Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Dimond, William Waterhouse August 8, 1862 - April 24, 1903
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM WATERHOUSE DIMOND, Business Builder. Founder of W. W. Dimond & Co., 
Ltd., in 1895, the late W. W. Dimond participated in the commercial expansion 
of Honolulu during the late years of the last century. Although dying while 
still a comparatively young man, Mr. Dimond at that time, April 24, 1903, was 
ranked among the leading business men of Honolulu. The firm has continued 
under the name of W. W. Dimond & CO., and has been successfully developed by 
the present owner, Emil A. Berndt, Mr. Dimond’s brother-in-law.
  Born in Honolulu, Aug. 8, 1862, the late Mr. Dimond was the son of General 
W. H. Dimond, whose father settled in Hawaii in 1836, coming to Honolulu with 
a missionary company as a printer and bookbinder. His mother was Eleanor 
(Waterhouse) Dimond, daughter of J. T. Waterhouse, Sr., a pioneer Honolulu 
business man.
Completing his education at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mr. Dimond returned to 
Honolulu in the 80’s and entered the employ of his grandfather, the late J. T. 
Waterhouse, Sr. Upon the death of the latter, Mr. Dimond established his own 
business. Mr. Dimond, especially active in public movements, was one of the 
organizers of the Honolulu Merchant’s Association and was its president at the 
time of his death. He strongly favored annexation of Hawaii by the United 
States and during the revolutionary period preceding the fall of the Hawaiian 
monarchy was a member of the Citizen’s Guard. An extensive land holder, with 
ranch interests at Koko Head, he maintained a large establishment at Waikiki 
on grounds where the Seaside Hotel now stands. For many years the Dimond home 
was a center of social activity and visitors from all parts of the world 
enjoyed its hospitality.
  Mr. Dimond and a Miss Higley of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were married there in 
1886. They had one child, Lucy Dimond. He married Miss Emma Berndt in 
Honolulu, Feb. 9, 1900, having one son, William H. Dimond, by the second 
marriage. Deeply interested in the native life of Hawaii, Mr. Dimond made an 
extensive study of Hawaiian folk lore and was considered an authority on the 
subject. He also assisted in classifying the various varieties of Hawaiian 
fish.


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