When Alexander Kapahi Puaa Sr was born on 6 November 1907, in Moloka'i, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, John Keoni Kukaiau Puaʻa, was 37 and his mother, Rachel Lahela Nailau Pahupū, was 32. He married Bessie Whitford on 22 February 1928, in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Maui, Hawaii, United States in 1950. He died on 18 September 1994, in Kaunakakai, Moloka'i, Kingdom of Hawaii, at the age of 86, and was buried in Kanakaloloa Cemetery, Ho'olehua, Moloka'i, Hawaii, United States.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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