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Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper clips from Clarice B. Taylor's extensive series on the Robinson family of Hawaii. Ran for months in 1952. More clips to be added later, as time permits

Robinson family

 * James Robinson arrived in Hawaii 1822
 * Mark Prever Robinson was a loyalist to Liliuokalani
 * Mark Prever Robinson was a loyalist to Liliuokalani


 * James Robinson married a part-Hawaiian woman Rebecca Prever
 * James Robinson married a part-Hawaiian woman Rebecca Prever


 * Frenchman John A. Prevar arrived in Hawaii c. 1790-1800, and lived near Lahaina
 * Prevar married a Hawaiian girl named Kamakana, also called Ruth or Luka
 * Three children, son Mark, daughter Rebecca who married James Robinson, and daughter Hannah who married George Robinson
 * Three children, son Mark, daughter Rebecca who married James Robinson, and daughter Hannah who married George Robinson


 * James Robinson born in England 1798
 * Hermes was a whaling ship, and Robinson was one of its carpenters
 * In 1822 in Hawaii, the Hermes and another British ship the Pearl collided in the harbor, which thereafter became known as Pearl Harbor
 * In 1822 in Hawaii, the Hermes and another British ship the Pearl collided in the harbor, which thereafter became known as Pearl Harbor


 * Robinson supervised a salvage of the wreckages, building a schooner called Deliverance
 * The Earl of Morby ship came to their rescue, most of whom left on that ship
 * 12 men, including Robinson, stayed behind and continued to work on building Deliverance
 * 12 men, including Robinson, stayed behind and continued to work on building Deliverance


 * Robinson and the others made it to Honolulu
 * Robinson and the others made it to Honolulu


 * 1822 landed in Honolulu, 12 men on the Deliverance
 * Only Robinson and Robert George Lawrence stayed in Honolulu
 * The deliverance was sold for $2,000 providing seed money to start a company
 * There was a demand for their services in Honolulu
 * 1827 Robinson & Lawrence got land from High Chief Kalanimoku at Pakaka Point
 * They opened James Robinson & Company Shipbuilders at Pakaka Point that continued until 1925
 * They took on Robert H. Holt as a partner
 * They took on Robert H. Holt as a partner


 * 1824 deaths of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu, who had traveled to the United Kingdom via the Strait of Magellan, both of them dying of measles while in London. Royal Navy frigate HMS Blonde (1819) under the command of Captain George Anson Byron brought the bodies home.
 * Hawaiians, British, missionaries relations sometimes tense.
 * Hawaiians called Robinson "Kimo Pakaka" (James in the Hawaiian language)
 * Hawaiians called Robinson "Kimo Pakaka" (James in the Hawaiian language)


 * Robinson supervised the work
 * Robert Lawrence was the bookkeeper
 * Robert Holt ran the business, contracts, PR guy
 * Unknown date, they built a 2-story coral rock building. Bottom floor was the warehouse; upper floor was office and living quarters
 * Loft above the 2nd floor was Robinson's private office, and where he kept the cash
 * Apparently, he also buried money under the ground floor
 * They used the building for 100 years
 * They used all forms of money that came from various countries
 * They used all forms of money that came from various countries


 * 1843 Robinson marries Rebecca Prever
 * 1843 Robinson marries Rebecca Prever


 * Paulet baptized race babies - Americans got upset
 * Paulet baptized race babies - Americans got upset


 * Builds a house in Nuuanu valley
 * 1844 Mary Robinson was born
 * Victoria
 * Bathsheba
 * Matilda
 * Robert
 * Mark Prever
 * Annie
 * Lucy Hannah
 * John Lawrence Newcomb
 * Their children educated at private schools
 * Their children educated at private schools


 * Hawaii did not yet have a bank
 * $20,000 for 10 years at 12 percent interest
 * Purpose to develop a water system for the harbor
 * Purpose to develop a water system for the harbor




 * Akamai was a steamboat from California; history of arrival of steamboats in Hawaii
 * The old fort was destroyed to improve the harbor
 * The old fort was destroyed to improve the harbor


 * 1869 Duke of Edinburgh Prince Alfred visits Kamehameha V
 * Robinson threw the Duke a grand ball
 * Robinson had retired from the business; partner Robert Lawrence died the year before; partner Robert Holt died
 * Robinson had retired from the business; partner Robert Lawrence died the year before; partner Robert Holt died

The next generation

 * Mary married Thomas R. Foster
 * Victoria married Curtis Perry Ward
 * Bathsheba married S. C. Allen
 * Son Mark Prever Robinson was next in line for the business
 * Son Mark Prever Robinson was next in line for the business


 * S. C. Allen and Thomas R. Foster worked their way up into a partnership in the business
 * S. C. Allen and Thomas R. Foster worked their way up into a partnership in the business


 * John James Robinson dies 1876
 * Mark Robinson and S. C. Allen formed Allen & Robinson
 * Mark Robinson had already the shipping firm Marshall, Campbell & Robinson
 * B. F. Dillingham was a family friend
 * Allen & Robinson handled shipping materials
 * Absorbed by Theo H. Davies in 1930
 * Absorbed by Theo H. Davies in 1930


 * Next generation of marriages and births
 * Next generation of marriages and births









Mark Prever Robinson






Mark A. Robinson

 * Victoria married Curtis Perry Ward
 * Annie married Albert Jaeger
 * Lucy married Dr. Albert McWayne
 * John Lawrence Newcomb married chiefess Caroline Johnson of Kona
 * John Lawrence Newcomb married chiefess Caroline Johnson of Kona

Curtis Perry Ward (married Victoria Robinson)










Lucy Robinson



 * 1899 Lucy's husband died, she and her four children (Robinson, Charles, Clarence, and Kulumanu Beatrice) moved in with S. C. and Bathsheba Allen
 * 1899 Lucy's husband died, she and her four children (Robinson, Charles, Clarence, and Kulumanu Beatrice) moved in with S. C. and Bathsheba Allen




 * Lucy was converted to Christian Science by John Tamatoa Baker
 * Upon her 1943 death, the estates of Bathsheba Allen, Mary E. Foster and her father James Robinson was liquidated
 * Upon her 1943 death, the estates of Bathsheba Allen, Mary E. Foster and her father James Robinson was liquidated


 * End of this series. Clarice B. Taylor then ran a series on George Thomas Robinson, British born nephew of James Robinson.