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Harriet Layman LewersDescription
When Harriet Layman Lewers was born on 26 December 1869, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, her father, Robert Lewers, was 33 and her mother, Catharine Rebecca Carter, was 25. She married Arthur Frederick Wall on 28 October 1901, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Hawaii, United States in 1900 and lived in Koolaupoko, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1930 and Representative District 4, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States in 1940. She died in 1943, at the age of 74.
Robert Lewers (March 15, 1836 – November 3, 1926) was a businessman during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii, and Territory of Hawaii. Born in New York City, he accompanied his cousin Christopher H. Lewers to Honolulu. The two of them worked to build a lumber firm, and benefited from the influx of sugar plantation customers following the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. Upon the death of Christopher, Robert continued the business and in 1880, he and partner Charles Montague Cooke renamed it Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.
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