MO'OKU'AUHAU

Kekoolani Genealogy of Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawai'i

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KAMANAWA (KAMANAWA II, KAMANAWA OPIO)

He was k. (convicted and hanged for poisoning his wife) at Honolulu, Oahu, 20th October 1841, having had issue, one son and one daughter


Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine KALAIKINI

Called KUAIHELANI PARKER by SLK Peleioholani

Kaikilani III married Manonoikauakapekulani (k), one son of Kahekili, King of Maui, grandfather of Kuaihelani Parker; born was Keakealanihiwaulimea (w), an own grandchild of Kahekili, King of Maui.


Colonel Samuel Palmer PARKER (Kamuela)

Samuel Palmer Parker, known as "Kamuela" (1853-1920) was a businessman on the island of Hawaii.
His grandfather John Palmer Parker (1790–1868) was born in Boston, part of the family owning Parker House Hotel married Kipikane (1800–1860) who was a granddaughter of Kamehameha I. Father Ebenezer (1829-1855) married mother Kilia Nahulanui on June 7, 1849.

Ebenezer II died when ten years old. In 1868 Samuel (at the age of 15) inherited half the Parker Ranch, with John Palmer Parker II the other half. Samuel was attending Punahou School on Oʻahu at the time. he made social connections among the Hawaiian nobility at the time that would be valuable throughout his life.

John Palmer Parker II married Hanai and moved family from Kaiwaihae to Waimea in 1879.
He invested in several sugar plantations. Pacific Sugar Mill Paʻauha Plantation with Rufus Anderson Lyman, leased land to the Hawaiian Irrigation Company, and hired Michael O'Shaughnessy to help engineer the Kohala Ditch.

In 1886 he was appointed to the office of royal Equerry, which supplied horses for cerimonial occasions. House of Nobles from 1886 to 1890. From 1891 through 1893 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and acting minister of Finance from 1891 to 1892.

He was briefly appointed to head the government days before the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was nominated by the Republican Party of Hawaii for the first election as delegate to U.S. Congress in 1900, but lost to revolutionary Robert William Wilcox.

Samuel married twice, first to Harriet Panana Napela (1852–1901) on August 23, 1871.

He had nine children. Their first three were: Mary Kihilani (1871–1895), Eva Kalanikauleleiaiwi, and Helen Umiokalani. Samuel's fourth child was John Palmer Parker III (1875–1893), adopted by John Palmer Parker II and married Elizabeth Jane Lanakila Dowsett (known as "aunt tootsie") April 18, 1893. They had one daughter Annie Thelma Kahiluonapuaopiilani Parker March 17, 1894. John III died at 19. Thelma married Frenchman Henry Gaillard Smart June 9, 1925 in Paris and had one son Richard Palmer Smart May 21, 1913 before Thelma died aged 20. Other children were Harriet Kaonohilani (1876–1884), Palmer Kuihelani (1879–1934), Ernest Napela (1884–1945) and James Kekoalii (1886–1962).[7]:27

His second wife was widow of J. K. Campbell, married about 1901.

When Colonel Samuel Parker died in 1920, the estate, estimated worth about $6 million at the time, was left in trust to his six year old grandson Richard Smart.  Smart died in 1992 and the estate passed to a non-profit trust.


References

(1) "Record of Kilia - E. Parker (k)". Hawaii island wedding records (1832-1910). Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
(2) "Pacific Sugar Mill History".
(3)  Wanda A. Adams (September 8, 2002). "Hike Through History at Pololū Valley". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
(4) "Parker, Samuel office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
(5) Bob Krauss (1994). Johnny Wilson: first Hawaiian Democrat. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824815776.
(6) "Col. Samuel Parker, "King of Hawaii" Here: Col. Samuel Parker in Boston, the Home of His Grandfather". New York Times. December 27, 1911.
(7) Billy Bergin (2004). Loyal to the Land: The Legendary Parker Ranch 750-1950. volume 1. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824826925.
(8) "$80,000 Robbery in Honolulu Mrs. Samuel Parker's Jewels Stolen After She Had Attended a Reception". New York Times. August 3, 1903.
(9) "Col. Samuel Parker, "King of Hawaii," Dies; Sugar Planter, Once Queen Liliuokalani's Prime Minister, Left $6,000,000 to Great Grandchild". New York Times. March 25, 1920.


Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine KALAIKINI

Called KUAIHELANI PARKER by SLK Peleioholani

Kaikilani III married Manonoikauakapekulani (k), one son of Kahekili, King of Maui, grandfather of Kuaihelani Parker; born was Keakealanihiwaulimea (w), an own grandchild of Kahekili, King of Maui.


Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike KAWANANAKOA

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa. b. 20th April 1926 (d/o William Jeremiah Ellerbrock), educ. Punahou Sch., Honolulu; American Sch., Shanghai; Notre Dame Sch., Belmont; and Dominican Coll., San Rafael, California; and Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Oahu. Adopted by her grandmother Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, when she assumed the surname of Kawananakoa. Presdt. Friends of 'Iolani Palace 1971-1998 (Mbr. 1969-1998).

She has an adopted son: David Kalakaua Kawananakoa