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
Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a cou
Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina
…Kaliokalani, Peter Kaʻeo and David Kalākaua. Due to her late attendance, Mary Paʻaʻāina was placed in the youngest class together with Victoria Kamāmalu, Lydia Kamakaʻeha (Liliʻuokalani), and John William Pitt Kīnaʻu. During their Sunday procession to church it was customary for boys and girls to walk side by side, Paʻaʻāina would walk…
Portrait by James J. Williams, c. 1891
Liliʻuokalani in her youth, c. 1853
Haleʻākala, oil on canvas by D. Howard Hitchcock, 1899
John Owen Dominis, who later became Governor of Oʻahu