Individual Details
Miriam Keahikuni Kekauonohi
(Abt 1801 - 2 Jun 1847)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Williams, John Adams Cummins: Prince of Entertainers, p 154 lists parents as Kamehameha I and Kina'u, but Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract states she is granddaughter of Kamehameha I.
Conflict: Alexander, The Funeral Rites of Prince Kealiiahonui, p 26;
Jarves, History of Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, p 214;
Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi lists mother as Wahinepio, a sister of Kalanimoku.
LIFE
A. She was a tabu chiefess (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 208).
B. She was one of the mates of Kamehameha II first, and then with Keliiahonui (Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract). She was left without a mate to care for her following the death of Liholiho (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 346). She first paired with Kealiiahonui, eldest son of Kaumualii, and then joined with Haalelea. She had no children with either mate (Pratt, Keoua: Father of Kings, p 40; McKinzie, vol 1 p 51).
C. In 1823 she was living near Kona, where she hosted the preaching of Christianity to the villagers (Ellis, A Narrative Tour of Hawaii, p 105).
D. She adopted Liliuokalani's sister Anna Kaiulani (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 401).
E. She was appointed governor of Kauai in 1842 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 397).
F. She was 46 years old when she passed (Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1801 |  | |||
| Death | 2 Jun 1847 | | |||
| Marriage | 1848 | Levi Haalelea | | ||
| Alt name | M. Kekauonohi | | |||
| Alt name | Keahikuni Kekauonohi | | |||
| Alt name | Kekauonohi | | |||
| Alt name | Miriam Kekauonohi | | |||
| Alt name | Kekauonohonui | | |||
| Alt name | Keahikuni Kekauonohi | | |||
| Alt name | Mikalole Kekauonohi Keahikuni | | |||
| Alt name | Keahikuni | | |||
| Alt name | Keahikunikekauonohi | |
Families
| Spouse | Levi Haalelea (1822 - 1864) |
| Child | William Pitt Kinau ( - 1866) |
| Spouse | Liholiho (1797 - 1824) |
| Spouse | Keliiahonui (1800 - 1849) |
| Spouse | Keaupuni ( - ) |
| Child | Maheha ( - ) |
| Father | Kahoanoku Kinau ( - 1809) |
| Mother | Kahakuhaakoi ( - 1826) |
| Sibling | Kahalaia ( - 1826) |
| Sibling | Kanonohi ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
2. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 260..
3. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 320..
4. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 284..
5. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
6. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
7. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 51..
8. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 320..
9. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-1, Liliuokalani's Book of Genealogy June 9, 1896 No. 1., p 14..
10. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-8, Buke ku Auhau Hawaii., p 14..
11. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 401..
12. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 15..
13. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-A-2..
14. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 284..
15. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
16. Bruce Cartwright, "The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty: Supplement to the History of Oahu Island," Paradise of the Pacific. January 1925., p 20..
17. Bruce Cartwright, "The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty: Supplement to the History of Oahu Island," Paradise of the Pacific. January 1925., p 20..
18. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 164..
19. Genealogical Information about Hawaiian Families from the Bruce Cartwright Collection. U-177. Hawaii State Archives..
20. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 165..