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William Kamau
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'''William Kamau''' (Janauary 15, 1851 – January 9, 1944) was an American clergyman, and the second Kahu (shepherd) of Hawaiian ancestry at [[Kawaiahaʻo Church]] in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii.
==Background==
He was born on Maui in the district of [[Waihee-Waiehu, Hawaii|Waiehu]], attending both [[Lahainaluna High School]] and the [[Mid-Pacific Institute]] in Honolulu. Much of his adulthood was spent on the [[Hawaii (island)|island of Hawaii]], where he was ordained into the ministry. His first pastorate was at [[Kalapana, Hawaii]]. Affiliated with the Hawaii Mission Board, Kamau was also a judge who served as a district magistrate at Puna at the same time he pastored a church at Opihikao.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2); Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He held pastorates at the Lihue Hawaiian Church on Kauai, and the Ewa Congregational Church at [[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City]] on Oahu, and Mānana Protestant Church.<ref name=AdvertiserObit>|date=January 11, 1944|page=9}}</ref> For more than two decades, he served as chaplain in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] legislature.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) ; </ref>
==Kawaiahao==
After Rev. [[Akaiko Akana]] died on February 16, 1933, Kawaiahao took 15 months to find a successor. In the interim, the duties of the position were shared among the deacons. Kamau had an affiliation with [[Haili Church]] in Hilo, and along with other ministers in the islands, sometimes participated in larger events with Kawaiahao.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He accepted the call to shepherd the church, and was installed as Kahu on June 10, 1934.<ref> </ref> Kamau was 83 years old when he accepted the position, the same age [[Henry Hodges Parker]] had been when he retired from his ministry at Kawaiahao.
Kamau officiated at the church entirely in the Hawaiian language. [[Edward Kahale]] was associate pastor.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> At the end of 1939, Kamau was the oldest practicing ordained minister in the territory. When Kahale was promoted to Kahu in 1940, Kamau was put on retirement as pastor [[emeritus]] allowing him to continue as a practicing minister without the responsibilities of administration.<ref>|date=April 11, 1938|page=6}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He married Nawaiotua Kahoowaiwai in 1888. She was the mother of his children: teacher Anna K. Hoopii, school administrator Mrs. Lakana K. d'Aguilar, teacher Maria K. Todd and teacher Anee K. Kamau and Territorial representative [[William K. Kamau]]. She died October 30, 1916.<ref name=AdvertiserObit/><ref>|date=November 2, 1916|page=13, col. 7}}</ref>
On May 30, 1919, he married Martha Haili Timoteo. They had no children. Rev. Kamau died January 9, 1944. Martha Kamau died in 1958.<ref>|date=April 22, 1958|page=7}}</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1851 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:People of the Territory of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Native Hawaiian people]]
==Background==
He was born on Maui in the district of [[Waihee-Waiehu, Hawaii|Waiehu]], attending both [[Lahainaluna High School]] and the [[Mid-Pacific Institute]] in Honolulu. Much of his adulthood was spent on the [[Hawaii (island)|island of Hawaii]], where he was ordained into the ministry. His first pastorate was at [[Kalapana, Hawaii]]. Affiliated with the Hawaii Mission Board, Kamau was also a judge who served as a district magistrate at Puna at the same time he pastored a church at Opihikao.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2); Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He held pastorates at the Lihue Hawaiian Church on Kauai, and the Ewa Congregational Church at [[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City]] on Oahu, and Mānana Protestant Church.<ref name=AdvertiserObit>|date=January 11, 1944|page=9}}</ref> For more than two decades, he served as chaplain in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] legislature.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) ; </ref>
==Kawaiahao==
After Rev. [[Akaiko Akana]] died on February 16, 1933, Kawaiahao took 15 months to find a successor. In the interim, the duties of the position were shared among the deacons. Kamau had an affiliation with [[Haili Church]] in Hilo, and along with other ministers in the islands, sometimes participated in larger events with Kawaiahao.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He accepted the call to shepherd the church, and was installed as Kahu on June 10, 1934.<ref> </ref> Kamau was 83 years old when he accepted the position, the same age [[Henry Hodges Parker]] had been when he retired from his ministry at Kawaiahao.
Kamau officiated at the church entirely in the Hawaiian language. [[Edward Kahale]] was associate pastor.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> At the end of 1939, Kamau was the oldest practicing ordained minister in the territory. When Kahale was promoted to Kahu in 1940, Kamau was put on retirement as pastor [[emeritus]] allowing him to continue as a practicing minister without the responsibilities of administration.<ref>|date=April 11, 1938|page=6}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He married Nawaiotua Kahoowaiwai in 1888. She was the mother of his children: teacher Anna K. Hoopii, school administrator Mrs. Lakana K. d'Aguilar, teacher Maria K. Todd and teacher Anee K. Kamau and Territorial representative [[William K. Kamau]]. She died October 30, 1916.<ref name=AdvertiserObit/><ref>|date=November 2, 1916|page=13, col. 7}}</ref>
On May 30, 1919, he married Martha Haili Timoteo. They had no children. Rev. Kamau died January 9, 1944. Martha Kamau died in 1958.<ref>|date=April 22, 1958|page=7}}</ref>
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:1851 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:People of the Territory of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Native Hawaiian people]]
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