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Her husband Albert supported her philanthropic community activities, and in 1908 donated land and $ 50,000 to erect the Kauikeōlani
Children's Hospital in her honor. The institution was given her Hawaiian name which means “place in the skies (of) heaven”. In 1928, she donated a therapy swimming pool
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756:"$ 60, 000 Left By Mrs. Wilcox In Bequests 1931"
417:. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 232–233.
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256:. September 14, 1878. p. Image 4, col. 4
182:Her son Samuel Kaleookalani Mahelona died of
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390:Hawaiian Mission Children's Society (1901).
322:"S. Mahelona's Burial 1892 - Newspapers.com"
854:Emma Kauikeolani Napoleon Mahelona Wilcox
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723:"Emma Wilcox Estate Value Said $ 800,000"
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289:"Death of Samuel Mahelona Sr. 1892"
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