Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Birkmyre, Henry August 20, 1867 - 
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Source: The Story of the Builders of Hawaii. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HENRY BIRKMYRE, Retired. Coming from Liverpool, England, around Cape Horn in a 
sailing vessel, Henry Birkmyre arrived in Hawaii in April, 1888, and for the 
almost forty years that have since elapsed, much of his time has been spent in 
responsible positions in the sugar industry.
  His first work in the Islands was for the Kilauea Sugar Plantation Co., 
where he remained five years, first as an overseer, then as superintendent of 
irrigation and finally as head overseer. He was then with the Kipahulu Sugar 
Co. for a year, laying out the irrigation system on that plantation. In 1895 
he went to the Pioneer Mill Co., where he was engaged until 1900, first in 
charge of all fertilizing operations and later as head overseer of the 
Kaanapali section.
  In 1901, Mr. Birkmyre entered the fishing business at Hanalei, Kauai, for a 
period of five years but was again with the Kilauea plantation from 1906 until 
1911, practically all of the time as head overseer. Since 1911 he has made his 
home at Hanalei, with the exception of one year, 1919, when he returned to 
Kilauea plantation for the third time, again as head overseer. For the past 
several years he has devoted himself to his own interests at Hanalei.
  Born at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Aug. 20, 1867, the son of 
Henry and Margaret (Sommerville) Birkmyre, Mr. Birkmyre attended private 
schools and Kilblane Academy, Greenock, Scotland. He married Maud E. K. 
Hatfield on Oct. 12, 1893. Mr. Birkmyre is a member of the British Club, 
Honolulu.


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