Individual Details

LINEAGE

Conflict: Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p vii lists mother as Heone.
LIFE
A. Conflict: Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p vii states about his birthdate: "The exact year of his birth cannot be fixed, but it was about 1793, the period of Vancouver's second visit to the islands."
B. He was raised by his mother's father. He learned the skills of farming and fishing from his father and they were perfected as he grew to manhood. He was directed by Kaahumanu to further his education and learned the skill of writing. At the age of 18, he lived in the court of Kuakini. He was an eyewitness to the birth of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III (Malo, Ka Moolelo Hawaii, p i-iii). "it was largely from association with one Auwai, a favorite chief of Kamehameha I, who excelled in knowledge of Hawaiian lore ... that Malo was enabled to acquire knowledge" (Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p viiii).
C. Conflict: Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p ix states about his first mate: "While still a young man and before leaving Hawaii, Malo was married to a widow-woman of alii blood, by the name of Aa-lai-oa, who was much older than himself .... The marriage with this woman was in the language of the time called ha-oa.... One may conjecture, however, in this case the union was one in which the husband was the chosen rather than the chooser. Such marriages were not at all uncommon in ancient Hawaii, it being considered that the woman made up by her wealth and position what she lacked in physical attractiveness. There was no issue, and the woman died while Malo was still at Keauhou, on Hawaii."
D. Sometime in the 1820s, he moved to Lahaina, Maui and was instructed by Rev. William Richards whereupon he was baptized and given the baptismal name of David (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p ix-x). Malo, Ka Moolelo Hawaii, p xxviii alludes that he was baptized in 1823.
E. He was one of the first pupils at the Lahainaluna high school in 1831 and studied there for many years (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p x-xi).
F. Order of mates. Before entering Lahainaluna he entered a Christian marriage with Pahia, "a woman of chiefish blood and older than himself." There was no issue. "after the death of Pahia, Malo married a young woman of Lahaina named Lepeka (Rebecca) by whom he became the father of a daughter , whom he named Aa-laioa, in memory of his first wife" (Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p ix,xi).
G. He was a Christian pastor on Maui (Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p xi). He had been pastor at Kalepolepo, Maui (p 337).
H. He was the first superintendent of schools for the Hawaiian Kingdom (Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom, vol 1 p 348).
I. He wrote down meles and genealogies, as well as about traditional society. "He did not live to see the actual publication of his work, but later generations would praise him as having excelled all others in the 'ancient traditional knowledge of the Hawaiians'." (Malcolm Chun in Davida Malo, Ka Moolelo Hawaii, p i).
J. The "dissolute ways" of his wife had a debilitating effect on him. At the "shame and disgrace of his wife's conduct," he refused to eat, thus becoming weakened and eventually died in Lahaina close to the place he had chosen to be buried Emerson in Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, p xi).

Birth	18 Feb 1795	Kona, Hawaii
Marriage	3 Sep 1845	Lepeka Kalaniwohi
Death	21 Oct 1853	Lahaina, Maui
Alt name		D. Malo
Alt name		Kavika
Alt name		David Malo
Alt name		David Malo

Spouse	Lepeka Kalaniwohi ( - 1858)
Child	Emma Malo (1847 - 1886)

Spouse

Pahia ( - 1845)

Spouse

Aalaioa ( - )

Father	Aoao ( - )
Mother	Hopoe ( - )