Princess bernice pauahi bishop biography definition

Hawaiian high chiefess and philanthropist whose will established the Kamehameha Schools.Name variations: Her name "Pauahi" (meaning fire-finished). Born Bernice Paki on December 19, 1831, in Honolulu, Hawaii; died in Honolulu on October 16, 1884; only daughter of Abner (adviser to King Kamehameha III, judge of the Supreme Court, acting governor of Oahu, privy councilor, member of the House of Nobles, and chamberlain) andKonia Paki ; by tradition, was taken as an infant to live with high chiefess and co-ruler Kinau from 1832–1839; after Kinau gave birth to a daughter, Bernice was returned to her parents at their request; attended Chiefs' Children's School (known as Royal School after 1846); married Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915), on June 4, 1850.

Bernice Pauahi Bishop was born into distinguished lineage.

As tradition dictated, she spent her early childhood with the high chiefess Kinau until the birth of Kinau's own daughter, Victo Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop ZYKIV