Posted by Kaapuikinaea on February 6, 2009 at 8:02am
Regarding my HOAILONA post previously. As ambiguous as I was in that post not really naming too many people, I thought of one person that may come out of the wood works. Is it ironic that that person actually replied in my blog? I never even wrote about that person in my last post, but certainly thought about that person, and now look, replying with anger, just as that person had written with anger in their posts elsewhere. He hoailona!But here is yet more proof. Yesterday I got an email from a woman who was trying to find out if I could point her in the right direction regarding old marriage records. She mentioned that she was a descendant of John Adam Cummins. Not like I knew who that was, but that name seemed familiar. I looked in my database, no name like that.But when I looked through the old newspapers, I found his name, so he was someone significant, at least that's how I saw it. But turns out, she didn't need info. on him, just a way to verify marriage dates for John's ancestors. Anyway, later when I got home I was reading some of the old newspapers (from Ka Makaainana) I was reading through it to see what names came up since I am printing the entire year of the article Mookuauhau Alii. And lo and behold, there was John C. Cummins in there. He hoailona!This morning I was reading through one of my books about Kalakaua and thought of sharing it with my coworker since she inquired about Iolani Palace a few days ago. I was going through that book, yet again, to verify something that sparked my last blog post. And what did I find? John C. Cummins. He hoailona!But last night, as I was reading through the stuff I printed, as always, I'm pulled in one direction then another and ended up looking at what I had under my notes for Benjamin Namakeha, the 1st husband of Q. Kapiolani. I noticed that I had copied & pasted some notations, probably from a website, or some place talking about Namakeha's lineage and I noticed a name in there that seemed familiar. Eia. I looked that up and got that name from a genealogy that was gathered by a woman named Violet and whose last name I'll leave out. Basically what she had went into Kanaina's genealogy and I did see Naea in there too and wondered if it was the same as Namakeha's brother Naea, father of Queen Emma.I got tired of looking at it because I knew that meant cleaning up stuff and was looking through other books to verify what I already had. After I couldn't find anything else, I just continued reading more of the stuff that I had printed out last night and took home. What did I find? Naea and Namakeha's lineage, it actually referred to Namakeha's granddaughter with his first wife. And so now their lineage was verified. He hoailona!I'm very fortunate to have guidance when I do all this and I understand now that there is a reason for it. I may not know it yet, but there is a reason for it.
I'm checking, she may have married a Lovell. I was reviewing a document on a David Castro, eldest son of my grandmother who was raised by Castro 'ohana in Wainiha and perhaps Moloa'a on Kaua'i. I was born later thus didn't have the opportunity to meet him or his children. Perhaps one day soon, I will be able to meet my cousins soon. As for the Lovells, it is a large family on Kaua'i. I had met an Althea Lovell, very pleasant to be around in my yonder days at Kaua'i Community College. We were both in Early Childhood program there. There were many credits that were completed at Honolulu Community College that was transferred back to Kaua'i and later graduated with an A.S. in Liberal and Early Childhood from there. I started there and completed my studies which later took me to the Univesity of Hawaii.
When I was at U.H., I visited the Family LDS Center in Kalihi and met with aunty Pauline Torres, Hanannh and uncle Arthur. Unlce Arthur Korte has 'ohana from Kaua'i, I'm not sure if he was born and raised theire. These po'e are very akamai and spent endless hours talking story.
There are many ways we learn about ourselves and others - whether on line, in the library, archives or so forth, we become more aware of self as we explore our own roots. We may not like what we find, often anger or confusion arises, but int he midst of self-exploration. we are still in search about discovering and answeering the question, "WHO AM I."
For example, music is a form of self expression. I've been listening to MANA and SUDDEN RUSH. Oh yeah, there is a RUSH that goes up my spine and then it goes back down. A heavy weight known as the injustice toward our po'e. The music helps to learn about the history too.
Others may become a teacher or healer, a priest or surfer. For the po'e who does their genealogy, hana hou. Don't give up. If you have your grandparents, go talk story. Others who don't or didn't have that opportunity, perhaps its a time to think about it. Your children will ask like my daughtes did. I didn't wait until the second child was born, I initiated the search and moved to Kaua'i where my fathers 'ohana resided. Just member this, here is a 42 two year gap between first cousins, but we still malama each other and share. If we need to mare revisions, we do it. it will happen, we are not perfect. The greatest gift to yourself is loving, respecting and not giving up. PERSIST if all else fails.
I came across an inoa - Malie Namakeha. She was Chinese/Hawaiian. Mother from B.I. She was a Lovell asking the State for duplicate an verify her birth (testimony).
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When I was at U.H., I visited the Family LDS Center in Kalihi and met with aunty Pauline Torres, Hanannh and uncle Arthur. Unlce Arthur Korte has 'ohana from Kaua'i, I'm not sure if he was born and raised theire. These po'e are very akamai and spent endless hours talking story.
There are many ways we learn about ourselves and others - whether on line, in the library, archives or so forth, we become more aware of self as we explore our own roots. We may not like what we find, often anger or confusion arises, but int he midst of self-exploration. we are still in search about discovering and answeering the question, "WHO AM I."
For example, music is a form of self expression. I've been listening to MANA and SUDDEN RUSH. Oh yeah, there is a RUSH that goes up my spine and then it goes back down. A heavy weight known as the injustice toward our po'e. The music helps to learn about the history too.
Others may become a teacher or healer, a priest or surfer. For the po'e who does their genealogy, hana hou. Don't give up. If you have your grandparents, go talk story. Others who don't or didn't have that opportunity, perhaps its a time to think about it. Your children will ask like my daughtes did. I didn't wait until the second child was born, I initiated the search and moved to Kaua'i where my fathers 'ohana resided. Just member this, here is a 42 two year gap between first cousins, but we still malama each other and share. If we need to mare revisions, we do it. it will happen, we are not perfect. The greatest gift to yourself is loving, respecting and not giving up. PERSIST if all else fails.