Pi'ilani Irene Cook was born October 27, 1903 in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, daughter of Thomas E. Cook and Kimi (Matsu) Cook. She married John McKey Whittier of Boston, Massachusetts before the 1930 census.
Pi'ilani came of age during the era of steamships. She spent the winter of 1931-1932 with her family in Hawaii, sailing from San Francisco aboard the S.S. Manoa in November 1931, and returning in April 1932 aboard the S.S. Mariposa. In 1934, she called Wellesley, Massachusetts home. She sailed from New York to San Diego that November aboard the S.S. Virginia, accompanied by her one-year-old son John Jr. and her father-in-law Frank Whittier.[6] She took her son to visit family in Hawaii for the winter of 1940-1941, sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii in November and back to Los Angels in March aboard the S.S. Matsonia.
By 1940, John and Pi'ilani had moved to rural Acton, Massachusetts with John's father Frank and their sons John Jr. and Robert. Later in life, John and Pi'ilani Whittier gifted 42 acres of woodland on the west side of Main Street (Route 27) in Acton, just south of Great Road (Route 119/2A) to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife as the Whittier Wildlife Management Area. Pi'ilani also established and sponsored the Thomas E. Cook Memorial Fund at the University of Hawaii campus in her hometown of Hilo, which awards scholarships in music the humanities.
Pi'ilani passed away on May 4, 1987 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts. A pew is dedicated in her memory at her ancestral family's home church, the Church of the Holy Apostles (Episcopal) in Hilo, Hawaii, across the street from the university campus.
Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cook-33184
Pi'ilani came of age during the era of steamships. She spent the winter of 1931-1932 with her family in Hawaii, sailing from San Francisco aboard the S.S. Manoa in November 1931, and returning in April 1932 aboard the S.S. Mariposa. In 1934, she called Wellesley, Massachusetts home. She sailed from New York to San Diego that November aboard the S.S. Virginia, accompanied by her one-year-old son John Jr. and her father-in-law Frank Whittier.[6] She took her son to visit family in Hawaii for the winter of 1940-1941, sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii in November and back to Los Angels in March aboard the S.S. Matsonia.
By 1940, John and Pi'ilani had moved to rural Acton, Massachusetts with John's father Frank and their sons John Jr. and Robert. Later in life, John and Pi'ilani Whittier gifted 42 acres of woodland on the west side of Main Street (Route 27) in Acton, just south of Great Road (Route 119/2A) to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife as the Whittier Wildlife Management Area. Pi'ilani also established and sponsored the Thomas E. Cook Memorial Fund at the University of Hawaii campus in her hometown of Hilo, which awards scholarships in music the humanities.
Pi'ilani passed away on May 4, 1987 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts. A pew is dedicated in her memory at her ancestral family's home church, the Church of the Holy Apostles (Episcopal) in Hilo, Hawaii, across the street from the university campus.
Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cook-33184
Pi'ilani Irene Cook was born October 27, 1903 in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, daughter of Thomas E. Cook and Kimi (Matsu) Cook. She married John McKey Whittier of Boston, Massachusetts before the 1930 census.
Pi'ilani came of age during the era of steamships. She spent the winter of 1931-1932 with her family in Hawaii, sailing from San Francisco aboard the S.S. Manoa in November 1931, and returning in April 1932 aboard the S.S. Mariposa. In 1934, she called Wellesley, Massachusetts home. She sailed from New York to San Diego that November aboard the S.S. Virginia, accompanied by her one-year-old son John Jr. and her father-in-law Frank Whittier.[6] She took her son to visit family in Hawaii for the winter of 1940-1941, sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii in November and back to Los Angels in March aboard the S.S. Matsonia.
By 1940, John and Pi'ilani had moved to rural Acton, Massachusetts with John's father Frank and their sons John Jr. and Robert. Later in life, John and Pi'ilani Whittier gifted 42 acres of woodland on the west side of Main Street (Route 27) in Acton, just south of Great Road (Route 119/2A) to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife as the Whittier Wildlife Management Area. Pi'ilani also established and sponsored the Thomas E. Cook Memorial Fund at the University of Hawaii campus in her hometown of Hilo, which awards scholarships in music the humanities.
Pi'ilani passed away on May 4, 1987 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts. A pew is dedicated in her memory at her ancestral family's home church, the Church of the Holy Apostles (Episcopal) in Hilo, Hawaii, across the street from the university campus.
Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cook-33184
Pi'ilani came of age during the era of steamships. She spent the winter of 1931-1932 with her family in Hawaii, sailing from San Francisco aboard the S.S. Manoa in November 1931, and returning in April 1932 aboard the S.S. Mariposa. In 1934, she called Wellesley, Massachusetts home. She sailed from New York to San Diego that November aboard the S.S. Virginia, accompanied by her one-year-old son John Jr. and her father-in-law Frank Whittier.[6] She took her son to visit family in Hawaii for the winter of 1940-1941, sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii in November and back to Los Angels in March aboard the S.S. Matsonia.
By 1940, John and Pi'ilani had moved to rural Acton, Massachusetts with John's father Frank and their sons John Jr. and Robert. Later in life, John and Pi'ilani Whittier gifted 42 acres of woodland on the west side of Main Street (Route 27) in Acton, just south of Great Road (Route 119/2A) to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife as the Whittier Wildlife Management Area. Pi'ilani also established and sponsored the Thomas E. Cook Memorial Fund at the University of Hawaii campus in her hometown of Hilo, which awards scholarships in music the humanities.
Pi'ilani passed away on May 4, 1987 at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts. She is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts. A pew is dedicated in her memory at her ancestral family's home church, the Church of the Holy Apostles (Episcopal) in Hilo, Hawaii, across the street from the university campus.
Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cook-33184
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