Joshua Kaeo
Joshua Kaʻeo (c. 1808 – June 27, 1858), was a Hawaiian high chief or nobleman of Hawaii Island descent, the uncle of Queen Emma of Hawaii, and an early Hawaiian politician and advisor of Kamehameha III.
| Joshua Kaʻeo | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1808 |
| Died | June 27, 1858 (age 50) Honolulu |
| Burial | June 30, 1858 Pohukaina Tomb October 30, 1865 Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum[1] |
| Spouse | Jane Lahilahi Young |
| Issue | Peter Kaʻeo Keliʻimaikai Kaʻeo |
| Father | Asa Kaʻeo |
| Mother | Paaluanui |
His father was Asa Kaʻeo, a grandson[2][3] or son of Manoua, the daughter of King Kalaniʻōpuʻu and one of his wives, Mulehu, from a noble family of the Kaʻū district; Mulehu was also the grandmother of Abner Pākī (one of Kaʻeo's own contemporaries) through a second marriage and great-grandmother of Bernice Pauahi Bishop.[3] His mother is named Paaluanui.[4][5] He was distant cousin to Kamehameha I since his great (great) grandfather Kalaniʻōpuʻu was Kamehameha I's half-uncle.
He was member of the King's Privy Council from 1845 to 1850 and a member of House of Nobles from 1845 to 1856.[6] At one time, he was the Judge of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from 1844 to 1848, succeeding Zorobabela Kaʻauwai who resigned in November, 1846.[7][8][9]
He married Jane Lahilahi Young, the hapa-haole (part-Hawaiian) daughter of John Young and his wife Kaʻōanaʻeha, the niece of Kamehameha I. Kaʻeo and Lahilahi had two sons:[5]
- Peter Young Kekuaokalani Kaeo (1836–1880), he was given as a hānai child (adopted) to Jane's brother Keoni Ana and his wife Julia Alapai. Educated at Royal School, he became a member of the House of Nobles but later contracted leprosy and was sent to leper colony at Kalawao.[10]
- Keliʻimaikai Kaʻeo, nicknamed "Alebada" (died October 13, 1851), he was given as a hānai child to Jane's other brother James Kanehoa and his wife Sarah Kale Davis. He was named after Jane's ancestor Keliʻimaikaʻi, Kamehameha's only full brother.[10][11]
References
- "Royal Mausoleum". The Hawaiian Gazette. March 10, 1899. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Ishmael W. Stagner (1986). Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. 2. University of Hawaii Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-939154-37-4.
- Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Volume 2. Trübner & Co. p. 205.
- Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Ishmael W. Stagner (1983). Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. 1. University of Hawaii Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-939154-28-5.
- "Joshua Kaeo". Our Family History and Ancestry. Families of Old Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- "Kaeo, Josua office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- "By Authority". The Polynesian. November 14, 1846. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
- Frear, Walter F. (1894). "Evolution of the Hawaiian Judiciary". Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society (7). hdl:10524/966.
- Judd, Albert Francis (1888). ""Early Constitution of the Judiciary of the Hawaiian Islands," Maile Wreath, February 1875, reprinted in". All About Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin: 63–67.
- Apple, Russel A. (1978). Pahukanilua: Homestead of John Young : Kawaihae, Kohala, Island of Hawaiʻi : Historical Data Section of the Historic Structure Report. Honolulu: National Park Office, Hawaii State Office. pp. 39–41.
- "KANEHOA, JAMES YOUNG Alii A ward LCA 8518- B ,M.A.43" (PDF). Kanaka Genealogy web site. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
Further reading
- Katherine Kama'ema'e Smith (2005). The Love Remains. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-37127-3. (Historical novel)