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German ancestry Politicians in Hawaii

Robert Frederic Lange (1863-1956) — also known as Robert F. Lange — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast), 1863. Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission merchant; importing business; Vice-Consul for Belgium in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-15; Consul for Germany in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1935-41; in 1938, as German consul, he protested the use of a wooden effigy of Adolf Hitler as the target in a "sock 'em" game at a church fair; the three targets (Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin) were modified and renamed "Boen", "Flop", and "Fifi". German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died, in Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, February 11, 1956 (age about 92 years). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Frederick August Schaefer (1836-1920) — also known as Frederick A. Schaefer — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Bremen, Germany, September 19, 1836. Sugar magnate; trustee, secretary, vice-president of The Queen's Hospital; Consul for Italy in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1868-1915; Consul for Austria-Hungary in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1898-1914. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, March 11, 1920 (age 83 years, 174 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.   Relatives: Married 1879 to Elizabeth Robertson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Honolulu Advertiser, March 12, 1920   Herman John Wedemeyer (1924-1999) — also known as Herman Wedemeyer; "Squirmin' Herman"; "Hula Hips"; "The Hula-Hipped Hawaiian"; "The Hawaiian Hurricane"; "The Hawaiian Centipede" — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born near Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, May 20, 1924. College football star; elected to the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame and the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame; played pro football for the Los Angeles Dons and the Baltimore Colts in 1948-49; played pro baseball for the Salt Lake City Bees (farm team for the San Francisco Seals) in 1950; member of Hawaii state house of representatives, 1971-74; as an actor, he was a regular on the television series "Hawaii Five-O," playing the role of Duke Lakela, 1971-80. Hawaiian, German, Irish, English, Chinese, French, and Tahitan ancestry. Died, of complications from a heart attack, at Queens Hospital, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, January 25, 1999 (age 74 years, 250 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.   See also Internet Movie Database profile

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