Translations:Henriette Hedwig (Yette) Austen (DaM VIII 12)/11/en
Henriette Eckart was born on May 13, 1902, in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii as the twelfth child of Maximilian Eckart and Maria Louisa Campbell. Her mother Maria Louisa died in 1908, when Yette was only six years old. She was raised by her father and elder siblings, until, after finishing eighth grade, she was sent to Kamehameha boarding school in Honolulu in 1917. She graduated from this boarding school in 1919 and started work as a teacher at Territorial Normal School Honolulu shortly thereafter. Her granddaughter Barbara Austen later recalled that Yette’s profession became her vocation. On June 19, 1925, Yette married Edmund John Austen, who was originally from Canada, in Honolulu. Between 1926 and 1930, Yette Austen had four children: Roselani in 1926, Wilby George in 1927, Edmund in 1928 and Kanani in 1930.