. Men of Hawaii; a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands ... v. 1-5. , Honolulu; born Nov. 21,1870, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia;son of William and Laliah (Corn-ing) Thurston: married HelenCatherine Kahanuulani Meek, June28, 1899; four children: ElizabethKilohana, Paul Josiah, Lucy Puni-wai, Clara Catherine; descendantof Robert Thurston of Yarmouth,w^ho was a soldier in a British reg-iment during the RevolutionaryWar, and who in 1784 settled w^ithother loyalists at Shelburne, NovaScotia. Educated in YarmouthSe
. Men of Hawaii; a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands ... v. 1-5. , Honolulu; born Nov. 21,1870, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia;son of William and Laliah (Corn-ing) Thurston: married HelenCatherine Kahanuulani Meek, June28, 1899; four children: ElizabethKilohana, Paul Josiah, Lucy Puni-wai, Clara Catherine; descendantof Robert Thurston of Yarmouth,w^ho was a soldier in a British reg-iment during the RevolutionaryWar, and who in 1784 settled w^ithother loyalists at Shelburne, NovaScotia. Educated in YarmouthSeminary; followed the sea forseveral years, holding various posi-tions on sailing vessels and steam-ers; entered Customs Service atHonolulu and in 1897 entered Ho-nolulu Fire Department; chief en-gineer since June 15, 1901. Mem-ber Mystic Lodge No. 2, K. of P.;Lodge le Progres de IOceanie , F. and A. M.; Honolulu Chap-ter No. 1, R. A. M.: Honolulu Com-mandery No. 1, K. T.; Aloha Tem-ple, A. A. O. N. M. S. THURSTON, LORRIN A., lawyerand publisher, Honolulu; born Ho-nolulu. July 31, 1858; son of AsaG. and Sarah (Andrews) Thurston; 384 MEN OF HAWAII. RICHARD H. TRENT wrOORAPHICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY 385 married Harriet Potter, Apr. at St. Joseph. Mich.; threechildren: Robert Shipman. Mar-garet Carter, Lorrin l^otter. Educa-ted Oahu College, Honolulu; Co-lumbia Law School, N. Y., 1880-81;in-evious to study at Columbia hadl>t>en law student, 1876; deputy at-torney general of Hawaii, 1878;admitted to bar of all courts inHawaii, 1878; sugar plantationoverseer and bookkeeper, law in Hawaii, 1881-1900; sugar plantation and railwaypromoter, 1899-1915; publisher,1900-21; pres. Advertiser Pub. Co.,Ltd., publishers of the HonoluluAdvertiser. Was member House ofRepresentatives, Hawaiian Legisla-ture, 1886; Minister Interior. 1887-1890; House of Nobles, 1892; Annex-ation Commission, 1893 and 1898;envoy extraordinary and ministerplenipotentiary to Washington,
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