100 Years Ago – Aged Sailor Passes Away
From the 15 November 1921 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser, notice of the death of F. Hermann:
Kalaepohaku Cemetery is now known as Pu‘ukamali‘i Cemetery. It is located on the lower slope of ‘Ālewa Heights, directly across the street (Makanani Drive) from the historic Natsunoya Tea House.
One of the signs on the fence bordering Pu‘ukamali‘i Cemetery. 16 October 2021.
View of Honolulu Harbor from the upper part of Pu‘ukamali‘i Cemetery. 16 October 2021.
Unfortunately, there are no comprehensive burial records for the cemetery and there are many unmarked graves. Despite a search of the entire grounds, Maritime Hawai‘i was unable to locate Mr. Hermann’s final resting place.
Unmarked grave, Pu‘ukamali‘i Cemetery. 16 October 2021.
Transcript:
Aged Sailor Passes Away—F. Hermann, a sailor making Honolulu his home port the past 37 years, died last Sunday [13 November] after a lingering illness, and was buried the same day in Kalaepohaku cemetery. Herman [sic] was unmarried, a native of Germany and 72 years old.
Let me know if you come up with more Hermann info. Like to put it in my column in hawaii fishing news. Where were whalers buried? Thanks Bob Duerr
Aloha Bob,
I will update the post if I find out more about Mr. Hermann.
Graves are something I’ve just started looking into. So far, most of the historic mariner graves (excluding naval ones) I’ve found are those of masters of ships. That makes sense, I guess, because they were more likely to be able to afford more elaborate memorials.