Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Newton, Herbert E. September 1882 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HERBERT E. NEWTON, Civil Engineer. Herbert E. Newton, first assistant 
territorial surveyor, has had a quarter of a century of service with the 
survey department, starting work as a rod man and general assistant in 1900. 
Advancing through various positions, Mr. Newton has taken part in large 
government surveying projects and was the compiler in 1921 of the official map 
of the Hawaiian Islands. In 1908 he compiled maps of the islands that were the 
first used by the Hawaiian Promotion Committee. Mr. Newton, because of his 
long experience, is considered an expert on old Hawaiian titles and boundaries.
  Born on the Island of Maui in September, 1882, Mr. Newton is the son of the 
late Marcellus and Olivia (Thompson) Newton. His father was an early settler 
at Ulupalakua, Maui, going there from California in the 70’s. Connected for 
many years with the Ulupalakua ranch, formerly owned by the late Captain James 
Makee, the elder Mr. Newton died in 1883. He was one of the first group of 
white men to engage in raising sugar cane in Hawaii. He was the father also of 
two daughters, Mrs. W. W. W. Chamberlain and Mrs. George A. Bower, both of 
Honolulu.
  Herbert E. Newton attended the schools of Honolulu, studying at Kamehameha 
Schools, St. Louis College and Honolulu High School until entering the 
territorial survey department. He married Minnie Hutchinson in Honolulu, June 
6, 1906. They have three children, Olivia, Herbert Ellsworth, Jr., and Donald 
Hutchinson Newton. Mr. Newton is a member of the American Association of 
Engineers and the Native Sons of Hawaii.



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