Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa
| Abigail Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa | |
|---|---|
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| Born | March 14, 1903 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Died | April 8, 1961 (aged 58) Maui |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Andrew Anderson Lambert Harry Field |
| Issue | Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui Kawānanakoa Virginia Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa |
| House | Kawānanakoa |
| Father | David Kawānanakoa |
| Mother | Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa |
Abigail Helen Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa (March 14, 1903 – April 8, 1961) was a member of the House of Kawānanakoa and the eldest daughter of Prince David Kawānanakoa and Princess Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa.
Life[]
She was born in Honolulu, Oahu, on March 14, 1903,[1] and was adopted by her maternal grandmother, Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell Parker, on February 8, 1908. Her name was changed to Kapiʻolani Campbell after her adoption.[2][3]: 166 Only a few months after her adoption, Kapiʻolani lost both her father and grandmother. After her grandmother's death, her widower Samuel Parker petitioned to be granted Kapiʻolani's guardianship, but her mother was declared as her guardian instead.[4][5] Her siblings were David Kalākaua Kawānanakoa and Lydia Liliʻuokalani Kawānanakoa.[3]: 166
Kapiʻolani married twice: first to Andrew Anderson Lambert (1900–1966) in 1922, whom she divorced, and later to Harry Field (1911–1964). Field was educated at Punahou School, Honolulu, Oahu, and Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon, and served as President of the from 1952 to 1953 and Senator of the Hawaii State Senate between 1963 and 1964. She had three children by her first husband: Edward A. Kawānanakoa, Virginia Poʻomaikelani Kawānanakoa (1926–98), and Esther Kapiʻolani Kawānanakoa Marignoli (born 1928).[6]
Among other things, from 1945 she was the Regent of the (House of Chiefs of Hawaii).[7]
On the subject of the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy, she is quoted to have said: "If America wanted do something on her own accord to restore the monarchy, that would be all right... but no Hawaiian would do anything to hurt America. We love America too much." She died on Maui of a stroke, on April 8, 1961.[8]
There were plans to bury her at a new burial plot at the Royal Mausoleum, but her widower Harry Field felt uncomfortable about the prospect of being buried at the Royal Mausoleum. Instead he had her buried in the Oahu Cemetery on the Kawānanakoa family plot.[9]
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References[]
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- ^ "Born". Evening Bulletin. March 16, 1903.
- ^ "Mrs. Parker Adopts Prince David's Child". Evening Bulletin. February 8, 1908.
- ^ a b Hawkins, Richard A. (2003). "Princess Abigail Kawananakoa: the Forgotten Territorial Native Hawaiian Leader". Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaii Historical Society. 37: 163–177. hdl:10524/354.
- ^ "Guardians for the Campbell Minors". The Hawaiian Gazette. November 17, 1908.
- ^ "Guardians of Campbell Children". Evening Bulletin. December 3, 1908.
- ^ Kapiikauinamoku (1955). "Family of Prince David Kawananakoa Is Listed". in The Story of Hawaiian Royalty. The Honolulu Advertiser, Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ Hawaii. Legislature. House (1921). Journal. p. 83.
- ^ "Hawaiians Mourn the Death of Revered Princess". The Spokesman-Review. April 13, 1961.
- ^ Zoellick, Sarah (June 9, 2013). "Sacred Grounds". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Honolulu. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
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