Talk:Mary Pitman Ailau

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https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=Mary+Ailau&dr_year=1881-1904&p_place=HI

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/78675645/?terms=Ailau 1884 - Earliest reference to be found of a Mrs. Ailau
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/259714922/?terms=Mary%2BAilau attended Princess Liliuokalani

• https://www.geneanet.org/fonds/bibliotheque/?go=1&lang=fr&nom=AILAU&page=1&size=50&voisinage=0
• https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=John+Ailau&ym=1894-01

• "Had Blood Of Hawaiian Chiefs – Death of Mrs. Mary Pitman Ailau of High Rank Who Was One of Queen Emma's Maids". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco. March 1, 1905. p. 4. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
• "Of Hawaiian Ancestry". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, PA. March 18, 1905. p. 6. Retrieved August 5, 2015.

After the death of her mother and when she was 14, she went to Boston to live with her father, stepmother, and brother. She remained there for 29 years, returning to the Islands only once during these years, at which time she was an attendant at the wedding of Kamehameha IV and Emma Rooke. In 1881 she returned to the Islands to live, and several years later she married Jack Ailau, a printer and musician of Honolulu. She was a close friend of Lili'uokalani. Mary Ailau died in Hilo on February 11, 1905, and was buried at Hoomalani Cemetery in Hilo. “From the time of her marriage and until her death she was interested in curio stores in Honolulu and Hilo” (Hawaii Herald, 1905). J. S. Emerson bought 88 articles from Mary Ailau, the first purchase being made on July 30, 1885, and the last on August 31, 1888. Some of the items are recorded as having been obtained by Mary from Kaua'i, some from O'ahu. Fortythree of them are kapa, most of them pieces of chiefs' kapa. 5 As recorded in his catalogue, Emerson paid his providers anything from 10c

Death of an Old Kamaaina. Mary Ailau, daughter of Benjamin Pitman, one of Ililo's early pjo ers passed away last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Cecelia neers Arnold, from an attach of Apoplexy. Some two vears nuo she bml nno stroke, from which she had not fully recovered. About two weeks ago she was taken down with the grippe, aud was recovering from same, when on last Tuesday she had her second stroke, affcctfng her left side. Saturday evening about 6:30 she grew worse, when the Inst and final stroke came, she living but twenty minutes. She was bom in March 1841, in Honolulu, receiving her education in the Hawaiian schools and in the states. Shortly after her return to the Islands in 1883 she mar ried Jack Ailau, a newspaper man and also a member of the Honolulu Band. He died about ten years ago, leaving his widow ns his sole sur vivor. She had been associated with the Victor girls in the curio shop on Pitman Street near the Hotel, during the past few years. Pitman Street, where the Hotel is lo cated is named aftct this early pioneer. The funeral of Mrs. Ailau oc curred Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. from the home of Mrs. Arnold, Rev. Mr. Stewart officiating, and .she was buried in the Hilo Cemetery, She leaves no husbaud uor chlldreu.

Mrs. Mary Ann Kaaumokulani Ki noole Pitman Ailau died at Ililo on February 11, and was buried there on Sunday. Mrs. Ailau was educated both in nilo and Honolulu under private teachers, and completed her education in Boston, where her father took his family after the death of Kinoole. She leaves one brother, Benjamin Fit man, a prominent rmsiness man of Bos ton, and a member of the firm of L. P. Hollander & Co., having married the daughter of Mr. Hollander. "Admiral" George Beckley was the first cousin of the deceased, and Hon. V. W. Beckley, Speaker of the House in the last Legislature, was her second cousin.

AILAU—In Hilo, Hawaii. February 11, 1905. Mrs. Mary Ann Kaaumokulani Kinoole Pitman Ailau, daughter of the High Chiefess Kinoole and the late Benjamin Pitman, and widow of John Keakaokalani Ailau, aged 67 years. Mrs. Ailau was known from one end of the group to the other, and in Boston and many of the Atlantic watering places. Mrs. Ailau’s father-in-law also resided here for a number of years. George Beckley was the first cousin of the deceased, and Hon. F. W. Beckley, Speaker of the House in the last Legislature, was her second cousin. When she lived in Boston she used frequently to visit the watering places of the New England coast, and whenever she went she attracted much attention by her swimming in which she excelled. After he father’s death she returned to Hawaii and married J. K. Ailau, a compositor and a singer. He died in San Francisco during the Midwinter Fair in 1904. She leaves one adopted daughter [1]

• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016339/1905-02-21/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=2%2F1%2F1905&index=8&date2=3%2F1%2F1905&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Pitman+PITMAN&proxdistance=5&state=Hawaii&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Pitman&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1
• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016339/1905-02-28/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=2%2F1%2F1905&index=10&date2=3%2F1%2F1905&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=PITMAN&proxdistance=5&state=Hawaii&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Pitman&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1894-06-20/ed-1/seq-3/

A KANAKA THIEF. Mary Ailau Caught While Shoplifting. She Has Two Booths in the Hawaiian Village at the Fair— Charged With Petty Larceny.

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Hurricane Noah (talk · contribs) 03:54, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Will review tomorrow morning. NoahTalk 03:54, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• I don't like the idea of having 5 citations in the middle of a sentence since it breaks up the flow considerably.

• Merged the citations.

• Are you talking about the mother's name? I don't see Liliha as one of the mentioned names of the subject.

• Removed Liliha.

• "her use of the ahupuaʻa of Hilo" could you explain that term for the readers since it isn't exactly clear?

• Added

• Could you add alternate text for the images?

• Added

Will do the other half when I get back Noah^Talk 12:15, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

All and all a pretty decent article. Just a few minor items I saw. Noah^Talk 13:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• After thinking about it a bit more, is there anything out there to add that could expand on her roles as a maid of honor and a lady in waiting?

• No this is all that is found. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• You mention an illness but never say what she ended up dying from.

• Apoplexy. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Is there anything else that she did in her later life?

• No this is all that is found. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a few more comments after revisiting it. Noah^Talk 17:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: Finished. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

@KAVEBEAR: Passing... I just fixed a typo and some grammatical issues on the page. Noah^Talk 17:30, 2 April 2020 (UTC)