Andrew Auld

This article is about the carpenter. For the soccer player, see Andy Auld.

Andrew Auld
Born(1799-08-08)August 8, 1799
Linlithgow, Scotland
DiedOctober 26, 1873(1873-10-26) (aged 74)
Oahu, Hawaii
NationalityScottish
OccupationCarpenter
SpouseKamoku
ChildrenWilliam, Angis, Mary, Alexander, James

Andrew Auld (September 8, 1799 – October 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.

References

  1. ^ Chaplin, George (1998). Presstime in Paradise (Illustrated ed.). University of Hawaii Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-8248-2032-0.
  2. ^ MacRae, James (1922). With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825. BiblioBazaar, LLC. p. 13. ISBN 0-554-60526-0. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Marriage records Oahu (1832-1910)". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 15 November 2009.