David Malo

David Malo
David Malo
Born	1793 (1793) Keauhou, Hawaii
Died	000000001853-10-25-0000October 25, 1853 Maui, Hawaii
Nationality	Hawaiian
Occupation	Historian, Minister
Spouse(s)	Aʻalailoa, Bathsheba Pahia, Rebecca Lepeka
Children	Emma Aʻalailoa Malo Kapena
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David Malo or Davida Malo (1793–1853) was a leading Native Hawaiian historian of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He became a Christian minister and founded a church.

David Malo was born in Keauhou on the Island of Hawaiʻi around 1793. He spelled his name Davida, since syllables always end in vowels in the Hawaiian language.

His father was named Aoʻao and mother was named Heone. He grew up during the period when Kamehameha I united the islands into a single kingdom. Malo was associated with the chief Kuakini, who was a brother of Queen Kaʻahumanu, during this time of great change, probably serving as oral historian and court genealogist. Early in life, he married Aʻalailoa (1790?–1822), a widow much older than, but they had no children when she died.

In 1823 Malo moved to Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui and became a student of Reverend William Richards, learning how to read and write in both English and Hawaiian. Malo converted to Christianity and was given the baptismal name of David. He married again to a woman named Pahia (1796–1845), who took the Christian name Bathsheba; she also died without children. He was a member of the first class at the Lahainaluna School when it was founded by Lorrin Andrews, later serving as school master. He married a third time to Lepeka (1810–1853), who took the Christian name Rebecca, and had one daughter he named Aʻalailoa after his first wife, given the Christian name Emma (1846–1886); she later married John M. Kapena with whom she had a daughter Leihulu Kapena (1868–1930), the wife of Henry Carter. He was ordained into the Christian ministry and settled down in the seaside village of Kalepolepo on South/West Maui where he remained until his death on October 25, 1853.

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