Individual Details
Laanui
(Abt 1770 - 1849)
LINEAGE
Conflict: He Buke Mookuauhau Alii, Hms G13, p 18 and Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-A-5 skip 1 generation listing Kalokuokamaile (k) and Kaloiokalani (w) as parents.
Conflict: Meetings of Genealogical Board, etc., G-31, p 46 and Genealogies of the Alii, and the story of the union of Kauai with the other Hawaiian islands, MS KC 6.31, p 13 mix up 4 previous generations, listing parents as Nuhi and Kalokuokamaile , child of Naheana (w) and Kalanikumaieiwakamoku (k), child of Kekuiapoiwa (w) and Keeaumoku(nui) (k), son of Keaweikekahialiiokamoku (k) and Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w).
LIFE
A. Conflict: Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract and Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 419 state he was born in Hilo, Hawaii about 1794.
B. He was chief of Waialua (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
C. Baptized a Christian with Kaahumanu on 4 Dec 1825 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 323).
D. At the behest of Kamehameha, he reluctantly wed Piia, who was many years older and "heavily built and not prepossessing in appearance." The couple was among the first to be married by missionary Mr. Bingham. Their favorite dwelling was at Waialua, Oahu (Pratt, Keoua: Father of Kings, p 46-48). She was Kaahumanu's sister (Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile, p 14).
E. After Piia passed away, he found Owana, who was half his age, but "that did not mar the match" (Pratt, Keoua: Father of Kings, p 50).
Conflict: Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 31 indicates Laanui married Puohu. However, his son Gideon Kailipalaki married Puohu Carsley. This could be a mistake rather than a coincidence.
F. "Prince Laanui was a man who was physically attractive, and had a mind which raised him far above most others of his time" (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 421).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1770 | Waimea, Hawaii |  | ||
| Death | 1849 | | |||
| Alt name | Gideon Laanui | | |||
| Alt name | Gideon Peleioholani Laanui | | |||
| Alt name | G. Laanui | |
Families
| Spouse | Kekuaipiia ( - 1829) |
| Spouse | Theresa Owana (1815 - 1840) |
| Child | Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani (1834 - 1928) |
| Child | Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui (1840 - 1871) |
| Spouse | Puohu ( - ) |
| Father | Nuhi ( - ) |
| Mother | Kaohele (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Kekaaniauokalani ( - ) |
| Sibling | Kekaikuihala ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. David Allen Wolters Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile: The Older Brother of Kamehameha 1st (Honolulu: Keali'i Publishing, 1999)., p 15..
2. David Allen Wolters Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile: The Older Brother of Kamehameha 1st (Honolulu: Keali'i Publishing, 1999)., p 14..
3. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
4. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 70..
5. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
6. Laanui (Wilcox and Pratt) Genealogy. Hms G15 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
7. David Allen Wolters Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile: The Older Brother of Kamehameha 1st (Honolulu: Keali'i Publishing, 1999)., p 11..
8. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-9, He Kuauhau Alii o Hawaii Nei. Genealogy Books., p 20..
9. Ka Loea Kalaiaina., 17 December 1898, p 2, Mookuauhau no ke Kamalii Elizabeth Kaakaualaninui Kekuilaukawelolani.
10. Book of Kapohu o Lahaina. Hms G19 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..