Inez MacPhee was born December 20, 1899, at Camp Carlin, Fort D.A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her parents were Angus MacPhee (b. August 9, 1874), grandson of a Scotch immigrant, and Della Talbot, of English descent. Young Angus MacPhee homesteaded with his father, and later opened a Denver, Colorado meat market. Shortly after his marriage to Della Talbot on December 19, 1898, he volunteered as a civilian in the quartermaster corps during the Spanish-American War. He traveled to Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Alaska. Eventually, the family returned to ranching in Wyoming.
In 1907, MacPhee participated in a western show for guests President Theodore Roosevelt, and Eben Parker Low, of Parker Ranch on the Island of Hawai'i. Low had brought a troupe of musicians and dancers to tour the United States. MacPhee's performance as a champion roper won him an invitation to visit Hawai'i. Mrs. Ashdown writes that her father was a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and was invited to come to Hawai'i for the first such show.
The family arrived in Honolulu aboard the S.S. Alameda in December 1907. Inez MacPhee was presented to Queen Liliu'okalani at Mo'ili'ili Park in Honolulu, a meeting which greatly inspired both the little girl and the woman. She became a member of the Queen's hanai family, and in turn, the Queen told her many wonderful stories of the ali'i and the spirit of aloha.
They remained in the islands, where the young girl was tutored by her mother and educated by a correspondence course through Punahou School. The family moved to Maui when MacPhee was hired by owners Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Raymond as manager of Ulupalakua Ranch. Living on the ranch, young Inez learned to ride, rope, race, fish, and swim, as well as the more usual school lessons. She also learned Hawaiian lore and the tenets of her Catholic faith, both of which influenced her future life and interests.
Angus MacPhee lost an arm in a hunting accident in 1910, and subsequently lost his job. He worked for H.P. Baldwin as a butcher. In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. MacPhee divorced. Mrs. MacPhee and Inez returned to the Talbot family home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Inez remained until the summer of 1915.
At that time, Inez was allowed to return to Maui to live with her father in Wailuku. He owned the Bismark Stables, the Maui Meat Market, and Kahakuloa Ranch. Angus MacPhee was a founder of the Maui County Fair and the Maui County Fair and Racing Association. Inez MacPhee was also adopted as a hanai member of the von Tempski family.
Inez MacPhee graduated from Maui High School in 1918. She had also attended Dana Hall, a girls' school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, for one year and Castello's Boarding School in Palo Alto, California.
In 1917 or 1918, Angus MacPhee leased land for a ranch on Kaho'olawe, joined in 1922 by Harry Baldwin as a partner. When the land was taken over by the U.S. military in 1941, much bitterness was created in the family. Angus MacPhee returned to Ulupalakua in 1922 and remained as manager until 1925 when he went to Kahokuloa Ranch. He remarried three times, including Margaret Victoria Keawe, a Hawaiian woman whom Inez liked very much. He died on July 16, 1948.
In 1928, Inez MacPhee married Charles Ashdown, an English exchange student she had met at the University of California, Berkeley. They settled in Hawai'i. He went to work as timekeeper, and later, postmaster, bookkeeper, and office manager at Honolua Ranch (part of Baldwin Packers, Ltd.).
In the 1930s, Mrs. Ashdown began to write local news items for Donald Billam-Walker, Maui editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. She took a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Journalism. Later, she also wrote for other newspapers and journals. Mrs. Ashdown worked as a communications operator at the Naval Air Station, Puunene from March 1943 to December 1946, when she apparently had a heart attack.
Later Mrs. Ashdown worked as an executive with the Girl Scouts on Maui, with the Signal Corps, Ft. Armstrong, APO, San Francisco, and as a teacher at Ulupalakua School. She was appointed to the County of Maui Commission for Historic Sites and was involved with the planning of the Maui Historical Society.
The Ashdowns lived on Maui for twenty years, where they had two sons, Angus and James. The family also lived in Honolulu for some years. In 1952 or so, the Ashdowns returned to Maui and moved to Kihei after Mr. Ashdown had a heart attack. They later moved to Makawao, and in the 1970s, to a house on Ulupalakua Ranch. Mrs. Ashdown went to work for Seibu Fudosan, the Japanese conglomerate planning to build a resort in Makena, writing the historical background of the area.
Mrs. Ashdown was a member of Hui Hanai, the group which helped open and support the Queen Liliu'okalani Children's Center in Honolulu. She helped found the Hui Hana Malama, affiliated with the County of Maui Mayor's office, to preserve historic sites on Maui, and was a founding member of the Maui Historical Society in 1956.
In 1975, at age 75, she began work as county historian and Research Analyst Trainee in the County of Maui Planning Department, to "writ[e] down all the history [I] remember and could research." It was her goal to create an archives or central information office on Maui, record oral interviews with local notables, place markers on all important historical sites on Maui, and have the County of Maui finance publication of her book, "The Kingdom of Maui." She remained in that position for three years. In 1982, she was named County Historian Emeritus by Mayor Hannibal Tavares in recognition of her years of writing and speaking about the history and legends of Maui.
During her lifetime, Inez Ashdown was a prolific writer. Her favorite subjects included her ancestry and family history, cattle ranching on Maui (especially her own early years on Ulupalakua Ranch) and paniolos (cowboys), the history of Maui, Queen Liliu'okalani and Hawaiian royalty and ali'i, Christian churches (in particular the history of Maui's early Catholic churches such as Maria Lanakila Church, St. Anthony's Church, Wailuku, and the mission of Santa Ynez, her namesake), language and place names, Hawaiian legends and folklore, and the preservation of archaeological and historic sites in Hawai'i and Maui. She published three books, including Stories of Old Lahaina and Ke Alaloa O Maui, and contributed countless articles and stories to local journals and newspapers. She also wrote a column for The Maui Sun weekly newspaper.
Both her husband, Charles, who died February 25, 1977, and her son Angus, predeceased her. Mrs. Ashdown's later years were spent at Hale Makua nursing home in Wailuku, where she died October 18, 1992.
A most amazing woman!
Kihei de Silva's interview of Inez MacPhee Ashdown on the Ka'iwakiloumoku website is a fascinating first-hand look at this amazing woman....
In 1907, MacPhee participated in a western show for guests President Theodore Roosevelt, and Eben Parker Low, of Parker Ranch on the Island of Hawai'i. Low had brought a troupe of musicians and dancers to tour the United States. MacPhee's performance as a champion roper won him an invitation to visit Hawai'i. Mrs. Ashdown writes that her father was a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and was invited to come to Hawai'i for the first such show.
The family arrived in Honolulu aboard the S.S. Alameda in December 1907. Inez MacPhee was presented to Queen Liliu'okalani at Mo'ili'ili Park in Honolulu, a meeting which greatly inspired both the little girl and the woman. She became a member of the Queen's hanai family, and in turn, the Queen told her many wonderful stories of the ali'i and the spirit of aloha.
They remained in the islands, where the young girl was tutored by her mother and educated by a correspondence course through Punahou School. The family moved to Maui when MacPhee was hired by owners Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Raymond as manager of Ulupalakua Ranch. Living on the ranch, young Inez learned to ride, rope, race, fish, and swim, as well as the more usual school lessons. She also learned Hawaiian lore and the tenets of her Catholic faith, both of which influenced her future life and interests.
Angus MacPhee lost an arm in a hunting accident in 1910, and subsequently lost his job. He worked for H.P. Baldwin as a butcher. In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. MacPhee divorced. Mrs. MacPhee and Inez returned to the Talbot family home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Inez remained until the summer of 1915.
At that time, Inez was allowed to return to Maui to live with her father in Wailuku. He owned the Bismark Stables, the Maui Meat Market, and Kahakuloa Ranch. Angus MacPhee was a founder of the Maui County Fair and the Maui County Fair and Racing Association. Inez MacPhee was also adopted as a hanai member of the von Tempski family.
Inez MacPhee graduated from Maui High School in 1918. She had also attended Dana Hall, a girls' school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, for one year and Castello's Boarding School in Palo Alto, California.
In 1917 or 1918, Angus MacPhee leased land for a ranch on Kaho'olawe, joined in 1922 by Harry Baldwin as a partner. When the land was taken over by the U.S. military in 1941, much bitterness was created in the family. Angus MacPhee returned to Ulupalakua in 1922 and remained as manager until 1925 when he went to Kahokuloa Ranch. He remarried three times, including Margaret Victoria Keawe, a Hawaiian woman whom Inez liked very much. He died on July 16, 1948.
In 1928, Inez MacPhee married Charles Ashdown, an English exchange student she had met at the University of California, Berkeley. They settled in Hawai'i. He went to work as timekeeper, and later, postmaster, bookkeeper, and office manager at Honolua Ranch (part of Baldwin Packers, Ltd.).
In the 1930s, Mrs. Ashdown began to write local news items for Donald Billam-Walker, Maui editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. She took a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Journalism. Later, she also wrote for other newspapers and journals. Mrs. Ashdown worked as a communications operator at the Naval Air Station, Puunene from March 1943 to December 1946, when she apparently had a heart attack.
Later Mrs. Ashdown worked as an executive with the Girl Scouts on Maui, with the Signal Corps, Ft. Armstrong, APO, San Francisco, and as a teacher at Ulupalakua School. She was appointed to the County of Maui Commission for Historic Sites and was involved with the planning of the Maui Historical Society.
The Ashdowns lived on Maui for twenty years, where they had two sons, Angus and James. The family also lived in Honolulu for some years. In 1952 or so, the Ashdowns returned to Maui and moved to Kihei after Mr. Ashdown had a heart attack. They later moved to Makawao, and in the 1970s, to a house on Ulupalakua Ranch. Mrs. Ashdown went to work for Seibu Fudosan, the Japanese conglomerate planning to build a resort in Makena, writing the historical background of the area.
Mrs. Ashdown was a member of Hui Hanai, the group which helped open and support the Queen Liliu'okalani Children's Center in Honolulu. She helped found the Hui Hana Malama, affiliated with the County of Maui Mayor's office, to preserve historic sites on Maui, and was a founding member of the Maui Historical Society in 1956.
In 1975, at age 75, she began work as county historian and Research Analyst Trainee in the County of Maui Planning Department, to "writ[e] down all the history [I] remember and could research." It was her goal to create an archives or central information office on Maui, record oral interviews with local notables, place markers on all important historical sites on Maui, and have the County of Maui finance publication of her book, "The Kingdom of Maui." She remained in that position for three years. In 1982, she was named County Historian Emeritus by Mayor Hannibal Tavares in recognition of her years of writing and speaking about the history and legends of Maui.
During her lifetime, Inez Ashdown was a prolific writer. Her favorite subjects included her ancestry and family history, cattle ranching on Maui (especially her own early years on Ulupalakua Ranch) and paniolos (cowboys), the history of Maui, Queen Liliu'okalani and Hawaiian royalty and ali'i, Christian churches (in particular the history of Maui's early Catholic churches such as Maria Lanakila Church, St. Anthony's Church, Wailuku, and the mission of Santa Ynez, her namesake), language and place names, Hawaiian legends and folklore, and the preservation of archaeological and historic sites in Hawai'i and Maui. She published three books, including Stories of Old Lahaina and Ke Alaloa O Maui, and contributed countless articles and stories to local journals and newspapers. She also wrote a column for The Maui Sun weekly newspaper.
Both her husband, Charles, who died February 25, 1977, and her son Angus, predeceased her. Mrs. Ashdown's later years were spent at Hale Makua nursing home in Wailuku, where she died October 18, 1992.
A most amazing woman!
Kihei de Silva's interview of Inez MacPhee Ashdown on the Ka'iwakiloumoku website is a fascinating first-hand look at this amazing woman....
Inez MacPhee was born December 20, 1899, at Camp Carlin, Fort D.A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her parents were Angus MacPhee (b. August 9, 1874), grandson of a Scotch immigrant, and Della Talbot, of English descent. Young Angus MacPhee homesteaded with his father, and later opened a Denver, Colorado meat market. Shortly after his marriage to Della Talbot on December 19, 1898, he volunteered as a civilian in the quartermaster corps during the Spanish-American War. He traveled to Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Alaska. Eventually, the family returned to ranching in Wyoming.
In 1907, MacPhee participated in a western show for guests President Theodore Roosevelt, and Eben Parker Low, of Parker Ranch on the Island of Hawai'i. Low had brought a troupe of musicians and dancers to tour the United States. MacPhee's performance as a champion roper won him an invitation to visit Hawai'i. Mrs. Ashdown writes that her father was a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and was invited to come to Hawai'i for the first such show.
The family arrived in Honolulu aboard the S.S. Alameda in December 1907. Inez MacPhee was presented to Queen Liliu'okalani at Mo'ili'ili Park in Honolulu, a meeting which greatly inspired both the little girl and the woman. She became a member of the Queen's hanai family, and in turn, the Queen told her many wonderful stories of the ali'i and the spirit of aloha.
They remained in the islands, where the young girl was tutored by her mother and educated by a correspondence course through Punahou School. The family moved to Maui when MacPhee was hired by owners Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Raymond as manager of Ulupalakua Ranch. Living on the ranch, young Inez learned to ride, rope, race, fish, and swim, as well as the more usual school lessons. She also learned Hawaiian lore and the tenets of her Catholic faith, both of which influenced her future life and interests.
Angus MacPhee lost an arm in a hunting accident in 1910, and subsequently lost his job. He worked for H.P. Baldwin as a butcher. In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. MacPhee divorced. Mrs. MacPhee and Inez returned to the Talbot family home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Inez remained until the summer of 1915.
At that time, Inez was allowed to return to Maui to live with her father in Wailuku. He owned the Bismark Stables, the Maui Meat Market, and Kahakuloa Ranch. Angus MacPhee was a founder of the Maui County Fair and the Maui County Fair and Racing Association. Inez MacPhee was also adopted as a hanai member of the von Tempski family.
Inez MacPhee graduated from Maui High School in 1918. She had also attended Dana Hall, a girls' school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, for one year and Castello's Boarding School in Palo Alto, California.
In 1917 or 1918, Angus MacPhee leased land for a ranch on Kaho'olawe, joined in 1922 by Harry Baldwin as a partner. When the land was taken over by the U.S. military in 1941, much bitterness was created in the family. Angus MacPhee returned to Ulupalakua in 1922 and remained as manager until 1925 when he went to Kahokuloa Ranch. He remarried three times, including Margaret Victoria Keawe, a Hawaiian woman whom Inez liked very much. He died on July 16, 1948.
In 1928, Inez MacPhee married Charles Ashdown, an English exchange student she had met at the University of California, Berkeley. They settled in Hawai'i. He went to work as timekeeper, and later, postmaster, bookkeeper, and office manager at Honolua Ranch (part of Baldwin Packers, Ltd.).
In the 1930s, Mrs. Ashdown began to write local news items for Donald Billam-Walker, Maui editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. She took a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Journalism. Later, she also wrote for other newspapers and journals. Mrs. Ashdown worked as a communications operator at the Naval Air Station, Puunene from March 1943 to December 1946, when she apparently had a heart attack.
Later Mrs. Ashdown worked as an executive with the Girl Scouts on Maui, with the Signal Corps, Ft. Armstrong, APO, San Francisco, and as a teacher at Ulupalakua School. She was appointed to the County of Maui Commission for Historic Sites and was involved with the planning of the Maui Historical Society.
The Ashdowns lived on Maui for twenty years, where they had two sons, Angus and James. The family also lived in Honolulu for some years. In 1952 or so, the Ashdowns returned to Maui and moved to Kihei after Mr. Ashdown had a heart attack. They later moved to Makawao, and in the 1970s, to a house on Ulupalakua Ranch. Mrs. Ashdown went to work for Seibu Fudosan, the Japanese conglomerate planning to build a resort in Makena, writing the historical background of the area.
Mrs. Ashdown was a member of Hui Hanai, the group which helped open and support the Queen Liliu'okalani Children's Center in Honolulu. She helped found the Hui Hana Malama, affiliated with the County of Maui Mayor's office, to preserve historic sites on Maui, and was a founding member of the Maui Historical Society in 1956.
In 1975, at age 75, she began work as county historian and Research Analyst Trainee in the County of Maui Planning Department, to "writ[e] down all the history [I] remember and could research." It was her goal to create an archives or central information office on Maui, record oral interviews with local notables, place markers on all important historical sites on Maui, and have the County of Maui finance publication of her book, "The Kingdom of Maui." She remained in that position for three years. In 1982, she was named County Historian Emeritus by Mayor Hannibal Tavares in recognition of her years of writing and speaking about the history and legends of Maui.
During her lifetime, Inez Ashdown was a prolific writer. Her favorite subjects included her ancestry and family history, cattle ranching on Maui (especially her own early years on Ulupalakua Ranch) and paniolos (cowboys), the history of Maui, Queen Liliu'okalani and Hawaiian royalty and ali'i, Christian churches (in particular the history of Maui's early Catholic churches such as Maria Lanakila Church, St. Anthony's Church, Wailuku, and the mission of Santa Ynez, her namesake), language and place names, Hawaiian legends and folklore, and the preservation of archaeological and historic sites in Hawai'i and Maui. She published three books, including Stories of Old Lahaina and Ke Alaloa O Maui, and contributed countless articles and stories to local journals and newspapers. She also wrote a column for The Maui Sun weekly newspaper.
Both her husband, Charles, who died February 25, 1977, and her son Angus, predeceased her. Mrs. Ashdown's later years were spent at Hale Makua nursing home in Wailuku, where she died October 18, 1992.
A most amazing woman!
Kihei de Silva's interview of Inez MacPhee Ashdown on the Ka'iwakiloumoku website is a fascinating first-hand look at this amazing woman....
In 1907, MacPhee participated in a western show for guests President Theodore Roosevelt, and Eben Parker Low, of Parker Ranch on the Island of Hawai'i. Low had brought a troupe of musicians and dancers to tour the United States. MacPhee's performance as a champion roper won him an invitation to visit Hawai'i. Mrs. Ashdown writes that her father was a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and was invited to come to Hawai'i for the first such show.
The family arrived in Honolulu aboard the S.S. Alameda in December 1907. Inez MacPhee was presented to Queen Liliu'okalani at Mo'ili'ili Park in Honolulu, a meeting which greatly inspired both the little girl and the woman. She became a member of the Queen's hanai family, and in turn, the Queen told her many wonderful stories of the ali'i and the spirit of aloha.
They remained in the islands, where the young girl was tutored by her mother and educated by a correspondence course through Punahou School. The family moved to Maui when MacPhee was hired by owners Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Raymond as manager of Ulupalakua Ranch. Living on the ranch, young Inez learned to ride, rope, race, fish, and swim, as well as the more usual school lessons. She also learned Hawaiian lore and the tenets of her Catholic faith, both of which influenced her future life and interests.
Angus MacPhee lost an arm in a hunting accident in 1910, and subsequently lost his job. He worked for H.P. Baldwin as a butcher. In 1910, Mr. and Mrs. MacPhee divorced. Mrs. MacPhee and Inez returned to the Talbot family home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Inez remained until the summer of 1915.
At that time, Inez was allowed to return to Maui to live with her father in Wailuku. He owned the Bismark Stables, the Maui Meat Market, and Kahakuloa Ranch. Angus MacPhee was a founder of the Maui County Fair and the Maui County Fair and Racing Association. Inez MacPhee was also adopted as a hanai member of the von Tempski family.
Inez MacPhee graduated from Maui High School in 1918. She had also attended Dana Hall, a girls' school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, for one year and Castello's Boarding School in Palo Alto, California.
In 1917 or 1918, Angus MacPhee leased land for a ranch on Kaho'olawe, joined in 1922 by Harry Baldwin as a partner. When the land was taken over by the U.S. military in 1941, much bitterness was created in the family. Angus MacPhee returned to Ulupalakua in 1922 and remained as manager until 1925 when he went to Kahokuloa Ranch. He remarried three times, including Margaret Victoria Keawe, a Hawaiian woman whom Inez liked very much. He died on July 16, 1948.
In 1928, Inez MacPhee married Charles Ashdown, an English exchange student she had met at the University of California, Berkeley. They settled in Hawai'i. He went to work as timekeeper, and later, postmaster, bookkeeper, and office manager at Honolua Ranch (part of Baldwin Packers, Ltd.).
In the 1930s, Mrs. Ashdown began to write local news items for Donald Billam-Walker, Maui editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. She took a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Journalism. Later, she also wrote for other newspapers and journals. Mrs. Ashdown worked as a communications operator at the Naval Air Station, Puunene from March 1943 to December 1946, when she apparently had a heart attack.
Later Mrs. Ashdown worked as an executive with the Girl Scouts on Maui, with the Signal Corps, Ft. Armstrong, APO, San Francisco, and as a teacher at Ulupalakua School. She was appointed to the County of Maui Commission for Historic Sites and was involved with the planning of the Maui Historical Society.
The Ashdowns lived on Maui for twenty years, where they had two sons, Angus and James. The family also lived in Honolulu for some years. In 1952 or so, the Ashdowns returned to Maui and moved to Kihei after Mr. Ashdown had a heart attack. They later moved to Makawao, and in the 1970s, to a house on Ulupalakua Ranch. Mrs. Ashdown went to work for Seibu Fudosan, the Japanese conglomerate planning to build a resort in Makena, writing the historical background of the area.
Mrs. Ashdown was a member of Hui Hanai, the group which helped open and support the Queen Liliu'okalani Children's Center in Honolulu. She helped found the Hui Hana Malama, affiliated with the County of Maui Mayor's office, to preserve historic sites on Maui, and was a founding member of the Maui Historical Society in 1956.
In 1975, at age 75, she began work as county historian and Research Analyst Trainee in the County of Maui Planning Department, to "writ[e] down all the history [I] remember and could research." It was her goal to create an archives or central information office on Maui, record oral interviews with local notables, place markers on all important historical sites on Maui, and have the County of Maui finance publication of her book, "The Kingdom of Maui." She remained in that position for three years. In 1982, she was named County Historian Emeritus by Mayor Hannibal Tavares in recognition of her years of writing and speaking about the history and legends of Maui.
During her lifetime, Inez Ashdown was a prolific writer. Her favorite subjects included her ancestry and family history, cattle ranching on Maui (especially her own early years on Ulupalakua Ranch) and paniolos (cowboys), the history of Maui, Queen Liliu'okalani and Hawaiian royalty and ali'i, Christian churches (in particular the history of Maui's early Catholic churches such as Maria Lanakila Church, St. Anthony's Church, Wailuku, and the mission of Santa Ynez, her namesake), language and place names, Hawaiian legends and folklore, and the preservation of archaeological and historic sites in Hawai'i and Maui. She published three books, including Stories of Old Lahaina and Ke Alaloa O Maui, and contributed countless articles and stories to local journals and newspapers. She also wrote a column for The Maui Sun weekly newspaper.
Both her husband, Charles, who died February 25, 1977, and her son Angus, predeceased her. Mrs. Ashdown's later years were spent at Hale Makua nursing home in Wailuku, where she died October 18, 1992.
A most amazing woman!
Kihei de Silva's interview of Inez MacPhee Ashdown on the Ka'iwakiloumoku website is a fascinating first-hand look at this amazing woman....
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