Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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A‘ale.
A‘ale, maika‘i, mahalo. Aunty, would you please share your full name and date of birth
Yes. My name is Elizabeth Lindsey-Kimura.
‘Ae.
I was born January 24, 1921, that makes me 81 years old.
Aloha.
And I was born and raised in Waimea. I lived there all my life. I grew up and lived there
and raised my family. And Hisa and I got married in 1941 and that makes us sixty-one
years of marriage.
Maika‘i.
Married life together. I had a strong relationship with the ranch and living on the ranch.
My father was a Parker Ranch cowboy, lifetime.
Yes.
As A.W. always called him Johnnie. Johnnie Lindsey, being the Cowboy Foreman all his
life. And while he was at work, during his time everything was on horseback, so we
children hardly had time to ever come up to Waiki‘i except on special occasions. And I
remember clearly the orchard that the ranch had planted along the road side, close to the
village.
Yes.
And during Christmas time we used to have all our walnuts come from here. We didn’t
have any imported from the mainland. And there were a lot of fruit trees here too. And the
families here probably…all had green thumbs, because look at the lawn out there, it’s so
nice and green that plants did very well up here, the flowers and… Especially the
‘äkulikuli and carnations, pansies, especially. There were beautiful, beautiful plants up
here!
You know your papa…what was papa’s Hawaiian name also, please
John Kawänanakoa.
‘Ae, Lindsey. And you folks called him Keoni
Keonipoko or Keonili‘ili‘i.
‘Ae, because
Which means he was small in stature, you know.
Yes. And they called him Keonili‘ili‘i because of his stature
Yes. He was the third child in the family, and Keonili‘ili‘i because he was the smaller one
in the family. Kamaki reminds me of him. Kamaki’s father and my father were brothers.
Yes.
And Kamaki’s little bit shorter than my dad.
‘Ae. And your mama
My mama was Eliza Purdy.
‘Ae.
Comes from the Purdy family.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:520