Theresa Laanui
| Theresa Owana Kaʻohelelani Laʻanui | |
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| Spouse | Alexander Cartwright III Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox Lewis R. Belliveau John G. Kelly |
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| Daisy Emmalani Cartwright Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Wilcox Virginia Kahoa Kaʻahumanu Kaihikapumahana | |
| House | House of Laʻanui |
| Father | Prince Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui, |
| Mother | Elizabeth Kamai |
| Born | May 1, 1860 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Died | January 5, 1944 (aged 83) Honolulu, Oahu |
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Theresa Owana Kaʻohelelani Laʻanui (1860–1944) was a member of the royal family during the last years of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and into the territorial period.
Life
She was born May 1, 1860, in Honolulu. Her father was Prince Gideon Kailipalaki Laʻanui, a brother of Princess Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau. Her mother was Kamaikaopa. She was a member of the House of Laʻanui, a collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha. Her children (except her two daughters by Cartwright) and male-line descendants belong paternally to the Wilcox family.
As a child, she would often go to the palace of King Kamehameha V to make leis for him. She was married four times, although she only had children from her first and second marriages. She was one-eighth French (via her great-grandfather Jean Baptiste Rives) and the rest Hawaiian descent. After her parents died in 1871, she was adopted by her aunt Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Pratt.
She married Alexander Joy Cartwright III, son of Honolulu businessman and baseball pioneer Alexander Cartwright II on April 23, 1878.[1] By this marriage she had two daughters, Daisy Emmalani Cartwright (1879–?) and Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright (1881–1948). They divorced, and he eventually moved to San Francisco and married Susan Florence McDonald.[2]
Her second marriage was on August 20, 1896[1] to Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (1855–1903), a military leader who then became a popular politician. By this marriage she had a son, Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui (1893–1934) and two daughters, Virginia Kahoa Kaʻahumanu Kaihikapumahana (1895–1954) and Elizabeth Kaʻakaualaninui Wilcox who was born January 2, 1898 and died young November 24, 1898. She and Robert Wilcox owned and operated two Hawaiian newspapers, the Liberal and the Home Rule Republic, which were written in the Hawaiian language and English. She was received at the White House during Wilcox's service (1900–1903) as the Territory of Hawaiʻi's first Delegate to Congress. She had many descendants. A recent heir of the Wilcox line is slack-key guitarist and singer Owana Kaʻohelelani Mahealani-Rose Salazar (born 1953).[3]
On February 10, 1909 she married Lewis R. Belliveau.[4] and on January 16, 1922 she married John G. Kelly.[5] She died on January 5, 1944.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Marriage record: Oahu 1832-1910". Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Monica Nucciarone. "Alexander J. Cartwright Jr. Bio". Mr Baseball.com. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ↑ Christopher Buyers. "Wilcox Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Marriage record: Oahu 1832-1910". Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Marriage record: Oahu 1911-1929". Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
External links
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- "Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui". Biography from Hawaiʻi Royal Family web site. Keali'i Publishing. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- "Teresa Owana Kaohelelani". Our Family History and Ancestry. Families of Old Hawaii. Retrieved November 20, 2010.