When Thomas Ah Choy Mokiao was born on 24 June 1892, in Wai'ōhinu, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, his father, Akana Ah Moyu, was 19 and his mother, Mary Kapikookalani “Piko Nui” Kekuia, was 15. He married Elizabeth Kamakaokalanakila Lewis on 18 January 1918, in Kaumakapili, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Kohala, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States in 1930 and Representative District 2, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States in 1940. He died on 29 August 1977, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 85.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
New Testament name, borne by one of Christ's twelve apostles, referred to as ‘Thomas, called Didymus’ (John 11:16; 20:24). Didymos is the Greek word for ‘twin’, and the name is the Greek form of an Aramaic byname meaning ‘twin’. The given name has always been popular throughout Christendom, in part because St Thomas's doubts have made him seem a very human character.
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