William Edward Herbert DEVERILL [1253]

  General Notes:

William Edward Herbert Deverill (1848-1904) and his brother, George, were young Englishmen sent to Hawai'i (Sandwich Islands) by Queen Victoria to deliver a silver urn and other christening gifts to Prince Albert (1858-1862), the son of Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.
But when the prince, dangerously ill when they arrived in Honolulu on Aug. 22, 1862, died on the 27th, the brothers presented their gifts to Queen Emma instead and then chose to forego the arduous return voyage to England in favor of remaining in Hawai'i.
George died of tuberculosis, but W.E.B. found employment on Kohala Ranch and as a photographer before moving to Kaua'i in 1875 to become deputy sheriff under Sheriff Samuel Wilcox. Other jobs Deverill held on Kaua'i included road supervisor, tax assessor, land manager, coffee planter and steamship agent.
Deverill, who possessed an excellent command of the Hawaiian language, was known to Hawaiians as "Kepolo," and to Japanese as"Deverill Man."
In 1880, he married part-Hawaiian Sarah Fredenberg of Hanalei and they would have six children.
Their home on Hanalei Bay once stood across from the present Hanalei Pavilion. Originally the Waioli Mission home of missionaries Edward and Lois Johnson, Deverill had it rolled on'ohi'a logs from Waioli and relocated to his homesite 3/4-miles away in 1890.
With remodeling and additions completed, the Deverill's Western-style, two-story home with verandahs also served as the Hanalei Hotel until it closed in 1920.
Interestingly, during January 1891, Deverill met Queen Lili'uokalani and noted in his diary that "Her Majesty arrived a little before twelve and so far all has gone nicely. The ball came off fine and lasted till 12 o'clock when the Royal Band played Hawai'i Pono."
W.E.H. Deverill died in Hanalei and is buried in the graveyard by the Waioli Church
Island History June 18 2010.

The Hanalei Hotel, known also as the Deverill Hotel for William and Sarah Deverill, who owned, operated and resided on its premises with their six children and a niece, was once located on Hanalei Bay across from the present Hanalei Pavilion.
A Western-style, two-story, timber-framed house with verandahs and accommodations for 15 guests, it remained in service from 1890 until 1920 when it closed.
Originally for many years the Waioli Mission house of missionaries Edward and Lois Johnson, it had been rolled on 'ohi'a logs from Waioli to its homesite on Hanalei Bay in 1890 by William Deverill.
There the house was remodeled and extensions were built, and following installation of a telephone in 1891, the Deverills would be notified of arriving guests by phone from Lihu'e in time for them to vacate bedrooms and make preparations.
Attached to the main structure by a lanai walkway was an addition used as a Hawaiian kingdom post office and general business office, and a detached building functioned as a combination medical dispensary, ironing room and living quarters for a man named Kateyama, the hotel's cook, baker and main helper.
Other structures included rainwater-catchment tanks, an outhouse, chicken coop and barn. There was a vegetable garden, and in back were rice paddies. The Deverills also maintained a boat house on the Hanalei River.
The Deverills were hard workers. Part-Hawaiian Sarah Deverill managed Hanalei Hotel, charging $3 a day for room and board, and was a midwife, a postal clerk and ran a butcher shop.
In addition to his hotel duties, William Deverill, an Englishman who'd arrived in Hawaii in 1862 to present christening gifts from Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, worked as a photographer, deputy sheriff, tax assessor, road supervisor, coffee planter, land manager and steamship agent
Island History June 25 2010.
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/island-history-for-friday-june/article_9c99cf7c-7aa9-11df-80ab-001cc4c03286.html
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TABLE No. I6.
School Agents by Islands, Districts, Name of School, Nationality.
. . . . . Hanalei...... W. E. H. Deverill... British......... Date of Appointment. Feb. 16, 1875.
Ref: Report of the Minister of Public Instruction to the President of the Republic of Hawaii for <http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/BBT8872.1897.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext>

  Research Notes:

William and Sarah looked after William's brother Alfred's child Lena, after she was abandoned.

  Other Records

1. Census: Hawaii USA, 18 Jun 1900, Hanalei Kauai Hawaii. William is recorded as head of house married aged 51 married 20 years a tax assessor living in a rented home he was a naturalized Hawaiian arriving in the Islands in 1867 he and his parents were born in England. It is further noted that William enumerated this section of the census in Hanalei, his handwriting is very legible and attractive.

William married Sarah B FREDINBERG [1254] [MRIN: 390] in 1880. (Sarah B FREDINBERG [1254] was born in Jun 1861 in Hawaii.)