Individual Details

Leleiohoku

(Abt 1828 - 21 Oct 1848)



LINEAGE
Conflict: Phillips Collection Book, G-3, p 20;
Phillips Collection Book, G-4, p 21b;
Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 68
lists parents as Pa'alua and Kiliwehi
Conflict: Genealogy of the Chiefs, Hms G46, p 12 lists parents as Kaleimoku and Kiliwehi.
LIFE
A. Birth year 1826 estimated. "At the age of 22, while serving as Governor of the island of Hawaii, Leleiohoku died" (Kwan, et al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 21).
B. As people were gathering for his marriage to Harriet Nahienaena, Kamehameha III sent a message to delay the marriage until Leleiohoku could gain some schooling prior to marrying the king's sister. He therefore entered Lahainaluna School and after receiving some education, the two were married 25 Nov 1835 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 340).
Conflict: Kumu Hawaii, 23 December 1835, p 205, He Papa no kekahi mau mea i kahiki 1835 states the marriage was on June 2, 1835.
C. He was governor of Hawaii in 1846 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi). He was governor of Hawaii in 1848 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 131).
D. He died of measles on same day as Moses Kekuaiwa 21 Oct 1848 (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 8).

Events

BirthAbt 1828
Marriage25 Nov 1835Nahienaena
Death21 Oct 1848
Alt nameWilliam Pitt Leleiohoku I
Alt nameW.P. Leleiohoku
Alt nameW.P. Leleiohuku
Alt nameWilliam P. Leleiohoku

Families

SpouseRuth Keelikolani (1826 - 1883)
ChildKeolaokalani (1863 - 1863)
ChildKinau (1842 - 1859)
SpouseNahienaena (1815 - 1836)
ChildKeokinapauokalani (1836 - 1836)
FatherKalaimoku (1768 - 1827)
MotherKiliwehi ( - )
SiblingWahinepio ( - )
SiblingBoki ( - )

Endnotes

1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 340..

2. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 410..

3. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 8..

4. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 260..

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

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

7. 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)..

8. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..

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

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

11. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-9, He Kuauhau Alii o Hawaii Nei. Genealogy Books., p 23..

12. Bruce Cartwright, "The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty: Supplement to the History of Oahu Island," Paradise of the Pacific. January 1925., p 21..

13. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 41,50,94..

14. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 317..

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

16. Kalanianaole scrapbook, 1844. M43. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 182..

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

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