Personal Life
During February 1867, Knudsen married Anne McHutcheson Sinclair, with whom he had five children: Ida, Augustus, Maud, Eric and Arthur–were born between 1868 and 1875. Following his death, there were claims of allegedly illegitimate children which resulted in failed attempts of taking over the Kekaha Sugar Company.
Valdemar Knudsen, was known to the Hawaiians as Kanuka. In 1945, his son Eric Alfred Knudsen published Kanuka of Kauai, a book on the life of his father, as well as the Hawaiian natives who befriended him.
| Francis W. Sinclair (1797-1846) |
Elizabeth McHutchison (1800–1892) |
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| Charles B. Robinson | Helen Sinclair | Jane Sinclair (d. 1916) |
Thomas Gay (d. 1865) |
Anne Sinclair (1839-1922) |
Valdemar Knudsen (1819–1898) |
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| Aubrey Robinson (1853–1936) |
Alice Gay | Francis Gay | Eric Alfred Knudsen (1872–1957) |
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| Aylmer Robinson (1888–1967) |
Lester Beauclerk Robinson (1901–1969) |
Helen Matthew (1910–2002) |
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| Keith Robinson (b. 1941) |
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