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Mary Ann “Keomailane” <I>French</I> Kenway

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Mary Ann “Keomailane” French Kenway

Birth
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Death
23 Jun 1905 (aged 74)
Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Burial
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of pioneer Honolulu merchant William French Sr. and his wife,
Lydia Panioikawai Hunt, Mary Ann was the wife of George Seymour Kenway.

They were married 02 Jun 1847 at Honolulu on the island of Oahu, and later resided at Hilo on the island of Hawaii.

After her husband's death, she left Hawaii for California and settled in Santa Cruz county.

As of the 1900 census, she was residing with daughter Mrs. Mary (B. Henry) Scholtzy at Soquel.

At the time of her death, Mary Ann was residing with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Jessie (Marvin Mix) Wilson, at Wright's Station, which is now a ghost town.
Passed Away.

It was from the steamer Ventura that news was heard of the passing of a Hawaiian mother well known by those of Hilo and Honolulu, that being Mrs. Meleana Keomailani Kenuwe, and her bones will be left in foreign lands where she lived for a long time, for 17 or more years. She left her beloved community of her homeland in 1888 to go live with her daughters, Jessie Kamokukaha Wilson and Mrs. Mary Kinoole Shotlz. Her sons-in-law worked planting fruits in the county of Santa Clara, an area in California that is fifty miles from San Francisco. She was born in Honolulu in 1829, and died at 76 years old. Mrs. Caroline Paakaiulaula Bush of this town is her younger sister, and here also is her son Alfred Kapahukapu Kenway. She has ten surviving grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. How sad for that beloved mother who has passed; she is a native and well-acquainted with living in the Lanipili rains of Hilo. When her daughters were young, she was a travel companion of the Lady Treasurer of this Aloha Aina newspaper [Emma Nawahi], and she was a favorite in the bosom of that beloved lady who has passed on. Aloha no. That path which she has taken is one we must all take. The Aloha Aina shares in the sorrow of the family of that beloved mother who has gone.

[It is good to note that sometimes there is the same Hawaiianization for different haole names. When one hears Kenuwe, we would usually think Greenwell, but here we see that it is what Hawaiians called Kenway.

It is also good to remember that there are at times more than one Hawaiianization for a single haole name.]

(Aloha Aina, 7/8/1905, p. 5)
Daughter of pioneer Honolulu merchant William French Sr. and his wife,
Lydia Panioikawai Hunt, Mary Ann was the wife of George Seymour Kenway.

They were married 02 Jun 1847 at Honolulu on the island of Oahu, and later resided at Hilo on the island of Hawaii.

After her husband's death, she left Hawaii for California and settled in Santa Cruz county.

As of the 1900 census, she was residing with daughter Mrs. Mary (B. Henry) Scholtzy at Soquel.

At the time of her death, Mary Ann was residing with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Jessie (Marvin Mix) Wilson, at Wright's Station, which is now a ghost town.
Passed Away.

It was from the steamer Ventura that news was heard of the passing of a Hawaiian mother well known by those of Hilo and Honolulu, that being Mrs. Meleana Keomailani Kenuwe, and her bones will be left in foreign lands where she lived for a long time, for 17 or more years. She left her beloved community of her homeland in 1888 to go live with her daughters, Jessie Kamokukaha Wilson and Mrs. Mary Kinoole Shotlz. Her sons-in-law worked planting fruits in the county of Santa Clara, an area in California that is fifty miles from San Francisco. She was born in Honolulu in 1829, and died at 76 years old. Mrs. Caroline Paakaiulaula Bush of this town is her younger sister, and here also is her son Alfred Kapahukapu Kenway. She has ten surviving grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. How sad for that beloved mother who has passed; she is a native and well-acquainted with living in the Lanipili rains of Hilo. When her daughters were young, she was a travel companion of the Lady Treasurer of this Aloha Aina newspaper [Emma Nawahi], and she was a favorite in the bosom of that beloved lady who has passed on. Aloha no. That path which she has taken is one we must all take. The Aloha Aina shares in the sorrow of the family of that beloved mother who has gone.

[It is good to note that sometimes there is the same Hawaiianization for different haole names. When one hears Kenuwe, we would usually think Greenwell, but here we see that it is what Hawaiians called Kenway.

It is also good to remember that there are at times more than one Hawaiianization for a single haole name.]

(Aloha Aina, 7/8/1905, p. 5)


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  • Created by: Bobbi Janes
  • Added: Mar 9, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86516221/mary_ann-kenway: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ann “Keomailane” French Kenway (Oct 1830–23 Jun 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86516221, citing Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA; Maintained by Bobbi Janes (contributor 47277421).