Family
Their daughter Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821-1906) was a Hawaii-born painter and sketch artist. Their grandson Lorrin A. Thurston(1857–1931) was son of Asa Goodale and Sarah Andrews, daughter of missionary Lorrin Andrews of Maui. He was a leader of the 1893overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Their great-great grandson is Thurston Twigg-Smith.
| Asa Thurston (1787–1868) |
Lucy Goodale (1795–1876) |
Lorrin Andrews (1795–1868) |
Mary Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Cornelius Shipman (1824–1861) |
Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (1821–1906) |
Asa Goodale Thurston (1827–1859) |
Sarah Andrews (1832–1899) |
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| William Herbert Shipman (1854–1943) |
Margaret Clarissa Shipman |
Lorrin A. Thurston (1858–1931) |
Harriet Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Twigg-Smith (1883-1950) |
Margaret Carter Thurston (1895–1931) |
Lorrin Potter Thurston (1900-1984) |
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| Thurston Twigg-Smith (born 1921) |
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Charles Thurston is my great-grandfather and I use to put flowers on his grave at Oahu Cemetary. He was the longest serving Fire Chief of 23 years in the Honolulu Fire Department. The Honolulu Fire Department training center is named after him for a purpose. He was responsible for turning the HFD from volunteer to payroll. Former Mayor Frank Fasi did a good thing. I have many cousins that resembles him in appearance as well as stature!
THURSTON, CHARLES HENRY,
Chief Engineer Honolulu Fire Dept.,
Honolulu; born Nov. 21, 1870, at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; son of
William and Laliah (Corning)
Thurston; married Helen Catherine
Kahanuulani Meek, June 28, 1899;
four children: Elizabeth Kilohana,
Paul Josiah, Lucy Puniwai, Clara
Catherine; descendant of Robert
Thurston of Yarmouth who was a
soldier in a British regiment dur-
ing the Revolutionary War, and
who in 1784 settled with other loy-
alists at Shelburne, Nova Scotia;
educated in Yarmouth Seminary;
followed the sea for several years,
holding various positions on sail-
ing vessels and steamers, entered
Customs Service at Honolulu and
in 1897 entered Honolulu Fire De-
partment; chief engineer since
June 15, 1901. Member Mystic
Lodge No. 2, K. of P., Oceanic
Lodge No. 371, F. and A. M., Hono-
lulu Chapter No 1, R. A. M., Hono-
lulu Commandery No. 1, K. T.,
Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
My Grandpa Kanae, Joseph was his illegitimate child. Too bad we were so judged wrongly by gossip and nosy people. Life for me was joyous because I knew the real story and was very proud of my heritage. I don't have to go outside my family members for human satisfaction.
Boston Mass is far away from Nova Scotia, ill researchers make bad fires.