King St. Catholic Cemetery

Not to come off macabre for posting cemetery sites, but some very prominent people in Hawaiian history are still able to be visited in cemeteries around the islands. It is justifiable to research their life but it's not a bad thing to also visit their final resting place and get a better connection to the life and times they lived in. I visit the Royal Mausoleum once in awhile on Nuuanu Ave. now and then for no reason at all during my bike rides around the Nuuanu area.

Well this cemetery has a connection to my very own family. I have recently acquired a copy of my grandmothers family tree on my father's side and the furthest family member I could find enough information on was a man by the name of Ting Sing Hoke. A business man that came from China to the island of Hawaii and married a Hawaiian woman, Kahula Kaapana. They had nine children. Seven of which survived into adulthood. One being my great great grandmother. He later moved to Honolulu.

Long story short, Ting Sing Hoke was said to have been buried in King St. Cemetery across from Straub Hospital. After two days of searching for his grave and calls to the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. I just can't find his grave. There was a fire in the cemetery years ago and the office located in the back near the HECO building burned down. Destroying a lot of files containing the information of the burials there. There is an Edward Hoke and Primrose Hoke buried together. Children that died in the same year after only about a decade of life. They are distant relatives of mine, I'm sure. Hopefully one day I can find his burial site and maybe even visit Kahula Kaapana's on the Big Island.

 

That said here are some "VIP's" of the King Street Cemetery...

The Hoke plot. Is Ting Sing here but without a gravestone?

Maria Kamila. What popped out to me is that her tombstone states that she is the daughter Don Francico Marin a.k.a Don Francisco de Paula Marin. The man credited with introducing many different species of fauna to the islands as well as aiding Kamehameha's forces in training with the use of modern warfare. He was a very prominent person in the days of the Kamehameha Dynasty and for the things he has done for Hawaii in total, I believe he is worthy of his own holiday in his honor. His daughter must have been very proud of him and like wise. 

Robert William Kalanihiapa Wilcox butted heads a few times with the monarchy as well as the parties that would take power after them. All in all he had the welfare of the Hawaiian people in mind during his many actions that seemed rebellious at the time. It is said that after his final rebellion he was almost executed but sentenced to 35 years, but with the help of Stanford Dole pardoned. In the purpose of using Wilcox and five others in a exchange for their lives toward Queen Lili'uokalani to renounce her crown...