Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway

Irene Īʻī Brown Holloway (September 30, 1869 – August 26, 1922) was a Hawaiian philanthropist.

Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway
A young Hawaiian woman, dark hair parted center and dressed to the nape, wearing a dark dress with a square ruffled collar
Irene ʻĪʻī Brown Holloway, from a 1923 publication
Born
Irene Haalou Kahalelaukoa-Kamamalu ʻĪʻī

September 30, 1869
Waipio, Hawaii
DiedAugust 26, 1922
Honolulu, Hawaii
OccupationPhilanthropist
ParentJohn Papa ʻĪʻī
RelativesKenneth Francis Brown and Zadoc Brown (grandson}

Early life

Irene Haalou Kahalelaukoa-Kamamalu ʻĪʻī was born in Waipio, on Oahu, the daughter of John Papa ʻĪʻī and Maria Kamaunauikea Kapuahi I'i. Her father was advisor to King Kamehameha III, and later a judge. After her father's death in 1870, she was raised in the home of Reverend C. M. Hyde, an American missionary. She attended Kawaiaha'o Seminary and the Punahou School.[1]

Career
Luau at the Brown residence, Waipiʻo, Oʻahu, ca. 1890

Irene ʻĪʻī was a social hostess and philanthropist in Hawaii. She was one of the first women elected to the Hawaiian Board of Missions. She served on charity boards, was active in the Kawaiaha'o Church and the Daughters of Hawaii, and was a trustee of the Kawaiaha'o Seminary. She visited and brought gifts for the elderly residents of the Lunalilo Home.[1] Her inheritance from her father's estate, including the proceeds of land sold to the United States government for the Pearl Harbor Naval Station, and her ex-husband's role as trustee of the estate, were matters of protracted legal attention.[2][3][4][5][6]

Personal life and legacy

Irene ʻĪʻī married twice. In 1886, at age 17, she married Charles Augustus Brown, a white American businessman from Massachusetts.[7] They had three children together. She divorced Charles A. Brown in 1898, and married Carl Sheldon Holloway in 1901; he died in 1915. In widowhood she lived in Waimea. She died in Honolulu in 1922, aged 52 years, after a short illness.[1][8][9] In her will, she left funds which still support the Lunalilo Home.[10]

Her sons were George (1887–1946) and Francis (1892–1976), who was awarded the Croix de Guerre in World War I,[11] and became a golf professional and developer of the Keawaiki Bay residential complex. Politician Kenneth Francis Brown was her grandson.[12][13] A section of Mililani Mauka on Oahu is named after Irene Īʻī Brown Holloway.[14]

References
  1. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society (1923). Annual Report of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society. Government Press. pp. 85–86.
  2. "Ii Estate in Court". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1902-10-06. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Decision in Ii Case is Given". Evening Bulletin. 1910-09-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Decision in Ii Case is Given (continued)". Evening Bulletin. 1910-09-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Big Ii Estate Case Upheld on Appeal". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1912-10-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dole's Decision (continued)". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1912-10-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "CHARLES A. BROWN; A Figure in Business Affairs In Hawaii for 40 Years Was 81". The New York Times. 1937-05-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  8. "Mrs. Holloway Passes on in Honolulu, Aged 52". Hawaii Herald. 1922-08-31. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Notice to Creditors". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1922-10-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  10. Hawaii Community Foundation (2018-10-13). "How to Fund the Ultimate Time Machine". Hawaii Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  11. "Francis Ii Brown honored with the French Croix de Guerre, 1918". nupepa. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  12. "Famed Kamaaina Golfer Dies". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1976-07-26. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. HistoricHawaii. "Kenneth Francis Kamuokalani Brown will be remembered as a visionary mixing modern Hawaii with Hawaiian values". Historic Hawaii Foundation. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  14. "Mililani Mauka Is Under Way". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1990-04-08. p. 88. Retrieved 2021-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.
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