Helen Desha Beamer

Helen Desha Beamer (born September 8, 1882, Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii – died September 25, 1952) a musician, composer of songs in the Hawaiian language, hula dancer and coloratura soprano of Hawaiian ancestry. Her descendants have also become accomplished artists in the U.S. state of Hawaii that includes her grandson, falsetto singer Mahi Beamer, who was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006; granddaughter Winona Beamer; and Nona Beamer's two sons, Kapono Beamer and Keola Beamer. She was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 1995.