Mary Jane Fayerweather Montano | |
|---|---|
 Mary Jane Fayerweather | |
| Born | May 14, 1842 |
| Died | November 8, 1930 (aged 88) |
| Spouse(s) | Benoni R. Davison A. A. Montano |
| Children | 5+ |
| Parent(s) | Abram Henry Fayerweather Mary Kekahimoku Kolimoalani Beckley |
Mary Jane Ahia Ahuena Kekulani Fayerweather (May 14, 1842 – November 8, 1930) was a Hawaiian high chiefess who became a composer, musician and cultural historian.
Life and career
She was born on May 14, 1842, in Honolulu, as the third-born child and second daughter of Abram Henry Fayerweather (1812–1850) and Mary Kekahimoku Kolimoalani Beckley (1820–1850). Her father was an American whaler from New Canaan, Connecticut who settled in Hawaii and became a sugar planter and chief accountant of C. Brewer & Co. [1] [2] [3] Her maternal family was considered to be of the aliʻi (noble) class. She was the maternal granddaughter of British Captain George Charles Beckley and Ahia, a distant relation of the reigning House of Kamehameha and descendant of the 15th-century King Līloa. [4] [1] Her two sisters were Julia Fayerweather Afong (1840–1918), who married the Chinese millionaire merchant Chun Afong, and Hannah Fayerweather Bell (1843–1870), who married Thomas Kamukamu Bell. [5] A brother named William Malulani Fayerweather (1841–1843) died young. [2]
On July 4, 1864, she married American pharmacist Benoni Richmond Davison who was originally from Wilmington, Delaware. Davison became the superintendent of the United States Marine Hospital in Honolulu. [6] [2] She and her first husband had five children including William Compton Malulani Davison, Emma Ahuena Davison Taylor, Rose Compton Davison, Henry Fayerweather Davison, and Marie Hope Kekulani Davison Brown. [4] [7] Davison died on July 3, 1875. She later married Colombian Andreas Avelino Montano (1845–1913) on June 16, 1877. [8] [2] Montano was a noted photographer and many of his subjects included members of the royal family including King Kalākaua and Queen Dowager Emma. [9]
Death and burial
Mary died on November 8, 1930. She was buried at the Oahu Cemetery where she shares a marker with her son Henry Davison. [10] The private notes, diaries, letters and manuscript drafts of Mary and her daughter Ahuena Taylor are now in the Hawaii State Archives. [11]
Publications and works
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 2, 1923). "Granddaughter of Capt. George Beckley, Kamehameha's "Field Marshal" Tells Of His Colorful Career In Hawaii – Drama Of Old Hawaii Made Real In Fascinating Story Of Picturesque Early Actors – Englishmen, Americans, Russians and Men of Other "Haole" Nations Move In Interesting Array Through Reminiscences of Grande Dame of the Old Regime". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 2, 1923). "Drama Of Old Hawaii Made Picturesque (Continued from Page 1)". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 13. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 9, 1923). "Personal Reminiscences Of Old-Time Hawaii And Noted Actors In Stirring Drama – How Many of the Chiefs Joined in the California Gold Rush and Died of Frontier Hardships; Terror of Smallpox Scourge of 1853 When Thousands Died Throughout Islands". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 9. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 9, 1923). "Mrs. Montano's Reminiscences Of Old Hawaii (Continued from Page 9)". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 10. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 16, 1923). "Former Belle Tells Of Honolulu Society In Far-Off 'Sixties' – Mrs. Montano Continues Her Charming Reminiscences of Old Hawaii; Notable Characters and Incidents Revived After Six Decades During Which Community Has Moved Far, Far Away From Them". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 16, 1923). "Former Belle Tells Of Society In Old Honolulu (Continued from Page 5)". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 25, 1923). "Quaint Recollections Of Hawaiian Royalty In Picturesque Year – Mrs. Montano Continues Reminiscenses – How Queen Emma Started Fund for Hospital – Palace Named for Prince – Duke of Edinburgh's Visit Memorable in Hawaiian History – Leisure Time of Chiefesses". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 12. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (December 25, 1923). "Recollections of Hawaiian Kings Of Long Ago (Continued from Page 12)". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 13. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (January 6, 1924). "When Admiral Wilkes Was Host To Honolulu's Society In The Brave Civil War Days – Mrs. Montano Continues Her Charming Reminiscences of Old Hawaii; Among Other Intriguing Matters She Tells of Reputed Secret Cave Under Diamond Head and Waikiki". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (January 6, 1924). "When Wilkes Was Host To Society In Civil War Days (Continued from Page 6)". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather (April 18, 1924). "How To Cook Taro". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu. p. 9. Retrieved August 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
References
- ^ a b Peterson 1984, p. 270.
- ^ a b c d New England Historic Genealogical Society 1992, pp. 75–76.
- ^ Nellist 1929–1938, p. 193.
- ^ a b Lam 1932, pp. 1–7.
- ^ Dye 1997, pp. 63–75.
- ^ Peterson 1984, pp. 369–373.
- ^ Peterson 1984, pp. 269–271, 369–373; Yasutake 2017, pp. 126, 128, 139
- ^ Peterson 1984, p. 371.
- ^ Severson, Horikawa & Saville 2002, pp. 199–200.
- ^ Grave Marker of Mary J. K. F. Montano and A. Henry F. Davison. Honolulu, HI: Oahu Cemetery.
- ^ Dye 1997, p. 232.
Bibliography
- Bouslog, Charles; Greig, Thelma (1994). Mānoa: the Story of a Valley. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56647-067-4. OCLC 32599587.
- Dye, Bob (1997). Merchant Prince of the Sandalwood Mountains: Afong and the Chinese in Hawaiʻi. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1772-5. OCLC 247424976.
- Imada, Adria L. (2012). Aloha America: Hula Circuits Through the U.S. Empire. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-5207-5. OCLC 769871251.
- Lam, Margaret M. (1932). Six Generations of Race Mixture in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Sociology MA Thesis. OCLC 16325277.
- Nellist, George Ferguson Mitchell (1929–1938). Women of Hawaii. Honolulu: E.A. Langton-Boyle. OCLC 16328319.
- New England Historic Genealogical Society (1992). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. OCLC 2564052.
- Peterson, Barbara Bennett (1984). Notable Women of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0820-4. OCLC 11030010.
- Severson, Don R.; Horikawa, Michael D.; Saville, Jennifer (2002). Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts; University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2657-4. OCLC 123158782.
- Taylor, Albert Pierce (1922). Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. OCLC 479709.
- Yasutake, Rumi (2017). "Re-Franchising Women of Hawaiʻi, 1912–1920: Politics of Gender, Sovereignty, Race, and Rank at the Crossroads of the Pacific". In Choy, Catherine Ceniza; Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun (eds.). Gendering the Trans-Pacific World. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-33610-0. OCLC 976394366.
External links
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