Emanuel S. Cunha of 2629 Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki, and Nuuanu Valley, died at a quarter past twelve o’clock yesterday [January 10, 1918] at his Nuuanu Valley home, following an illness of several months…The interment will be in Nuuanu Cemetery [Oahu Cemetery].
E.S. Cunha was a native of the Island of St. George, Azores, Portugal, where he was born on March 31, 1951, being at the time of his death sixty-six years, nine months and nineteen days old.
Came Here in Whaleship.
Emanuel S. Cunha first arrived in Honolulu in the whaleship New Brunswick in 1865. The lure of the sea and the thrilling tales told him in that far little Atlantic Ocean island of the quest after whales in the Arctic made him board the New Brunswick one evening while he was but fourteen years of age. When the whaleship left her moorings in the quiet little St. George anchorage young Cunha was aboard. The vessel touched at this port on her way north in 1865. Cunha continued on the trip north where he spent two years whaling. In 1867, then a lad of sixteen, he returned to Honolulu. Leaving the ship here he made Honolulu his home since then, his residence here continuing for fifty-one years.
Well-Liked Kamaaina
Mr. Cunha was a man of lovable disposition and made friends of all whom he met. He was one of the best known men in the whole Pacific. In an unostentatious manner he was charitable and many worthy causes and many of the local poor were the recipients of his munificence.
Mr. Cunha was a member of the local Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and ranked as its oldest member in point of membership, and of the Masons. In the days of King Kalakaua he was a court favorite and good old “Dave”, as Kalakaua was popularly known, always referred to Mr. Cunha as “Colonel”, a title of familiarity by which his old friends always addressed him.
Leaves Considerable Property
During his more than a half century residence in Honolulu Mr. Cunha amassed a respectable fortune, owning considerable valuable property, land and buildings in the center of the business section of the city, as well as elsewhere. It is estimated that at his death he was worth between a quarter of a million and three hundred thousand dollars, if not more.
Mr. Cunha is survived by the widow, who was a Gilliland, and by two sons and a daughter, those being Albert R. Cunha, well-known composer of Hawaiian songs; Clarence C. Cunha, contractor; and, Mrs. Murray, wife of Dr. Harvey V. Murray, who is now a captain in the medical corps of the Canadian Army in Europe.
(SOURCE: Extracted from a lengthy article in The Hawaiian Gazette, January 11, 1918, Page 3. The article also contains a poor quality photo of the deceased.)
E.S. Cunha was a native of the Island of St. George, Azores, Portugal, where he was born on March 31, 1951, being at the time of his death sixty-six years, nine months and nineteen days old.
Came Here in Whaleship.
Emanuel S. Cunha first arrived in Honolulu in the whaleship New Brunswick in 1865. The lure of the sea and the thrilling tales told him in that far little Atlantic Ocean island of the quest after whales in the Arctic made him board the New Brunswick one evening while he was but fourteen years of age. When the whaleship left her moorings in the quiet little St. George anchorage young Cunha was aboard. The vessel touched at this port on her way north in 1865. Cunha continued on the trip north where he spent two years whaling. In 1867, then a lad of sixteen, he returned to Honolulu. Leaving the ship here he made Honolulu his home since then, his residence here continuing for fifty-one years.
Well-Liked Kamaaina
Mr. Cunha was a man of lovable disposition and made friends of all whom he met. He was one of the best known men in the whole Pacific. In an unostentatious manner he was charitable and many worthy causes and many of the local poor were the recipients of his munificence.
Mr. Cunha was a member of the local Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and ranked as its oldest member in point of membership, and of the Masons. In the days of King Kalakaua he was a court favorite and good old “Dave”, as Kalakaua was popularly known, always referred to Mr. Cunha as “Colonel”, a title of familiarity by which his old friends always addressed him.
Leaves Considerable Property
During his more than a half century residence in Honolulu Mr. Cunha amassed a respectable fortune, owning considerable valuable property, land and buildings in the center of the business section of the city, as well as elsewhere. It is estimated that at his death he was worth between a quarter of a million and three hundred thousand dollars, if not more.
Mr. Cunha is survived by the widow, who was a Gilliland, and by two sons and a daughter, those being Albert R. Cunha, well-known composer of Hawaiian songs; Clarence C. Cunha, contractor; and, Mrs. Murray, wife of Dr. Harvey V. Murray, who is now a captain in the medical corps of the Canadian Army in Europe.
(SOURCE: Extracted from a lengthy article in The Hawaiian Gazette, January 11, 1918, Page 3. The article also contains a poor quality photo of the deceased.)
Emanuel S. Cunha of 2629 Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki, and Nuuanu Valley, died at a quarter past twelve o’clock yesterday [January 10, 1918] at his Nuuanu Valley home, following an illness of several months…The interment will be in Nuuanu Cemetery [Oahu Cemetery].
E.S. Cunha was a native of the Island of St. George, Azores, Portugal, where he was born on March 31, 1951, being at the time of his death sixty-six years, nine months and nineteen days old.
Came Here in Whaleship.
Emanuel S. Cunha first arrived in Honolulu in the whaleship New Brunswick in 1865. The lure of the sea and the thrilling tales told him in that far little Atlantic Ocean island of the quest after whales in the Arctic made him board the New Brunswick one evening while he was but fourteen years of age. When the whaleship left her moorings in the quiet little St. George anchorage young Cunha was aboard. The vessel touched at this port on her way north in 1865. Cunha continued on the trip north where he spent two years whaling. In 1867, then a lad of sixteen, he returned to Honolulu. Leaving the ship here he made Honolulu his home since then, his residence here continuing for fifty-one years.
Well-Liked Kamaaina
Mr. Cunha was a man of lovable disposition and made friends of all whom he met. He was one of the best known men in the whole Pacific. In an unostentatious manner he was charitable and many worthy causes and many of the local poor were the recipients of his munificence.
Mr. Cunha was a member of the local Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and ranked as its oldest member in point of membership, and of the Masons. In the days of King Kalakaua he was a court favorite and good old “Dave”, as Kalakaua was popularly known, always referred to Mr. Cunha as “Colonel”, a title of familiarity by which his old friends always addressed him.
Leaves Considerable Property
During his more than a half century residence in Honolulu Mr. Cunha amassed a respectable fortune, owning considerable valuable property, land and buildings in the center of the business section of the city, as well as elsewhere. It is estimated that at his death he was worth between a quarter of a million and three hundred thousand dollars, if not more.
Mr. Cunha is survived by the widow, who was a Gilliland, and by two sons and a daughter, those being Albert R. Cunha, well-known composer of Hawaiian songs; Clarence C. Cunha, contractor; and, Mrs. Murray, wife of Dr. Harvey V. Murray, who is now a captain in the medical corps of the Canadian Army in Europe.
(SOURCE: Extracted from a lengthy article in The Hawaiian Gazette, January 11, 1918, Page 3. The article also contains a poor quality photo of the deceased.)
E.S. Cunha was a native of the Island of St. George, Azores, Portugal, where he was born on March 31, 1951, being at the time of his death sixty-six years, nine months and nineteen days old.
Came Here in Whaleship.
Emanuel S. Cunha first arrived in Honolulu in the whaleship New Brunswick in 1865. The lure of the sea and the thrilling tales told him in that far little Atlantic Ocean island of the quest after whales in the Arctic made him board the New Brunswick one evening while he was but fourteen years of age. When the whaleship left her moorings in the quiet little St. George anchorage young Cunha was aboard. The vessel touched at this port on her way north in 1865. Cunha continued on the trip north where he spent two years whaling. In 1867, then a lad of sixteen, he returned to Honolulu. Leaving the ship here he made Honolulu his home since then, his residence here continuing for fifty-one years.
Well-Liked Kamaaina
Mr. Cunha was a man of lovable disposition and made friends of all whom he met. He was one of the best known men in the whole Pacific. In an unostentatious manner he was charitable and many worthy causes and many of the local poor were the recipients of his munificence.
Mr. Cunha was a member of the local Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and ranked as its oldest member in point of membership, and of the Masons. In the days of King Kalakaua he was a court favorite and good old “Dave”, as Kalakaua was popularly known, always referred to Mr. Cunha as “Colonel”, a title of familiarity by which his old friends always addressed him.
Leaves Considerable Property
During his more than a half century residence in Honolulu Mr. Cunha amassed a respectable fortune, owning considerable valuable property, land and buildings in the center of the business section of the city, as well as elsewhere. It is estimated that at his death he was worth between a quarter of a million and three hundred thousand dollars, if not more.
Mr. Cunha is survived by the widow, who was a Gilliland, and by two sons and a daughter, those being Albert R. Cunha, well-known composer of Hawaiian songs; Clarence C. Cunha, contractor; and, Mrs. Murray, wife of Dr. Harvey V. Murray, who is now a captain in the medical corps of the Canadian Army in Europe.
(SOURCE: Extracted from a lengthy article in The Hawaiian Gazette, January 11, 1918, Page 3. The article also contains a poor quality photo of the deceased.)
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