Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Ahia, William M. June 28, 1874 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM M. AHIA, Mill Operator. William M. Ahia, supervisor, former member of 
the legislature and business man, is proud of the distinction of being the 
head of one of the largest families in Honolulu. He is father of twelve 
children, eleven of whom are living, and is stepfather to seven sons and 
daughters of his second wife, supporting eighteen children in all.
  Descendant of an historic Hawaiian family, Mr. Ahia was born in Honolulu, 
June 28, 1874, the son of Abraham and Milaina (Moku) Ahia. He attended the 
Kamehameha Schools until 1887. Cared for as a youth by the late Queen 
Liliuokalani at the royal palace, his first position was taken with the 
Enterprise Mill Co., Ltd., in 1893, where he was engaged until 1896, later 
going to the Johanson Mill Co., of which he acquired ownership in 1916. He is 
also president and manager of the Kamehameha Investment Co., Ltd., and a 
director of the Liberty Investment Co., Ltd.
  Mr. Ahia was a member of a group of men identified with the counter-
rebellion of 1895, in which an effort was made to restore the late queen to 
her throne. He was arrested and served seven weeks in prison on charges 
growing out of the attempted revolution.
  Re-elected to office in 1923, Mr. Ahia is serving his fourth term as a 
member of the Honolulu board of supervisors. He was elected to the territorial 
senate in 1920. Mr. Ahia’s first wife was Teresa P. Palkiko. He married his 
second wife, Louise McGrew, in Honolulu, June 4, 1919. Mr. Ahia is a member of 
Kamehameha Lodge, the Longshoremen’s Mutual Aid Association, Kauikeaouli 
Lodge, Hale o na Alii, Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors, Modern Order 
of Phoenix, Ancient Order of Foresters, the Order of Owls, Kamehameha Alumni 
Ass’n and Native Sons of Hawaii.


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