Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: Is that why you married her [chuckling]
JH: No, that’s how I found out afterwards. She go by different name before I married her. She
used to go by the name, Elaine. I don’t know where she got that name from.
BR: I don’t either. I never saw Elaine as her name [chuckling].
JH: Yes, that’s what she used to go by in Honolulu.
BR/KM: [chuckling]
JH: She came back over here, she had to go Minnie. I said, Why” She said, “The mother is
over here.” [chuckling]
BR: [laughing] That’s right!
JH: She’s named after the mother, but in Honolulu she went by Elaine.
KM: That’s funny.
JH: Back in those days, before the Second World War, Social Security and name is nothing.
Some guys changed their name ten times in their life time. In those days, you want to
change name, a guy just goes by a different name, whether it was his original name or
one they just took it up.
KM: Interesting.
JH: Same thing in Pennsylvania, guys changed their names all the time.
KM: Hmm.
JH: And I know our family doctor used to come around. We were born at home because my
grandmother was a mid-wife. By the time they sent for the doctor in town, she’d deliver
‘em. Our doctor would send the report in maybe once a month, maybe once every two
months. And he used to drink like a fish. So he’d write out the name on the certificate and
send it in, you’d end up with any old name… [chuckling]
KM: [chuckling] Same story here.
BR: That’s right.
KM: Do you and your wife have children
JH: Only one boy, he went to the service and he lives in the mainland.
BR: He married Jiro’s daughter.
KM: Oh, you’re kidding! So Jiro Yamaguchi’s daughter
JH: Yes, that’s his wife.
BR: They have two children, and your grandson is in Waikoloa
JH: He works for UPS, his wife’s a school teacher.
BR: He also has a granddaughter… Where does she live
JH: California. They all stay in California…
KM: …Now the ranch, when these houses moved and do they call this Small Waiki‘i Village
JH: Yes, they used to be in Waiki‘i. All these houses used to be up Waiki‘i.
KM: The ranch gave the employees the option to buy the houses
JH: After we got down here, and in 1975 they made the option.
KM: Oh, nice. In ‘75.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:458