Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Broadbent, Edward H. W.  July 16, 1872 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

EDWARD H. W. BROADBENT, Ranch Manager. Edward H. W. Broadbent left New Zealand 
for San Francisco in 1891 on the steamer Monowai when he was 19 years old, but 
stopped off for a day in Hawaii to visit a friend and remained in the islands 
to hew out a career that led to the presidency of the Kauai Chamber of 
Commerce and included command of a regiment in the Hawaii National Guard.
  For a year after his casual visit that turned into permanent residence, Col. 
Broadbent was employed at the Honolulu Iron Works. Then he was appointed 
instructor at the Kauai Industrial School. He left this position in 1895 to 
become head luna at Grove Farm. After seven years of service in that position 
he was appointed manager of the plantation. For more than a quarter of a 
century he has held this important post.
  A son of William and Mary (Walton) Broadbent, he was born in Auckland, N.Z., 
on July 16, 1872. His early education was received in the public schools of 
New Zealand.
  In addition to managing the Grove Farm, Col. Broadbent was a director of 
Garden Island Motors and the Kauai Telephone, also being chairman of the board 
of appraisers for the Island of Kauai. He was elected president of the Kauai 
Chamber of Commerce in 1920 and commanded the 4th Infantry, Hawaiian National 
Guard, in 1916 with the rank of Colonel. In the stirring days of 1895 he was 
captain of the Citizens’ Guard of Kauai.
  Col. Broadbent married Marie A. Jaouen in Honolulu in 1896. They have three 
children, Frank W., Dora M., and Alice J.


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