John Papa ʻĪʻī
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Ioane "John" Kaneiakama Papa ʻĪʻī was a Hawaiian politician and historian.
Tombstone of John ʻĪʻī in Oahu Cemetery
Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina
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Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina, also known as Mary ʻĪʻī was a Hawaiian chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaii. At a young age, she was chosen to attend the Chiefs' Children's School taught by the American missionary
John Papa ʻĪʻī
…in England. After Liholiho's death, ʻĪʻī continued to serve the rulers of Hawai‘i and including being kahu for Victoria Kamāmalu and hānai father of Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina. ʻĪʻī and his wife Sarai Hiwauli were selected to be kahu of the students at the Chiefs' Children's School in 1840. Throughout his life he was in…
John Papa ʻĪʻī and Sarai Hiwauli, the hānai parents of Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina, ca. 1851
The Cooke Memorial Tablet at Kawaiahaʻo Church commemorating the sixteen royal children and their teachers