Throwback Thursday: A photo c1891.
This is my great grandmother, Kina Kahooilimoku.
The oldest girl is my grandmother, Heleualani, who went by “Lani”. The younger is her sister, Helen, who was born in September 1890.
I believe this photo was taken during a trip to San Francisco.
Kina and the girls’ father, Robert William Cathcart, were not married.
The couple split around the time of the birth of a third girl, Louisa, in March 1892. The two older girls were then sent to live at St. Andrew’s Priory, where they were raised by the English sisters. They were already at the Priory when Liliuokalani was deposed at the beginning of 1893. Louisa was raised by Kina’s family in Hana, as I recall.
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Wonderful period picture of your relatives.
Priceless Ian! Mahalo nui for sharing…
What a beauty….and a strong face. I bet she had a thing or two to say about the Overthrow.
Wow!! That’s awesome!
That is an extraordinary photo of Heleualani. I would like to know more of that story: was she raised in Hana? How did she wind up in Honolulu? What became of her? …and on and on.