HAWAIIAN PALACE FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL; The Mansion of a Princess in Honolulu Bought for That Purpose.
Honolulu Letter to The Washington Star.AUG. 4, 1895
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The Government has just concluded the purchase of valuable property near the heart of the city for the use of a high school. It is the mansion which was built fifteen years ago at great cost by Princess Ruth Keelikolani, who had inherited all the great estates of the Kamehamehas. She soon after died. Her heir was her cousin, the very lovely and noble half-white Princess Bernice Panahi Bishop.
August 4, 1895, Page 6
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Honolulu Letter to The Washington Star.AUG. 4, 1895
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The Government has just concluded the purchase of valuable property near the heart of the city for the use of a high school. It is the mansion which was built fifteen years ago at great cost by Princess Ruth Keelikolani, who had inherited all the great estates of the Kamehamehas. She soon after died. Her heir was her cousin, the very lovely and noble half-white Princess Bernice Panahi Bishop.
August 4, 1895, Page 6
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Background:
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
- Lived: Dec 19, 1831 - Oct 16, 1884 (age 52)
- Nationality: Hawaiian
- Spouse: Charles Reed Bishop (m. 1850)
- Founded: Kamehameha Schools
- Parents: Pākī (Father) · Kōnia (Mother)
- Education: Royal Elementary School
Timeline
1846:
Pauahi began attending the Chiefs' Children's School (later called the Royal School) that same year and remained there until 1846.
1850:
Bernice Pauahi Bishop married Charles Reed Bishop on June 04, 1850.
1872:
Prince Lot Kapuāiwa ruled as Kamehameha V and offered Pauahi the throne on his deathbed in 1872.
1883:
In 1883, they offered to adopt William Kaiheekai Taylor (1882-1956), the infant son of Pauahi's distant cousin Lydia Keōmailani Crowningburg and Wray Taylor; they had been the boy's godparents during his christening at St. Andrews.
1884:
After Bishop's death in 1884, her husband Charles Reed Bishop started work in carrying out her will.
1884:
On October 16, 1884, at the age of 52, Pauahi died of breast cancer at Keōua Hale, Honolulu.
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