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My great grandmother's sister was shot & killed by her 3rd husband on March 4, 1924. These two articles appeared in the Kuokoa Newspaper and were written by my great great grandmother, Emma Fern. After many long years descendants of Lui Hookano (the 3rd husband), had a friend of theirs translate it.

Names are bolded when they first appear and places are underlined.

Kuokoa Newspaper, Honolulu
October 9, 1924
Mr. Sol Hanohano, a big aloha to you:

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For almost 10 years, I've been wanting to get an article about my great grandaunt translated and just recently someone did it for us. It's a long article and it's one of two articles, so she only did a translation for the 1st one, which I'm very grateful for. The story is about Emma Lahela Kaakaualiilani Hookano and her husband Lui Hookano who shot and killed her in 1924. The story is told by her mother Emma Fern about the events leading to her death. It takes place in Koolaupoko, but there's so… Continue

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I just published my second book at blurb.com. It's about my grandmother's father's side of the family. Called "Mahaulu:To Grow Peace". I'm planning on making more books on different sides of my family and then combine them all in a "deluxe" version. The books are made to order so their kind of pricey.




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