Individual Details

Kinau

(21 Dec 1842 - 9 Sep 1859)



LINEAGE
Conflict: Phillips Collection Book, G-4, p 30 lists parents as Luka and Leleiohoku . Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 27 states that he was adopted by Ruth.
LIFE
A. Birth year 1842 estimated. "But at the age of 17, William Pitt Kina'u was killed in an accident on Hawai'i" (Kwan et al, Na Lani Kamehameha, p 21).
B. He was raised by Hinakahua and Naihe Iehu (Record of foster parents of the Kamehamehas and other chiefs, HEN v1 p 763-765).
C. He "Fill[ed] the office of regent during the absence of Kalakaua" (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 27).
D. He had no children (Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-A-2).
E. He died young (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 317).
Conflict: Peabody-Henriques genealogy, Hms G17, p 290 list death date as September 9, 1854.

Events

Birth21 Dec 1842
Death9 Sep 1859Kohala, Hawaii
Alt nameW. P. Kinau
Alt nameKinau Heananui
Alt nameJohn Pitt Kinau
Alt nameWilliam Pitt Kinau
Alt nameWilliam Pitt Leleiohoku
Alt nameJohn William Pitt Kinau
Alt nameJ. A. Wm P. Kinau
Alt nameJ. P. Kinau
Alt nameKinauheananui

Families

FatherLeleiohoku (1828 - 1848)
MotherRuth Keelikolani (1826 - 1883)
SiblingKeolaokalani (1863 - 1863)

Endnotes

1. Oukah. Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, (Dallas: Triskelion Press, 1998)., p 195..

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

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

4. Oukah. Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, (Dallas: Triskelion Press, 1998)., p 195..

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

6. Keahikuniaalapalapa, Hawaii State Archives, Royal Genealogy of H.R.H.P. Kaikilani IV and her Family, June 5, 1913, Genealogy Books, G-53., p 38..

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

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

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

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

11. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 27..

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

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

14. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 15..

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

16. Poe Kupuna i oleloia o Havaiki. Hms G11.32 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 10..