Andrew Auld Explained

Andrew Auld
Birth Date:8 August 1799
Birth Place:Linlithgow, Scotland
Death Place:Oahu, Hawaii
Nationality:Scottish
Spouse:Kamoku
Occupation:Carpenter
Children:William, Angis, Mary, Alexander, James

Andrew Auld (September 8, 1799October 26, 1873) was a native of Linlithgow, Scotland. He was the best friend of Captain Alexander Adams, who commanded Kamehameha I's navy. He was a ship's carpenter and wheelwright. He arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1816.[1] He was a close friend of Adams for 40 years and is buried next to Adams in Nuʻuanu at the Oʻahu Cemetery. Their joint tombstone contains the following couplet in the Scots dialect: "Twa croanies frae the land of heather / Are sleepin' here in death th'gether."[2]

His son William Auld was an aide to King Kalākaua. He married Mary Adams, the daughter of Captain Alexander Adams, in 1859.[3] He was also a member of the Hui Aloha ʻAina and was one of three delegates who took a large petition protesting Hawaii's annexation to America to Washington D.C. Auld was also a successful businessman in Honolulu and owned several businesses. Auld Lane in Honolulu is named after William Auld.

Another son, James Auld, was a member of the Hawaii Liberal Party.

Another son, Alexander Auld, married Loika.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chaplin, George. Presstime in Paradise. Illustrated. 1998. University of Hawaii Press. 0-8248-2032-0. 60.
  2. Book: MacRae . James. With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825 . 1922 . 2009-02-24. BiblioBazaar, LLC . 0-554-60526-0 . 13 .
  3. Web site: Marriage records Oahu (1832-1910). state archives digital collections . state of Hawaii . 2009-11-15 .