Honolulu County HI Archives News.....155 DESCENDANTS FETE HONOLULU MATRIARCH ON 90TH BIRTHDAY February 25, 1949
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HONLULU STAR BULLETIN February 25, 1949
  Surrounded by many of her 155 descendants, Mrs. Harriet Bartels celebrated 
her 90th birthday at a luau Tuesday. The clan gathered in the patio of Mr. and 
Mrs. Fred W. Bartels’ home on Wilhelmina Rise, with almost 100 present. The 
honoree, gowned in purple and wearing a red carnation lei with orchids in her 
hair and on her shoulder, was seated at the head of the table. Fresh 
pineapples circled by pastel hibiscus blossoms were used in decoration, and 
elsewhere about the patio hibiscus, anthuriums and decorated coconuts added a 
tropical touch. The Rev. Henry Kaupiko, nephew of Mrs. Bartel, offered the 
invocation. Hawaiian songs and hulas were presented. Mrs. Bartels, the former 
Miss Harriet Foster Macomber, was born in Ka-u, Hawaii, February 21, 1859. She 
was married to Capt. William Marchant in Waiohinu, Ka-u, May 23, 1875. Her 
second husband was Fred W. Bartels. She had 24 children.  Mrs. Bartels came to 
Honolulu 21 years ago, and makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. Archie A. 
Dunn, and Mr. Dunn.  John Macomber, the honoree’s brother, and Mrs. Macomber 
came from the Big Island for the celebration. Guests other than family members 
were Miss Poomaikelani Kawananakoa, Harry Fields, Miss Lillian Prigge and Paul 
Prigge of Kaui, Miss Lulu Meineche, William Meineche, Messrs. and Mmes. Tom 
Stuart, Louis Silva, Moody Kealiihoomalu, Vic Schoenberg and Mrs. Doris Nelson.
    
  [Caption under picture says: Four generations of the Bartels family helped 
Mrs. Harriet Macomber Bartels celebrate her 90th birthday with a luau Tuesday 
at the home of her son, Fred W. Bartels, Wilhemina Rise. The honoree’s great-
great grandchildren were unable to attend. Mrs. Bartels is shown seated center 
with her son, William Bartels, standing; her great granddaughter, Happy Pahai, 
left; and her granddaughter, Edith Dunn, right.—Star Bulletin photo.]


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