Virginia Kaihikapumahana Wilcox

Virginia Kahoa Kaahumanu Kaihikapumahana Ninito Wilcox (1895–1954) was related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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Life

Her father was military and political leader Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox (1855–1903). Her mother was Theresa Owana Kaohelelani of the House of Laanui, a collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha. Born May 27, 1895, a few years after the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, she was the younger sister of Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox (1893–1934) and elder sister of Elizabeth Kaʻakaulani Wilcox (died young 1898).[1] Her half sisters (from her mother's first marriage) were Daisy Napulahaokalani Cartwright and Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright.[2]

She inherited the Wilcox estate and married John Kilioe Miller (1897–1969). Her eldest daughter was Kaihikapumahana Daisy Weaver, wife of Cliff Weaver, owner of the Spence Cliff chain of restaurants in Hawaii. Her youngest daughter was Kapiolani Gertrude Miller Toledo, a former Miss Hawaii in 1954 and traveled around the world with the original Harlem Globetrotters as a personal friend of Abe Saperstein the founder of the Globetrotters.

Returning to Hawaii, she became the owner of the Toledo Dairy, Hawaii's largest dairy farm net worth 24 million $. Her other children were Kilioe John Miller, Kahelekaapuni Virginia Castro, Kaahumanu Margeret Braines and Kalahumoku Elmer. Virginia Kahoa Kaahumanu Kaihikapumahana died on June 13, 1954.

Family tree

Kahikikalaokalani
 
Keōua Nui
 
Kekuiapoiwa II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kalokuokamaile
 
Kaloiokalani
 
Kamehameha I
(The Great)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kaohelelani
 
Jean Baptiste Rives
(1793–1833)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gideon Peleioholani Laʻanui
(1797–1849)
 
Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Rives
(1815–1850)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui
(1834–1928)
 
Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui
(1840–1871)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alexander Cartwright III
 
Theresa Laʻanui
(1860–1944)
 
Robert William Wilcox
(1855–1903)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daisy and Eva Cartwright
 
Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox
(1893–1934)
 
Virginia Wilcox
(1895–1954)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox
(1917–1988)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Owana Salazar
(born 1953)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mahana Kaʻahumanu Walters
(born 1979)
 
Noa Kalokuokamaile
(born 1981)

References

  1. ^ Christopher Buyers. "Hawaii: Wilcox-Salazar Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. http://www.royalark.net/Hawaii/wilcox.htm. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Pedigree of the High Chiefess Elizabeth Kekaikuihala Kekaaniau". Evening bulletin (Honolulu): p. 2. November 24, 1896. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1896-11-24/ed-1/seq-2/. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 

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