Helen Kaohipu Kahananui

Brief Life History of Helen Kaohipu

Helen Kaohipu Kahananui was born in 1854, in Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States as the daughter of Kekoi Kahananui. She married Samuel Kaliloa Keaunui in 1880, in Kohala, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in January 1923, in Hau'ula, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Kaliloa Keaunui
1859–1919
Helen Kaohipu Kahananui
1854–1923
Marriage: 1880
Hattie Kawaiahea Keaunui
1883–1973

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  • Kahananui, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

vernacular form of the name (Greek Hēlēnē) borne in classical legend by a famous beauty, wife of Menelaus, whose seizure by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Her name is of uncertain origin; it may be connected with a word meaning ‘ray’ or ‘sunbeam’ compare Greek hēlios ‘sun’. It has sometimes been taken as connected with the Greek word meaning ‘Greek’, Hellēn, but this is doubtful. In the early Christian period the name was borne by the mother of the Emperor Constantine, who is now usually known by the Latin version of her name, Helena. She is credited with having found the True Cross in Jerusalem. She was born in about 248 , probably in Bithynia. However, in medieval England it was believed that she had been born in Britain, which greatly increased the popularity of the name there.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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