Maui County HI Archives Obituaries.....Hjorth, John L. March 15, 1949
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JOHN L. HJORTH, HERE 56 YEARS, DIES ON MAUI

  John L. Hjorth, long time resident of Hawaii died at Paia Hospital, Maui, on 
March 15 after an illness of several weeks.
  The judge, as he was known to his many friends in Hawaii, was born in 
Aalborg, Denmark, on Sept. 4, 1868, the son of Jacob Peter and Louise 
Vilhelmina (van Rosendaal) Hjorth.
  He was educated in private schools and in business college in Denmark, and 
was a graduate of the Royal Danish Naval Cadet and Navigation School.
  He spent the years from 1884 to 1893 at sea, sailing under flags of 17 
nations and visiting all corners of the world. In 1893 he came to Hawaii and 
took up residence on the island of Kauai where he spent the greater part of 
his 56 years in the Islands.
  During his long stay here, he was with Kekaha Sugar Co., Inter-Island Steam 
Navigation Co., Hawaiian Dredging Co., Hanamaulu Plantation, Nawiliwili 
Garage, Garden Island Publishing Co., of which he was one of the founders, and 
Lihue Plantation Co.
  In 1916 he was admitted to practice law in all district courts of Hawaii and 
on Sept. 1, 1916, was appointed district magistrate at Lihue, where he served 
for 10 years.
  In the meantime he maintained his connection with Lihue Plantation, and in 
1937 he retired from business and spent his retirement first in Honolulu and 
later on Maui, living with one of his sons.
  The judge is survived by five children: John Thomas of Greenwich, Conn.; 
Eric Edward, of San Francisco; Herbert Alexander and Francis Reginald, of 
Honolulu, and Gwendolyn Constance (Mrs. Everett Lorenz) of Wahasha, Minn. Five 
grandchildren also survive in addition to one brother and two sisters living 
in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  He was a first lieutenant, Officers’ Reserve Corps, HNG; a member of 
Hawaiian Lodge NO. 21, F.&A.M., and Harmony Lodge No. 3, I.O.O.F.
  Funeral services will be private and interment will be at a later date. The 
family requests that no flowers be sent, preferring that donations be made to 
some worthwhile charity.


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