Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Ordenstein, Joseph April 3, 1890 - 
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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

JOSEPH ORDENSTEIN, Business Man. Member of a kamaaina family, Joseph 
Ordenstein, secretary-treasurer of the Office Supply Co., Ltd., has had an 
active and successful business career in his native city and has held a number 
of responsible public offices.
  Mr. Ordenstein is the son of the late Barney and Emily Kekulanui Ordenstein. 
The elder Mr. Ordenstein came to Honolulu from San Francisco in the early 60’s 
and was connected with local business houses for many years. He was a member 
of the volunteer fire department of early Honolulu. Mr. Ordenstein died in 
1911.
  Joseph Ordenstein was born in Honolulu, April 3, 1890. He was educated at 
Kamehameha School, St. Louis College and Oahu College. His first position was 
that of deputy collector and clerk of customs in 1909, holding this position 
until 1913, when he was made deputy collector.
  Mr. Ordenstein in 1918 became accountant and cashier for the Office Supply 
Co., rising to the position of treasurer in 1920. He was made secretary-
treasurer in 1923. Mr. Ordenstein assisted in the organization of the Liberty 
Investment Co., Ltd., in 1920 and was one of the organizers of the Fashion 
Clothing Co., Ltd.
  In public life Mr. Ordenstein was a member of the Civil Service Commission 
in 1923 and has served on the Territorial Board of Health since 1920. He was 
clerk of the House of Representatives in 1923, where he made an enviable 
record, and was unanimously elected to the same position for the 1925 session 
of the Legislature. He is a Republican in politics, serving as a member of the 
Territorial Central Committee.
  Mr. Ordenstein and Eulalia Liftee were married in Honolulu, Oct. 2, 1916. He 
is a Forester, Phoenix Lodge, and is a member of the Native Sons of Hawaii, 
Chiefs of Hawaii, Outrigger Canoe, Commercial and Hawaiian Civic clubs.


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