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Walter Duncan McBryde
1864 - 1930 (65 years)-
Name Walter Duncan McBryde Born 2 Jan 1864 Wahiawa, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Gender Male Died 1930 Hawaii, USA Buried Kukuiolono Golf Course, Kauai, Hawaii, USA - Walter Duncan McBryde was a successful businessman in lumber, real estate, and banking. He served as a representative in the Legislature of the provisional government from Kauai in 1895, and for 16 years on the Kauai County Board of Supervisors. He cofounded the McBryde Sugar Company and managed the Kauai Pineapple Company.
Walter McBryde acquired 346 acres of Kukuiolono land sometime after 1907, leasing have of it to provide perpetual income for maintenance of the other half, a park for the locals. The golf course was added to the park in 1928 for the enjoyment of the mill workers, many of whom were Scots like McBryde. It was only the second golf course built on the island of Kauai (Wailua Municipal Golf Course was first in 1920) and, at the time of its opening, the eighth oldest course in the entire Hawaiian Territory.
Walter McBryde died in 1930 and was buried in the park near the 8th hole's tee. As part of his will, he bequeathed the 178-acre Kukuiolono Park to all of the people of Kalaheo and surrounding communities. Many of the people living around Kalaheo to this day still work for the McBryde Sugar Company. In addition to the rental fees set up in the irrevocable trust, McBryde also left all of his life savings for maintenance of the park and golf course.
Siblings 5 siblings Patriarch & Matriarch Thomas McBride (Great Grandfather)
Sarah Vaughan, b. Abt 1801, d. 26 Nov 1841, Trevethan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK (Age 40 years) (Grandmother)Notes - 1910 census USA
name: Walter D Mcbryde
birthplace: Hawaii
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Wahiawa, Kauai, Hawaii
marital status: Single
race : Other-Caucasian
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's birthplace: England
1920 census USA
name: Walter D Mcbride
residence: Kauai, Hawaii
estimated birth year: 1863
age: 57
birthplace: Hawaii
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: OC
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's birthplace: England
1930 census USA
name: Walter D Mcbride
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
gender: Male
age: 66
marital status: Single
race: OC
birthplace: Hawaii
estimated birth year: 1864
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's birthplace: England
Source http://www.hawaiianencyclopedia.com/southern-kauai.asp
Person ID I17282 Clark Last Modified 1 Nov 2012
Father Duncan McBryde, b. 10 Nov 1822, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK , d. Abt 1878, Hawaii, USA (Age 55 years) Mother Elizabeth Amelia Moxley, b. 1839, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4879 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Walter Duncan McBryde was a successful businessman in lumber, real estate, and banking. He served as a representative in the Legislature of the provisional government from Kauai in 1895, and for 16 years on the Kauai County Board of Supervisors. He cofounded the McBryde Sugar Company and managed the Kauai Pineapple Company.