Sarah B FREDINBERG [1254]

  General Notes:

The Deverill House-Hanalei Hotel
A prominent structure in Hanalei at the end of the 1800s and well into the 1900s was the Deverill House, also known as the Hanalei Hotel. The Western-style, timber-framed home was originally constructed in 1838 about 3/4 mile away, near the Wai'oli Mission House where it was built for Protestant teachers Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Lois H. Johnson. The Johnsons arrived at the Wai'oli mission station in 1837 and lived in the home until 1867 at its original site.
Around 1890, the former Johnson home was rolled on logs of ' lehua to a site closer to the beach and to the east, where it became the home of William and Sarah Deverill. Sarah had lived in the home as a child when she was a ward of the Johnson family.¹ The home, which is no longer standing, was located across from the current site of the Hanalei Pavilion.
William Edward Herbert Deverill (1848-1904) came to the Islands from Lancashire, England, arriving at age eighteen with his brother Alfred Palmer Deverill.
The Deverill brothers were part of a contingent sent by Queen Victoria to present a christening gift to her godson, the Crown Prince Albert [Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Leiopapa o Kamehameha] (1858-1862). Sadly, the young prince had succumbed to sickness and passed away at age four.
After the Deverill brothers presented the gifts to the queen, William and Alfred remained in the Islands. William Deverill had studied in France, and after arriving in the Hawaiian Islands he worked at Kohala Ranch on Hawai'i Island. He also worked in Hilo and Honolulu, including a job with Chase and Dickson photographic galleries where he learned photographic skills he later put to use in Hanalei.
William Deverill moved to Kaua'i in 1875, initially living in L where he served as deputy sheriff under Samuel Wilcox. William married Sarah Benson Fredenberg, who was part Hawaiian and had grown up in Hanalei. Sarah was the daughter of Mary Kau Kellett Fredenberg, a daughter of Captain Kellett, Hanalei's former Pilot of the Port.
William and Sarah Deverill had six children, including Edward, Percy, Florence, Stanford, Anne, and Herbert. The latter three were born 19 years after the first three. Also raised at the house was the Deverills' niece Lena.
In 1887 the Deverills moved to O'ahu, where William ran the Lunalilo Home. Then in 1890 William and Sarah moved to Hanalei where they ran the Hanalei Hotel out of their home just west of Hanalei Pier. Sarah and William Deverill had three children-Edward, Florence, and Percy-and then more than fifteen years later had three more children-Anne, Herbert, and Stanford.
¹ p. 243, Damon, Ethel M. Letters from the Life of Abner and Lucy Wilcox, 1836-1869. Honolulu: privately printed, 1950.

Hanalei Hotel
Also called: The Deverill House.
Built: 1838, No longer standing.
Former Johnson Home-Moved from near Wai'oli Mission House around 1890.
Over the decades, many changes were made to the Deverill House, including extensive remodeling and additions. The home site eventually became somewhat of a community center, with a l walkway connecting the main building to a separate structure that housed a Hawaiian Kingdom post office and general business place, including a tax office.²
The main part of the Deverill House was two-stories, with five bedrooms upstairs and verandas on both levels facing Hanalei Bay. Extending out from the back of this part of the home was a structure containing the kitchen and pantry as well as the dining room.
Rooms on the western side of the Deverill House were used by the family for sleeping when guests were staying in the main quarters. After phone service was installed in 1891, a phone call from L would alert the Deverills of arriving guests so they could begin making preparations.
A separate building near the Hanalei Hotel housed a dispensary where a medical clinic was offered twice a week by a K doctor. The dispensary building also had an ironing room, and for many years was the quarters of Kateyama, the head helper, cook, and baker.
On the back side of the Deverill House were tanks to catch rainwater, and also a hale li'ili'i (outhouse). Other structures on the site included a chicken house and a barn. Various vegetables grew in the garden and rice paddies grew in the back yard. Behind the home and beyond the rice paddies was the Deverills' boat house, on the banks of the Hanalei River.
The Deverill children sometimes escorted guests to local scenic spots. Prominent artists of the time who painted Hanalei landscapes included Otto Wix, Robert Barnfield, and D. Howard Hitchcock.
[Photograph: William Deverill]
William Deverill had a multitude of jobs, serving as district sheriff, tax assessor, road supervisor, and property manager for Albert Spencer Wilcox. As an agent for the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, William was in charge of all steam freight arriving or being sent from Hanalei Bay.² He also started a coffee plantation on leased land in Hanak Valley on Kaua'i's N coast.
Sarah Deverill's many roles included serving as manager of the Hanalei Hotel where she charged guests $3.00 a day for room and board. Sarah was also a midwife, and she was known as a gracious and dependable hard worker. In the early 1890s, Sarah operated a butcher shop, slaughtering animals and selling beef.
William Deverill was an avid photographer and used his darkroom at the Hanalei Hotel to develop his own pictures as well as those of his guests. Japanese residents often called William "Deverill Man," and many Hawaiians called him "Kepolo."²
William Deverill died in 1904, and his grave site may still be seen alongside Wai'oli Mission Hall (the former Wai'oli Church) in Hanalei. The gravestone reads: W. E. H. Deverill, Burnly Lancashire, Eng., September 6, 1848-May 24, 1904, Hanalei, Kauai.
After William's death, Sarah assumed many of his former duties, including serving as the region's tax assessor and postmistress. The Hanalei Hotel remained in operation until 1920 when the automobile became popular, road improvements allowed faster access to Hanalei from L and visitors no longer needed to stay the night in Hanalei. Sarah Deverill passed away in Honolulu in the 1930s.
One of the daughters of William and Sarah Deverill was Florence K. Deverill, who taught grades one through four at Hanalei School. Florence was much older than her younger siblings, who were among her students at Hanalei School. Also working at Hanalei School was Florence's aunt, Elizabeth Fredenberg Lindley, who taught grades six through eight.
Another child of William and Sarah Deverill was Edward Deverill, who was born in 1881 and attended 'Iolani and Punahou Schools in Honolulu before returning to Hanalei where he worked as the tax assessor. Edward later worked various other jobs in the Islands and married Barbara Ella Lee of Los Angeles, who worked as a school teacher in Makaweli.
After Edward's retirement, Barbara and Edward moved to Hanalei where they built a house on the shore of Hanalei Bay. Barbara Deverill worked as a teacher at Hanalei School until 1952, and lived to age 100. Edward Deverill died on May 6, 1940, and was buried next to his father in the Wai'oli Church Cemetery.
Edward and Barbara's two sons were E.G.K. Deverill, Jr. and Herbert Spencer Deverill. Herbert worked for Universal Studios in Los Angeles as a motion picture art director before passing away in 1984. Barbara Ella Deverill's sister, Etta Lee Brown, was a movie star who played roles opposite Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

² p. 8, The Hanalei Hotel. Hanalei Yesterday, Part I, 1000 Friends of Kauai, 1990.
Ref: http://www.hawaiianencyclopedia.com/hanalei-history-part-3.asp

The Hanalei Post Office
Around the turn of the century, the Hanalei Post Office was located near Hanalei town at the site of the Hanalei Hotel, also known as the Deverill House, where Sarah Deverill served as the postmistress. In 1915, the Hanalei Post Office was located on the land of Sheriff James K. Lota on Weke Road, across the street from the home of Charlie Forward.
Ref: Hawaiian Encyclopedia Hanalei History Part 4 http://www.hawaiianencyclopedia.com/hanalei-history-part-4.asp [clxxi]

  Other Records

1. Census: Hawaii USA, 18 Jun 1900, Hanalei Kauai Hawaii. Sarah B is recorded as a wife aged 38 bn June 1861 married 20 years with 5 children 4 living she was a hotel keeper born in Hawaii her father was born in New York and her mother in Hawaii

2. Census: Hawaii USA, 3 May 1910, Hanalei Kauai Hawaii. Sarah B is recorded as head of house a widow aged 48 with 7 children 6 living a hotel manager living in a rented house born in Hawaii her father was born in England and her mother Hawaii

Sarah married William Edward Herbert DEVERILL [1253] [MRIN: 390], son of Col Gervase Stanford DEVERILL [826] and Anne Spencer JULIUS [825], in 1880. (William Edward Herbert DEVERILL [1253] was born on 6 Sep 1848 in Burnley, Lancaster, Eng. and died on 26 May 1904 in Hanalei Kauai Hawaii.)