flowed lands, irrigation projects
and surveys for water supply of
San Francisco, locating engineer
on Pacjfic Line of Mexican Central
Railway, and on Northern Pacific
Railroad, and on location, con-
struction and maintenance of sev-
eral minor railways. Came to Ha-
waii Oct., 1888. Chief engineer
Oahu Railway & Land Co., and
Hilo Railroad Co., 1888-1906; engi-
neer of Oahu Plantation at its in-
ception; engineer Kauai Electric
Co., 1905. Assistant Superintendent
Public Works, 1907-09; chief engi-
neer Hilo Railroad, Hamakua Ex-
tension 1 , 1909-13. Inspecting and
consulting engineer Waiahole Wa-
ter Co., 1913-16; inspector Hilo
breakwater and Kahului break-
water, 1917-18; chief engineer Oahu
Railway & Land Co., 1918 to date.
Member American Society of Civil
Engineers, American Association
for the Advancement of Science;
Honolulu Ad Club.

KNICKERBOCKER, EMORY L.,

insurance manager, Honolulu ; born
in Albion, Mich.. March 19. 1880;
son of C. H. and Flora (Frear)



Knickerbocker; married Charlicia
May Bewley, at Sheridan, Oreg.,
April 7, 1919; one child, Nancy.
Graduate of Albion high school,
1898 Albion College, 1905; foot ball
coach, Ferris Institute, Big Rapids,
Mich.. 1904; attended summer
schools at Chatauqua. N. Y. and
Harvard University; instructor in
senior chemistry and english also
director of athletics, Michigan Mili-
tary Academy, 1905-06; english in-
structor and director of athletics,
Detroit University School, 1906-09;
insurance business, Chicago. 111.,
1909; proprietor and manager gen-
eral insurance business and real es-
tate in Willamette valley, Oreg.,
1910-18; mgr. insurance depart-
ment The von Hamm- Young Co.,
Ltd., Honolulu, since 1918. Served at
Santiago, Cuba, 1898, with 33d
Michigan Volunteer Infantry;
studied cornet while at Albion Col-
lege, and was member 3d Regi-
ment Band at Saginaw, Mich. Gov-
ernor Honolulu Automobile Club,
president Hawaii Automobile Un-
derwriters' Assn. ; Delta Tau Delta
Fraternity; 32 Mason, Shriner.

KNUDSEN, AUGUSTUS F., su-
gar planter, Kekaha, Kauai; born
in Kekaha May 28, 1869; son of
Valdemar and Annie (Sinclair)
Knudsen; grandson of Capt. Fran-
cis Sinclair, R. N., and Knud Knud-
sen, Pres. of Norway, 1814-18; mar-
ried Margaret Laura Russell at
Stockton, Cal., Aug. 17, 1898; one
child, Ruth. Educated in grammar
school, Auckland, N. Z., Vienna,
Austria; Berlin, Germany; Chaun-
cey Hall, Boston; Mass. Inst. of
Technology. 1892. Was mgr. of
Knudsen Estate, 1892-1900; forest
and fire warden, Kauai, 1900; with
hydrographic survey, 1909-10; dean
of Krotona 1st., Los Angeles, 1913-
17. Represented Hawaii at Irriga-
tion Congress, 1909-10; national lec-
turer on psychology, Theosophical
Society, 1900-17; chairman terri-
torial and federal commission, A.-
Y.-P. Exposition, Seattle, 1908-09;
member Kauai road board, 1902-04;
Kauai County supervisor, 1906-08;
member University Club, Honolulu;
Celtic Club, Los Angeles; Theo-
sophical Society.

KNUDSEN, ERIC ALFRED,

rancher, Kekaha, Kauai; born in
Waiawa, Kauai, July 29, 1872; son
of Valdemar and Annie McHutch-
eson (Sinclair) Knudsen; married
Cecilie Alexandra 1'Orange at
Christiania, Norway, Sept. 18, 1905;
four children: Alexandra Lilikoi,
Valdemar 1'Orange, Anne Cecilie
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School, Auckland, N. Z.; Vienna,
Vustria; Berlin, Germany; Chaun-
cey Hall, Boston; Harvard, 1894;
raduated from law school, 1897.
Entered law office of John Murray
Marshall, 1897; admitted Mass, bar,
898; returned to Hawaii, 1900; ad-
nitted to bar but did not practise;
became mgr. Knudsen Bros.' ranch;
vice-speaker, Terr. House of Rep-
resentatives, 1903; speaker, 1905;
senator from Kauai, 1907-09; chair-
man judiciary committee, pres. of
Senate, 1911 and 1913 sessions;
school commissioner from Kauai,
1915-20. Member Choate Chap.,
Phi Delta Phi; University Club,
Pacific Club, Oahu Country Club,
Waimea Literary Club, Bar Assn.
of Hawaii.

KNUDSEN, HERBERT BERG,

architect, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Chicago, 111., Feb. 2, 1886; son of
Harold E. and Birgithe (Berg)
Knudsen; educated at Salt Lake
City high school, class of 1903.
After leaving school began work
and study of architecture in of-
fices, Salt Lake City; employed in
various architects' offices in New
York, Chicago, Montreal, San Fran-
cisco and Salt Lake City; came to
Hawaii and was with Dept. of
Public Works and later Construc-
tion Q. M., U. S. Army, 1915-1918;
practising architect in Hilo since.

KONNO, TOMEKICHI, sugar
planter, Holualoa, Hawaii; born at
Iwateken, Japan, December 24,
1878; educated at Northwest Mis-
sion school, Sendai; graduated from
Technical College, Tokio; appointed
architect at Yamagata Prefectural
office following graduation; came
to Hawaii, 1901; surveyor .nd stu-
dent of sugar industry; with Lau-
pahoehoe Sugar Co., 15 years; pur-
chased Kona Development Co., Ltd.,
and West Hawaii Railway Co., Ltd.,
1915, of which he is president and
manager.

KRAUSS, FREDERICK G., agri-
culturist, Haiku, Maui; born in San
Francisco, Cal., May 6, 1870; son
of Frederick Herman and Johan-
nah (Kindervater) Krauss. Edu-
cated at Stanford University, 1894;
University of California, 19<01; mar-
ried Elizabeth Hilmer at Petaluma,
Calif., Oct. 20, 1897; four children:
Dorothy H., Beatrice H., Freder-
ick H., Noel H. Superintendent of
Seed Growing, Sunset Seed & Plant
Co., Menlo Park, Cal., 1899; in
charge of field experiments, in-
structor in plant propagation, Uni-
versity of California, 1901; agricul-
tural instructoi-, Kamehameha
16-



Schools, Honolulu, 1906; agrono-
mist Hawaiian Agricultural Ex-
periment Station, 1912; professor
agronomy, College of Hawaii, 1915;
superintendent agricultural exten-
sion, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Haiku,
Maui. Owner New Era Homestead
Farms, Haiku, Maui, also acting
county agricultural agent for Maui,
1917. Was commissioned by U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture to investigate
rice and cotton industries of Japan
and China, 1909; appointed seed
collector for Territorial Board of
Agriculture and Forestry while on
this commission. Author of many
agricultural bulletins and articles;
specialty, breeding of field crops,
especially legumes. Member Ter-
ritorial Milk Commission; chairman
Tax Appeal Court for Second Judi-
cial Circuit. Fellow American As-
sociation for Advancement of Sci-
ence; American Society of Agron-
omy; American Soc. Farm Manage-
ment.

KUMALAE, JONAH, business
man, Honolulu; born in Honolulu.
Oct. 13, 1874; son of Moses and
Eliza Keleiwaiwaiole (Manuia) Ke-
liiaa; grammar school education;
married Lena Ahana, at Honolulu,
May 28, 1901; eight children: Lena
K., Jonah, Thelma, Carita K., Al-
fred K., Clarence, Elizabeth K.,
Eleanor. Taught school at Kona,
Hawaii, 1894-95; farming and con-
tracting, 1895-97; employed as clerk
to registrai of conveyances, 1897-
1900; bookkeeper and cashier for
W. C. Achi & Co., 1900-03. He then
engaged in manufacture of ukuleles
and Hawaiian curios, taro planting
in 1917, and poi manufacturing in
1920, all three of which industries
he now carries on. Was a member
of the territorial legislature. '.900-
04, and again 1918-20; food oorn-
missioner, lt>18; elected member of
board of supervisors, Honoiul.a.
1919, for four-year term. Director
Hawaii Land Co.. Ltd.. 1900-03;
president, Hawaiian Civic Club
(1920). Democrat.

KUNEWA, JOS. HEWAHEWA,

tax assessor, W T ailuku, Maui; born
in Honolulu, Sept. 8, 1876; son of
Kaulei and Victoria Poomanu
(Palau) Kunewa; educated Maui
public schools; St. Louis College,
Honolulu; married Mary Hoffman
of Wailuku, Maui. in Honolulu,
Aug. 31, 1918. Clerk, registry of
conveyances, and later Oahu prison,
1896-98; asst. bookkeeper, Honolu-
lu Plantation Co., Oahu, 1898-1903;
deputy tax assessor, Ewa and
Waianae, Oahu, 1903-08; assessor
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1908. Member Maui Chamber of
Commerce; Maui County Fair &
Racing Assn.; pastmaster Maui
Lodge No. 472, F. & A. M.;
Shriner.



LAKE, GEORGE EDWARD, cler-
gyman, Hana, Maui; born in
Hampsted, N. H., in 1886; son of
Thorndike P. and Martha E. (Mar-
ble) Lake; married Laura Fanny
Davenport at New York City, 1899.
Graduated at Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass., 1892; Dartmouth
College, B. L., 1896; Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary, 1899. In Con-
gregational ministry, New Eng-
land, 1899-1915; missionary of Ha-
waiian Board, located at Hana,
Maui, 1915, to date. Member Will-
iam Parkman Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Winchester, Mass.

LAMB, FREDERICK, commis-
sion agent, Hilo, Hawaii; born Lon-
don, Eng., Jan. 7, 1877; son of
Henry and Emily (Joyner) Lamb;
educated in public schools of Eng-
land; married Cornelia A. Gesell
(deceased 1914) in Honolulu, 1913;
one child, Robert Louis; married
Mrs. Laura Lou Thompson, in
Hilo, Aug. 12, 1919. Served 11
years in banking business in Lon-
don, with National Bank of New
Zealand and Capital and Counties
Bank; came to Hawaii in 1906, be-
ing employed by Henry May &
Co., Honolulu, and later with Ho-
nokaa Sug. Co. and Fred L. Wal-
dron, Ltd., Honolulu and Hilo;
opened branch of Fred L. Waldron,
Ltd., in Hilo, Jan. 1918, having pre-
viously been in charge of their
steamship business; started com-
mission business for self Oct. 1920.
Member Kilauea Lodge of Masons,
Hilo; Hilo Lodge of Elks; Repub-
lican.

LANE, JOHN CAREY, ex-mayor
of Honolulu; born in Makao, Oahu.
T. H., July 23, 1872; son of Wil-
liam Carey and Kahoailimoku (Nu-
hi) Lane; educated in school con-
ducted by Judge Edward Hore at
Hauula. Oahu, and St. Louis Col-
lege, Honolulu. Began career with
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co..
Honolulu, as ship's purser, 1889-
90; clerk, road dept., under Ha-
waiian monarchy, 1890-93; was con-
fined for several months under
charge of treason against provi-
sional government, 1893; engaged
in farming near Honolulu, 1893-
1900; re-entered employ of Inter-
Island S. N. Co. 1900; candidate



for mayor of Honolulu, being de-
feated by seven votes, 1908; candi-
date for mayoralty and again de-
feated by 52 votes 1910; elected
mayor of Honolulu by overwhelm-
ing majority, 1914-16. Was sena-
tor Territorial legislature, 1905-07
sessions and introduced bill es-
tablishing city and county govern-
ment for Honolulu and the muni-
cipal act giving Honolulu its first
charter; was special delegate to
Republican national convention,
Chicago, 1908; and with associates
was instrumental in increasing Ha-
waii's convention delegates from
two to six, although these were
reduced to previous number at 1912
convention through opposition of
Roosevelt forces. Member Ter.
Board of Health, 1904-05; member
Honolulu Ad Club, Chiefs of Ha-
waii, Order of Kamehameha, Court
Lunalilo No. 6600, A. O. F., Daugh-
ters and Sons of Warriors of Ha-
waii.

LANGE, ROBERT FREDERIC,

merchant, Honolulu; born Sept. 30,
1863, in Tilsit, East Prussia; son
of August Frederich and Emilie
(Kascheike) Lange; married Alys
Maud Danford in Honolulu June 21,
1900; three children, Nora Emilie,
Elfrida Kate, Anna Geraldina. Ed-
ucated at Real Gymnasium (Tilsit);
commenced business career with
William Makrocki (Tilsit), 1880-82;
Manasse Werner (Posen, Germany),
1883; G. London (Hamburg, Ger-
many), 1884; A. W. Jones (Wans-
beck, Germany), 1885; Cassius M.
Paine (Milwaukee, Wis.), 1885-86;
L. Bartlett & Son (Milwaukee,
Wis.), 1886-89; Ed. Hoffschlaeger
& Co. (Honolulu), since 1889; man-
ager Hoffschlaeger Co., Ltd., Hono-
lulu, since incorporation. Was Bel-
gian vice-consul for Hawaii 1899-
1915. Member Commercial Club,
Honolulu Lodge No. 509, F. & A. M.,
National Arts Club (New York),
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce.

LARNACH, ALEXANDER D.,

lawyer, Honolulu; born May 2, 1872,
in England; son of William and
Margaret Blair (Deuchar) Lar-
nach; married Inez Perry in Hono-
lulu Dec. 25, 1895; one child, Don-
ald W. P. Early education and
training in England, Stanford Uni-
versity, LL.B., 1907. Came to Ha-
waii in 1889 and entered the em-
ploy of T. H. Davies & Co., later
with W. W. Dimond & Co. as a
salesman until 1904; studied law in
Stanford University, 1904-07; ap-
pointed Deputy Attorney General,
Territory of Hawaii, 1908; entered
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pointed second district magistrate
of City and County of Honolulu,
1911. Is a Mason and member of
Phi Delta Phi fraternity and Order
of Coif at Stanford.

LARRISON, GEORGE K., hy-
draulic engineer, Honolulu; born
at Lincoln, Illinois, August 20,
1876; son of Winfleld Scott and
Rose E. (Kirkpatrick) Larrison;
educated public schools and Uni-
versity of Illinois, 1901; married
Martha Warner Lacey of Havana,
Illinois, October 10, 1906 at Manila,
P. I. Began railroad and hydrau-
lic engineering work on Mexican
border, Philippine islands and Ha-
waii; was Captain of Engineers,
U. S. Army, Oct. 1917-Jan. 1919.
Member American Society of Civil
Engineers, American Association
of Engineers and University Club.

LARSEN, DAVID L., sugar
plantation manager, Kilauea,
Kauai; born Sept. 18, 1886, in
Stockholm, Sweden; son of Emil
and Marie (Freeman) Larsen; mar-
ried Katharine Wood of California
March 31, 1917; three children: In-
grid, David Wood and Katharine.
Came to America, 1892; attended
grammar school at Peekskill, N. Y.,
and Bridgeport, Conn.; Bridgeport
high school; graduated Mass. Ag-
ricultural College, Amherst, Mass.,
B. S., 1908; joined H. S. P. A. Ex-
periment Station, Honolulu, as
plant pathologist, 1908; agricul-
tural dept., same institution, 1915;
chief agriculturist, 1916; special re-
search work pertaining to prac-
tises that may increase yield and
decrease cost of production of su-
gar plantations of Hawaii; mgr.
of Kiluaea Sug. Plantation Co.
since Jan. 1, 1918. Member Kappa
Sigma fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi
Society, Hawaiian Chemists' Assn.
and Commercial Club of Honolulu.



LEAVITT, GEORGE BAKER,

railway mgr., Port Allen, Kauai;
born at Portland, Me., June 5,
1860; son of George W. and Helen
Elizabeth (Greene) Leavitt; high
school education; married Mable
L. Hastie, at Eleele, Kauai, Aug.
5, 1914; went to sea, Sept. 1878,
and was sailor in merchant service
until Dec. 1883; with Pacific Steam
Whaling Co., San Francisco as
master 'of steamers and port super-
intendent, 1884-1908; with Ameri-
can Hawaiian S. S. Co. 1909-11:
with Alexander & Baldwin, in
charge at Port Allen, since June
1911.



LEE, WALTER VINCENT, bank-
er, Kapaa, Kauai, T. H. ; born
Sept. 18, 1881 at Midland, Mich.;
son of James William and Mary-
Jane Lee; educated, Midland high
school, class of 1900, and Interna-
tional Business College, Saginaw,
Mich., 1902; married Emma Caro-
lyn Whitehead in Honolulu, July
20, 1915; one son, Robert Vincent
Lee. Began business career with
the Millard Palmer Stationery Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1903; with
Sanborn Vail Stationery Co. San
Francisco and later five years with
The Calkins Co., Los Angeles, 1904-
14; came to Honolulu, 1914, as
representative of the Mutual
Agency bringing one of the first
big serial film productions, "The
Million Dollar Mystery"; owned
and operated in association with
A. L. MacKaye the first glass
bottom boats when the Coral Gar-
dens resort was opened; entered
the banking business and opened
the first branch of the Peoples'
Bank, Ltd., at Kealakekua, Kona
district, Hawaii, later becoming
manager of The Bank of Kauai,
Ltd. Was secretary, Kona Im-
provement Club, 1919-20; secretary
and treasurer, Kona Garage, 1917-
20. Is member Hilo Lodge B. P.
O. E.

LENNOX, JOHN, merchant, Ewa,
Hawaii; born Bannock-burn, Scot-
land, Sept. 23, 1877; son of Adam
and Stewart (Robertson) Lennox;
married Anne Mae Cook, in Hono-
lulu, May 5, 1903; two children:
Colin Gordon and Duncan Stewart.
Educated Saint Ninian's public
school, Stirlingshire, Scotland. With
Charles Jenner & Co., Edinburgh
silk merchants, 1896-99; with Theo.
H. Davies & Co., dry goods dept.,
1899-1901; store mgr. Hawaiian
Mercantile Co., Kohala, Hawaii,
1901-02; same, McBryde Sug. Co.,
Eleele, Kauai, 1902-09; mgr. L.
Turner Co., Hilo, (later Hilo Em-
porium) 1909-10; pres. & mgr. N.
S. Sachs Dry Goods Co., Honolulu,
1910-18; cashier American Ha-
waiian Motors Co., Ltd., 1918-19;
mgr. mdse. dept. Ewa Plantation
Co., Oahu, 1919 to date. Was mem-
ber Queen's Royal Volunteer Bri-
gade, Edinburgh, 1896-99; secy.
Honolulu Merchants' Assn., 1911,
until merged into Chamber of
Commerce. Member Commercial
Club, British Club, Ad Club, Out-
rigger Canoe Club, British Benevo-
lent Society.

LEWERS, ROBERT, merchant,
Honolulu ; born in New York City,
N. Y., March 15, 1836: son of Will-



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iam and Mary (Lowe) Lewers;
common school education; married
Catherine R. Carter in Honolulu
July 16, 1867; two children, William
Henry and Harriet Layman. Came
to Honolulu around the Horn in
the ship Raduga in 1856; started
in Honolulu as a carpenter; entered
the employ of Lewers & Dickson.
lumber merchants, in 1860; was
taken into the firm with the late
C. M. Cooke in 1877, which later
changed its name to Lewers &
Cooke; together with F. J. Lowrey,
purchased the entire business of
Lewers & Cooke in 1894, and which
is at the present time grown to
great proportions, dealing in lum-
ber, hardware, paints and oils, etc.,
both wholesale and retail. Mem-
ber Hawaiian Lodge, F. & A. M.,
Excelsior Lodge, I. O. O. F.

LEWIS, ABRAHAM, Jr., attorney
and financial agent, Honolulu ; born
July 14, 1873, in California; son of
Abraham and Arzelia (Martin)
Lewis; A.B. Stanford University
1895; LL.B. Hastings College of
Law, 1897; married Alice Hall
Jones, daughter of P. C. Jones of
Honolulu, April 26, 1896; children:
Marion, Dudley and Elizabeth.
Earliest paternal ancestor settled
in Schenectady, N. Y. ; maternal
grandfather was prominently iden-
tified with the Mexican war and
held rank of Captain, both parents
arriving in California prior to
1847. Law practice with Chicker-
ing, Thomas & Gregory of San
Francisco: member law firm of
Smith & Lewis, Honolulu, later be-
coming vice-president, manager
and director Bank of Hawaii, Ltd;
member law firm Thompson, Cath-
cart & L^wis since 1920. Appoint-
ed Treasurer, Territory of Hawaii,
Sept. 1920. Is director Halawa
Plantation; has been identified with
public activities as follows: Presi-
dent Board of Trustees, Library of
Hawaii; chairman Advisory Land
Law Commission; president As-
sociattd Charities of Honolulu;
chairman Building Committee new
Central Union Church; president
Chamber of Commerce of Hono-
lulu (1920); chairman Joint Legis-
lative Committee of Planters' As-
sociation and Chamber of Com-
merce; trustee Honolulu School
for Poys; member and chairman
Finance Committee House of Rep-
resentatives 1919 session Legisla-
ture of Hawaii; member Phi Delta
Phi, Zeta Psi, Social Science Club,
Honolulu, Past Eminent Comman-
der Honolulu Commandry Knights
Templar, Past Master Hawaiian
Lodge No. 21 F. & A. M., Pacific,



University and Oahu Country
Clubs.

LIDGATE, KENNETH SAXE,
plantation supt., Kukaiau, Ha-
waii; born Paauilo, Hawaii, Jan.
6, 1887; son of Anthony and Flora
(Ludgate) Lidgate. Educated,

Oahu College, 1908; married Mar-
garet Stewart Lennox, at Paauilo,
Dec. 28, 1912. Worked for Ha-
makua. Mill Co. as overseer, 1908-
12; head overseer, Kukaiau Plan-
tation Co., 1912-19 and mgr. since
1919, the plantation being run as
a section of Hamakua Mill Co,
and the cane ground at Paauilo
sinca 1918.

LILLIE, THOMAS HOLTUM, ac-
countant, Kohala Sugar Co., Koha-
la, Hawaii; born Glasgow, Scot-
land, March 12, 1869; son of James
and Agnes Simpson (Holtum) Lil-
lie; married Florence Stewart Row-
ley, at Honolulu, June 28, 1902 ; four
children: A. Muriel. Thomas R.
Holtum, Frederick F. R. and Flor-
ence A. R. Educated Glasgow
Academy and Glasgow Univ., M.A.,
1888; LL.B., 1891; awarded Andrew
Cunningham scholarship as most
distinguished graduate in law of
year. Admitted to practice as law
agent, Scotland, 1893; practiced as
solicitor, Glasgow, 1893-1900; in
Australia, 1900-01; with Bishop &
Co., Honolulu. 1901-06; cashier and
bookkeeper, Kohala Sugar Co., July
1, 1906, to date. Naturalized Dec.
30, 1911. Was secy. Glasgow Lib-
eral Club, 1893-1900; secy. National
Rifle Club, Scotland, six years;
gunner with Royal Naval Artillery
Volunteers, Clyde Brigade, four
years; on board H. M. S. Ajax at
Jubilee Review at Spithead. July,
1887; held commission in 1st Lan-
ark Rifle Volunteers, now 5th Scot-
tish Rifles, 1893-1900; on guard of
honor outside Buckingham Palace
Gate, Diamond Jubilee, June 21,
1897. Former member Clyde Canoe
Club, Palette Club, Glasgow; 32nd
Degree Mason and Shriner; mem-
ber American Meteorological So-
ciety; American Assn. for Advance-
ment of Science; Aero Club of Ha-
waii.

LIND, JOHN, ranch mgr.. Hue-
hue, Hawaii; born Cobbinshaw,
Midlothian, Scotland, Nov. 18, 1880;
son of James and Agnes (Rae)
Lind; married Helen Crichton, at
Innerleithen, Scotland, June 8,
1906; two children: James and
John Crichton. Educated Scotland
public schools. Worked- on various
farms in native country, coming to
Hawaii in 1910; asst. mgr. S. M.



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Damon ranch, Moanalua, Oahu,
1910-17; asst. mgr. and bookkeeper,
Puuwaawaa ranch, Hawaii, 1917-
20; manager The John A. Maguire
Est., Ltd., since Jan., 1920. Mem-
ber Honolulu Lodge No. 409, F. &
A. M. ; British Club, Honolulu.

LINDEMAN, FERDINAND J.,

merchant, Honolulu; born in New
York City Jan. 2, 1871; son of Fer-
dinand and Theresa Edith (Trav-
ener) Lindeman; married Agnes J.
Colman in Honolulu Feb. 27, 1900;
three children: Agnes Theone,
Edith Adele, Philip Ferdinand. Ed-
ucated at St. Xavier's College, Cin-
cinnati, O. Traveled as dry goods
salesman for J. J. Pfister Knitting
Co., San Francisco, beginning 1888,
and for H. Hackfield & Co., Hono-
lulu, 1899-1917; later was mgr. dry
goods dept. H. Hackfield & Co.,
1917-18, and in 1918 became mgr.
the Liberty House, Honolulu. Mem-
ber B. P. O. E., Ad Club, Commer-
cial Club, Rotary Club, Chamber of
Commerce.

LINDSAY, ALEXANDER, Jr.,

lawyer, Honolulu; born in Fife-
shire, Scotland, Oct. 29, 1871; son
of Alexander and Isabel (Bonnar)
Lindsay. Educated public schools
of Hawaii and University of Mich-
igan, LL.B., 1902; married Fanny
Louise Young in Vicksburg, Mich.,
Sept. 13, 1906; two children, Betty
and Richard. Began professional
career in Honolulu, practicing law.
1902-03; appointed District Mag-
istrate, Honolulu, 1903-05; appoint-
ed Judge of Circuit Court, 1905-10;
resumed private practice with firm
of Judd & Lindsay, 1910; Attorney
General, Territory of Hawaii, 1910-
13; resumed private practice, 1913;
partnership with E. A. Mott- Smith
since 1917. Member Phi Delta Phi
fraternity and University Club of
Honolulu.

LINDSAY, DAVID COLVILLE,

banker, Kahului, Maui; born in
Kirriemuir, Scotland, June 23, 1870;
son of James and Betsy (Colville)
Lindsay. Educated in common
schools and private seminary, Scot-
land; married Clara Fowler Greg-
ory, Paia, Maui, 1895; four children,
Olive Douglas, Dorothy Colville,
Elizabeth Clare, Ruth Charlotte;
married Esther Linsley Shepherd,
North Haven, Conn., 1917. Spent
six years in large mercantile es-
tablishment, Scotland; came to
Hawaii, 1890; employed on Paia
Plantation; appointed manager
after amalgamation of Paia Plan-
tation and Haiku Sugar Co., 1906;
organized and became manager of



Baldwin National Bank, Kahului,
Maui; organized and became cash-
ier and manager of The Baldwin
Bank, Ltd., successors to Baldwin
National Bank of Kahului, 1921;
President of Nahiku Rubber Co.,
Ltd.; Vice President and Manag-
ing Director Maui Telephone Co.;
Director Maui Soda and Ice Works,
Ltd.; member Liquor License Com-
mission, County of Maui; chairman
of Lahainaluna School Commis-
sion; member Board of Public In-
struction, Territory of Hawaii;