Rosita Velarde Family Tree

Disclaimer: This "family tree" is a best effort on our part to determine who the potters are in this family and arrange them in a generational order. The general information available is questionable so we have tried to show each of these diagrams to living members of each family to get their input and approval, too. This diagram is subject to change should we get better info.

    Rosita Velarde
    • Teresa & Tony Gutierrez Sr.
      • Earl Gutierez
      • Ivan Gutierrez
      • Tony Gutierrez, Jr.
      • Marie Suazo
      • Doris Tenorio
      • Carol Velarde
    • (Faustina Gutierrez (1898-1976), mother of Celestino Gutierrez)
    • Victoria & Celestino Gutierrez
      • Effie Garcia & Orville Garcia (Acoma)
        • Adrian Garcia & Madeline Naranjo
        • Brooklyn Garcia (granddaughter)
        • Derrick Garcia (grandson)
      • Eugene Gutierrez
      • Julie Gutierrez & John Gutierrez
      • Sally Tafoya
      • Gail Tapia
      • Ethel Yazza (married into Picuris)
    • Alfred Velarde

Some of the above info is drawn from Pueblo Indian Pottery, 750 Artist Biographies, by Gregory Schaaf, © 2000, Center for Indigenous Arts & Studies

Other info is derived from personal contacts with family members and through interminable searches of the Internet.

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