Individual Details
Napela
( - )
LIFE
A. He was born in Olowalu, Maui in 1818 or 1819. "He enrolled in Lahainaluna at age thirteen, one of forty-three students in the school's first grade of its inaugural year (1831). David Malo was in the same class" (Kenney, Mormons and the Smallpox Epidemic of 1853, p 18).
B. He was the first Hawaiian convert to Mormonism and was baptized by George Q. Cannon (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 8).
C. He went to Kalaupapa, Molokai to care for his mother who was stricken with leprosy (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 8).
Events
| Alt name | Napelakapuonamahana | ||||
| Alt name | J.K. Napela |  | |||
| Alt name | J.H. Napela | | |||
| Alt name | Jonathan Napela | ||||
| Alt name | NapelakapuoNamahanaikaleleonalani | | |||
| Alt name | Napelaonamahanakaleleokalani | | |||
| Alt name | NapelakapuoKalaniopuu | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Richardson ( - ) |
| Child | Hattie Panana (1852 - 1901) |
| Father | Hawaiiwaaole ( - ) |
| Mother | Wiwiokalani ( - ) |
| Sibling | Kanahunahupu ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 50..
2. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-10, He kuauhau no ka hanau ana o na kupuna a pau o hawaii nei., p 36..
3. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-14, Na Kuahau Kolakou mau inoa., p 37..
4. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 7..
5. Genealogy of Harriet Panana Ka-'uhane-nui-o-Hono-ke-wai-lani Hiana-loli Ka-'iwa-o-ka-lani Na-pela, 1901, Hms G69. Bishop Museum Archives..
6. Ke Aloha Aina, 3 August 1901, p 1, Mookuauhau o Mrs. Panana Parker..
7. The Honolulu Advertiser, 19 Jul 1901, p 11, Mrs. Parker's Ancestry..
8. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1986), vol. 2., p 32..
9. Genealogy undated Kalaeokeko'i in relation to Samuel Parker. M93.01-6-66-576. Hawaii State Archives, Honolulu..