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Meredith Gairdner (1809-March 25, 1837)

In the fall of 1832, Meredith Gairdner, a young Scots doctor, journeyed south from his home in Edinburgh to Kew, home to the Royal Horticultural Society’s collection of plant specimens on the outskirts of…

Agnes Baldwin Alexander (July 21, 1875 - January 1, 1971)

Ms. Alexander is best known as the first Bahá’i of Hawai`i and the missioner who carried the faith to Japan and eastern Asia.

She was the youngest of five children born to William…

Levi Parsons Bingham (December 31, 1822 - January 16, 1823)

A unobtrusive grave stone commemorates the first burial in the Kawaiaha‘o cemetery missionary plot. A white common stone rectangle about 18 inches tall is marked with an inscription…

William Kanui (ca. 1796 - January 14, 1864)

There are three names on Kanui’s memorial stone: Kanui, his birth name, meaning, The Big or Great One; William, a name given him by an American ship’s captain when he sailed as crew, and Tennooe, an…

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Kaimu, Puna, Hawaii / Kaimu / Kaimu, Puna / Kaimu, P.H. / Kaimu Puna H

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Kahana, Kaanapali

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[with notes & translations by H.P.Judd]

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Kaanapali

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Kealakekua

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Honolulu

Photograph of the descendants of the Cooke family c. 1940