Kamaka Stillman | |
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Born | Hawaii (island) | January 1, 1823
Died | July 25, 1924 Honolulu, Oahu | (aged 101)
Burial | |
Spouse | Henry Martyn Stillman |
Issue | Rose Kapuakomela McInerny Oliver Kawailahaole Stillman Charles Keonaona Stillman Jennie Kapahukalaunu Smythe Helen Anianiku Cushingham |
Father | Kekahili |
Mother | Kapiimoku |
Ke Aliʻi Kamaka Oukamakaokawaukeoiopiopio Stillman (1833–1924) was an aliʻi (hereditary noble) of the Kingdom of Hawaii[1] as well a prominent figure after its overthrow through equestrianism as a Paʻu rider in the Kamehameha Day celebrations[2][3] as well as an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian genealogy and oral chants.[4] She is descended from Kahaopuolani, the aliʻi wahine (noble mother) who had hidden Kamehameha I as a baby and raised him for years in Kohala, Hawaiʻi along with his brother and her own children.[5] Stillman published a response to a 1911, Hawaiian Newspaper account of the birth of Kamehameha the Great, correcting information from the oral traditions handed down within the Kahala family.[6]
Kamaka is a great granddaughter of Kaukane (w) who was the daughter of Ke Aliʻi Kahaopuolani, the caretaker of the infant Kamehameha I.[6] She was the mother of Jane "Jennie" Smythe[7] who served as a lady-in-waiting for Queen Emma.[3] She was a part of every royal funeral cortege since she was a very young girl.[8] The Stillman family, a wealthy banking family from New York lived in a large house on School Street, facing Stillman Lane.[9] Henry Stillman was the son of Levi Stillman and his second wife Magaret Chapin.[10] Kamaka married Stillman in 1860.[11]
Henry and Kamaka had five children, Rose Kapuakomela,[12] Oliver Kawailahaole Stillman born February 8, 1861, Helen Anianku Stillman born September 3, 1862, Charles Keonaona Stillman born June 1864 and Jane Kapakukalauna Stillman born January 19, 1869.[13]