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]
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]
. 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.