User:KAVEBEAR/Eveline Townsend Wilson

Evelyn or Eveline Melita Kilioulani Kaopaokalani Townsend Wilson, known commonly as Kitty (c. 1849 – May 21, 1898) was a lady-in-waiting of Queen Liliuokalani during her imprisonment in Iolani Palace and the mother of three-time Honolulu mayor John H. Wilson.

Life
Born in 1849, Eveline was of mixed Native Hawaiian and English descent, known as a hapa haole in Hawaiian. Her parents were John F. Townsend, an itinerant English performed in Honolulu, and Harriet Blanchard, the part-Hawaiian daughter of American sea captain Henry Blanchard and Molokai chiefess Koloa. Her grandfather Captain Blanchard commanded of the brig Thaddeus which brought the first company American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) missionaries in 1820. These missionaries and the subsequent companies which followed them would converted the Kingdom of Hawaii to Christianity. Her father abandoned the family and fled to Victoria, after a failed business venture, and her mother raised Eveline and her younger brother George by herself.

At a young age, Eveline first caught the attention of the future queen Liliuokalani while singing in the Kawaiahaʻo Church choir led by Liliuokalani. This was reportedly because the theatrical Eveline would make motion while she sang from the choir loft. She subsequently became her protège and a household retainer and developed a close friendship with her mistress. Considered one of the most beautiful woman of the Kingdom, Eveline and Mary Bush had the honors of greeting the Duke of Edinburgh at a traditional luau held at Liliuokalani's private residence at Waikiki during his 1869 visit to Hawaii aboard the Galatea.

Eveline


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