Background
He was born in April 1840 at the home of his father"s Waialua estate. He was named Gideon after his father Gideon Laʻanui I, and Kailipalakai o Keheananui, after High Chief Kinau World War II
He was born in April 1840 at the home of his father"s Waialua estate. He was named Gideon after his father Gideon Laʻanui I, and Kailipalakai o Keheananui, after High Chief Kinau World War II
His older sister Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau attended the Chiefs" Children"s School, a select school exclusive for the children of the highest rank in the kingdom, eligible to be rulers.
Under an official order of King Kamehameha III, she was proclaimed eligible to rule the Hawaiian Kingdom. He was too young to attend, and the school closed in 1849. He became overseer of the royal properties on the island of Oʻahu and supplier of food for the royal court.
Gideon married first Amelia Puohu on July 9, 1842 (later Mrs George Carsley) but had no children with her.
Laʻanui died July 26, 1871 at the age of 31. Ancestry
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He was a member of the royal House of Laʻanui, a collateral branch of the House of Kamehameha.