Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Steiner, James July 24, 1860 - 
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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

JAMES STEINER, Capitalist and Real Estate. Born in Mirschikau, Pilsen, 
Bohemia, July 24, 1860, James Steiner received a business training at 
Frankfort-on-the-Main and removed to the United States in 1881. After short 
stays in New York and San Francisco he came to Honolulu in 1882 and associated 
with Hart Bros., the leading caterers and confectioners of Honolulu. After the 
death of the founders he assumed sole charge and built up a very extensive 
business and was known all over the islands as the “Ice Cream and Candy King.” 
He retired from business in 1914 to devote his time to the management and 
development of his extensive property holdings in the city and at Waikiki.
  Mr. Steiner pioneered in the purchase and improvement of beach lots at a 
time when Waikiki was considered too far from the center of Honolulu and only 
served as a week-end, outing and bathing resort, and selected his property 
with good judgment and vision for the future.
  In 1889 Mr. Steiner married Rosa Schwarz in Prague. They have an interesting 
family of four sons, Harry, Lionel, Walter and Ernest. The eldest son, Harry, 
is the popular police judge of Honolulu. James Steiner and family are 
kamaainas in the fullest sense, growing up and helping to build up the 
islands, sharing its history and fortunes under the various governments. Their 
home, “Kaiona”, is a charming colonial residence on the beach and a landmark 
of the Waikiki district.


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