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'''1844''' Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints intending to sail to Hawaii arrive at Tubuai instead, 300 miles south of Tahiti. | '''1844''' Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints intending to sail to Hawaii arrive at Tubuai instead, 300 miles south of Tahiti. | ||
<ref>Mission Histories, [https://rsc.byu.edu/tales-world-tour/appendix-2 | <ref>Mission Histories, [https://rsc.byu.edu/tales-world-tour/appendix-2 ''"Tales from the World Tour, The 1895-1897 Travel Writings of Mormon Historian Andrew Jenson"''], Reid L. Neilson and Riley M. Moffat, Editors, (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), 410-33, Appendix 2.</ref> Joseph and Hyrum Smith are martyred.<br> | ||
'''1850 '''Brigham Young sends George Q. Cannon and nine other Latter-day Saint missionaries to Honolulu. <ref>BYU Religious Studies Center, [https://rsc.byu.edu/go-ye-all-world/ten-pioneering-missionaries-sandwich-islands-1850-54 | '''1850 '''Brigham Young sends George Q. Cannon and nine other Latter-day Saint missionaries to Honolulu. <ref>BYU Religious Studies Center, [https://rsc.byu.edu/go-ye-all-world/ten-pioneering-missionaries-sandwich-islands-1850-54 ''"The Ten Pioneering Missionaries of the Sandwich Islands, 1850-54"''], in Go Ye into All the World: The Growth & Development of Mormon Missionary Work, by Mary Jane Woodger, ed. Reid L. Nielson and Fred E. Woods (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 217-40.</ref> Businessmen begin to arrive in Hawaii.<br> | ||
'''1851 '''First Latter-day Saint convert baptism in Hawaii. Nalilmanui offers her home to George Cannon and missionaries. George Q. Cannon receives revelation at Lahaina, Maui, that the Hawaiians are the seed of Abraham, through the posterity of Lehi.<br> | '''1851 '''First Latter-day Saint convert baptism in Hawaii. Nalilmanui offers her home to George Cannon and missionaries. George Q. Cannon receives revelation at Lahaina, Maui, that the Hawaiians are the seed of Abraham, through the posterity of Lehi.<br> | ||
'''1852 '''Jonathan and Kitty Napela are baptized and Jonathan helps George Q. Cannon translate The Book of Mormon from English into Hawaiian. First branch organized at Pulehu, Maui. Total Church membership in Hawaii is 841: 196 from Maui, 71 from Oahu, 43 from Molokai.<br> | '''1852 '''Jonathan and Kitty Napela are baptized and Jonathan helps George Q. Cannon translate The Book of Mormon from English into Hawaiian. First branch organized at Pulehu, Maui. Total Church membership in Hawaii is 841: 196 from Maui, 71 from Oahu, 43 from Molokai.<br> | ||
'''1853''' Membership at April conference in Hawaii totals 1,131. A smallpox epidemic kill 5,000 to 6,000 Hawaiians, 400 of them Latter-day Saints.<br> | '''1853''' Membership at April conference in Hawaii totals 1,131. A smallpox epidemic kill 5,000 to 6,000 Hawaiians, 400 of them Latter-day Saints.<br> | ||
'''1855 '''Printing of the Book of Mormon in Hawaiian begun. Joseph F. Smith, age 16, is appointed to preside on the island of Maui with Elders Sixtus E. Smith and Simpson Molen as assistants. <br> | '''1855 '''Printing of the Book of Mormon in Hawaiian begun. <ref>Mormon Historic Sites website, [http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MHS_FALL-2005_06-PRINTING-HISTORY-BOOK-OF-MORMON.pdf ''"A Printing History of The Book of Mormon"''], by David J. Whittaker, page 115.</ref> Joseph F. Smith, age 16, is appointed to preside on the island of Maui with Elders Sixtus E. Smith and Simpson Molen as assistants. <br> | ||
'''1857 '''Joseph F. Smith is nursed back to health by Ma Naoheakamamalu Manuhii. <ref>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-joseph-f-smith/the-ministry-of-joseph-f-smith?lang=eng | '''1857 '''Joseph F. Smith is nursed back to health by Ma Naoheakamamalu Manuhii. <ref>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-joseph-f-smith/the-ministry-of-joseph-f-smith?lang=eng ''"The Ministry of Joseph F. Smith"''], page xvi.</ref> He blesses her that she will “live to see the day when a temple will be built in Hawaii.” <ref>The Kealaka'i - Brigham Young University Hawaii, [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/joseph-f-smith-promises-hawaiian-mama-she-will-live-to-see-laie-temple-built ''"Joseph F. Smith promises Hawaii mama she will live to see Laie Temple built"''], writer: Eric Marlowe, April 23, 2019</ref> <br> | ||
'''1858 '''The Utah war brings missionaries home in December.Hawaiian Elders Kelehune, and Solomon Umi are left in charge.<br> | '''1858 '''The Utah war brings missionaries home in December.Hawaiian Elders Kelehune, and Solomon Umi are left in charge.<br> | ||
'''1862 '''Lorenzo Snow is drowned in Lahaina harbor, Maui, and is resuscitated. He goes to Palawai. Walter Murry Gibson is excommunicated for simony and apostasy.<br> | '''1862 '''Lorenzo Snow is drowned in Lahaina harbor, Maui, and is resuscitated. He goes to Palawai. Walter Murry Gibson is excommunicated for simony and apostasy.<br> | ||
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'''1885 '''Joseph F. Smith tells Hawaiians not to leave Hawaii, but to be patient and love the Lord.<br> | '''1885 '''Joseph F. Smith tells Hawaiians not to leave Hawaii, but to be patient and love the Lord.<br> | ||
'''1889 '''The colony of Iosepa is established by Hawaiian Saints in Skull Valley Utah. | '''1889 '''The colony of Iosepa is established by Hawaiian Saints in Skull Valley Utah. | ||
<ref>Utah History Encyclopedia, [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/i/IOSEPA.shtml#:~:text=Iosepa%20was%20established%20in,Christ%20of%20Latter%2Dday%20Saints. | <ref>Utah History Encyclopedia, [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/i/IOSEPA.shtml#:~:text=Iosepa%20was%20established%20in,Christ%20of%20Latter%2Dday%20Saints. ''"Iosepa"''], by David L. Schirer, (Information was converted from a hard cover book published by University of Utah Press in 1994).</ref> <br> | ||
'''1900 '''Church membership in Hawaii is 6,978, with 22 missionaries.<br> | '''1900 '''Church membership in Hawaii is 6,978, with 22 missionaries.<br> | ||
'''1906 '''Queen Liliuokalani is baptized into the Church by Elder Abraham Fernandez. | '''1906 '''Queen Liliuokalani is baptized into the Church by Elder Abraham Fernandez. | ||
<ref>ScholarsArchive at Brigham Young University, [https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=mphs | <ref>ScholarsArchive at Brigham Young University, [https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=mphs ''"Abraham Kaleimahoe Fernandez: A Hawaiian Saint and Royalist, 1857-1915"''], by Isaiah Walker.</ref><br> | ||
'''1915''' Joseph F. Smith arrives in Honoloulu and sees Manuhii again. He dedicates the temple site in Laie. Church membership in Hawaii is 9,443 with 46 missionaries. <br> | '''1915''' Joseph F. Smith arrives in Honoloulu and sees Manuhii again. He dedicates the temple site in Laie. Church membership in Hawaii is 9,443 with 46 missionaries. <br> | ||
'''1917 '''Queen Liliuokalani dies at age 79.<br> | '''1917 '''Queen Liliuokalani dies at age 79.<br> | ||
'''1919 '''Hawaii temple dedicated by President Heber J. Grant <ref>Church of Jesus Christ Temples.org, [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/laie-hawaii-temple/presidents/ | '''1919 '''Hawaii temple dedicated by President Heber J. Grant <ref>Church of Jesus Christ Temples.org, [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/laie-hawaii-temple/presidents/ ''"Laie Hawaii Temple Dedicatory Prayers"'']</ref> <ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laie_Hawaii_Temple#:~:text=LDS%20Church%20president%20Heber%20J,a%20magnet%20for%20Polynesian%20converts. ''"Laie Hawaii Temple"'']</ref>, with William M. Waddoups as temple president. <ref>Church of Jesus Christ Temples.org, [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/laie-hawaii-temple/presidents/ ''"Laie Hawaii Temple Presidents"'']</ref><br> | ||
'''1920 '''Genealogy of Kamehameha printed in Abraham Fornander’s Polynesian History and Ethnology.<br> | '''1920 '''Genealogy of Kamehameha printed in Abraham Fornander’s Polynesian History and Ethnology.<br> | ||
'''1921 '''Elder David O. McKay visits Laie Elementary school and sees the vision of a university in Hawaii. <ref>BYU Magazine, [https://magazine.byu.edu/article/genuine-gold/ | '''1921 '''Elder David O. McKay visits Laie Elementary school and sees the vision of a university in Hawaii. <ref>BYU Magazine, [https://magazine.byu.edu/article/genuine-gold/ ''"Genuine Gold"''], by Brad Olsen (BA 1991), published in the Fall 2005 Issue. </ref><br> | ||
'''1927 '''Robert Plunkett and Clinton Kanahele become first Hawaiians in a temple presidency. <br> | '''1927 '''Robert Plunkett and Clinton Kanahele become first Hawaiians in a temple presidency. <br> | ||
'''2008''' Church membership in Hawaii is 67,106. | '''2008''' Church membership in Hawaii is 67,106. | ||