Sarah Kapamaikela Makahilahila Kamehameha

Brief Life History of Sarah Kapamaikela

When Sarah Kapamaikela Makahilahila Kamehameha was born on 26 June 1868, in Hāna, Maui, Hawaii, United States, her father, Moses O'opa Makahilahila, was 17 and her mother, Malia Nika Pilihale, was 14. She married Joseph Kailipuahilo Aikau in 1891, in Häna, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 October 1951, in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Waikapu, Maui, Hawaii, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Mioi Kaninau
1881–1932
Sarah Kapamaikela Makahilahila Kamehameha
1868–1951
Marriage: 9 April 1915
Josephine Kaninau
1900–
Joe Kaninau
1901–
Elizabeth Kaili Aikau
1903–1986
Edith Keonaona Kaninau
1917–1931
Rebecca Ka'ahanui Kaninau
1919–2004

Sources (22)

  • Sarah Kaninan in household of Frank Kaninan, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Sarah, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
  • Sarah Makahilahila, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Biblical name, borne by the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. According to the Book of Genesis, she was originally called Sarai (possibly meaning ‘contentious’ in Hebrew), but had her name changed by God to the more auspicious Sarah ‘princess’ in token of a greater blessing (Genesis 17:15, ‘And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be’). This has been one of the most enduringly popular girls' names.

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

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