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 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
Fanny Kekelaokalani
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Fanny Kekuʻiapoiwa Kailikulani Leleoili Kulua Kekelaokalani Young Naʻea, was a Hawaiian high chiefess and a member of the royal family of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and mother of Queen Emma of Hawaii.
Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina
…alongside her half-sister Queen Emma of Hawaii and fourteen of her royal cousins. She was born circa 1833 to Henry Coleman Lewis and High Chiefess Fanny Kekelaokalani Young. Her mother was daughter of John Young, the British advisor of Kamehameha I. Her half-sister was Emma Rooke, who was three years younger than her and…
Fanny Kekela Young, N 1306, Mission Houses Museum Archives
1880 portrait of Fanny Kekelaokalani Young hangs in the Queen Emma Summer Palace