Akaiko Akana (1884 - 1933)

Born 24 Dec 1884 in Waialua, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii

Died 16 Feb 1933 at age 48 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States

Biography

Akaiko Akana is Notable.

Akaiko Akana (1884–1933), became the first Kahu (pastor) of Hawaiian ancestry at Kawaiahaʻo Church in 1918. He served in that capacity until his death in 1933.

He was born December 24, 1884, to Chun Akana and Harriet Kahema in the Kaihuwai district of Waialua on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, in the Territory of Hawaii. Akana was of hapa (mixed) ancestry, with a Chinese father and Hawaiian mother.

He graduated from Kamehameha School for boys in 1903, and was assigned as a teaching assistant at his alma mater.

He succeeded Henry Hodges Parker as Pastor of Kawaiaha'o Church.

Sources

• John William Siddall, ed., Men of Hawaii: A Biographical Reference Library, Complete and Authentic, of the Men of Note and Substantial Achievement in the Hawaiian Islands, rev. ed. (Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited, 1921), 2:7, 9. [1]

• "The Rev. Akana Dead," Honolulu (Hawaii) Star-Bulletin, 17 February 1933, p. 1, col. 5 and p. 2, col. 7; digital images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 November 2021). [2]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaiko_Akana