Henry Nicholas Greenwell

1826 - 1891

• Name	Henry Nicholas Greenwell
  Born	9 Jan 1826	Greenwell Ford, Lanchester, Durham   [1]
  Baptism	6 Feb 1826	Lanchester, Durham   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Shotton Hall, Easington, Durham   [2]
  	age 14, visitor
  Died	18 May 1891	Kealakekua, Hawaii, USA   [1]
  	Greenwell died May 18, 1891 aboard a steamer that he often took between the islands, see "A Sudden Death". Hawaiian Gazette. May 26, 1891.
  		"A Sudden Death"
  Age	65 years
  Notes	Henry Nicholas Greenwell, was a British adventurer who was stuck in Honolulu in 1850, after a boating accident on his way to the Californian gold rushes - and, incidentally after unsuccessfully trying to purchase a sheep station in Australia. He made the best of his bad luck, set up a general store at South Kona, purchased significant tracts of land to plant citrus and coffee, and in the 1870s also established vast cattle and sheep ranches. see http://goo.gl/M6mk3 Greenwell Private Reserve Estate The Greenwell Farms legacy began in 1850 when Henry Nicholas Greenwell left England and first set foot on the fertile soil of rural Kona. Together with his wife, Elizabeth Caroline, Henry spent the next forty years farming, ranching and perfecting his Kona Coffee; soon exporting it to Europe and the Americas. In 1873, the President of the Kaiser's Exposition awarded the Greenwells a "Recognition Diploma" for their Kona Coffee at the World's Fair in Vienna, Austria.
  Person ID	I6559	Brooksbank
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Greenwell, JP, DL,   b. 13 Feb 1777, Lanchester, Durham ,   d. 29 May 1854, Lanchester, Durham   –  Age: 77 years
  Mother	Dorothy Smales,   b. 1789, Durham ,   d. 28 Sep 1871, Lanchester, Durham   –  Age: 82 years
  Married	25 Jun 1818	St Mary le Bow, Durham, Co. Durham
  Family ID	F1192	Group Sheet

  
  

  Spouse	Elizabeth Caroline Hall,   b. 2 May 1841, Peterborough, Northamptonshire ,   d. 5 Nov 1934, Kealakekua, Hawaii, USA   –  Age: 93 years
  Married	9 Apr 1868	Montserrat   [3]
  Children	1. William Henry Greenwell,   b. 7 Jun 1869, Kalukalu, Kona, Hawaii, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1927, Kona Hospital, Hawaii, USA   –  Age: 58 years   2. Elizabeth Greenwell,   b. 11 Apr 1873, Kealakekua, Hawaii, USA ,   d. 11 May 1903, Hawi, Hawaii, USA   –  Age: 30 years   3. Christine Margaret Greenwell,   b. 16 Sep 1874,   d. 1964  –  Age: 89 years   4. Wilfred Alan Greenwell,   b. 7 Nov 1878,   d. 1931  –  Age: 52 years
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2010
  Family ID	F2686	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 18 May 1891 - Kealakekua, Hawaii, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2789] IGI i6559. [S3264] 1841 Census i6559. [S2790] IGI f2686.