Kepoolele Apau lived to the age of 127 years, 9 months, and 8 days, according to her obituary published in the Nov. 10, 1898 issue of The Independent. According to The Independent, she was born at Malama, Puna, on the Island of Hawaii. Her obituary in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, published on its front page on Nov. 12, 1898, reports that she was born in Keahialaka, Puna, lived for some years in Honolulu, and died at the home of one of her sons. She and her husband had several sons and a daughter. A biography was published with Hawaii's 1896 census report. Indeed, the "Report of the General Superintendent of the Census, 1896" devotes five pages to the queries and methods used to confirm her approximate age, followed by recollections she shared of her long life.
"What a curious link with the past she is," write Emma M. Nakuina and W.D. Alexander in the report. "She must have been a little toddling child when Captain Cook came to the islands. She has seen the Monarchy of Hawaii consolidated and she has seen its fall. She remains to-day a monument of the past but one which must soon glide away and pass to the great unknown. We certify that the above statement is correct."
Another resource about her life is a feature story published on the front page of Hawaiian Gazette on Dec. 8, 1896. It includes mention of her service as attendant to Kapiolani I when she descended into Kilauea Crater to break the traditional kapu, as well as of her education and conversion to Christianity with Kapiolani. Her parents were Kapa and Kanealoha, of Puna, described as fisherfolk.
"What a curious link with the past she is," write Emma M. Nakuina and W.D. Alexander in the report. "She must have been a little toddling child when Captain Cook came to the islands. She has seen the Monarchy of Hawaii consolidated and she has seen its fall. She remains to-day a monument of the past but one which must soon glide away and pass to the great unknown. We certify that the above statement is correct."
Another resource about her life is a feature story published on the front page of Hawaiian Gazette on Dec. 8, 1896. It includes mention of her service as attendant to Kapiolani I when she descended into Kilauea Crater to break the traditional kapu, as well as of her education and conversion to Christianity with Kapiolani. Her parents were Kapa and Kanealoha, of Puna, described as fisherfolk.
Kepoolele Apau lived to the age of 127 years, 9 months, and 8 days, according to her obituary published in the Nov. 10, 1898 issue of The Independent. According to The Independent, she was born at Malama, Puna, on the Island of Hawaii. Her obituary in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, published on its front page on Nov. 12, 1898, reports that she was born in Keahialaka, Puna, lived for some years in Honolulu, and died at the home of one of her sons. She and her husband had several sons and a daughter. A biography was published with Hawaii's 1896 census report. Indeed, the "Report of the General Superintendent of the Census, 1896" devotes five pages to the queries and methods used to confirm her approximate age, followed by recollections she shared of her long life.
"What a curious link with the past she is," write Emma M. Nakuina and W.D. Alexander in the report. "She must have been a little toddling child when Captain Cook came to the islands. She has seen the Monarchy of Hawaii consolidated and she has seen its fall. She remains to-day a monument of the past but one which must soon glide away and pass to the great unknown. We certify that the above statement is correct."
Another resource about her life is a feature story published on the front page of Hawaiian Gazette on Dec. 8, 1896. It includes mention of her service as attendant to Kapiolani I when she descended into Kilauea Crater to break the traditional kapu, as well as of her education and conversion to Christianity with Kapiolani. Her parents were Kapa and Kanealoha, of Puna, described as fisherfolk.
"What a curious link with the past she is," write Emma M. Nakuina and W.D. Alexander in the report. "She must have been a little toddling child when Captain Cook came to the islands. She has seen the Monarchy of Hawaii consolidated and she has seen its fall. She remains to-day a monument of the past but one which must soon glide away and pass to the great unknown. We certify that the above statement is correct."
Another resource about her life is a feature story published on the front page of Hawaiian Gazette on Dec. 8, 1896. It includes mention of her service as attendant to Kapiolani I when she descended into Kilauea Crater to break the traditional kapu, as well as of her education and conversion to Christianity with Kapiolani. Her parents were Kapa and Kanealoha, of Puna, described as fisherfolk.
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