Individual Details
Kepelino
(Abt 1830 - Abt 1878)
LINEAGE
In 1853, Jules Remy received from Kepelino the genealogy of his ancestors back to Paao (Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 5).
LIFE
A. Zepherino is Kepelino's name rendered in French (Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 3). Zephyrin was the name given to him at this baptism (Bacil and Mookini, Kepelino's Hawaiian Collection, p 39). Kahoaliikumaieiwakamoku means To-be-the-chief-of-the-nine-districts (Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 4).
Later in life he penned letters signed as Z. Kahoalii (Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 5).
B. "When on June 26, 1840, Fathers Walsh and Ernest Heurtel came to Kailua to establish the Catholic mission in that part of the islands, Kepelino's parents were among their earliest converts. The boy was put to school and was later sent to Honolulu to qualify for a teacher's certificate" (Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 4).
C. Conflict: Although Ahlo, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 65 list Zepherin K. Kaohalii as Kepelino's wife, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, p 4-5 indicates that Kepelino's name was Zepherin and that he never married.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1830 | Kailua, Hawaii |  | ||
| Death | Abt 1878 | | |||
| Alt name | Keauokalani Kepelino | | |||
| Alt name | Kepelino Keauokalani | | |||
| Alt name | Zepherino | | |||
| Alt name | Kahoaliikumaieiwakamoku | | |||
| Alt name | Zephyrin | ||||
| Alt name | Z. K. Kahoalii | | |||
| Alt name | Zepherin Kalokuokamaile Kahoalii |
Families
| Father | Namiki ( - ) |
| Mother | Kahiwa Kanekapolei ( - ) |
| Sibling | Puahau ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
2. Kepelino, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, ed. and tr. Martha Warren Beckwith (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1932), bulletin 95., p 4..
3. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
4. Kepelino, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, ed. and tr. Martha Warren Beckwith (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1932), bulletin 95., p 5..
5. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
6. Kepelino, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, ed. and tr. Martha Warren Beckwith (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1932), bulletin 95., p 3..
7. Kepelino, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, ed. and tr. Martha Warren Beckwith (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1932), bulletin 95., p 3..
8. Kepelino, Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii, ed. and tr. Martha Warren Beckwith (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1932), bulletin 95., p 4..
9. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 143..