Honolulu County HI Archives News.....HONOLULU DIFFERENT, ‘VERY PRETTY’ TO MAN, 78, AFTER 48 YEARS ABSENCE 1948
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UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER 1948
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Caption: After 48 years on the mainland, one of Hawaii’s sons has returned to 
the islands. Robert Parker Lewis, left, was greeted last week by his son, Ted 
Lewis. This is the first time the elder Mr. Lewis has been back to his 
birthplace since he left in 1900. His plans are indefinite, but he will “stay 
awhile,” he said.

HONOLULU DIFFERENT, ‘VERY PRETTY’ TO MAN, 78, AFTER 48 YEARS ABSENCE

  Back in Hawaii after 48 years on the mainland, Robert Parker Lewis says it 
is different, and “very pretty.”
  Mr. Lewis, who was raised by Robert Parker, Sr., on the Parker ranch on the 
Kona coast of the Big Island, wos [was] born in Honolulu. His father was John 
G. Lewis, a merchant.
  The white haired gentleman who says he believes he is in his 70s, was 
foreman for construction of several docks from the old fish markets toward 
Diamond Head. He also worked as a dredger.
  He is a graduate of St. Louis college and was active in baseball there. 
Before going to the mainland in about 1900, he was a member of the Hawaii 
national guard.
  For about 20 years after his trip on the old Lurline, Mr. Lewis stayed in 
San Francisco. At the outbreak of World War I, he went into the engineer 
corps, serving with the army in Washington, D.C.
  There he married for the second time. His bride was the former Miss Jenney 
Rosecrans, a schoolteacher and stenographer. She died in January, 1948.
  From Washington he went to Wichita, Kans., in 1920, where he stayed for 
seven years.
  In 1927 he and Mrs. Lewis moved to West Plains, Mo., where they stayed until 
Mrs. Lewis’ death.
  The smiling man whose stepfather was the chief in King Kalakaua’s guard, 
said his plans are indefinite. It is good to be back, he added, although there 
are so many changes. “It is beautiful,” he said.
  Mr. Lewis’ first wife came to Honolulu with their children. One of these is 
Ted Lewis, owner of the Club Blue Lei.
  The young Mr. Lewis said he was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and brought to 
the islands when only three months old.
  He and his father had had some correspondence, and last year he went to the 
mainland to pick up family ties.
  His mission was accomplished in the little town in Missouri, so he persuaded 
his father to come back to the islands.
  Mr. Lewis is staying with his son at 2134 Aupuni St.



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Note: Date written June 8, 1948.


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