Name/Title
W. C. Lane (William Carey Lane)Description
Written Received September ? 1869
William Carey Lane (1821– December 26, 1895), an Irish sea captain. Born in County Cork, Ireland, he was said to be a descendant of Irish kings. His father, a staunch Catholic, had forfeited his lands and move to New York, taking his son William with him. William Carey Lane later ended up in Hawaii where he married a Hawaiian chiefess, Kukeakalani, the daughter of Kukanaloa, a member of King Kamehameha I's court who served as the keeper of the kings's personal war canoe.Created By
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