Individual Details

Emma Kaleleonalani

(2 Jan 1836 - 25 Apr 1885)



LINEAGE
Fragment: "Emma Kaleleonalani is also said to have been the great-grandchild of Keliimaikai 1st cousin to Kepookalani and son of Keoua" (Liliuokalani's Book of Genealogy, G-1, p 49). "As was the case with some other important Hawaiians, there was a dispute over the ancestry of Queen Emma. Partisans of the Kalakaua family denied that she was a descendant of Keliimaikai" (Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom, vol 2 p 83).
Fragment: "Kalaniopuu (k), the true father of Kaleipaihala (k), the grandfather of Kaleleonalani, Queen, and L.M. Kekupuohi, Keawehawaii (k), Halalo (k), and J. Robinson (k)" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 121).
LIFE
A. Adopted by T.C.B. Rooke (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p. 26). Dr. Rooke was "an English physician who married Kamaikui, a sister of her mother, Fanny Kekela Young" (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 282).
B. Conflict: Thrum, Chronological Table of Important Events lists marriage date with Alexander Liholiho as June 2, 1856.
Conflict: Restarick, John Young of Hawaii, an American lists marriage date as June 9, 1856.
C. Queen (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 12).
D. Founded with her husband the Queen's Hospital (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 282).
E. "After the death of the Prince of Hawaii, Kamehameha IV, in accordance with ancient Hawaiian custom, gave to Queen Emma a new name, Kaleleokalani, meaning "the flight of the chief." After the death of her royal husband, Queen Emma altered this name to the form Kaleleonalani, "the flight of the chiefs"; and this was the name with which she signed her personal letters during the remainder of her life" (Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom, vol 2 p 280-281).
F. Conflict: Death date 24 Apr 1885 (Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract)
She was alive when Fornander wrote volume 2 of An Account of the Polynesian Race (see Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 145,204).

Events

Birth2 Jan 1836Honolulu, Oahu
Marriage19 Jun 1856Alexander Liholiho
Death25 Apr 1885Honolulu, Oahu
Alt nameKaoanaeha Kaleleonalani
Alt nameEmma Kaoanaeha Rooke
Alt nameEma Kaleleonalani
Alt nameEmma
Alt nameEma
Alt nameEmma Kaleleonalani
Alt nameEmma Rooke
Alt nameQueen Emma R. Kaleleonalani
Alt nameQueen Emma
Alt nameKaleleonalani
Alt nameKaleleokalani
Alt nameKaoenaena
Alt nameEmma Naea Rooke
Alt nameEmma Homakaomanu
Alt nameEmma Naea

Families

SpouseAlexander Liholiho (1834 - 1863)
ChildAlbert Edward Kauikeouli (1858 - 1862)
FatherGeorge Naea ( - 1854)
MotherFanny Kekela (1806 - 1880)
SiblingKekuaokalani ( - )
SiblingKahalaia ( - )

Endnotes

1. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..

2. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 33..

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. Thomas G. Thrum. "Chronological Table of Important Events." Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. (1876): 12-23..

6. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 12..

7. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 281..

8. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..

9. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 33..

10. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..

11. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 108..

12. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 326..

13. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 33..

14. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 290..

15. Genealogy of John Young,. U171. Hawaii State Archives, Honolulu..

16. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..

17. Thomas G. Thrum. "Chronological Table of Important Events." Hawaiian Almanac and Annual. (1876): 12-23..

18. Oukah. Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, (Dallas: Triskelion Press, 1998)., p 33..

19. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-A-2..

20. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-A-2..

21. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-8, Buke ku Auhau Hawaii., p 7..

22. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1986), vol. 2., p 28..

23. He Buke Mookuauhau Alii. Hms G13 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 33..

24. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-10, He kuauhau no ka hanau ana o na kupuna a pau o hawaii nei., p 41..

25. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 21..

26. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-4, Phillips Collection Book No. 4., p 38..

27. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 38..

28. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..

29. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 145..

30. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 32..

31. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-14, Na Kuahau Kolakou mau inoa., p 39..

32. Queen Emma genealogy and family connections. Hms G35 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..

33. Ralph Simpson Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom, 1854-1874 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1953)., p 281..

34. Oukah. Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, (Dallas: Triskelion Press, 1998)., p 119..

35. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 113..

36. David Parker, Tales of Our Hawaii: The History and Heritage of the Hawaiian People, vol. 3, Honolulu: Alu Like, 2008..

37. Biographical Information about "Haole Families" from the Bruce Cartwright Collection. U-177. Hawaii State Archives., vol 3..