Blossom Pauahi White

Brief Life History of Blossom Pauahi

When Blossom Pauahi White was born on 24 November 1925, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, her father, Harry Lester - Archie C White Sr, was 45 and her mother, Annie Kahoohie Kane, was 41. She married Joseph Kauanui Jr on 14 April 1945. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Kapaia, Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States in 1950 and Anahola, Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States in 2002. She died on 3 April 2002, in Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hanapēpē, Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Kauanui Jr
1919–1982
Blossom Pauahi White
1925–2002
Marriage: 14 April 1945
Burl Francis White
1943–1996
Patrick Paia Kauanui
1947–2017
Robynne Darlene Kuuleialoha Kauanui
1949–2019

Sources (15)

  • Blossom P. Kauanui, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Blossom Pauahi White Kauanui, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Blossom Pauahi Keliikane White in entry for Joseph Kauanui, "Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.

Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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