Born in Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Crawford Vaughn Collake
and Sarah Jane (Garren) Collake
Sister of
William Crawford Collake, Joseph S. Collake, Thomas Glen Collake Sr., Sarah Collake and Willie Collake
Wife of
Charles D. Hamilton
— married
11 Nov 1903 in Monroe County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Mother of
Lena Hamilton, Elsie Hamilton, Mamie Sue (Hamilton) Bidwell, Charles Eugene Hamilton and Robert Carter Hamilton
Died
at age 84
in Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2012
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Biography
Martha Collake, daughter of William Crawford Collake and Sarah Jane Garren, was born on the 30 Apr 1875 in Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee.[1]
Martha married Charles D. Hamilton on the 1 Nov 1903 in Monroe, Tennessee.[2] To this union would be born at least five children; Lena, Elsie, Mamie, Charles and Robert.
Martha passed away on the 16 Jul 1959 in Albany, Linn, Oregon.[1]
- Martha was 1/4 cherokee Indian. A closer spelling of her maiden name I "Collaque". My uncle's (Robert Hamilton) sister Lena told me on 1/23/92 that her father was unable or found writing "Q's" to difficult so instead used a "k", therby changing "Collaque" to "Collake".
Martha's father was 1/2 Cherokee and "Collaque" was undoubtedly the white man's original effort to translate the Indian sound for the name into an anglicized (English) word. Martha's father's name was Crawford Collake or Collaque.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/83415712/martha-s.-hamilton : accessed 04 August 2021), memorial page for Martha S. “Marth” Collake Hamilton (30 Apr 1875–16 Jul 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83415712, citing Willamette Memorial Park, Albany, Linn County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by diana greb (contributor 46962589)
- ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6D-PZQ : 4 December 2014), Charlie Hamilton and Martha Collake (Unknown), 11 Nov 1903; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 252, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Collake-3 created through the import of Henion_2012-05-03.ged on May 4, 2012 by Michael Sheffield
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