Thomas Ah Choy Mokiao

Brief Life History of Thomas Ah Choy

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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Family Time Line

Thomas Ah Choy Mokiao
1892–1977
Elizabeth Kamakaokalanakila Lewis
1900–1960
Marriage: 18 January 1918
Mary Keliikipi
1908–
Charles Akana Mokiao
1918–2000
William Bremner Morrison II
1919–2011
Elizabeth Kamakaokalanakila Mokiao
1919–1979
Gladys Mokiao
1920–2014
Joanna Kuliakawahinehaa-Heoikamakaokekehau Mokiao
1922–2016
Thomas Ah Choy Mokiao Jr
1924–1996
Hannah Manohealii "Pat" Mokiao
1925–2007
Clement Hainani Mokiao Keliikipi
1926–1988
Vincent Palau Mokiao
1928–2010
Merle Mokiao
1929–
Melvin Loihana Kenneth Mokiao
1931–2014
Kahaunaniomaunakea Mokiao
1932–1992

Sources (28)

  • Herman Keliikipi, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Tom Ah Choi Mokiao - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Tom Ah Choi Mokiao
  • Thomas Ah Choy Mokiao, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

1898

Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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