Individual Details
Kanekoa
( - Dec 1782)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Kapooloku genealogy, Hms G48, p 2 lists parents as Keouanui and Kailakanoakuaana, child of Palenanui and Kahoiwiokuaana.
Conflict: Ahlo et al, Kamehameha's Children Today, p 153 lists father as Keawepoepoe.
LIFE
A. He and his brother Kahai were paternal uncles of Kamehameha (Fornander, Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 309-310). He would perch his nephew Kamehameha on his hip along the plains of Kawaihae and hills of Waimea (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 124).
B. Later in life, he defected from Kamehameha to Kiwalao (Fornander, Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 309).
C. He was killed in battle before between Hilo and Kau, Hawaii likely before 1782 (estimated to be 1781) (Fornander, Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 316,319).
Events
| Death | Dec 1782 | Hilo, Hawaii |  | ||
| Alt name | Kealii Mai Kalani Kui Kapooloku | | |||
| Alt name | Kanekoaakeeaumoku | | |||
| Alt name | KanekoaaKalanikeeaumoku | |
Families
| Spouse | Kalanikauleleaiwi II ( - ) |
| Child | Pomaikalani ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kaihanuimoku ( - ) |
| Child | Nalehu ( - ) |
| Father | Keeaumoku (1690 - ) |
| Mother | Kailakauoa ( - ) |
| Sibling | Kahai ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 316,319..
2. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..
3. A. Forbes, "A Chronological Table of Remarkable Events Connected with the History of the Hawaiian Islands," in A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, ed. Lorrin Andrews (1865)..
4. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
5. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-B..
6. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 26..
7. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 54..