Talk:Maria Beckley Kahea

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:11, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

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Maria Beckley Kahea

• ... that British-Hawaiian chiefess Maria Beckley Kahea (pictured) served as lady-in-waiting to two queens and was appointed keeper of the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii?

• Reviewed: Trichophorum cespitosum
• Comment: SPECIAL HOLD DATE: May (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month)

Created by KAVEBEAR (talk). Self-nominated at 02:54, 28 March 2020 (UTC).

• @KAVEBEAR: New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook is interesting and backed by multiple sources, except the 1910 Pacific Commercial Advertiser article doesn't mention her being a lady-in-waiting to Queen Emma, just Queen Kapi'olani. As a topic expert, can you advise? This is the only issue I see with this article right now. Raymie (t • c) 07:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Further note, the DYK nomination isn't *quite* at the right title. @Amakuru: or someone else knowledgeable, does this need to be moved to match? Raymie (t • c) 07:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Raymie: Don't known what you mean by quite at the right title. Source for Queen Emma: "The deceased was a lady in waiting to the Queen during reign of Kamehameha V and when Kalakaua was elected King she was in the court of the Dowager Queen, Emma. [1]" KAVEBEAR (talk) 07:37, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oh, I meant the nom subpage being for "Maria Kahea Beckley" but the article being "Maria Beckley Kahea". The article is ready now. Raymie (t • c) 08:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oh I just noticed that.KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

  @Raymie: there is no need to worry about the title of the DYK nom page, it doens't have to match the article exactly. In fact it is not advisable to move it, because that can upset various bot processes in ways I don't fully know. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 09:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Lewis Clark

Around 1891, Kahea and Hawaiian musician Lizzie Alohikea co-composed the song Ahi Wela which consist of "poetry of passion, telling of sexual combustion that may result from the act of love" concerning her first husband Lewis Clark, a sea captain who abandoned her after she gave birth to her first two children, Leander and Violet, and sailed off into the horizon becoming like a star above the kumulani (horizon) as Israel Kamakawiwoʻole interpreted her thoughts in his medley recording pairing Ahi Wela with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Maria had Clark's identity blotted out from history until Huliheʻe Summer Palace docent James Kahea Beckley discovered their marriage license in the 1990's.

Removed all of the new addition about Lewis Clark until published sources can be provided. KAVEBEAR (talk) 23:06, 7 April 2023 (UTC)