His mother was Almeda Eliza Widger (1828???1895).[1] His paternal grandparents were missionaries Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1800???1855) and Rebecca Howard (1808???1890).[2] His father was a lawyer who served in the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom,[3] and his sister Almeda Eliza Hitchcock Moore (1863???1895) was the first woman lawyer in Hawaii.[4] His uncle Edward Griffin Hitchcock (1837???189