Aberahama Kaikioewa Palekaluhi - Kauai Tax Assessor Letter Dated Oct 2, 1877

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Aberahama Kaikioewa Palekaluhi - Kauai Tax Assessor Letter Dated Oct 2, 1877

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Letter written in the Hawaiian language to Kauai Governor John Edward Bush by Aberahama Kaikioewa Palekaluhi - Kauai Tax Assessor Kuini Liliha (c. 1802–1839) was a High Chiefess (aliʻi) and noblewoman who served the Kingdom of Hawaii as royal governor of Oʻahu island. She administered the island from 1829 to 1831 following the death of her husband Boki. (Mother of Aberahama Kaikioewa Palekaluhi). Liliha had numerous other husbands and partners. In fact, she was probably the most married chiefess during her lifetime; she had a document seven partners or husbands. Besides Kahalaiʻa Luanuʻu and Boki, she married Kalaniulumoku and Namaile by whom she had daughters, Jane Loeau (1828–1873), and Abigail Maheha (1832–1861), respectively. King Kamehameha III declared both eligible for the Hawaiian throne, and they were sent to the Chiefs' Children's School later known as the Royal School in Honolulu.[10][11][12] With Kulinui she had a son, Aberahama Kaikioewa Palekaluhi (1830–1912). Wikipedia reference nos.

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