James Anderson King (1833 - 1899)

Born 4 Dec 1833 in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Charlotte Holmes (Davis) King — married 24 Mar 1877 in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1899 at age 65 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States

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Biography

James King is Notable.

James was born in 1832 (Wikipedia) or 1833 (Findagrave). He passed away in 1899.

James Anderson King was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland in December 4, 1832. He arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii during the 1860s, just after the American Civil War, and worked as ship's master on merchant vessels. He sailed the Kona Packet on trading voyages to Alaska, Kamchatka, and Japan. When Samuel Gardner Wilder arranged to buy the steamship Likelike, King was put in charge. As Wilder grew his fleet, Captain King was made superintendent of all shipping operations. He married Charlotte Holmes Davis, daughter of Robert Grimes Davis. She was the great-granddaughter of Oliver Holmes, an early settler and Governor of Oʻahu, who had married into Hawaiian nobility. Her uncle William Heath Davis (1822–1909) moved to Alta California in the 1830s.

After the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, King was made minister of the interior for the Provisional Government of Hawaii on January 17, 1893. He also served as minister of Interior of the Republic of Hawaii until his death.

Sources

• "Married," The Friend (Honolulu, Hawaii), 2 April 1877, p. 29, col. 3; digital images, The Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Collections (http://hmha.missionhouses.org/ : accessed 2 October 2022). Archived on the Internet Archive WayBack Machine. [1]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._King

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36376895

• Newspaper article about his funeral

Might be his birth record (Father Daniel King):

Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQWQ-N45 : 10 February 2018), James King, 05 Dec 1832; citing MUTHILL,PERTH,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,132.