Individual Details

Paumakua (Maui)

(Abt 1040 - )



LINEAGE
Conflict: "It is not certain that Paumakua was the son of Hua-nui-i-ka-la-la'ila'i." It may be that his mate Mano-ka-lili-lani was the daughter of Hua (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 150).
Conflict: Peleioholani, Genealogy of the Robinson Family and Ancient Legends and Chants of Hawaii, p 9 inserts 2 generations, listing parents as Hakalanileo (k) and Hoohokukalani (w).
Conflict: He Buke Mookuauhau Alii. Hms G13, p 24 skips 5 generations, listing parents as Lonohoonewa (k) and Loiloi (w).
LIFE
A. See Cole and Jensen, Israel in the Pacific, p 106-107 for explanation of birth year estimates.
B. He was a Maui resident (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 24-25).
C. High chief of Oahu (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p 247).
D. Contemporaries: "it becomes an undoubted historical fact that Maweke and Paumakua were contemporaries" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 1 p 198).
E. Died "at a very old age, and was buried at Iao, leaving his titles, meles and possessions to his son, Haho" (Kalakaua ,The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 84).
Conflict: Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 151 states he died on Lanai.

Events

BirthAbt 1040Kuaaohe, Oahu
Alt namePaumakuaaHuanuiikalalailai
Alt nameKapaunuikuaolokea
Alt namePaunuikuakaolokea
Alt namePao
Alt namePounuikuakaolokea
DeathOahu

Families

SpouseManoKalililani ( - )
ChildHaho (1065 - )
ChildKauilaiAnapa ( - )
ChildMano ( - )
ChildNana ( - )
FatherHuanuikalalailai (1015 - )
MotherKapoea ( - )

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