Individual Details

Laka

(Abt 865 - )



LINEAGE
Conflict: Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 30 July 1864, p 4, Moolelo Kuauhau o ka hanauna o na'lii mai ka po mai a puka mai i ka Moi Kamehameha V (signed P.S. Pakele) lists mother as Hinaulu.
LIFE
A. See Cole and Jensen, Israel in the Pacific, p 106-107 for explanation of birth year estimates.
B. Conflict: Born at Haili, Hawaii (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p 247). Born at Alae in Kipahulu, Maui (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 101). Born in Hilo (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 145).
C. High Chief (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p 247). He ruled in Koolaupoko, Oahu; his house was at Waikane, Oahu (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 101).
D. "His wonderful feats of canoe making and other works of his were performed at Kipahulu. He also lived in the District of Koolaupoko, Oahu, more particularly at Kualoa, Waikane, and on an island called Ke-ahu-a-Laka, about two or three miles outside of Heeiakea" (Peleioholani, Genealogy of the Robinson Family and Ancient Legends and Chants of Hawaii, p 11).

Events

BirthAbt 865Hawaiki
Alt nameLakaoKipahulu
Alt nameHaka
Alt nameRaka
Alt nameLakaimihau
Alt nameLakanohoikawehiwehi
DeathKualoa, Oahu

Families

SpouseHikawaelena ( - )
ChildLuanuu (890 - )
ChildKapokulaiula ( - )
FatherWahieloa (840 - )
MotherHoolaukahili ( - )

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