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Ann Eliza <I>Clark</I> Gulick

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Ann Eliza Clark Gulick

Birth
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Death
9 Oct 1938 (aged 105)
Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
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Obituary
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu, Hawaii
October 10, 1938 - page 1

Mrs. Gulick, 105, Is Dead
Parents Came In Third Company Of Missionaries To Hawaii

Mrs. Ann Eliza Gulick. Kamaalna, centurion, who recently celebrated her 105 birthday, died Sunday at 7:08 a.m. at the family residence in Manoa following a short illness.
The end came peacefully, members of the immediate family who were present reported climaxing a heroic 21-day battle against pneumonia.
The body will be cremated. Services over the ashes will be at Central Union Church, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with Dr. K. H. Leavitt officiating.
Burial of the urn in Kawaiahio cemetery will follow.
Williams mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Ann eliza Clark Gulick, widow of Oramel H. Gulick, 2431 East Manoa Road, was born in Honolulu on August 8, 1833, and lived the more than a century of her age in this city. She was the second daughter, and third of the eight children of the Rev. Ephraim Weston Clark and "Mother" Mary Kitredge Clark, who were members of the third company of New England Missionaries. The Clarks arrived in Honolulu on March 30, 1823 on the ship Parthian. they made the trip around Cape Horn and reached Honolulu aftera voyage of 148 days from Boston, Massachusetts.
Attended Punahou
She was educated first at Punahou and after 1849 in America attending Mount Holyoke Seminar from 1851-1853. She was married in Honolulu May 19, 1853, to the Rev. Oramel Hinckley Gulick, whose parents also came to Hawaii with the third company of missionaries. mrs. gulick assisted her husband in writing "Pilgrims of Hawaii", a brief history of the mission of the American Board to these islands.
The first missionary work of the Gulicks was these islands. Mrs. Gulick was at the head of a Hawaiian girls school from 1862 to 1870. Following this the Gulicks went to Japan, were stationed for a time in Kobe and Osaka and later at Niigata and Kumamato from 1871 to 1892. The two year period they spent in the snowy climate of Niligata was found to be too rigorous and the Gulick were moved back to Okayama and then to Kumamoto.
Returning to Hawaii on furlough in 1892, the Gulicks were detained for work among the Japanese of these islands until 1913, when sickness in the Gulicks family brought active missionary work gradually to an end, although they were always ready to lend a hand.
Active Missioner
In Hawai Mrs. Gulick, was actively identified with many phases of missionary work and educational activities, especially among the then already rapidly growing Japanese population, as well as with normal interests of the Central Union church, with which the Gulicks were affiliated. Her earlier church connection was with the Fort Street Congregation.
On her return to Hawaii after her 21 years of service in the Japanese field, which served not only its own ends but also to equip her for her later work among the Japanese here, Mrs. Gulick became active in the Kindergarten Association, the Mission Children's Society, the Woman's Missionary Society, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and was connected to the Daughters of Hawaii and the American Revolution.
Had 3 Children
After her husbands death here on September 18, 1923, Mrs. Gulick made her home in Manoa Valley, with her niece, Mrs. Frances Gulick Jewett, daughter of Luther Halsey Gulick and widow of Professor Frank Fanning Jewett of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
Rev. and Mrs. Gulick cared for and educated three children, the late Mrs. Elsie Gamnell, Paul Gulick of Manila, P. I., and Mrs. Katherine Woodrough of Washington D.C. The late Mrs. Gamnell and Mrs. Woodrough have children and grandchildren living who have visited in the islands from time to time. Sgt. Lauriston Gamnell USA is now stationed at Schofield Barracks.
Mrs. Gulicks nearest relatives in Honolulu are Mrs. Emma Clark Scott, Miss Helen Severance, Mrs. Caroline Clark Balding, Mrs. Harriet Austin Baker, Herbert C. Austin, Ernest B. Clark, Albert B. Clark, and Dr. Sidney L. Clark, There are also many grand and great grand nephews and nieces here and away.
Contributor: J. Bean (46793536) • [email protected]
Obituary
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu, Hawaii
October 10, 1938 - page 1

Mrs. Gulick, 105, Is Dead
Parents Came In Third Company Of Missionaries To Hawaii

Mrs. Ann Eliza Gulick. Kamaalna, centurion, who recently celebrated her 105 birthday, died Sunday at 7:08 a.m. at the family residence in Manoa following a short illness.
The end came peacefully, members of the immediate family who were present reported climaxing a heroic 21-day battle against pneumonia.
The body will be cremated. Services over the ashes will be at Central Union Church, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with Dr. K. H. Leavitt officiating.
Burial of the urn in Kawaiahio cemetery will follow.
Williams mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Ann eliza Clark Gulick, widow of Oramel H. Gulick, 2431 East Manoa Road, was born in Honolulu on August 8, 1833, and lived the more than a century of her age in this city. She was the second daughter, and third of the eight children of the Rev. Ephraim Weston Clark and "Mother" Mary Kitredge Clark, who were members of the third company of New England Missionaries. The Clarks arrived in Honolulu on March 30, 1823 on the ship Parthian. they made the trip around Cape Horn and reached Honolulu aftera voyage of 148 days from Boston, Massachusetts.
Attended Punahou
She was educated first at Punahou and after 1849 in America attending Mount Holyoke Seminar from 1851-1853. She was married in Honolulu May 19, 1853, to the Rev. Oramel Hinckley Gulick, whose parents also came to Hawaii with the third company of missionaries. mrs. gulick assisted her husband in writing "Pilgrims of Hawaii", a brief history of the mission of the American Board to these islands.
The first missionary work of the Gulicks was these islands. Mrs. Gulick was at the head of a Hawaiian girls school from 1862 to 1870. Following this the Gulicks went to Japan, were stationed for a time in Kobe and Osaka and later at Niigata and Kumamato from 1871 to 1892. The two year period they spent in the snowy climate of Niligata was found to be too rigorous and the Gulick were moved back to Okayama and then to Kumamoto.
Returning to Hawaii on furlough in 1892, the Gulicks were detained for work among the Japanese of these islands until 1913, when sickness in the Gulicks family brought active missionary work gradually to an end, although they were always ready to lend a hand.
Active Missioner
In Hawai Mrs. Gulick, was actively identified with many phases of missionary work and educational activities, especially among the then already rapidly growing Japanese population, as well as with normal interests of the Central Union church, with which the Gulicks were affiliated. Her earlier church connection was with the Fort Street Congregation.
On her return to Hawaii after her 21 years of service in the Japanese field, which served not only its own ends but also to equip her for her later work among the Japanese here, Mrs. Gulick became active in the Kindergarten Association, the Mission Children's Society, the Woman's Missionary Society, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and was connected to the Daughters of Hawaii and the American Revolution.
Had 3 Children
After her husbands death here on September 18, 1923, Mrs. Gulick made her home in Manoa Valley, with her niece, Mrs. Frances Gulick Jewett, daughter of Luther Halsey Gulick and widow of Professor Frank Fanning Jewett of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
Rev. and Mrs. Gulick cared for and educated three children, the late Mrs. Elsie Gamnell, Paul Gulick of Manila, P. I., and Mrs. Katherine Woodrough of Washington D.C. The late Mrs. Gamnell and Mrs. Woodrough have children and grandchildren living who have visited in the islands from time to time. Sgt. Lauriston Gamnell USA is now stationed at Schofield Barracks.
Mrs. Gulicks nearest relatives in Honolulu are Mrs. Emma Clark Scott, Miss Helen Severance, Mrs. Caroline Clark Balding, Mrs. Harriet Austin Baker, Herbert C. Austin, Ernest B. Clark, Albert B. Clark, and Dr. Sidney L. Clark, There are also many grand and great grand nephews and nieces here and away.
Contributor: J. Bean (46793536) • [email protected]


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