdn Beeman 1.Noble---> Alvah Beeman and Sally Burtts
Mary Beeman married Joseph Bates Noble who is pretty well known in LDS church history. Among other things he was the bishop and bodyguard of Joseph Smith. He also was the first sealer at the Nauvoo Temple and married Joseph Smith Jr to J Bates Noble sister in law- Louise or Louisa Beeman, J. Smith's first plural wife.
When Joseph Smith was in Liberty jail, J Bates visited him numerous times. He was given Joseph Smith's sword when Joseph Smith was on his way to Carthage. J Bates Noble had asked Brother Joseph Smith if he could stand in for him or accompany him. The house now titled The Lucy Mack Smith House (Lucy mack was Joseph Smith's mother) was once titled The Joseph Bates Noble House. He built it and gave it to her.
My log is often shorthand because I research so often, so much, & so many different lines that when I blog abt ancestors I mainly do it to collate resources and relations
Here is what I posted on my relatives FB walls (btw- I make many important genealogy finds by collaborating, contacting people via FB).
My posting to Grandma Bowers:
Larry Maddock a distant cousin of ours up in SLC posted pics here of Joseph Bates Noble. And I read on another post of his that Joseph's father-in-law Alvah helped hide the golden plates at one point. Not sure about that. but reading more.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmpid=47151140&GRid=12541449&
Comments:
me: This link has more on Alvah Beaman and then his daughter Mary (our line) wife of Joseph Bates Noble and Louis who married Joseph Smith and then after he passed and she lived with her sister Maty and Joseph Bates and they came West in thje Jedediah Grant company, Brigham Young.
says my Cousin: Joseph Bates Noble was a bishop in Nauvoo and on April 5, 1841 he sealed his sister-in-law Louise Beaman to Joseph Smith as the first official recorded plural wife.
Yes, I loved reading about him in a book Grama Bowers has written by another close descendant...That Beaman/Behman line is pretty interesting too. Alvah was neighbors with Oliver's siblings when lived in Grovelan, NY. Well to do. though worked at divining with the Smiths. His girls were all very educated. I guess they found good matches- Artemisa married Erastus Snow, Louisa married two prophets, and Mary had our Joseph Bates. I guess if people were members in that era- pretty closely connected at some point since the church was much smaller....I'm trying to see what there is on Alva's wife- Sally Burtts.
Me: Here's Alvah and sally's daughter & J. Bates wife Mary
http://www.boap.org/LDS/ Early-Saints/MNoble.html
[mdn before stands for maiden name; names after that are married surnames, #ed if more than one marriage]
Me---> My Mother ---> Grandmother mdn King 1.Bowers----> Lottie Ethel mdn Noble 1. King 2. Crandall ----> Benjamin Noble---> Mary mdn Beeman 1.Noble---> Alvah Beeman and Sally Burtts
Mary Beeman married Joseph Bates Noble who is pretty well known in LDS church history. Among other things he was the bishop and bodyguard of Joseph Smith. He also was the first sealer at the Nauvoo Temple and married Joseph Smith Jr to J Bates Noble sister in law- Louise or Louisa Beeman, J. Smith's first plural wife.
When Joseph Smith was in Liberty jail, J Bates visited him numerous times. He was given Joseph Smith's sword when Joseph Smith was on his way to Carthage. J Bates Noble had asked Brother Joseph Smith if he could stand in for him or accompany him. The house now titled The Lucy Mack Smith House (Lucy mack was Joseph Smith's mother) was once titled The Joseph Bates Noble House. He built it and gave it to her.
My log is often shorthand because I research so often, so much, & so many different lines that when I blog abt ancestors I mainly do it to collate resources and relations
Here is what I posted on my relatives FB walls (btw- I make many important genealogy finds by collaborating, contacting people via FB).
My posting to Grandma Bowers:
Larry Maddock a distant cousin of ours up in SLC posted pics here of Joseph Bates Noble. And I read on another post of his that Joseph's father-in-law Alvah helped hide the golden plates at one point. Not sure about that. but reading more.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmpid=47151140&GRid=12541449&
Comments:
me: This link has more on Alvah Beaman and then his daughter Mary (our line) wife of Joseph Bates Noble and Louis who married Joseph Smith and then after he passed and she lived with her sister Maty and Joseph Bates and they came West in thje Jedediah Grant company, Brigham Young.
says my Cousin: Joseph Bates Noble was a bishop in Nauvoo and on April 5, 1841 he sealed his sister-in-law Louise Beaman to Joseph Smith as the first official recorded plural wife.
Yes, I loved reading about him in a book Grama Bowers has written by another close descendant...That Beaman/Behman line is pretty interesting too. Alvah was neighbors with Oliver's siblings when lived in Grovelan, NY. Well to do. though worked at divining with the Smiths. His girls were all very educated. I guess they found good matches- Artemisa married Erastus Snow, Louisa married two prophets, and Mary had our Joseph Bates. I guess if people were members in that era- pretty closely connected at some point since the church was much smaller....I'm trying to see what there is on Alva's wife- Sally Burtts.
Me: Here's Alvah and sally's daughter & J. Bates wife Mary
http://www.boap.org/LDS/
www.boap.org
My father was born Permolberry, Massachusetts, May 22, A.D., 1775. My mother wa
s born Hartford, Connecticut, June 17, A.D., 1775. My father and mother were married August 18, A.D. 1796. My eldest Brother Isaac M. Beman was born December 27, A.D. 1797. My oldest sister, Betsy B. Beman, was born M...
I'm very happy I found the above link to Mary's journal autobiography since we need to hear more stories of the sisters for goodness sake!
What's also neat is that Alvah met and had Parley P. Pratt (poet behind many of our cherished hymns, Church Leader, missionary) over at his home. Parley P. Pratt is a direct ancestor of a sweet friend in my ward. Here's my posting about that:
Discovered CB's kupuna/ancestor Parley P. Pratt (missionary, poet, leader) visited our kupuna Alvah Beeman while Joseph Smith was over. (Alvah worked w/h
im as a rodsman). Alvah's daughter Louisa married Joseph (our other kupuna Joseph Bates Noble performed the sealing- J. Bates' wife was Louisa's sister). After Joseph was murdered & Louisa moved West w/our line (her sister Mary and Joseph Bates Noble- if you ever go back and see the Luck Mack Smith home- actually that placard used to read Joseph Bates Noble home- he built it and gave it to Joseph's mother) Louisa remarried brother Brigham. They all were good friends, as makes sense back in the day when the church was small, and we had to stick together....Poor thing, Louisa. her two sets of twins died as babies. Good thing we absolutely believe the family can be eternal and in the next life we will raise little ones lost in this one.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Tracking Down the Kims & notes on Cali trip
So my grandfather was one of many children. (15 total I believe. ?- though not all survived) The children of Kamaka/Martha Luaehu and Yun Kiu Kim.
Yun Kiu Kim is listed as Yun You Kim on great Uncle Harold's Birth 1919 record, Yong Kin Kim in the 1920 Census, Young Kim in the 1930 Census, Yun Kiu Kim in the 1940 Census.
We can see how having enumerators and vital stat recorders who were not familiar with the ethnic backgrounds of local people makes genealogy a bit more challenging.
(This is why I encouraged people to index their home states when we were working on indexing the 1940 Census. If we and our families are generationally from the area, we might make less errors in transcribing names which seem typical to us, though very different to outsiders.)
It looked like the enumerator's name in the 1940 Census was Anthony Tam....Interesting that they started to use the PH label then- Part Hawaiian, (maybe he could tell- though earlier they would use the label AH- Asian Hawaiian or CH- Caucasian Hawaiian- when they could tell- sometimes they couldn't). And their names are more accurate- because maybe Anthony was local? Whereas, the previous enumerators might have not been? (They have haole names- though again, there were many many many hapa haole Hawaiians with haole surnames at this time. Though I have a feeling that people from the mainland might have been more likely to be performing the Federal Census than local hapa Hawaiian people.)
The other discrepancy is when Great-Grandpa Kim came to Hawai'i- 1904 on the 1920 Census and 1906 in the 1930 Census. Probably hard for him to recall on the spot. Or maybe the enumerators had a harder time understanding people- pidgin speakers, second language speakers?
I think I did find a possible match on a ship coming from Korea via Japan in 1906. Will have to add that information here.
I had asked a BYU student who was doing research in South Korea on North Korean defectors (our family is from North Korea) about genealogy. Of course, he was just a student, not a North Korean genealogy specialist.
I attended his presentation since my maternal cousin was also presenting in the symposium, and because of our Korean family connection.
Having watched several very disturbing documentaries on North Korea since the Korean War era (mass starvation, people desperate to get out killed by the government, and total brainwashing- in fact many defectors who are tricked by relatives into defecting- not really wanting to leave are astounded by the lies their government tells them about the outside. Media from the outside is banned, and again rigging receptions for illegal radio/tv waves is punishable by death or work camp assignment which is basically, death). My interest was and has been piqued....
He said probably write directly to the North Korean government since they seem to like people claiming North Korean ancestry and keep good records.
I believe this with regards to record keeping, however, I thought it might be difficult since under Chinese and Japanese occupation Korean names were changed during the cultural oppression.
(Another random interesting thing I learned about Korea was that explorers who went there prior to Chinese and Japanese occupation said it was the MOST oppressive country with regards to women's rights- more so than what the West would think in regards to Middle Eastern countries- they included sketches of the public coverings women had to wear- looked like a big boxy tent. Anyway....)
I did try the Naturalization records in San Bruno/ South San Francisco (where records from Hawaii are also stored) on my most recent trip to California this past summer to see if harabaji was listed there. But prior to going, I didn't know that immigrants who came to Hawaii prior to statehood were just automatically made citizens when Hawaii became a state. Of course, that makes sense.
Otherwise there would be piles and piles of red tape in forms since there were so many immigrants to Hawai'i.
So it was a no go on a naturalization record potentially containing more genealogical data for our great grandfather Yun Kiu Kim.***
The next step would be to order a copy of his Social Security application which might have some information.
One last thought- it is weird that they listed Hawaiians as Aliens as in immigrants on the census. ??? That would be like us listing every US born person as an alien/immigrant on our most recent census.
These are my notes from re-reviewing the census records today.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.3.1/TH-267-12063-116120-
54?cc=1488411 Huelo, Maui, Makawao on 11th & 12th of January 1920 by Edward Smythe
Parents listed as Yong Kin Kim and Martha
On the same street is Mary Taua 46 and husband Lei Taua 48 carrier for US Mail, with son Lei Jr. 23 Engineer for ? Engine, daughter Katherine 18, and granddaughter Mary Kahalehoe? 8 [in 1910 Census which has a Mary Taua living with Watson people, there are also Kahelekula's living in the Makawao neighborhood} I mention them because our family marries into this line.
1930 Federal Census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.3.1/TH-1-15867-50598-65?
cc=1810731
HI, Maui, Makawao Enumeration District 5-28, Rep District 3, Precinct 13, Sheet 13-A
April 16th, 1930 by John Swiffen
Huelo, House # 205, 221 house visited, 229 family spoken to
Parents listed as Young Kim and Martha Kim
Young 43 Pineapple cannery, Yes rd/write, No school, no English ,Parents born Korea, came 1906, naturalization "AL"
Martha 36 Yes rd/write/speak English, parents born Hawaii, looks like erased AL (since she is FROM Hawaii)
Francis 17, not in school, yes rd/write/speak as all other kids, Asian Hawaiian as all other kids, Pineapple Cannery
Joseph 16, not in school, Pineapple cannery (none of the other children listed as working)
Harold 13, yes in school
Alfred 11 yes in school
John 8 yes in school
Moses 3 2/12 not in school
Katherine 5 not in school
Elizabeth 2 1/2 not in school
Walter 4/12
1940 Census started listing people as Part Hawaiian
Taken April 4th, 1940 by Anthony Tam
Tract M-6, Makawao Judicial District, Representative District 3, Maui, Hawaii Territory, United States
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.1.1/VB9R-JCN
parents listed as Yun Kiu Kim and Martha Kim
Same house has Mary Taua
ETC Mary and Lei Taua 1910 Census- I already posted this, but again, our family married into the Tau'a line so we see why- proximity, proximity since the families are on several Census records together as neighbors in Makawao.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.1.1/MLCG-MKM
On bottom Has Anne Poole's 2nd HUSBAND Philip Nawai Kaiwi and my great Grandmother Kamaka and her sister Maihui and brother Joseph listed as step children. Mom is 55, step dad 39. Kamaka is 16 which matches her Kupuna Martha's birth year.
***[By the way, the good thing about going to the archives, where I decided to put my hiking gear in a shopping cart and push it there from the train station, then have the construction workers watch it while I went inside, was that a woman sitting next to me who could've passed for any number of different ethnic backgrounds- as many of us who are multiracial- was having trouble with the fiche reader. So I helped her and her daughter and learned they were native people from the Central Coast. I actually had never met any native people from that area despite living and working there for 4 years.
They were trying to find her grandmother's records.
These California tribes have a hard going time when it comes to genealogical research- since their people were forced to Missions in the North and Rancheras in the South and mixed in with other tribes- so hard to keep your language, identity, etc.(Kind of like what happened to African slaves- they were intentionally divided and mixed with other Africans of different tribes who spoke different languages so as no avoid unity and possible rebellion.)
The woman and her grown daughter didn't have luck but I could help her find some guides on familysearch.org which were very useful.
They were a bit tripped out that I was LDS, which is often the case. People always think I'm too cool to be Mormon. hahahaha. I told her it was probably a Hawaiian Mormon thing...just kidding. Sort of. ;)
So it was not a complete waste of time. And When I did eventually go down to the Central Coast- I happened to go during their Pow Wow season. Very interesting since attending a Native American ward we've been to several pow wows out here. Different experience all together there since they had a female drumming group, and their fry bread was- hmmm....not soft and fluffy. hahahaha. More like a frisbee, but probably just that vendor.
But I learned more about the Central Coast Native people talking to the people there, then made a visit up to the Santa Cruz Mission, which in all my years living in that county I had never been to.
My daughter actually started the Mission tour then left because she was upset in reading the history. I have to agree with her.. Whitewashed the reality of the 'slavery' period by saying instead that some of the native people were forcibly moved to the mission, where they earned food and lodging, not money, for their labor. Yeah, uh, that's called slavery. hahaha.
Being of European ancestry also, I don't have a problem with people just telling like it is- it doesn't hurt my European ancestry feelings, and I wish people who curated exhibits would stop rewriting history to protect feelings.....Every generation, EVERYWHERE, has it's narrow minded views and unenlightened/hateful practices, as well as specific individuals who are more hideous than others. It's best not to dismiss the history of those who were oppressed by creating an alternate version. I really dislike when people do this.
But I did enjoy the Mission's historicity, and learned about what happened to it subsequently- in fact a native family lived there for awhile after the Spaniards left, and then some transplanted Irish. I really liked their displays on the Ohlone. They used reeds to make their home and boats- sort of like the Rapa Nui people. ANd their fishing methods weren't unlike Hawaiians.
Anyway, while in Santa Cruz also ran into a woman in our old family Ward who discovered recently she was Cherokee. She looks like a Nordic goddess- but, like all native people, mixing happens.
I could also direct her to some Cherokee resources... Needless to say, my calling did not seem to get away from me during my stint in California. But I did miss our home ward/ congregation here in Utah terribly. Though they might be an ocean away from the community I grew up in, they do feel like family. I love their spirit, way and stories.]
Yun Kiu Kim is listed as Yun You Kim on great Uncle Harold's Birth 1919 record, Yong Kin Kim in the 1920 Census, Young Kim in the 1930 Census, Yun Kiu Kim in the 1940 Census.
We can see how having enumerators and vital stat recorders who were not familiar with the ethnic backgrounds of local people makes genealogy a bit more challenging.
(This is why I encouraged people to index their home states when we were working on indexing the 1940 Census. If we and our families are generationally from the area, we might make less errors in transcribing names which seem typical to us, though very different to outsiders.)
It looked like the enumerator's name in the 1940 Census was Anthony Tam....Interesting that they started to use the PH label then- Part Hawaiian, (maybe he could tell- though earlier they would use the label AH- Asian Hawaiian or CH- Caucasian Hawaiian- when they could tell- sometimes they couldn't). And their names are more accurate- because maybe Anthony was local? Whereas, the previous enumerators might have not been? (They have haole names- though again, there were many many many hapa haole Hawaiians with haole surnames at this time. Though I have a feeling that people from the mainland might have been more likely to be performing the Federal Census than local hapa Hawaiian people.)
The other discrepancy is when Great-Grandpa Kim came to Hawai'i- 1904 on the 1920 Census and 1906 in the 1930 Census. Probably hard for him to recall on the spot. Or maybe the enumerators had a harder time understanding people- pidgin speakers, second language speakers?
I think I did find a possible match on a ship coming from Korea via Japan in 1906. Will have to add that information here.
I had asked a BYU student who was doing research in South Korea on North Korean defectors (our family is from North Korea) about genealogy. Of course, he was just a student, not a North Korean genealogy specialist.
I attended his presentation since my maternal cousin was also presenting in the symposium, and because of our Korean family connection.
Having watched several very disturbing documentaries on North Korea since the Korean War era (mass starvation, people desperate to get out killed by the government, and total brainwashing- in fact many defectors who are tricked by relatives into defecting- not really wanting to leave are astounded by the lies their government tells them about the outside. Media from the outside is banned, and again rigging receptions for illegal radio/tv waves is punishable by death or work camp assignment which is basically, death). My interest was and has been piqued....
He said probably write directly to the North Korean government since they seem to like people claiming North Korean ancestry and keep good records.
I believe this with regards to record keeping, however, I thought it might be difficult since under Chinese and Japanese occupation Korean names were changed during the cultural oppression.
(Another random interesting thing I learned about Korea was that explorers who went there prior to Chinese and Japanese occupation said it was the MOST oppressive country with regards to women's rights- more so than what the West would think in regards to Middle Eastern countries- they included sketches of the public coverings women had to wear- looked like a big boxy tent. Anyway....)
I did try the Naturalization records in San Bruno/ South San Francisco (where records from Hawaii are also stored) on my most recent trip to California this past summer to see if harabaji was listed there. But prior to going, I didn't know that immigrants who came to Hawaii prior to statehood were just automatically made citizens when Hawaii became a state. Of course, that makes sense.
Otherwise there would be piles and piles of red tape in forms since there were so many immigrants to Hawai'i.
So it was a no go on a naturalization record potentially containing more genealogical data for our great grandfather Yun Kiu Kim.***
The next step would be to order a copy of his Social Security application which might have some information.
One last thought- it is weird that they listed Hawaiians as Aliens as in immigrants on the census. ??? That would be like us listing every US born person as an alien/immigrant on our most recent census.
These are my notes from re-reviewing the census records today.
1920 Census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.3.1/TH-267-12063-116120-54?cc=1488411 Huelo, Maui, Makawao on 11th & 12th of January 1920 by Edward Smythe
Parents listed as Yong Kin Kim and Martha
Household | Gender | Age | Birthplace | |
SELF | Yong Kin Kim | M | 36 | Korealisted as Alien arrive 1904 work as part of Korean Society occupation Police? |
WIFE | Martha Kim | F | 26 | Hawaii |
SON | Francis Kim | M | 6 | Hawaii yes school |
SON | Joseph Kim | M | 5 | Hawaii no school |
SON | Joe Kim | M | 3 | Hawaii |
SON | Alfred Kim | M | 1 | Hawaii |
Martha Bissen | F | 8 | Hawaii niece, attends school,says Caucasian Hawaiian, father born Germany speaks German, mother born Hawaii |
On the same street is Mary Taua 46 and husband Lei Taua 48 carrier for US Mail, with son Lei Jr. 23 Engineer for ? Engine, daughter Katherine 18, and granddaughter Mary Kahalehoe? 8 [in 1910 Census which has a Mary Taua living with Watson people, there are also Kahelekula's living in the Makawao neighborhood} I mention them because our family marries into this line.
1930 Federal Census
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.3.1/TH-1-15867-50598-65?
cc=1810731
HI, Maui, Makawao Enumeration District 5-28, Rep District 3, Precinct 13, Sheet 13-A
April 16th, 1930 by John Swiffen
Huelo, House # 205, 221 house visited, 229 family spoken to
Parents listed as Young Kim and Martha Kim
Young 43 Pineapple cannery, Yes rd/write, No school, no English ,Parents born Korea, came 1906, naturalization "AL"
Martha 36 Yes rd/write/speak English, parents born Hawaii, looks like erased AL (since she is FROM Hawaii)
Francis 17, not in school, yes rd/write/speak as all other kids, Asian Hawaiian as all other kids, Pineapple Cannery
Joseph 16, not in school, Pineapple cannery (none of the other children listed as working)
Harold 13, yes in school
Alfred 11 yes in school
John 8 yes in school
Moses 3 2/12 not in school
Katherine 5 not in school
Elizabeth 2 1/2 not in school
Walter 4/12
1940 Census started listing people as Part Hawaiian
Taken April 4th, 1940 by Anthony Tam
Tract M-6, Makawao Judicial District, Representative District 3, Maui, Hawaii Territory, United States
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.1.1/VB9R-JCN
parents listed as Yun Kiu Kim and Martha Kim
Household | Gender | Age | Birthplace | |
Head | Yun Kiu Kim | M | 54 | Korea General farm Laborer |
Wife | Martha Kim | F | 46 | Hawaii |
Son | Alfred Kim | M | 21 | Hawaii Pineapple |
Son | John Kim | M | 18 | Hawaii Pineapple |
Daughter | Katherine Kim | F | 15 | Hawaii |
Son | Moses Kim | M | 13 | Hawaii |
Daughter | Elizabeth Kim | F | 12 | Hawaii |
Son | Walter Kim | M | 10 | Hawaii |
Son | Wallace Kim | M | 8 | Hawaii |
Same house has Mary Taua
Household | Gender | Age | Birthplace | |
Head | Mitchel Watson | M | 48 | Hawaii |
Wife | Katherine Watson | F | 40 | Hawaii |
Daughter | Wilhelmina Watson | F | 4 | Hawaii |
Niece | Mary Tau'A | F | 13 | Hawaii |
Cousin | Katherine Kaholokula | F | 6 | Hawaii |
Hawaii, Births and Christenings, 1852-1933," Alfred Soo Wan Kim, 1919
MM9.1.1/FWSH-PR8Name: | Alfred Soo Wan Kim |
Gender: | Male |
Baptism/Christening Date: | |
Baptism/Christening Place: | |
Birth Date: | 28 Mar 1919 |
Birthplace: | KAILUA, MA, Hawaii |
Death Date: | |
Name Note: | |
Race: | |
Father's Name: | Yun Kiu Kim |
Father's Birthplace: | |
Father's Age: | |
Mother's Name: | Martha Luehu |
Hawaii, Births and Christenings, 1852-1933," Harold Su Pok Kim, 1916
MM9.1.1/FWS7-H8KName: | Harold Su Pok Kim |
Gender: | Male |
Baptism/Christening Date: | |
Baptism/Christening Place: | |
Birth Date: | 11 Aug 1916 |
Birthplace: | OLOWALU, LAHAINA, MA, Hawaii |
Death Date: | |
Name Note: | |
Race: | |
Father's Name: | Yun You Kim |
Father's Birthplace: | |
Father's Age: | |
Mother's Name: | Martha Luehu |
ETC Mary and Lei Taua 1910 Census- I already posted this, but again, our family married into the Tau'a line so we see why- proximity, proximity since the families are on several Census records together as neighbors in Makawao.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/
MM9.1.1/MLCG-MKM
Household | Gender | Age | Birthplace | |
SELF | Lei Taua | M | 38y | Hawaii |
WIFE | Mary Taua | F | 36y | Hawaii |
SON | Benjamin Taua | M | 19y | Hawaii |
SON | Lei Taua | M | 14y | Hawaii |
DAU | Catherine Taua | F | 11y | Hawaii |
Samuel Makaena | M | 14y | Hawaii | |
Makaho Kiha | F | 70y | Hawaii |
***[By the way, the good thing about going to the archives, where I decided to put my hiking gear in a shopping cart and push it there from the train station, then have the construction workers watch it while I went inside, was that a woman sitting next to me who could've passed for any number of different ethnic backgrounds- as many of us who are multiracial- was having trouble with the fiche reader. So I helped her and her daughter and learned they were native people from the Central Coast. I actually had never met any native people from that area despite living and working there for 4 years.
They were trying to find her grandmother's records.
These California tribes have a hard going time when it comes to genealogical research- since their people were forced to Missions in the North and Rancheras in the South and mixed in with other tribes- so hard to keep your language, identity, etc.(Kind of like what happened to African slaves- they were intentionally divided and mixed with other Africans of different tribes who spoke different languages so as no avoid unity and possible rebellion.)
The woman and her grown daughter didn't have luck but I could help her find some guides on familysearch.org which were very useful.
They were a bit tripped out that I was LDS, which is often the case. People always think I'm too cool to be Mormon. hahahaha. I told her it was probably a Hawaiian Mormon thing...just kidding. Sort of. ;)
So it was not a complete waste of time. And When I did eventually go down to the Central Coast- I happened to go during their Pow Wow season. Very interesting since attending a Native American ward we've been to several pow wows out here. Different experience all together there since they had a female drumming group, and their fry bread was- hmmm....not soft and fluffy. hahahaha. More like a frisbee, but probably just that vendor.
But I learned more about the Central Coast Native people talking to the people there, then made a visit up to the Santa Cruz Mission, which in all my years living in that county I had never been to.
My daughter actually started the Mission tour then left because she was upset in reading the history. I have to agree with her.. Whitewashed the reality of the 'slavery' period by saying instead that some of the native people were forcibly moved to the mission, where they earned food and lodging, not money, for their labor. Yeah, uh, that's called slavery. hahaha.
Being of European ancestry also, I don't have a problem with people just telling like it is- it doesn't hurt my European ancestry feelings, and I wish people who curated exhibits would stop rewriting history to protect feelings.....Every generation, EVERYWHERE, has it's narrow minded views and unenlightened/hateful practices, as well as specific individuals who are more hideous than others. It's best not to dismiss the history of those who were oppressed by creating an alternate version. I really dislike when people do this.
But I did enjoy the Mission's historicity, and learned about what happened to it subsequently- in fact a native family lived there for awhile after the Spaniards left, and then some transplanted Irish. I really liked their displays on the Ohlone. They used reeds to make their home and boats- sort of like the Rapa Nui people. ANd their fishing methods weren't unlike Hawaiians.
Anyway, while in Santa Cruz also ran into a woman in our old family Ward who discovered recently she was Cherokee. She looks like a Nordic goddess- but, like all native people, mixing happens.
I could also direct her to some Cherokee resources... Needless to say, my calling did not seem to get away from me during my stint in California. But I did miss our home ward/ congregation here in Utah terribly. Though they might be an ocean away from the community I grew up in, they do feel like family. I love their spirit, way and stories.]
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