Kamaka Stillman Explained

Kamaka Stillman
Spouse:Henry Martyn Stillman
Issue:Rose Kapuakomela McInerny
Oliver Kawailahaole Stillman
Charles Keonaona Stillman
Jennie Kapahukalaunu Smythe
Helen Anianiku Cushingham
Father:Kekahili
Mother:Kapiimoku
Birth Date:1 January 1823
Birth Place:Hawaii (island)
Death Place:Honolulu, Oahu

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] as well as an acknowledged authority on Hawaiian genealogy and oral chants.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Family

Kamaka is a great granddaughter of Kaukane (w) who was the daughter of Ke Aliʻi Kahaopuolani, the caretaker of the infant Kamehameha I. She was the mother of Jane "Jennie" Smythe[6] who served as a lady-in-waiting for Queen Emma.[7] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Charmian London. Jack London. The New Hawaii. 1923. Mills & Boon, limited. 115.
  2. Book: The Planter and Sugar Manufacturer. 1906. 365.
  3. Book: Edward Joesting. Tides of Commerce. 1983. First Hawaiian. 44.
  4. Book: Paradise of the Pacific. 1906. 19.
  5. Book: Hawaiian Historical Society. Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society. 1904. The Society. 6–8.
  6. Book: George S. Kanahele. Emma: Hawaiʻiʾs Remarkable Queen : a Biography. 1 January 1999. Queen Emma Foundation. 391. 978-0-8248-2234-7.
  7. Book: Taylor, Albert Pierce. Albert Pierce Taylor

    . Albert Pierce Taylor. Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands. 1922. Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. Honolulu. 479709. 321.

  8. Book: Lori Kamae. The Empty Throne. June 1980. Topgallant Pub. Co.. 20. 978-0-914916-44-4.
  9. Book: John Dominis Holt. Recollections: memoirs of John Dominis Holt, 1919–1935. 1993. Ku Paʻa. 70. 9780681027831.
  10. Book: Francis Duane Stillman. The Stillman family: descendants of Mr. George Stillman of Wethersfield, Connecticut and Dr. George Stillman of Westerly, Rhode Island. registration. 1989. F.D. Stillman. 1844.
  11. Book: Shirley Hune. Asian/Pacific Islander American Women: A Historical Anthology. 1 August 2003. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-3632-6. 32.
  12. https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2018/06/14/genealogy-of-kahaopulani-1911/ He Hooponopono Moo Kuauhau Ke Au Hou, Buke 2, Helu 23, Aoao 19. Iune 7, 1911
  13. Web site: Children of Henry Martyn Stillman. Stillman Genealogy home page. Stillman.org. 6 July 2015.