Brief Life History of Harriet Hiilani
When Harriet Hiilani Jones was born on 30 September 1883, in Waialua, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, her father, Edward Mitchell Jones, was 20 and her mother, Marietta Kalama Kahoiwai, was 19. She married David Louis Peterson on 20 September 1904, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States for about 20 years and Representative District 4, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940. She died on 24 April 1970, at the age of 86, and was buried in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
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- Hattie B Peterson in household of David L Peterson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Harriet Hiilani Jones Peterson, "Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909"
- Harriet Jones, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898
Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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